Director David Daniels of Bent Image Lab in Portland, Oreg., steps up to answer Five Questions.
1. What are you working on today?
Today it was ‘SmallGantics,’ a new BENT style with director Jim Clark.
It’s an absolutely incredible visual approach we’ve never seen anyone
else put into motion. We’ll be able to show it off to agencies in a few
months. You out there! — Be the first one to call me directly at the
lab if you want to take an early look.
Today it was ‘SmallGantics,’ a new BENT style with director Jim Clark.
It’s an absolutely incredible visual approach we’ve never seen anyone
else put into motion. We’ll be able to show it off to agencies in a few
months. You out there! — Be the first one to call me directly at the
lab if you want to take an early look.
2. What have you found is the best tool or innovation that has come out in the last year?
Creative Honesty. It was good tool in ’05, and worked well in ’04 as
well. No, seriously it was Brainstorm (a division of For-A) that has
realtime baked renders in 3-D, working in sync with a General Lift
Encoda-cam. It makes building sets for live action shoots more and more
obsolete. Also v3 — monoscopic stereography is a personal favorite of
mine as well.
Creative Honesty. It was good tool in ’05, and worked well in ’04 as
well. No, seriously it was Brainstorm (a division of For-A) that has
realtime baked renders in 3-D, working in sync with a General Lift
Encoda-cam. It makes building sets for live action shoots more and more
obsolete. Also v3 — monoscopic stereography is a personal favorite of
mine as well.
3. The project (film, television, commercial or music video)
that most impressed you in the last year?
Why?
Howl’s Moving Castle – A film by Myazaki. This huge
creaky hodge-podge mansion moves around on tiny little legs ‘ and it’s
a both a scenic object AND a character. It
represents the box of dreams we all take with us from childhood into
being adults. The castle falls apart and reforms itself into smaller
and more compact shapes, until it is simply a flat board platform with
a moving wheel and two legs lurching forward. Dreams may fall apart,
and are thrown overboard as we grow older, but they never give up
moving along: Until the end, when the characters mature and complete
each other — no longer needing the past. Wheeew! Amazing.
that most impressed you in the last year?
Why?
Howl’s Moving Castle – A film by Myazaki. This huge
creaky hodge-podge mansion moves around on tiny little legs ‘ and it’s
a both a scenic object AND a character. It
represents the box of dreams we all take with us from childhood into
being adults. The castle falls apart and reforms itself into smaller
and more compact shapes, until it is simply a flat board platform with
a moving wheel and two legs lurching forward. Dreams may fall apart,
and are thrown overboard as we grow older, but they never give up
moving along: Until the end, when the characters mature and complete
each other — no longer needing the past. Wheeew! Amazing.
4.) The best or favorite project that you worked on in the past year? And why?
Tinactin. Who wouldn’t love to spend a day with John Madden, telling him what to do?
Tinactin. Who wouldn’t love to spend a day with John Madden, telling him what to do?
5. Name the top 4 artists on your iPod?
– Prefuse 73
– Michael Nyman (Prospero’s Books)
– Zoviet France
– Brian Eno 'An Ending(Escent)
– Prefuse 73
– Michael Nyman (Prospero’s Books)
– Zoviet France
– Brian Eno 'An Ending(Escent)
Click below to view the Tinactin spot
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