D.I.Y Art Films

D.I.Y Blog Hiatus

2010-04-02T18:10:00.013+11:00

Steph, Chris, & Maia are currently very busy working on other projects. Unfortunately this blog is now on indefinite hiatus.

Chris &Maia are now directing for Melbourne studio KICK KICK PUNCH. Follow what they're up to on the KKP Blog.

Steph is producing for comedy group Vigilantelope and working on other comedy and theatre projects. Follow what she's up to on the Scruffian Blog.

Thanks for everything friends! With love, D.I.Y Art.

Erykah Bady - Jump Up In The Air

2010-02-15T19:51:00.002+11:00

Time Remapping

2010-01-29T11:17:00.001+11:00

Here's a couple of music videos employing time remapping:

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Matt Sweeney - I Gave You

2010-01-28T21:28:00.000+11:00

Video by Mike Piscitelli

New GIl Scott-Heron Album Coming Out

2010-01-22T12:08:00.002+11:00

Holy mackeral! This is like a dream come true!

Kid Cudi - Make Her Say

2010-01-22T09:05:00.002+11:00

This video is pretty cool. Directed by Nez from Streetgang.

Charlotte Gainsbourg & Beck - Heaven Can Wait

2010-01-19T08:36:00.002+11:00

Another awesome video from Keith Schofield.

HAPPY CHRISTMASES!!!

2009-12-25T10:29:00.000+11:00

Music Videos

2009-12-08T09:55:00.005+11:00

Here's some videos I have been digging lately (an Australian hip-hop theme this time):

Gotta love the Labyrinth reference in the Hilltop Hoods video.

Joseph

2009-09-21T07:59:00.003+10:00

So, I thought it was about time DIY posted about some of the interesting things going on in 'ol London town, where I have currently just wrapped up production on my first documentary short with the NFTS (watch this space for more info to follow!).

On Wednesday night I went to the Roxy Cinema in Borough to see their monthly "Rotorreliefs" where fellow Summer Docs student Lisa Forrest had a screening of her Documentary short "Hairytale". A really interesting and inspiring story, check it out here.

The highlight of the night for all of us was first time filmmaker Andy Wilson's treat, "Joseph". A beautifully shot and mesmerising piece of work, I have been thinking of it ever since. Watch it on his website and you, too, will soon be dreaming of white huskies, Bob Seger and caravan sunsets.

Barbara Bolt - "Neon"

2009-09-13T13:07:00.005+10:00

Barbara Bolt's latest exhibition, "Neon", is opening next week. This is exciting in itself, but for me it's EXTRA exciting, the reason being it features a painting of me in it!

The exhibition goes from the 15th September to 4th October 2009. It's at Catherine Asquith Gallery (48 Oxford Street Street, Collingwood Vic 3066).

I've known Barb for a number of years now (she was one of my first tutors at uni), and last year David Shiyang and I made a short documentary about her for the BBC World Service called "Neon Blue". Now things have been turned on their head a little bit, and this time Barb has done a project that features Dave and I, and the name of the exhibition references the documentary. Talk about a head trip!

Barb is an amazing artist, and it's an incredible honour to be a part of her exhibition. Get down and check it out people! If you're not convinced yet, here's a clip of Barb in action:

Vigilantelope - New T-Shirts

2009-09-12T14:38:00.004+10:00

To celebrate their upcoming season at the Melbourne Fringe Festival, Vigilantelope have released two new shirts! Get them while they're hot people!

Of course, the original Vigilantelope shirt is still available, so grab one of these too if you haven't already.

Children of Letterboxers: A Novelty

2009-08-22T08:46:00.005+10:00

Children of Letterboxers present a unique interactive literature experience that meshes text and treasure hunt.

'A Novelty' embodies a new kind of writing in which small chapters and written fragments are hidden in urban environments for participants to collect and collate.

'A Novelty' has been specially created for Mudfest11, and will inhabit hidden spaces throughout the grounds of the University of Melbourne Parkville Campus from the 10th to the 29th of August, 2009.

This is where you can find clues and maps that will help you locate the pieces of writing that make up 'A Novelty.'

The Mint Chicks - I can't stop being foolish

2009-08-22T08:43:00.003+10:00

Nice hand-made looking clip which incorporates CG really well.

Urthboy - Ready to Go

2009-08-21T11:52:00.000+10:00

Great track and a pretty cool video too.

Snob Scrilla - Houston

2009-08-21T11:40:00.001+10:00

This video is pretty sick! POV camera work done right.

The Virgins - Teen Lovers (Director: Ace Norton)

2009-08-16T19:56:00.003+10:00

Really nice simple video by Ace Norton. I dig it a lot.

I Hate You Gordon Freeman (Half Life 2 Review)

2009-08-08T22:18:00.006+10:00

I’m a little behind the zeitgeist on this one (almost five years), but when it comes to games I’m very slow. I pretty much gave up video games for good after developing RSI, and my only real gaming experiences since then have involved me watching and shouting instructions at whoever is holding the controller. Not always the most fun experience (especially not for them). So this may have coloured my feelings a little bit. Another thing that may have coloured this review is the extremely high expectations I placed on the game. I’d had a couple of friends rave about it and I’d heard words like “best game ever” in reviews more than a few times. I waited a long time to play this game, and I expected a lot. Did it live up to my expectations? Not at all.

In my opinion, there is A LOT wrong with Half Life 2. One of the first things that annoyed me was the reliance on trial and error problems. Instead of allowing you to gradually develop skills that will help you to tackle increasingly difficult problems, HL2 repeatedly thrusts you into impossible situations. Time and time again you’re dropped into a situation (most often through no decision of your own) and promptly killed. You are then left to replay a frustratingly short sequence until you figure out the trick to get past it. What am I supposed to do here? Should I kill that thing? Ok, I’ll try. I’m dead. Should I hide? I don’t even know what the room looks like yet. Ok, run out and quickly look around before they kill me. I’m dead. Ok, now I kind of know what the room looks like, I’ll try running a different direction. I’m dead. Ok, I guess not that way… And so on. Early on in the game there is an extended sequence where you must drive a boat while helicopters are shooting you. I spent a long time trying to kill the helicopters (and dying again and again) before realising the game wanted me to just ignore the helicopters and go as fast as I can. Just keep driving until I’m one inch away from death and then the game will reward me with some health packs.

