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AREA YOU DEAD? A-Like (music clip)
Well, it was pretty amazing to see a full clip from Tim Nolan.
We already met his work from the early days and we did our first
interview with him too.
By that time, this particular motion idea, from grabbing few frames
that reproduce a certain movement was already present in some clips
(The Metrotards as ex.) but now it seems to be perfected and mastered.
All the motion in the clip is simple, humorous, goes very well with
song too, which by the way we loved.
 
Typography appears subtle and with purpose, which is a perfect combination.
There's this narrative in the clip too, Tim get's out of his place,
being himself and his wanderings in the city the motto for the motion.
The photography is one of the finest details, the colours are present
during the entire clip adding this whole idea of night light which
is also present in former (more) abstract works.
 
And talking about abstract works - considering abstract as non narrative
clips - on the start of the movie we get the idea of Tim going somehere,
but then again, after being outside, the walking, the walls, the
sidewalks and the buildings leads us to the urban poetry, this concrete
jungle of individuals just kind of jay walking at night. The climax
with typography in a contemporary review, gets us close to the master
of motion typography, Saul Bass, but it's not present in a hommage
sort of way, it appears as Tim's motion typography which is perfect
for the visual language he created.
 
"Three Minute Madness is the section of BD4D events where creatives
can demonstrate their latest work and ideas to the rest of the community.
Each participant has upto five minutes to demonstrate their project/work,
and to field questions.
The installation I presented was a Flash MX music video. This piece
features music from the band A-like, and was produced by storyboarding
a series of digital stills, about 600-800 images were shot in total.The
Next step was to create movieclips, or looping animations.
Once the movieclips were all done they were then brought into a
master timeline in
Flash and were synchronized to the soundtrack. Creatively it was
a sort of response or better yet a continuation of the animation
I presented one year earlier in the Atlanta BD4D event, hosted so
well by The Design for Freedom guys. In that first piece, I never
left the house, this time I get outside for a short bit, only to
get caught up in more repetitive behaviours of daily life."
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