Microcinema DVDs - onedotzero

Catalog Number: MC-307	Type: Shorts Compilation	Genre: Design / Fashion
Copyright: 2004	Length: 65 minutes	Format: DVD Region: All regions
TV System: NTSC	ISBN:	UPC/EAN: 5060065280033
Label: onedotzero

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Films In Compilation

Baghdad Blog directed by Aphex Twin United Kingdom, 0, 00:00:00 punchy, hard-hitting and direct, graphic web promo for salam pax’s book of his blog [media-savvy iraqi net-addict started a web log and accidentally became the world's most famous web-diarist]. intro more than pack a graphic punch to match the emotional and loaded charge of pax’s missives. commissioned by screenbase for canongate books with music from salam's idol, warps very own aphex twin.
Tube Mice directed by Dan Chambers United Kingdom, 0, 00:00:00 all is not right underground. the tube is in chaos yet no one knows why. what’s more the mice are disappearing. who is the dark figure taking a fervent interest in both? meanwhile deep below something is trembling…a colourful and comic tale from comedy director and designer, chambers that sees him move into a slight longer length from his standout shorts, the amazing adrenalini brothers and cult web hit the pygmy shrew. tube mice was produced by onedotzero as part of the pulse digital short film scheme with film london funded by uk film council shorts new cinema fund.
Fake directed by Timo Schaedel Germany, 0, 00:00:00 a welcome return to onedotzero from this hamburg-based designer makes a graphical study of his home city, underground and overground, a statement testifying to the decay and regeneration of a modern german city. a film made very much with audio talent and regular collaborator boris salchow specially produced for and premiered at onedotzero8.
Quietus directed by Precursor United Kingdom, 0, 00:00:00 a microcosmic organo-tech world – a complete cycle of artificial life from broadcast and motion design unit. based on ideas of juxtaposition and contrast, life and death, the exquisite and the grotesque, the mechanic and the organic, order and chaos. precursor used lush manipulated photography twinned with sound by si begg to complete the effect. the film was created for and premiered at onedotzero8
What Barry Says directed by Simon Robson United Kingdom, 0, 00:00:00 an uncompromising examination and criticism of u.s. foreign policy, according to barry, the director’s friend from down the local pub - a ‘lefty old hippy’. his monologue is sharply interpreted in motion graphics using iconographic styles from war pamphlets to stencil graffiti, which give visual form and resonance to his argument. ‘soon there will be no political middle ground’. created for onedotzero8 and already picking up festival awards internationally
RND # 00 Safety Procedures directed by Richard Fenwick United Kingdom, 0, 00:00:00 onedotzero stalwart fenwick completes his 20th rnd film on man’s contention with modern life and technology. this time he targets the friendly skies - the absurdity of the in-flight safety procedure is played out in graphic, safety-card detail as events go askance. visual wit and humour undercuts the fear and turbulence of our times in the air… brace brace! created for and premiered at onedotzero8.
E-baby directed by pleix collective France, 0, 00:00:00 a deceptive contemplation on technology and nurture. a baby lives, breathes and grows inside a computer-controlled incubator. the ‘mother’s’ only contact with the baby is via black rubber-gloved robotic hands. a glitch in the system causes the fallible automatic foster system to break down. a personal short from paris based collective that are increasingly in demand. music by pleix regular collaborators the scintillating bleip.
Anthem directed by Psyop United Kingdom, 0, 00:00:00 super strong new york outfit psyop turn it up: a ‘manifesto’ self promotional, motion graphic, film with a twist – encouraging new brands to work with them! a tongue-in-cheek stab at commercialism in a fairy tale landscape of rainbow hills, bouncy, bleeding characters and pipette-beaked birdies. go on buy me, you know you want to!
Take Me Out: Franz Ferdinand directed by Jonas Odell United Kingdom, 0, 00:00:00 glaswegian four piece franz ferdinand’s art school background is clearly evidenced in this promo. it melds dadaist and constructivist images into a photographic montage with the band’s staccato, stupendous performance. 30’s busby berkley routines, victorian automata and russian propaganda are all worked in odell’s considerable animation