That brings me to another main gripe. While playing I was constantly thinking “Ok, what does the game want me to do.” For a game I expected to be immersive, HL2 is obscenely linear. There is only one way to do anything in this game. As far as I could tell, you have no choice in the matter at all. Every time I got stuck I would think “Ok, the game has placed these objects in this area, therefore that’s all I need. How do I need to use them?” If you get to the health packs then you know you’re headed in the right direction. To add to this annoyance is an abundance of locked doors, bricked up doors, doors blocked by debris, and what I like to call “painted doors”. Things that look like doors but are just images that you can’t interact with. Charming. Too often you’ll be in a building that is simply ludicrous in design. Little nooks and crannys with absolutely no purpose and only one way to go. Who on earth would ever design a building like that? Value would, that’s who. Make no mistake, there is only one way to progress through any one area. All these other options are a thinly veiled attempt to give the illustion of depth and freedom. They are obvious and incredibly annoying.

If that wasn’t bad enough, the immersion is continually broken by the dreaded loading bar. Other games have specific times set aside for loading. You enter a door to a new area, the game stops and loads. You’re travelling in a vehicle (tram/train/elevator/etc) to a new place, the game stops and loads. You finish a mission, the game stops and loads. There’s a whole bunch of logical places load points could be positioned. But not in Half Life 2. It seems Valve wanted to create the illusion of one giant world, not a number of individual areas that pretend to be connected but are really completely separate. Good idea, terrible execution. In HL2, the game can stop to load in the most ridiculous places. In mid air while you’re jumping. While people are shooting you. While you’re driving a vehicle at high speed. And a number of other incredibly frustrating places. It’s bad enough that it interrupts your flow while you’re in the midst of doing something, but it’s even worse when you die and have to reload from that point. It’s not very fun reloading to a place where people are shooting right in your face. Great planning there valve.

In my opinion, even without the loading problems, Valve made a grave misjudgement in trying to make the game one continuous series of events in a continuous world, as opposed to the old different levels/dungeons/missions approach. Maybe it might work in some games, but it doesn’t work in HL2. As soon as you’re finished one laborious thing some fucker is asking/telling you to go off and do some other dangerous task. You never get a chance to catch your breath.

What’s worse is you never actually find out what the hell is going on. HL2 starts off with so much potential. You’re thrust into a mysterious dystopian city. Wow! I can’t wait to find out what’s been going on here. What might have caused this huge societal shift, and who is behind it? Do you think you find those things out? Hell no! I’m only three levels into Dead Space and I’ve already learnt more than I learnt after playing HL2 in its entirety. While Bioshock lost its way after the half way point, the first half was absolutely captivating. Sure it was fun to kill Splicers, but I wanted to find out more about Andrew Ryan and what the hell went wrong in Rapture. Do I get that chance in HL2? Not at all. Even Diddy Kong Racing has more story development than HL2. And if there’s no storyline, why the hell should I care what happens to Gordon Freeman (the character you play) or any of the losers who ask you to do their dirty work? You don’t. At least I didn’t.

If you don’t care about your friends then you come to care even less about the enemies. Your main opposition are the “combine” forces. Humanoid figures who I initially imagined might be part human & part alien. They look kind of cool and are always masked. I wanted to know what they looked like under the masks. Do I get to find out? Of course not! So for all intents and purposes, you are fighting an unending see of blank faces. Exciting to start with, but quickly boring. Far more interesting are the zombies. They moan horribly and are genuinely frightening when they surprise you. It's honestly quite terrible when you set one on fire and watch them moan and writhe in pain, it reminds you that beneath their headcrabs they're actually human. Very disturbing (in a good way). The fast zombies are particularly frightening (the first glimpses you get of them seemed like a pretty clear inspiration for Bioshock’s “Spider Slicers”). Since these zombies are so affecting you’d expect them to be a big part of the game right? Of course not! After a brief intense encounter (the best part of the game in my opinion), they’re rarely seen from again. For the most part you are fighting Combine soldiers and you come across a zombie every now and again. It really feels like Valve just throws a couple in every time they think you might be getting bored. If they knew how bored I was getting maybe they would have thrown in a whole lot more. And also a whole lot more different types of zombies too. After the harrowing “We Don’t Go To Ravenholmn”, you’re pretty used to the three different types of zombies. There’s no new types and the pre-existing types don’t get any harder to deal with. In fact they’re actually a lot easier to kill as you never encounter them in such numbers again. This really seems to go against the traditional idea of things actually getting harder as you progress through the game.

Yes, the game is dreadfully unbalanced. Instead of gradually ramping up the difficulty, I found it switched between easy and hard without rhyme or reason. I still count the early boat rides as a very difficult part of the game, whereas the last two levels were pretty straightforward in comparison. In fact one of the hardest things towards the game’s end is dealing with the AI of the annoying non-player characters who are supposed to be helping you. They’ll continually get in your way, block your exist from volatile situations, before offering lame apologies like “Sorry Freeman” or “Let me get out of your way.” They really shouldn’t have been so rude to me earlier in the game (regularly telling me to “get going” and asking “what are you still doing here?”) if they planned to be such a hindrance later on.

Ok, I’ve been harsh. But that’s how I experienced it. I enjoyed some parts of HL2 but there was a lot of frustration to go along with it. Sure, Half Life 2 wasn’t all bad. The graphics still look fantastic, even five years on. The physics are awesome; it’s really fun and constantly surprising to see the way enemies and objects react to explosions and other things the like that. The level “We Don’t Go To Ravenholm” was also really thrilling. But unfortunately, that’s not enough to make up for the disappointments.

I was originally going to title this review “Half Life 2 Sucks”. While maybe that’s a little strong, I think HL2 is a very long way away from being “one of the best game of all time”.

Florence and the Machine - Kiss with a Fist

2009-07-26T20:54:00.001+10:00

Cool low-budget-style video by Price James. I'm loving that fire! I wish I thought of doing that for the Something Great video.

The Ray Mann Three

2009-07-16T17:54:00.004+10:00

Oscar put me on to these guys a few days ago and I'm loving their stuff. Some dope videos too, all directed by Ray Mann himself (the last one was directed by Louis Westgarth and Ray Mann). Check out their myspace here.

The Aston Shuffle (feat. Danimal Kingdom) - Do You Want More

2009-07-14T10:41:00.001+10:00

New clip from the boys at Moop Jaw. This one was directed by Warran Wright.

