Show Reel 2010

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The Animatrix - 2003

Kid's Story


World Record



A detective Story




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Art comes to life on this "enhancement" of the Matrix, 8 June 2003
Author: cafesmitty from maryland

This was the most brilliantly interpreted, scripted and thought provoking thing I have seen in a very long time. The DVD gives you background filler for what the Matrix is and the Wachowski brothers allow some of Japan's best anime artists to interpret the 9 different stories on their own. I think, just like art, each viewer will have a different type of experience. You have 9 wonderful compelling stories and the visual style is so different that it adds much value to the telling of the stories. The brothers had a vision and clearly the Matrix affected many people and, what a wonderful gift they gave by incorporating the world of anime into the telling of their vision. But not only is it visually stunning and stylish, but the music is dead on. There are all sorts of morals in the stories. From SECOND RENNAISSANCE'S man's destructive nature and his down fall, to the sort of, don't-play-with-fire nature of MATRICULATED and the playfulness and joy of BEYOND. Plus the DVD special features take us into each director of each piece explaining his "art" and how the film the Matrix affected them. We even get a little history on the origins of anime. It was just really enjoyable to watch people who are so passionate about their craft and about the Matrix. I think you will enjoy this immensely and take something out of it yourself.

INFO

Anthology of nine short anime (Japanese animation) films tied in to the 1999 blockbuster "The Matrix" and its sequels. "Final Flight of the Osiris": The crew of the hovercraft Osiris attempt to warn their city of an imminent attack. "The Second Renaissance, Parts 1 & 2": The story behind the war between man and the machines, how mankind scorched the sky, and the creation of the Matrix. "Kid's Story": A teenager is contacted by Neo, and manages to escape the Matrix. "Program": Two warriors battle in a samurai training simulation when one decides to betray his crewmates and re-enter the Matrix. "World Record": A champion sprinter manages to break free of the Matrix by sheer physical effort during a record attempt. "Beyond": A young girl searching for her cat discovers a haunted house caused by a glitch in the system. "A Detective Story": Private investigator Ash tracks a hacker named Trinity through the looking glass. "Matriculated": A group of humans capture a machine scout and insert it into a 'human matrix'.

The Event!

I met up with Nathan and Sean to produce the slide show montage edit. This took about an hour from getting the photos to producing the rough edit. Small technical problems were encountered such as final cut dropping out and the rendering/exporting stage taking over fifteen minutes. On the whole the transition of photos and final edit was smooth.

When showing the piece the guests laughed and seemed to enjoy the way it was cut with the music and photos. We decided to only use a small part of the song as a whole 5 minute slide show montage would have been repetitive to watch.

Although I only managed to catch the last few minutes of the guest speaker, I really respected his down to earth attitude, inspirational work and overall enthusiasm for media. I think this rubbed off on our guests and made a profound positive frame of mind for them to leave with.

The Preparation!

In preparation for the event I and Sean met up with Nathan who would be taking the photos. We decided it to be a good idea to create a mock up edit using some of Nathan's shots so that we could run through exactly what would be happening on the day. We would need this mock edit on the day to drag and drop the correct photos onto mostly saving us time and limiting confusion on the event day.

Looking for songs was our first objective. We both thought of choosing a track that was well known, melodic and summery. After sifting through various YouTube videos we settled upon a track by the strokes.

Track Below

The idea!

The brief was simple, get some secondary school students in and create a media event that will excite and stimulate them to contemplate their career paths and to get a sense of what it would be like in the media industry.

A green screen was suggested to show the students. The class agreed this would be a great idea as it is interactive, practical and fun. At some times the group conversation flowed and at others disagreements and squabbles arose which I thought was unpleasant but we worked through it and have come up with some good ideas.

For the event I and Sean were set the task to find music, organise an edit on the day of the event and also show it at the end of the event day. For this we both referred to our hard drives, musical tastes and of course, YouTube. YouTube for me is a excellent way to find tracks and also find ones that relate to one another musically.