Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 05/22/13 11:05:30 AM
Babysitting Nightmares Gets a Humorous Twist for New Red Cross Spot
The American Red Cross promotes its Babysitting Basics online course via a humorous spot showing a couple of incompetent babysitters dealing with some worst case scenarios. Erich Joiner of Tool directs. Watch below.
Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 05/22/13 11:05:12 AM
Vintage Jacques Cousteau Footage Shines in Yellowbirds Music Video
Late aquatic explorer Jacques Cousteau stars in a new music video for Yellowbirds' "The Ceiling," thanks to vintage footage found by directors Caitlin and Josh Drake. The Drakes also included hand-painted animation and effects over the archival footage to create a colorful and nostalgic aesthetic. Watch below. (via The Atlantic)
Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 05/22/13 10:05:28 AM
Land Rover Thanks Fans with Clever Animated Film Made From User-Submitted Photos
Check out the beautifully pieced together Land Rover film below, created by Trunk Animation from hundreds of fan-submitted photos. Explains Digital Arts, "The film by directors Alasdair + Jock uses a wide variety of techniques including stop motion, pixillation, CG and digital montage to pull together all the fans’ photos. The entire film, which has been collaged together from hundreds of photos, has the feel of a rostrum shot multi-plane, but as everyone’s shooting digital, without too many actual printed photos." Watch below and read more here.
Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 05/21/13 01:05:14 PM
Projection-Mapped Sculptures Dazzle Audiences in Rotterdam
Studio Rewind and Sober Industries recently installed two animal sculptures in Rotterdam, Netherlands featuring audience-controlled projection mapping. Looking like large-scale origami, the sculptures of a rhino and an owl had multiple colors and textures projected unto them that changed via controllers. Watch it in action below. (via Visual News)
Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 05/21/13 12:05:45 PM
'Made By Hand' Releases Latest Short Documentary 'The Bike Maker'
"The Bike Maker" is the fifth installment in the documentary web series Made By Hand. The touching short focuses on Ezra Caldwell who, in addition to building cutstom steel bicycles, is also a cancer patient and amateur photographer. The film is directed by Keith Ehrlich. Watch below. (via Creative Review)
Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 05/21/13 12:05:02 PM
Street Artist JR Crowdsources 'Inside Out' Art Project
HBO documentary Inside Out profiles the work of street artist JR, whose large scale portraiture has been gracing city walls for years. Recently, JR launched a user-generated initiative that allows for others to create and display their own portaits.
Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 05/20/13 04:05:27 PM
Kanye West Debuts New Single with Projections Across the Globe
Kanye West debuted his new single "New Slaves" this past weekend by projecting a video of him singing it on building walls in 66 different locations across three continents. Nine of the locations were in New York, including the Prada Store on 5th Avenue, video of which can be found below. (via Vulture)
Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 05/20/13 03:05:54 PM
Google Director of Engineering Ray Kurzweil Stars in Steve Aoki Music Video
Technologist, author and Google director of engineering Ray Kurzweil stars in electronic musician Steve Aoki's music video for "Singularity." The narrative part of the video illustrates some of Kurzweil's philosophies which state that in the future, "we'll be a hybrid of biological and non-biological intelligence." Watch below. (via Mashable)
Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 05/17/13 04:05:34 PM
Sarah Polley Explains How She Came to Tell 'Stories We Tell'
Sarah Polley talks to The Credits about her intimate new family documentary Stories We Tell. She says about getting her start, "I really just had a vague idea of where it was going. I wanted to look at storytelling and why we look for the truth in the past, but I didn’t know how to accomplish that, so I just began with interviewing my father." Read the full interview here.
Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 05/17/13 12:05:41 PM
National Geographic Goes Back to the '80s with Colorful, Animated Promos
Illustrator Ana Benaroya provides the colorful characters for National Geographic's out-of-character promos for their latest minisieries The 80s: The Decade That Made Us. Says Joe Burrascano, ECD for agency Nathan Love, to Digital Arts, "This is a completely different look for the network, and that’s exactly what National Geographic wanted. Because the series itself – which details the many unsung cultural revolutions ignited during that time – was such a departure from their traditional programming, the goal was to catch people by surprise, piquing their interest while connecting them to the light-hearted spirit of the 80s.” Read more here.
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