Chris' Final MIAF Wrap Up: Days Six & Seven

2009-07-01T20:38:00.004+10:00

Sorry for the delay folks, here's the final entry in my MIAF wrap up for 2009. Saturday & Sunday had a lot more great films, and also involved meeting and hanging out with some great people too. On Saturday I attended the Australian Panorama & the Australian Forum, as well as International Program #4 and the Late Night Bizarre. On Sunday I caught International Program #5, International Program #7, and then Chris Landreth's Screening & Q&A session. Here's my favourites from these sessions:

The Employment
Santiago 'Bou' Grasso (Argentina, 2008, 6'15)

As I understand it this was in close contention for the Best of the Fest (which went to Chris Landreth's "The Spine"). For me it was a bit of a one trick pony, but it was very effective in its simplicity. Great looking, a message we can all relate to, and some excellent comedic timing.

Great Ambition
Malcolm Sutherland (Canada, 2008, 3'00)

Good clean fun. Cute animation with a cute song.

Naturebreak: Roommates
Mike Hollingsworth (USA, 2008, 2'00)

Another simple, but fun animation. A bit predictable, but still funny.

Rabbit Punch
Kristian Andrews (UK, 2008, 5'30)

I really enjoyed Kristian's previous film "Bald Dad" a year or two ago so I was delighted when I recognised his distinctive style on the screen. Very simple, but strking visuals. I'm a big fan of the way this film looks. I don't think I enjoyed the story quite as much as Bald Dad, but this one had a much darker edge to it which could account for that.

Jazzed
Anton Setola (Belgium, 2007, 6'45)

Another great combination of visuals & music. I guess I'm a bit of a softy for the combination of jazz & animation, but I really enjoyed this one.

Rescued
Peter Parlegreco (USA, 2008, 8'15)

This film shows a bizarre world full of strange creatures. It isn't really clear what's going on, and as this one was in the late night bizarre screening I just embraced the weirdness and sat back to enjoy. That was all I was expecting to get out of the film,so I was shocked as about half way through a simple story began to develop and I was quite moved by the surprise ending. I'm not sure how a casual viewer would find this film given how strange it is, but it was one of my favourites from the Late Night Bizarre session.

Looking back over the festival there were a few films I really enjoyed that I haven't yet mentioned, so here's a little retrospective:

The Black Dog's Progress
Stephen Irwin (UK, 2008, 6'00)

This is quite a disturbing film where a dog is repetitively abused. That might turn you off, but I assure you it looks and sounds incredible. The film is hand animated using flip books and is drawn in a style that reminds me of the old rubber hose cartoons. The sound track is incredibly chilling. Very well put together, and it was very affecting on the big screen. A real technical & artistic achievement.

Black Tea
Serge Elissade (France, 2008, 5’00)

Black tea features a funny, paranoid character and some very nice animation. The story is funny, but the thing I really enjoyed about this film is the way the character is animated differently as their mood changes. Great stuff.

The final session I attended at MIAF 2009 was Chris Landreth's Q&A session. Chris won an Academy Award for his film "Ryan" and was nominated for one of his earlier films. You can appreciate and enjoy his films, watching them now, but it was really interesting to hear Andrew Hagan's introduction where he explained just what a huge impact Chris Landreth has had on CG animation when his films were first released.

This session was a real highlight for me. It was really great to hear about Chris' approach to animation and some of the technical developments that went into creating his films.

His latest film "The Spine" won Best of the Fest, and it was great to get a chance to see that (playing for only the third time at a festival).

Well I guess that's it for another year folks. I'm too tired to write any more! Sorry for the short and somewhat inconsequential breakdowns of each film, but it's quite hard to get your head around so many films in such a short time.

I want to send out a huge thank you to Malcolm, Helen & everyone else for once again putting on an astounding festival. And thanks must also go to all the filmmakers who submitted their work. It was a real pleasure to see so much wonderful work.

Chris' MIAF Wrap Up: Day Five

2009-06-27T08:06:00.003+10:00

Friday was the best day yet at this year's MIAF. Program 3 was really brilliant, every film was great and had something interesting to offer. Unfortunately I don't have time to write about all of them, so I've had to narrow it down to a few favourites (but this list could have been a lot longer).

Sparrows Are Children Of Pigeons
Nina Bisyarina (Russia, 2008, 5'00)

A simple, gorgeous film, exploring childhood and imagination. Really beautiful, the cutest film I've seen since last year's "The Tiny Fish".

The Conservatory
Matilda Tristram (UK, 2008, 2'00)

Simple, and really funny. A really great sense of (somewhat absurd) humour.

Labyrinth
Patrick Jenkins (Canada, 2008, 8'00)

The starkness of this film is really beautiful, and it works very well with a really great "noir" style soundtrack. The storyline is filled with unexplained happenings, but instead of being annoying this mystery really just adds to the experience. Unlike many detective stories where the audience is trying to guess whodunit along with the detective, this film takes you on a strange and fantastical ride and I was quite content to go along with it. For me, the combination of noir genre elements and these more strange ones worked really well and was a lot of fun.

Another great screening yesterday was the Studio Watch of UK company The Mill. You will definitely have seen some of this company's ads on TV. Possibly their most well known one was the Sony Bravia bouncing balls ad.

There work is of an incredibly high standard, so many great looking TVCs that were actually interesting and enjoyable to watch. They also had a couple of really cool shorts in the program as well. As this company shows, TVCs don't have to be shit.

Yesterday, I also caught the "Works in Progress" 101 Session. Three animators gave us an insight into the project they're currently working on and what stage they're up to.

Sue Stamp is working on a very promising film about Gorillas at the Melbourne Zoo. Her initial sketches are just gorgeous and her ideas for the film are really fantastic. I can't wait to see this one come into fruition.

Hung Lin, who's previous film screened at last year's MIAF, is working on a new film called ‘The Impersonator’. He's done a lot of concept work and storyboarding for this film already and I have to say, it's looking magnificent. He restricted his first two films to black and white due to time constraints, but for this one he has gone all out with glorious colours. The boldness of his style looked fantastic in the stills and I'm sure it will only look better once it's animated.

Finally, Jonathan Nix showed us some clips of a 30" animated film he's been working on for more than four years now. He's working with two other animators (one cell animator, and one 3D CG) and the footage we got to see looked really wonderful. The main character has a gramaphone for its head so you just know this film is going to be a good one!

I think that's enough updating for today. I'll be living it large this weekend for the final two days of the festival so my next and final MIAF update will probably be coming on Monday or Tuesday.

If you haven't already, get down to the festival and check out some screenings! The quality of these films is really fantastic, and there's so much variety to appreciate.

Chris' MIAF Wrap Up: Day Four

2009-06-26T08:09:00.005+10:00

Yesterday was another great day of MIAF. I caught the New Croation Panorama, the Pritt Parn Special, & the London's Calling #1 Session.

