The PEN Story, Olympus

This is a great stop motion piece for the Olymus pen showing a journey through time and through life. It was made from over 60,000 photo's, 9,600 prints and 1,800 phot's had to be shot again. There was no post-production which i find very impressive and very skilled.

This piece I can relate to alot. Not because of the life story but because of certain shots. For example New York, paragliding and the history of motorcycling in the family. Actually, most of it reminds me of my dad and what he has done through life. He grew up with bikes and continued using them when going through the army then swapped them for paragliding later in life before starting to get back into biking again now. The only thing that is not right is the running a marathon part because he said he would never do but who knows. I love this piece and sure he will too.

Big Draw Sting

This is the sting I produced to be part the Manchester Big Draw.
It is being used on Friday between information on the screens set up at the Triangle in the city centre. As you saw on my last post the Saab website was my inspiration. I used a microphone to record the pen sound separately as well as the humming in the background. I wanted to incorporate the subject matter into the design to create a more personal outcome. I'm happy with the outcome considering the time scale given.

I have recorded how it was done and that will be posted up soon to show you the processes I went through.

Shynola: Coldplay "Strawberry swing"

Something Shynola really wanted to focus on was the use of different camera angles by changing the way Chris Martin was laying / standing in the road. As well as this the wanted to show a lot of interacting with surroundings and materials. this is shown by use of the cape and the umbrella. Obviously this is a very time consuming method of creating a music video but they make it look effortless.

They have captured the music as well as develop and combined a story / meaning to the lyrics provided. they worked in close collaboration with Coldplay to produce this outcome. I you know me well then you will understand I am not a big lover of Coldplay but when i saw this video it really inspired and impressed me. I always have great respect for thous who try something new, even if it is just a new take on something. Making something personal.

Hope there is much more to come from Shynola's trade mark Squirrel!