This amazing sequence was created by Buf for the Ang Lee film Life of Pi. Life of Pi was awarded an academy award for Visual Effects as well as Cinematography.
"Japan’s leading electronic composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda focuses on the essential characteristics of sound itself and that of visuals as light by means of both mathematical precision and mathematical aesthetics. Ikeda has gained a reputation as one of the few international artists working convincingly across both visual and sonic media. He elaborately orchestrates sound, visuals, materials, physical phenomena and mathematical notions into immersive live performances and installations."
Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin: "Intrusions" (via YouTube)
Instrumental artists Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin collaborate on the album Instrumental Tourist. The result is a wonderful post modern exploration of what it means to be an electronic artist in an era where technology has finally caught up with creativity.
I created the concept of multiple people telling their unique stories all at once. The goal was to tell the larger story of the difference The United Way makes in peoples lives. The result is what you see above.
The work was created by shooting talking head interviews on a green-screen sound stage with a Canon c300. The rest was created in post using Nuke as my main compositing app and 3ds max/vray as my full 3d system.
I created the HDR as a cheat for lighting and background plates. Worked well and saved a lot of time. Ultimately this is one of those projects that you look at and realize what another week of post production could have given you.
The Trailer for the Paul Thomas Anderson film shot in an organic 65mm. This film has been on the radar for a long time. Now that we finally get to see it's first hints, the excitement is ratcheting up.