Morana
Simon Bogojevic Narath (Croatia, 2008, 12'30)

I'm not exactly sure what was going on in this film, but it was quite interesting to watch. A really nice combination of traditional CG and CG with cell shading for the characters. There was really interesting character design too. I also enjoyed the pacing in this film, there was lots of stillness in the early sections building up to a lot of excitement when the film changes scene.

BBC iPlayer “Penguins”
Vince Squibb, Darren Walsh, (UK, 2008, 1’00)

Some of you have probably already seen this one. I won't say much, as you can watch it yourself.

There were also a number of other great TVCs in the London's calling program. Passion Pictures (the guys behind the Gorillaz videos) had a great Audi TVC, there was a very funny ad for comparethemarket.com pretending to advertise for comparethemeerkat.com, and a couple of really beautifully animated TVCs advertising the dangers of drinking too much around children.

I also quite enjoyed Pritt Parn's "Life without Gabriella Ferri". Another one that I wouldn't have normally expected to enjoy (especially at its length of 44"), but it was quite a bit of fun. There was definitely some disturbing imagery, but the film had a good sense of humour. Again, beautifully animated.

Chris' MIAF Wrap Up: Day Three

2009-06-25T10:04:00.003+10:00

Just a short update today, more coming tomorrow.

The Horrors: "She Is The New Thing"
Corin Hardy (UK, 2007, 2'45)

I'm not usually into the gruesome demonic imagery that can stereotypically accompany hardcore music, but I really enjoyed this video. The animation was perfectly suited to the song, not just in imagery but also in the pacing and style of movement. A great combination of live action with animation (which I think can often look pretty naff). Check out the video below.

Chris' MIAF Wrap Up: Days One and Two

2009-06-24T10:33:00.005+10:00

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Well it's that time of year again. I've thoroughly enjoyed the first two days of this year's Melbourne International Animation Festival, and I'm looking forward to the rest of the week. MIAF is one of the world's biggest animation festivals, and as the program proudly proclaims it includes 50 screenings, 400+ films, from 35+ countries. We're very lucky to have such a prominent festival right here in Melbourne, so if you get the chance I highly recommend you get down and check out some films! You can check out the program here.

Over the next few days I'll do my best to write about some of my festival favourites. Here's some films that stood out to me from day one and two:

According To Birds / Volgens De Vogels
Linde Faas (Holland, 2008, 5'30)

This film is absolutely stunning. The theatre was completely silent as this film played and you could really feel just how mesmerised the audience was. It was almost like we were all holding our breath. Beautifully animated, with a gorgeous look. A real stand out for me so far.

I Am So Proud Of You
Don Hertzfeldt (USA, 2008, 22'00)

I didn't actually realise how long this film was until I checked the program afterwards (which is a good thing). The D.I.Y crew have been fans of Don Hertzfeldt for a few years now so I was really looking forward to this one. It has Hertzfeldt's unique randomness and humour as you would expect. But I was surprised and delighted by the strong sense of humanity the film had. It looked great - combining Hertzfeldt's simple line drawings with photos and other elements very successfully. I'm not a fan of much mixed media animation, but the different elements worked very well together in this film. A great soundtrack too.

The Year I Cut My Hair
Ami Lindholm (Finland, 2008, 5'15)

Another film with an excellent soundtrack. The music contributes significantly to this film, really setting you on edge, and lending the visuals (that might otherwise have appeared cute or flippant) a real sense of eeriness. This film also contained a great mix of visual styles, often simple in appearance but quite disturbing and affecting.

Fantasie In Bubblewrap
Arthur Metcalf (USA, 2007, 3'45)

A very simple film, but it succeeds perfectly in what it sets out to achieve. This one reminds me a lot of "Global Warming" which played very well at last year's MIAF. This film had the whole cinema roarng with laughter. Definitely a crowd pleaser. A great idea, exectuted perfectly.

By no means were these the only films I enjoyed in the last few days. I thought International Program 1 showcased a great variety and it was really great to see so many wonderful sand animations in the Sand program.

More wrapping-up tomorrow kids!

The Trainer

2009-06-12T12:55:00.005+10:00

A little while ago I assisted on a short film called "The Trainer" directed by Clayton Jacobson. The film was produced in collaboration with Canon using their brand new DSLR, the EOS 5D Mark II. Clay got to test drive the camera and decided to make a short documentary about his father's career as a boxing coach. Many of you will recognise Ron from his role as the hilariously mean-spirited dad in "Kenny".

The film was a lot of fun to work on. I got to work alongside DP Peter Falk (who was the director of photography on "The Jammed") which was really great.

You can watch "The Trainer" here.

There's also a making of video (in which you get to see me standing around looking useless). You can check that out here.

Music Videos

2009-06-08T10:45:00.002+10:00

Here's some music videos I've been enjoying this last month or so...

Firekites - Autumn Story

2009-05-11T19:41:00.002+10:00

This is a really pretty animation for a very pretty song.
Animated in chalk across a series of blackboards.
Lovely stuff.
Co-directed by Yanni Kronenberg and Lucinda Schreiber

The work of Lindsay Scoggins

2009-05-11T11:24:00.002+10:00

Just stumbled across these videos by video artist Lindsay Scoggins. Awesome.

Mary and Max

2009-05-09T11:57:00.006+10:00

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I finally got around to watching Adam Elliot's new feature film Mary & Max last week, and I have to say I loved it. It is a really gorgeous film. To start with, it's visually stunning. The animation is exquisite, and the photography is simply beautiful. Wonderful colours and fantastic art direction. Overall, it's very easy on the eyes. The film also has a wonderful (and disturbing) sense of humour.

I can't recommend it enough. Go out and watch it! I'll be going down and watching it again hopefully this week. It's not every day that a truly stunning Australian film is released (let alone an animated one), so we better enjoy it while we've got it!

Here's the trailer:

kilp Projections

2009-05-04T20:36:00.002+10:00

Some cool projection installations by the klip collective from San Fransisco.

RDX Wall Art

2009-05-04T16:16:00.003+10:00

This is awesome!

Psuche Album Launch

2009-05-01T09:54:00.002+10:00

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Last night I checked out the Psuche (pronounced "sue-key") album launch at the Northcote Social Club. I stumbled across Psuche's music a little while ago and have been loving it ever since. They put on a great show and the album is a really stunning piece of work. I highly recommend you get yourself a copy. You can order it from their label's website.

