General Rambling - What it feels like inside my head

"And We Stood on the Shoulders of Giants" - Sylvia McKeown

I have noticed of late the gradual change I have undergone since I have come back from India and now more than ever I can see that I am not the person I was before. I have a great sense of calm in my life and all the quiet that I lost in my head for 2 years has slowly returned. If you meet me now, you would never be able to picture the emotionless human I was in 4th year half on the verge of self destruction and half trying desperately to find myself...
 

So where does this all come from? Well I stumbled across a short film which when I watched just feels like how I feel now and where my head is. It's a film by Alex Roman called The Third and Seventh and it is beautiful. Every aspect of the film is created by Roman, from the shooting to the sound and the 3D composting. Personally I don't think the 3D was necessary (and no one should ever destroy a book) but the the core of the film, the footage, just resonates with me and the music completes it perfectly.

Check it out, and Enjoy:

The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.

"For a minute there, I lost myself"

When I Grow Up - Rogier van der Zwaag

So firstly I appologise for the long absence, my work life has killed me of late but our 5th birthday is finally over and I can finally breathe again... phew.

Anyway since I have been away there have been many many inspirations for me to draw from but for today I'm all about Rogier van der Zwaag. The maker of the Music video "Grind" and the visual aspect of the band called Nobody Beats the Drum. The video is a masterpiece on a visual level but what makes the video particularly awesome is that it's stopframe. It would have been easy enough to make this 3D but he painstaking made all the blocks, painted and animated it all by hand. In an age of the digital take over it's still nice to see things that blow your mind knowing that no programing was needed just patience, time and effort. Things the world needs more of...

Enjoy:


Oh and here's a great little mockumentry on how the video was made (not that is shows you how it was made at all)



Plus on the upside he's kind of cute which doesn't hurt, wink.