Hunted By A Freak: Mogwai directed by Plates Animation United Kingdom, 0, 00:00:00 a tale of twisted torture – a psycho boy with an attraction to small animals gets his kicks by throwing the little cuties of the top floor of a high-rise building. music video as urban horror tale for scottish post-rockers extraordinaire mogwai. 3d high colour, dark humour animation from this leading toronto-based animation studio.
Mad Villian - All Caps! directed by James Reitano USA, Music, 2003, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:00 The victims of insider sabotage, two scientists find themselves on the run from the 'company men." This music video was drawn and animated in the style of 60's comic books and uses hand-drawn animation along with video compositing and editing.
Drum Machine directed by Tokyo Plastic + The Sancho Plan United Kingdom, 0, 00:00:00 japanese kodo drummers in bright 3d, beat out a hefty tune, using their heads in place of sticks – so simple, so effective. as each head hits the beat our smiles become laughter. initially an interactive animation for uk designers tokyo plastic it has gone on to win the audience award at sundance 2004 and finalist at the flash forward festival – and it’s only getting started.
We Know Something You Don't Know: Dj Format directed by Ruben Fleischer USA, 0, 00:00:00 when the band could not make the shoot date ever inventive fleischer came up with a cute and cuddly idea to replace them and meet the deadline. he delivered much more than that with a hyper funny and seriously shot hip hop style video with a twist. the crew cruise in animal outfits complete with break dancing sharks, lino-spinning turtles and phat bears in the hood. full throttle humour and talent to the max.
Wanna Be That Way / Ikara Colt directed by Woof Wan Bau USA, 0, 00:00:00 rising star, woof ban bau uses the comic book dynamic to transport a performance video to a new world and new heights. frenetic action matches the explosive, white heat of ikara colt’s wanna be this way. it masterly meshes an aggressive performance from within a black and white comic strip cityscape that burst with energy and impact.
Murmurs of earth - Side b directed by Logan USA, 0, 00:00:00 a follow up to their murmurs of earth project – a motion graphic earth time capsule for alien consumption. how would our friends in outer space comprehend the delights of disco dancing, 70’s dining décor and fairy cakes? a space travelling pod that reveals the innate shallowness of humanity in bite-sized portions – a love letter to the universe in luscious logan-motion. made as part of getty images big idea project.
Fly directed by Logan Unknown contact ID of 1356 Brazil, 0, 00:00:00 a brand new work from hot, brazillian boutique, nakd with an unreleased plastiq phantom track. based on a true story… the audio track came from a fly being trapped in the sound studio. the bug’s perspective was re-created in cg to create ‘a micro voyage into a macro world of confusion, disarray and eventual demise.’ created for and premiered at onedotzero8.
Opto-scientific directed by Designers Republic United Kingdom, 0, 00:00:00 kinetic simplicity - an abstract ode to the father of op-art, vasarely. it was created for an installation at his eponymous foundation. commissioned by warp records, the republic’s matt pyke wanted this video projection to be shown in isolation in a modernist hexagonal room in the foundation in france to give it a space and dynamism vasarely would expect.
Violence directed by Rex Crowle United Kingdom, 0, 00:00:00 immediately in your face short with a layered and graphic use of flash to jocular effect. an exposition of the darker side of humanity from video games designer and animator crowle. the wrestler, chad montreaux welcomes us to violence and it’s voracious appetite… a dangerously cruel creation that will more than delight in the dark side.
Fat Bros directed by Lester Woog +Cruz Japan, 0, 00:00:00 more animated mayhem by w+k tokyo lab, taking the hifana brothers’ original character designs, illustrating their shiny and dark sides, through captain surreal’s animation blender, to create a cornucopia of colour and compositing action. a gob-smacking cocktail of sweet graphic havoc with many eye-popping sequences: an instant throbbing hip-hop promo gem.
Polemia directed by Neasden Control Centre United Kingdom, 0, 00:00:00 the day before today, yesterday came and went. polemia is a moving representation of chapter one of the neasden control centre book – tracing the body from light to dark, day to night, reality to dream. a journey through time and space from birth to death. world premiere, created for onedotzero8.