I also caught The Harpoons, who stepped in as emergency support act when Qua was sick. These guys are awesome. They were a real pleasure to experience live, so much energy, and to put it simply just a whole lot of fun. You can check out their music here.

YouTubes

2009-04-25T14:21:00.004+10:00

I finally uploaded some more videos onto YouTube. I still vastly prefer Vimeo, but I guess it just doesn't have as much reach as the YouTubes. Anyways, here they are. The Something Great clip actually looks pretty good in HD on YouTube.

Dialectrix - Outcast

2009-04-21T17:16:00.003+10:00

Music Videos

2009-04-19T20:43:00.005+10:00

Here's some cool videos I've been enjoying lately...

Lisa Mitchell - See You When You Get Here. A simple concept, very well executed, and visually interesting.

Chairlift - Evident Utensil. This actually looks even more messed up on YouTube than it does on TV. I actually really dig how those temporal compression artifacts (is there a better way to say that?) have been used in this video. I never thought I'd enjoy seeing those things, and it really got me intrigued as to how they achieved the effect. Kind of reminds me of how Hype Williams (and Gondry and probably tons of other people) started using video morphing in a more percussive way, instead of its original purpose.

Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees.

Passion Pit - Sleepyhead. Some awesome zoetrope-esque stuff here.

Internet Things Updates

2009-04-16T09:17:00.002+10:00

I've been updating a variety of online things over the new days, including adding some new videos and improving the existing ones.

First off, I've updated my website again. Not quite as drastic a change as last time, but changed the bio and a few other little things.

I've also finally broken down and got myself a myspace. I know, I know... Anyways, you can check it out here.

And finally, for the videos. I've updated the "Fraught" trailer with a better cut, and I've also added extracts of "The Line" and "Neon Blue". Watch 'em while they're hot!

Phrase - Spaceship

2009-04-11T09:32:00.001+10:00

Vigilantelope's "Tale of the Golden Lease" Selling Fast

2009-04-10T21:21:00.004+10:00

As part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Vigilantelope are putting on a show called "Tale of the Golden Lease". The show basically weaves sketches into a mammoth story, and includes songs, dances and stackhats. Tickets for two nights have already SOLD OUT, so book now so you don't miss out on your chance to see five of Melbourne's favorite up-and-coming comedians together on stage for the first time. Check out Vigilantelope's website here.

Benjamin Barker

2009-04-08T09:33:00.001+10:00

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An explanation and more pics coming soon...

David Shiyang Liu on SINdie

2009-03-30T21:14:00.004+11:00

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Our good friend David Liu was just interviewed on SINdie (a blog about Singaporian Indie Flim) about his latest short "5 Films". It's a great read, so check it out here!

Bianca Chen - Something Great

2009-03-25T19:42:00.002+11:00

At long last here it is. The music video for Bianca Chen's "Something Great" launches online officially today. Look out for it on Rage, Video Hits, & the festival circuit in the coming months. But for now you can enjoy it courtesy of vimeo at: http://vimeo.com/3290617

Thanks again to everyone who helped out and made the production of this video possible. Click here to view full credits.

If you enjoy the video, be sure to pass the link on to all your friends!

Chris Pahlow Website Update

2009-03-24T23:53:00.003+11:00

Websites have a funny habit of getting out of date fast. I've been working on a bunch of new projects over the last few months so it's about time I updated my website. I've added some info on the Something Great clip I did for Bianca Chen as well as some other stuff (including my filmography, which, ironically, is already out of date). I also streamlined a few things and changed the interface a bit so hopefully it should work better than ever.

Some very exciting things are on the horizon right now, so check back here and on my official website for updates!

CCCC Year 12 Media Workshop

2009-03-22T11:20:00.005+11:00

Last Saturday I headed up to Yellingbo for the annual Caroline Chisholm Catholic College Arts Camp for year twelve students. I ran a day long workshop for six year twelve media students, and covered a range of topics from basic camera skills, scene construction, and a pitch and writing workshop. All the kids were really fantastic to work with and showed a great deal of promise.

All in all I had a great day, and really enjoyed working with the students. The arts camp as a whole seems really fantastic (they also had workshops on a number of other fields including photography, textiles, visual communication, etc). A big thanks to Mark Gustincic and Mark Groves for inviting my down. I can't wait for next year's camp!

Videos of Keith Schofield

2009-03-11T21:43:00.003+11:00

Here's a couple of videos from director Keith Schofiled (I posted the video he did for Supergrass a while back). He's able to create a very distinct visual style in each of his videos. So even if you don't dig the songs or the content, there's still plenty of technical expertise you can appreciate.

MIMS - Move (If You Wanna):

The BPA - Toe Jam:

Fleet Foxes - Mykonos

2009-03-08T09:38:00.004+11:00

Another great video, this time directed by Sean Pecknold. Enjoy.

And here's a making of video:

5films at SIFF

2009-03-05T08:43:00.003+11:00

D.I.Y Art associate David Shiyang Liu's latest film "5films in an Anthology of a Film a Month" has been selected as one of the nine competition finalists at the 22nd Singapore International Film Festival. 5films is competiting for awards in Best Film, Best Director, Best Performance, Best Cinematography, and Special Mention and will screen at SIFF on the 15th, 18th and 25th of April. If you're in Singapore definately get down and check out Dave's film; it's a great piece of work that you're sure to enjoy. Get your tickets here.

I've been lucky enough to work with Dave on a number of projects (I worked as the camera assist on this shoot for a couple of days) so I know from first hand experience the kind of filmmaker Dave is. He's a director with passion and vision, and one you should definitely keep your eye on! So get on down and check out "5films" @ SIFF.

SIFF Trailer:

5films Trailer:

D.I.Y Art Films on the ACMI website

2009-02-26T17:29:00.002+11:00

Check it out!
An interview we did with the lovely people at ACMI at last year's Melbourne International Animation Festival:

http://www.acmi.net.au/vid_makers_diy.htm

Also, MIAF is now on Facebook! Befriend the festival here.

Johnny Cash - Hurt

2009-02-25T17:45:00.002+11:00

Another video (& song) I've found quite affecting is the one for Johnny Cash's cover of the NIN track "Hurt", directed by the master Mark Romanek.

SMM & WIFF

2009-02-24T20:04:00.004+11:00

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Supermarket Musical Massacre is making its American debut at the Women's International Film & Arts Festival in Miami in just a few days. It's screening on Sat, Feb 28 2009, 7:30 pm at the Fontainebleau Hotel (which is presumably in Miami). SMM is actually the only Australian film showing at the festival which is a real honour for us. (You can find out more here.)

