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dvd -- selection FEBRUARY 2006
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Pictoplasma: characters in motion |
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Pictoplasma |
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DVD + BOOK |
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96 page book and 180-minute DVD
Shorts Compilation, Art and Design, Design
2005, 180 minutes
DVD, Region: 0 (All Regions)
TV System: NTSC
UPC: 881390710690
Pictoplasma - Characters in Motion returns contemporary character design to its narrative origins, putting the style back into animation.
In traditional animation, industrial production conditions have established a universal visual system of interchangeable characteristics and predictable movements with a limited gestural vocabulary. Now however, the new explosion of pictorial visuals in art, media, advertising and urban landscapes has opened the way for a new breed of character design to re-claim the world of animation!
Pictoplasma presents its latest publication: a unique DVD/book set, exploring the very best of contemporary character design in animation, music visuals and motion graphics. The book/DVD includes more than 90 cutting edge character-driven animations by 60 style setting studios, animators and designers, such as 1st Ave Machine, Aaron Stewart, Adam Eliott, Benjamin Bocquelet, Bernard Derriman, Bessy & Combe, Blind, Buroco de Bala, Chris Harder, Dalek, Dean Bradley, Doma, Eugene & BirG, Feel Good Anyway, Fons Schiedon, Foreigh Office, Freestyle Collective, Friends With You, Genevieve Gauckler, Ghostmilk, Guilherme, Guru Studio, Hornet Inc, Hunter Gatherer, Joshua Krause, Lobo, MadReal, Mari Chan, Monkeehub, Motomichi Nakamura, Nathan Jurevicius, Peskimo, Pleix, Psyop, Saiman Chow, Sprite Entertainment, Studio Aka, Studio Soi, Tokyoplastic, Trunk, Waytion, Woof Wan- Bau and many, many more...
The DVD is divided into 3 chapters: characters in narration, characters in music visuals and Characters in Motion graphics. The specially designed menu also allows viewers to create their own programme, sorting the 180+ minutes of animation by artist/studio, character, style or genre. The 96 page, full colour book provides in-depth information on the creators, presenting their latest work and grounding the animation on the DVD in the context of a wider character design practice.
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Rosto A.D.'s Mind My Gap |
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Pictoplasma |
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DVD + BOOK |
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Shorts Compilation, Animation, Science Fiction
2005, 119 minutes plus 52 mins of bonus materials
DVD, Region: 0 (All Regions)
TV System: NTSC
UPC: 3760132630038
Label: Chalet Pointu
The Mind My Gap Trilogy consists of three short films, all based upon and referring to the graphic novel. The films have been described as "hyper intense cinematic experiences".
Anglobilly Feverson is the first 35mm coming from the Gap-universe. The film premiered in 2002 at the International Film festival Rotterdam, was released in Dutch cinemas later that year and built an excellent track-record of international prestigious festivals.
However, Anglobilly is not the first Gap-short. At the end of 1999, a 3-minute piece called Beheaded was produced for television. The film reincarnated on 35mm and has been remixed and remastered for the DVD.
Jona/Tomberry, recently awarded at the Cannes Film Festival 2005 and currently Dutch short film entry for the Academy Award competition, impressively completes the trilogy. This is arguably the most inscrutable of the trilogy, containing the most explicit references to the basic themes of the graphic novel: timelines, places and plots seem to have lost their logical relationships, suggesting that there is no reason in this world. You are lost and there's no other option than just accepting, experiencing and enjoying it for as long as it lasts.
The Related Early Work section on the DVD shows guerilla videos in which Rosto explores techniques and ideas in style, narrative and design. It is a prologue to the eventual trilogy by all means though, making this DVD an essential document for any devotee of art, film and animation.
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