Jeremy Warmsley "Dirty Blue Jeans", dir. Ben Rollason
nice minimalist trickery from antville's own ben r.
mov here
(full credits @ 'boards)
kevathens, 21. March 2006, 15:28
Very cool - evocative is the right word there. Reminds me of Whale "Four Big Speakers" fwiw. I see you were editor and effects guy on this, Ben. How long did it take, and what software, if you care to reveal?
familiar, 21. March 2006, 16:38
One of my favorite videos so far this year...progosk, 21. March 2006, 17:22
this takes the gusgus intuition to the next level. love it. kudos, ben!(huge gusgus here.)
hassinator, 21. March 2006, 17:43
Really excellent video and I'm guessing a very clever use of a small budget.Bravo!
otc, 21. March 2006, 21:36
Awesome video. I'm curious, can anyone describe some of the techniques used in this? Especially the blur effects where some of the motions in the frame are blurred but others aren't.familiar, 21. March 2006, 22:20
OTC: Looks to me like a clever mix of still frame backgrounds and composited footage in some parts, but I'm sure Ben (the director) could answer that question more accurately :)knomadix, 22. March 2006, 00:31
yep!.. nice work..I'm guessing someone put the cannon 30D through it's paces, locked shots, multi plates and then comp'd them together in afx.. combination of different exposures and some afx filters.
but that's me guessing..
smithcorey, 22. March 2006, 05:47
does anyone know why i can't download the movie to my desktop? i have quicktime pro.knomadix, 22. March 2006, 07:48
mine download died 3/4 of the way through as well..familiar, 22. March 2006, 08:42
Click>SAVE AS worked fine on my Mac w/Firefox.progosk, 22. March 2006, 08:54
you can always let itunes get it for you by subscribing to the antcast.jesse.ewles, 22. March 2006, 12:54
Wicked.benroll, 22. March 2006, 12:59
The backdrops are stills, but it's all shot with a moving camera. Scenes were filmed for several minutes, with actors posing still. Unbalanced poses are supported by ropes, boxes, sticks, inflatable air mattresses and so on.(which you can see in the shots). The point was to see genuine physical pain and uncontrolled muscular spasm as the 'stills' collapse.The post process was simply to speed the footage up by varying degrees (up to 20x) and then blend frames together to create a time continuum within each frame, (sometimes as many as 700 frames per frame). The blurring is real motion blur. Sometimes the actors held a pose, save for one limb which they continually moved back and forth. In the finished shot they appear static, but the limb is a blur.
As the footage speed increases and the frame blending reduces, the movement reveals itself.
FX tool: After Effects. Budget £5K.
benroll, 22. March 2006, 13:05
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vidophobe, 22. March 2006, 20:02
excellentquixoticnyc, 22. March 2006, 20:39
Ben ...beautiful job ... definitely one of the more unique vids ive seen in a while. Im just curious what sort of cam you used cause it looks magnificent. Cheers!glayvin, 23. March 2006, 05:53
You should give a workshop to the 'DIRECTIONS' directors and call it 'How to make a kick ass video with a low budget...and as a bonus have it relate to the song'.....and u could charge 5K.scudmore, 23. March 2006, 07:23
very, very cool. awesome!(glayvin: £5k is twice as much money as $5k, fwiw)
progosk, 23. March 2006, 12:44
know what, ben? that explanation (much as it is appreciated) is an unexpectedly powerful spoiler... now i really wish i hadn't read it.benroll, 23. March 2006, 13:11
It's always with some reservation that I expose the gizzards, but you did ask for it! Are you recommending 'delete for mystique'?progosk, 23. March 2006, 13:14
who'm i to say...otaku-house, 2. April 2006, 07:17
That was beautiful work, Ben.