So if you happen to be in Miami on the 28th get on down and check it out! They never asked us to send over a screener tape so fingers crossed they'll use the DVD and there won't just be seven minutes of black screen when SMM is supposed to be showing.

A big thanks to everyone over at WIFF in Miami for their selection and interest in our film!

Bowerbirds - In Our Talons

2009-02-21T08:53:00.003+11:00

A stunning video directed by Alan Poon from Canada. For me, this is how the best music videos should be. Not only is it visually stunning & well suited to the music, this video provokes an emotional response and left me feeling quite moved. Enjoy.

Vigilantelope presents "Tale of the Golden Lease" - Tickets On Sale Today!

2009-02-12T17:07:00.007+11:00

That's right! Tickets are on sale right now for Vigilantelope's 2009 Comedy Festival Show, "Tale of the Golden Lease." You can find out more about Vigilantelope at www.vigilantelope.com

Check out the Comedy at Trades site and pick up tickets today:

http://www.comedyattrades.com.au/program_guide/show_135

There is a special price for opening night - Tuesday the 14th of April - All tickets are $14!

To get your whistle wetted, here is a little video of Joel from Vigilantelope performing at Asian Pop Idol in Federation Square:

Chris Pahlow Showreel (February 2009)

2009-02-11T13:26:00.002+11:00

At long last my montage reel is complete. This features clips from all my festival shorts (including SMM, Fraught, & Neon Blue), the Something Great video, and a bunch of other animated promos. A big thanks to Liow for the music. If you like what you see, check out my website at chrispahlow.com, or email me at chris.pahlow@gmail.com.

Watchmen

2009-02-11T13:23:00.004+11:00

I can barely contain my excitement. I'm keeping my fingers crossed they do a good job with this. Check out the high quality versions here (it's worth it!).

Higher Quality Videos

2009-02-10T23:27:00.003+11:00

Through the magic that is vimeo I've got some higher quality versions of the SMM & Neon Blue trailers, plus the promo Steph & I did for the JJJ comp. Enjoy:

Her Morning Elegance

2009-02-06T13:07:00.002+11:00

Dave put me onto this last week. Awesome stuff, definitely some of the best pixilation I've seen.

Something Great - Stills & Credits

2009-02-04T22:10:00.009+11:00

At long last Bianca Chen's "Something Great" video is nearing completion. To whet your appetites here's a few stills from the final video.

Perhaps more so than on any other project I've work on, this video was truly a team effort. This video would not exist without the help, advice, encouragement, and countless hours of work from a large number of people. To everyone involved, I cannot thank you enough. I enjoyed working with each and every person involved with the production. I was unbelievably lucky to have such an amazing and talented group of people to work with. To find out who these incredible people are, here's the credits:

Directed, Produced, & Edited by: Chris Pahlow

Production Manager: Wayne Wong

Art Director & Assistant Production Manager: Elise Pahlow

Film Crew

Director of Photography: Adam Howden

First Assistant Director: Alan Lam

Camera Assistant: Jaque Fisher

Gaffer Assistant: Amanda Chong

Grips: Zac Gillam & Nathan Whitcher

Data Wrangler: Takuya Suzuki

Hair & Makeup: Tamsin Scrimshaw

Runner: Melissa Moodley

Equipment Advisor: Eileen Wall

Set Team: Stephanie Brotchie, Amanda Chong, Zac Gillam, Melissa Moodley, Elise Pahlow, Oliver Ramsey, Tracey Tang, Nathan Whitcher, David Wong, Jennifer Wong, Kean Wong, Kay Li Yeoh

Documentary: Oliver Ramsey

Assistant Editors: Stephanie Brotchie, Alan Lam, David Shiyang Liu, & Elise Pahlow

Colour Grading: Alan Lam & David Shiyang Liu

Stills Photography: Laurie Fish, & Elise Pahlow

Set Crew

Set Illustration & Design: Elise Pahlow, Stephanie Brotchie, Katie Pahlow, & Chris Pahlow

Set Engineer: Andy Matthews

Set Advisor: Jacinta Chute

Set Construction: Phoebe Bao, Gemma Belfrage, Dave Bennett, Stephanie Brotchie, Andy Matthews, Chris Pahlow, Elise Pahlow, Oliver Ramsey, Takuya Suzuki, Tracey Tang, Kean Wong, Jennifer Wong, Wayne Wong, Kay Li Yeoh

Thanks

Special Thanks: Jacinta Chute, Adam Howden, Elise Pahlow, Eileen Wall, Kin & Tai Ling Wong, Wayne Wong, Jennifer Wong, The Pahlow Family

Thanks again to everyone involved. We'll keep you posted regarding the clip's release and let you know where & when to see it as soon as we know.

Supermarket Musical Massacre & WIFF

2009-01-24T08:54:00.003+11:00

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We've just got word that Supermarket Musical Massacre has been accepted to the Women's International Film Festival in Miami. This year the festival runs from Feb 28 to March 8. A big thanks to everyone over at WIFF Miami! We'll keep you posted with details as they're released.

Fraught @ SIGGRAPH Asia 2008

2009-01-17T08:32:00.004+11:00

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We were so busy working on the Bianca Chen shoot that we forgot to let you know that Fraught was screening in Singapore in December.

It screened in the Australian Panorama of the first SIGGRAPH Asia conference. SIGGRAPH in the US was were Pixar first made a big splash with their shorts, back before they were even an animation company so it was a real honour to be part of the conference. It was also great to be programmed alongside other MIAF festival favourites like "The Goat That Ate Time", "Carnivore Reflux" & "The Passenger".

A big thanks to everyone over at SIGGRAPH asia!

More Something Great Shoot Photos

2009-01-07T19:21:00.016+11:00

Here's a few more photos taken at the Something Great Shoot. These were taken by Laurie Fish, a friend of Adam's. A big thank-you from the Something Great team to Laurie for giving his time to come down and take some shots.
Enjoy!

Happy Christmas

2008-12-25T11:39:00.001+11:00

Shoot Day 2 - 09/12/08

2008-12-14T15:01:00.004+11:00

Shoot Day 1 - 08/12/08

2008-12-14T14:44:00.011+11:00

Sunday 07/12/08 Costume Shopping

2008-12-14T14:40:00.001+11:00

Wednesday Rehearsal 03/12/08

2008-12-14T11:26:00.009+11:00

Another Epic Blog Post

Set Testing & Construction at Andy's

2008-12-14T11:06:00.007+11:00

Sunday 30/11/08

Dying Disaster

2008-12-05T21:30:00.004+11:00

We've been so busy we haven't had a chance to post all the photos, so here's some from a while ago, where Chris and I tried to dye the sky backdrop using acryllic paint and water. Needless to say it was a disaster and we had to paint it straight on, on the grass in our backyard with rain impending.

