Hothouse 7: Tactile Kiss Transmission Device
The following is a guest post by Eva Cvijanovic. So our producer, Michael Fukushima, sent me this link about a Japanese invention that can record your tongue movement and replay...
Toronto: 3 free panels about how documentaries can change the world presented during Hot Docs
The 2011 edition of Toronto’s Hot Docs Film Festival is in full sway. Amidst all the great things happening there until May 8th, I wanted to bring your attention to...
Hothouse 7: Animating animals… Am I crazy?
The following is a guest post by Aimée van Drimmelen as part of the Hothouse Program. *** All week and all weekend has and will be spent working with the...
Quilt: An interview with filmmaker Gayle Thomas
What we, the web team, now lovingly (yet somewhat bewilderedly) refer to as The Quilt Saga started back in February when we innocently published Quilt, a short animated film about...
Hothouse 7: Tay in da Win
The following is a guest post by Candace Couse. I animated my parasite scene today. I animated my parasite scene today for five hours, bent over the knitted intestines with...
Hothouse 7: This Sh** is Bananas
The following is a guest post by Candace Couse. Animating is sooo different than making objects and art installations. I’m used to creating something as I go along; based on...
Hothouse 7: Rabbits Fuel Animators
The following is a guest post by Tabitha Fisher. Here’s some rough animation from the fantasy sequence in my film, Missed Connection. It was done basically straight-ahead with a few...
Hothouse 7: Swimming Towards Picture Lock
The following is a guest post by Aimée van Drimmelen as part of the Hothouse Program. *** I thought I’d give a quick update on the flood situation while a...
Hothouse 7: Esophagus Tours: $5
The following is a guest post by Candace Couse. Just a little update as to what I’m working on: I have knitted a big ol’ esophagus which I’ve strung up...
Hothouse 7: Simplify
The following is a guest post by Andrew Hicks. My original intent for Hothouse 7 was to use an alternative animation technique, by using audio to directly effect a particle...
Hothouse 7: Why animate when you can sandbag?
The following is a guest post by Aimée van Drimmelen as part of the Hothouse Program. *** Here’s a little video I shot the other day. Due to impending floods...
Tom Perlmutter on accessibility, new forms of storytelling and risk-taking
Earlier this month, NFB President Tom Perlmutter gave an interview to IT in Canada‘s Dave Chapelle. In a piece fittingly titled, NFB embraces technology to tell Canadian stories, Perlmutter discusses...