Another charming short to feature this week (in addition to The Foley Artist). This one is called Celluloid Dreams, written & directed by Jonathan Dillon. It has already played at enough festivals to be qualified for Academy Awards consideration, so we'll see if it makes the cut next year. The film stars Greg Lucey as an old man who puts together a broken projector and rewatches some of the old films he made growing up, discovering that he apparently can change the past while watching them. Or can he? I like the vibe of this film, telling such an emotional story without much dialogue and providing some bit of happiness at the end. Description from Vimeo: "Celluloid Dreams tells the story of an old man who fixes a busted projector to relive home movies of the past, and starts to believe he can change them." The short film is written, directed,...
- 7/8/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"How to Sound Design Your Life." This amusing video should cheer you up if you're feeling a bit down. It's a short film called The Foley Artist, and it shows how important sound design is with filmmaking. But it's also a nice short film with a fun story all packed into one impressive 3-minute video, directed by Oliver Holmes. Foley artists are the individuals who actually create the sound for films, using various objects and techniques in order to make the audience believe they're actually seeing what they're seeing. It is an art in and of itself, and it's fun to see the intercutting between the moments and the foley work in this film. Enjoy. Description from Vimeo: "The Foley Artist sees a master of sound at work on a fashion film. If you’ve ever wanted to see the chasm between the finished product and the extraordinary lengths taken to produce it,...
- 7/7/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Making sound effects for films can be hard work. Even if you have a digital suite of sounds at your disposal, all the mixing, editing, and tuning to get the sound just right for what's on screen can be brutal. That doesn't even include when you have to make the sounds yourself! Foley artists aren't as celebrated as they should be in Hollywood, but that might change with this short film! The Foley Artist shows just how much work (some of it is exaggerated) can go into creating the sound we take for granted in cinema! Great work by Feast Films!
- 7/7/2016
- by Mick Joest
- GeekTyrant
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