Tuesday Bump-in/Wednesday Rehearsal

2008-12-03T20:01:00.007+11:00

...and so came the glorious fruits of our labour, through blood, sweat, tears, through unparalleled highs and indescribable lows, through listening to Elise cussing at Chris as only a sailor could, resulting in Chris curling up in a corner and crying to himself...enjoy :)

Chris: Thanks to Benno from Smart Move for his help transferring all the set pieces.

Set Construction - Painting

2008-11-23T10:11:00.003+11:00

The set construction yesterday could not have gone better. I had originally planned for two full days just to paint the sets, and with the weather (around a maximum of 16 degrees with storms) I was worried it might take even more than that. Instead, we ended up finishing a whole day ahead of schedule. Despite the horrible weather everyone did such a fantastic job that we finished painting all the sets and even managed to start reinforcing some in a single day.

I want to send out a big thank you to: Wayne, Elise, Takuya, Tracey, Kay Li, Jen, Steph, Andy, Ollie, Gemma, Bianca, & Phoebe. You guys did an awesome job! I also want to send out a big thanks to Uncle Kin for cooking us lunch and letting us ruin his garage!

Set Construction - Painting

2008-11-22T21:33:00.013+11:00

SMM @ The Istanbul Animation Festival

2008-11-20T12:55:00.002+11:00

Supermarket Musical Massacre is screening at the Istanbul Animation Festival in a couple of days. If you happen to be in Istanbul on the 22nd then get down there and check it out!

SMM is screening as part of the "Shorts in Competition 6" program. Thanks again to Efe Efeoğlu and everyone else at the Istanbul Animation Festival for their interest in our work! You can check out the festival website here!

Monday - Wayne, Elise, Chris drawing & cutting out ALL sets

2008-11-18T10:37:00.005+11:00

A mock up of what one of the scenes will look like.

Sunday - Wayne and Chris undercoating cardboard for sets

2008-11-18T10:34:00.002+11:00

Saturday - Working out sizes for sets with Andy

2008-11-18T10:21:00.002+11:00

Bianca Chen Fundraising Gig - More Photos

2008-11-17T21:33:00.007+11:00

T-shirt Stand

Jenny and An having fun at the gig.

Bianca Chen Fundraising Gig - Photos

2008-11-14T17:54:00.004+11:00

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Here's a couple off quick pics that Steph took last night at the Bianca Chen fundraising gig. It was a big success, thanks to everyone who came down. More pics coming soon.

Super Obama World

2008-11-10T14:10:00.003+11:00

This is a pretty rad and addictive game. Based on Super Mario World, the game is set in Alaska, where Obama must squash pigs in lipstick, squish little Hilary Clintons with racks of clothes and collect American flags. Play it here.
Why aren't Australian politics more like this?

Alex the Talking Bird

2008-11-08T11:51:00.003+11:00

This is pretty incredible stuff. I read an article about it while waiting for the dentist. This bird was trained to speak English as part of a study into animal cognition. He can do simple arithmetic, distinguish different colours, shapes, etc, and answer simple logic problems. He's even been known to say things like "what's your problem" and "I'm leaving now" at appropriate moments! Awesome!

Here's a couple of articles if you want to find out more:

http://caiqueclowns.blogspot.com/2008/10/cognition-and-talking-bird.html

http://www.economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12459697

Vigilantelope Showreel

2008-11-04T12:03:00.002+11:00

Some clips of the Vigilantelope lads in Monash Law Comedy Revues from 2003-2008.
Vigilantelope will be part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2009.
Find out more here.

Something Great Tees - Samples... Part Two

2008-10-30T15:50:00.005+11:00

As promised, here are the photos. I guess this proves that having a new dslr doesn't necessarily mean I can take a good photo! Check out the whole range of tees here!

William Montgomery

2008-10-30T13:28:00.004+11:00

A couple of weeks ago I had the great pleasure of meeting Melbourne artist William Montomery. Not only is he a stand up guy, but he's a really fantastic artist! You can check out his work at his main blog and he also runs a blog called Montgomery Today where he regularly posts quick new works. Awesome stuff!!! I really love his style, so get down there and check it out.

Here's a few of my favourites:

And here's a few from his Montgomery Today blog:

Something Great Tees - Samples...

2008-10-29T16:44:00.005+11:00

More pics coming tomorrow (once they're dry)...

Don't forget, there is a special promotion on Something Great T-Shirts until 23:59 on Thursday the 30th of October (GMT). Order now and you will receive completely free shipping! If you are in Melbourne, this is about $6 off the overall cost. The promotional code for the free shipping is '100000masterpieces' – just type it into the promotion box on the sales page. Check out the full range here!

If you're fiending for some new shirts, then check out the Vigilantelope shirts too. They're ace!

D.I.Y Side-Projects

2008-10-29T09:00:00.005+11:00

You may have noticed that there is a common theme running through the D.I.Y Side-Projects at the moment: Fundraising. We do know how painful it is to be hit about the head with requests for money, but unfortunately for both you and us, it is a necessary evil.

Vigilantelope are raising money to put on a show in the 2009 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. To help support them, you can buy a T-Shirt from RedBubble, and if you buy it before 11:59 tomorrow night (30th October), you will receive free shipping with the secret code: '100000masterpieces' .

Find out more about Vigilantelope at their blog:

http://vigilantelope.blogspot.com

Or pick up a T-Shirt at:

http://www.redbubble.com/people/scruffian/clothing/1760753-5-vigilantelope

The free shipping deal also applies to the Bianca Chen fundraising T-Shirts, which can be found at:

http://www.chrispahlow.com/somethinggreat/

and on RedBubble at:

http://www.redbubble.com/people/wonderful/clothing/1810932-5-something-great-height-order-penguins-boys

Why not grab one of each, get yourself a bargain, and the knowledge that you are supporting local independent artists? We would highly recommend it.

SMM & Mandurah Short Film Festival

2008-10-28T18:27:00.003+11:00

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Whoops... Looks like SMM screened at the Mandurah Short Film Festival in WA last weekend and we didn't even know it! SMM wasn't listed on the website but it was actually in the downloadable programme. Aprently it screened on Saturday the 25h at around 5pm.

