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Added by Sarv Kreindler--Creative Planet Network, 05/23/13 05:05:12 PM

Luke Poling and Tom Bean on Creating a Portrait of George Plimpton Through His Archives

Filmmakers Luke Poling and Tom Bean talk to Film Society of Lincoln Center about creating their documentary Plimpton! -- a portrait of the late writer/photographer/activist George Plimpton,

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Added by Sarv Kreindler--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.

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Added by Sarv Kreindler--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)

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Added by Sarv Kreindler--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.

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Added by Sarv Kreindler--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)

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Added by Sarv Kreindler--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)

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Added by Sarv Kreindler--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.

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Added by Sarv Kreindler--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)

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Added by Sarv Kreindler--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)

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Added by Sarv Kreindler--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.      

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