A nice video essay from The Royal Ocean Film Society exploring the role of cinematic sound in storytelling. Includes insights from American sound designer, Ben Burtt, who has worked on all the Star Wars films.
Video for Francis and the Lights and Chance the Rapper’s track “May I Have This Dance” directed by Jake Schreier. Full credits below.
Production Company: Park Pictures
Director: Jake Schreier
Executive Producers: Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Alex Fisch
Director of Photography: Adam Newport-Berra
Line Producer: Molly Gale
Color: The Mill / Michael Rossiter
VFX: Artjail
Clever animation created on a smith corona galaxie deluxe typewriter by New York filmmaker and illustrator Greg Condon. Love this!
Fantastic video for Polo & Pan’s track “Coeur Croisé” by Barcelona-based filmmaker and photographer Pablo Maestres! Perfectly choreographed by Tuixén Benet.
1. Okja
Great trailer for the latest fantasy adventure from South Korean director Bong Joon Ho (The Host)! Check it out above as well as the rest of our Best Trailer picks below.
2. Patti Cake$
Australian actress Danielle Macdonald plays aspiring rapper Patricia Dombrowski (aka Patti Cake$, aka Killa P) in Geremy Jasper’s debut feature.
3. City of Ghosts
A documentary about a small group of activists risking everything in their own personal fight against ISIS.
4. Good Time
An intense look at brothers Joshua Safdie and Ben Safdie’s new film about a pair of bank robbing brothers.
5. GLOW
Love the opening scene of this trailer for Netflix’s new series, created by Liz Flahive (Nurse Jackie) and Carly Mensch (Orange is the New Black).
Beautiful short by Los Angeles-based filmmaker Drew Bourdet. Cinematography by Dustin Lane, with music by Phantom Farmer.
A mesmerizing animated video directed by Miao Jing of New York-based studio Hibanana. Music by Mickey Zhang and Whai.
Wafts of choreographed smoke dance to Sjamsoedin’s track “Orion” in this video by Amsterdam-based artist Rogier van der Zwaag.
Watch Gus Dapperton fall back in love in this video for his track “I’m Just Snacking.” Directed by New York City-based filmmaker Matthew Dillon Cohen.
Lovely portrait of London-based stone carver Anna Rubincam by filmmaking duo Jack Webber and Tommaso Di Paola (aka Eyes & Ears). So satisfying to watch her work!
A beautiful short film exploring Parisian gang culture by New York-based director Salomon Ligthelm. Shot in 16mm and set to Young Fathers’ track “Mr Martyr.”
Latvian artist Krišs Salmanis creates a series of 36 stencils along a street named after a mythical character. Taken together the animated loop captures the hero’s triumphant return. Found via: prosthetic knowledge.