Sorry to anyone in WA that wanted to catch it and missed it because they didn't know it was on. If you did happen to see it, hope you enjoyed it and had fun at the festival!

Finally...

2008-10-28T18:07:00.003+11:00

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Being an independent filmmaker actually means you don't spend very much time making films. Most of the time is spent doing promotion, fundraising, etc. So it's always good when you get a chance to get back to what you're actually supposed to be doing...

If You Want Me

2008-10-27T17:03:00.000+11:00

Bianca Chen and friends on Johnnyonline.

A Very Penguin Christmas

2008-10-27T16:54:00.002+11:00

Penguin Christmas cards now available!

Something Great Tees - Special Offer

2008-10-27T12:58:00.002+11:00

Thanks to everyone who's bought t-shirts so far! (Four so far today!)

For the next few days there is a special promotion on Something Great T-Shirts. Order now and you will receive completely free shipping! If you are in Melbourne, this is about $6 off the overall cost. The promotional code for the free shipping is '100000masterpieces' – just type it into the promotion box on the sales page. The offer will finish at 23:59 on Thursday the 30th of October (GMT), so get cracking!

Gearing up for festival submissions

2008-10-27T09:18:00.001+11:00

Emiliana Torrini - Big Jumps

2008-10-25T15:40:00.001+11:00

Tegan And Sara - Call It Off

2008-10-25T12:58:00.001+11:00

Bianca Chen Fundraising Gig - Thurs Nov 13th

2008-10-23T11:55:00.001+11:00

Red Gallery

2008-10-22T16:45:00.004+11:00

I'll be pouring drinks at the opening of a new exhibition at Red Gallery (157 St. Georges Road, Fitzroy North) tomorrow night. If you're up for some good art, come down and check it out:

New Works by Heather Jessup and Nikky Morgan-Smith

through your skin by Kim Mcdonald

Hatches, matches and despatches by Robin Astley

Amateur

2008-10-20T20:58:00.000+11:00

My man Josh Holt put me onto this. Awesome!

More Fundraising Tees

2008-10-19T19:53:00.005+11:00

Here's some more fundraising tees for your enjoyment! Click here to see the full range! All eight tees are now available for both boys and girls.

Bianca Chen Fundraising Gig - Thurs Nov 13th

2008-10-19T13:53:00.004+11:00

Something Great - Sample Fundraising Tee

2008-10-18T20:10:00.006+11:00

I'm currently working on a new project with Melbourne singer Bianca Chen. Bianca's working on a new EP to be release next year so to raise money for that, and for our project together we'll be doing a whole bunch of fun stuff including fundraising gigs and selling some awesome t-shirts. I just got the first sample tee in a couple of days ago:

This shirt is now available for sale in cuts for both boys & girls. All profits from these shirts will go towards funding our project.

Something Great: Height Order Penguins (Boys)

Something Great: Height Order Penguins (Girls)

This tee features illustration by Elise Pahlow, Steph Brotchie & myself, with colouring and design by me. More info and more t-shirts coming soon! In the meanwhile, check out Bianca's myspace page here!

SMM Shortlisted for the Istanbul Animation Festival

2008-10-09T15:50:00.004+11:00

A little while ago we were contacted by the good folks at the Istanbul Animation Festival. They were keen to see our latest film Supermarket Musical Massacre, and it's just been shortlisted as a competition finalist. Many thanks to Efe Efeoğlu and everyone else at the Istanbul Animation Festival for their interest in our work! You can check out the festival website here, and we'll keep you posted with more developments as they come!

D.I.Y Art Films

D.I.Y Blog Hiatus

Erykah Bady - Jump Up In The Air

Time Remapping

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Matt Sweeney - I Gave You

New GIl Scott-Heron Album Coming Out

Kid Cudi - Make Her Say

Charlotte Gainsbourg & Beck - Heaven Can Wait

More Music Videos

HAPPY CHRISTMASES!!!

Music Videos

Joseph

Barbara Bolt - "Neon"

Vigilantelope - New T-Shirts

Children of Letterboxers: A Novelty

The Mint Chicks - I can't stop being foolish

Urthboy - Ready to Go

Snob Scrilla - Houston

The Virgins - Teen Lovers (Director: Ace Norton)

I Hate You Gordon Freeman (Half Life 2 Review)

Florence and the Machine - Kiss with a Fist

The Ray Mann Three

The Aston Shuffle (feat. Danimal Kingdom) - Do You Want More

Chris' Final MIAF Wrap Up: Days Six & Seven

Chris' MIAF Wrap Up: Day Five

Chris' MIAF Wrap Up: Day Four

Chris' MIAF Wrap Up: Day Three

Chris' MIAF Wrap Up: Days One and Two

The Trainer

Music Videos

Firekites - Autumn Story

The work of Lindsay Scoggins

Mary and Max

kilp Projections

RDX Wall Art

Psuche Album Launch

YouTubes

Dialectrix - Outcast

Music Videos

Internet Things Updates

Phrase - Spaceship

Vigilantelope's "Tale of the Golden Lease" Selling Fast

Benjamin Barker

David Shiyang Liu on SINdie

Bianca Chen - Something Great

Chris Pahlow Website Update

CCCC Year 12 Media Workshop

Videos of Keith Schofield

Fleet Foxes - Mykonos

5films at SIFF

D.I.Y Art Films on the ACMI website

Johnny Cash - Hurt

SMM & WIFF

Bowerbirds - In Our Talons

Vigilantelope presents "Tale of the Golden Lease" - Tickets On Sale Today!

Chris Pahlow Showreel (February 2009)

Watchmen

Higher Quality Videos

Her Morning Elegance

Something Great - Stills & Credits

Supermarket Musical Massacre & WIFF

Fraught @ SIGGRAPH Asia 2008

More Something Great Shoot Photos

Happy Christmas

Shoot Day 2 - 09/12/08

Shoot Day 1 - 08/12/08

Sunday 07/12/08 Costume Shopping

Wednesday Rehearsal 03/12/08

Set Testing & Construction at Andy's

Dying Disaster

Tuesday Bump-in/Wednesday Rehearsal

Set Construction - Painting

Set Construction - Painting

SMM @ The Istanbul Animation Festival

Monday - Wayne, Elise, Chris drawing & cutting out ALL sets

Sunday - Wayne and Chris undercoating cardboard for sets

Saturday - Working out sizes for sets with Andy

Bianca Chen Fundraising Gig - More Photos

Bianca Chen Fundraising Gig - Photos

Super Obama World