Los Angeles: in motion
This little time-lapse movie directed by Michael Marantz (with a little bit of tilt-shifting inside 
) takes us for a day ride through Los Angeles.
The song is called “Asleep at the Wheel” and is by “Working for a Nuclear Free City”
Surface : a film from underneath
What would the world be like from an underground perspective ?
Here is the question that animator and director TU+ (Varathit Uthaisri) from Bangkok asked himself. And he gives us the answer in this very poetic, as well as intriguing, movie.
More info and making-of can be found on the dedicated website for Surface film.
Bathtub V by Keith Loutit
Keith strikes again !
After Bathtub IV, he offers us another tilt-shifting video, this time filmed in Sydney Harbor, which proves that Keith definitly masters the technique of tilt-shifting.
Bathtub is a personal project that will document 12 months of life in ‘Little Sydney’.
Pure eye-candy… again !
Subprime
Did you ever think that watching the american housing market spiral out of control could become entertaining ?
This is the case with this great animated short movie by Mike Winkelmann. It has been made with Cinema 4d. The music is by Nobot.
[Via Fubiz]
The Piano (short animation movie)
The Piano is a short animation movie directed by Aidan Gibbons in 2003 while he was at University.
As Aidan wrote in the FAQ about this movie, the inspiration for this short hugely come from the music : “Comptine d’un autre été : L’après-midi” by Yann Tiersen.
[Via VincentDidier]
Machu Picchu Post
Machu Picchu Post is a short 3D film made at Supinfocom Arles in 2008 by Clement Crocq, Margaux Durand-Rival and Nicolas Novali.
This is the story of the unexpected meeting between a young peruvian boy living with his lama and a pilot from the airmail flying above the boy’s house.
You can find a making-of on CGSociety.
[Via Fubiz]
Bathtub IV by Keith Loutit
Tilt shifting technique can give some kind of extraordinary results, in particular when it is done by a master like Keith Loutit, a Sydney based photographer.
All the images you see in this helicopter rescue mission video are REAL. No models or digital additions. This is just reality seen through the eyes of Keith.
And it’s beautiful.
Where the Wild Things Are
Trailer of “Where the Wild Things Are” by Spike Jonze, to be released mid-October 2009.
Song : “Wake Up” by Arcade Fire.
My friend Charly (mon ami Charly)
(Note : Movie in french only, sorry)
A young girl gets bored on her own and ask her mother to go playing with Charly. Her mother refuses, but the little girl disobeys…
Mon ami Charly is a graduation short film by Julien Duval, Loïc Quesada, Rémy Terreaux and Magda Wydrzynska, students at the ESMA school in Montpellier, France.
The music is by Fred Abrial.
Heaven (Fully Flared Intro Video Remix)
Heaven is one of the standout tracks from the 2008 UNKLE album ‘End Titles – Stories for Film”, an eclectic collection of recordings inspired by the moving image.
Heaven was used in the acclaimed skate film ‘Fully Flared’ directed by Spike Jonze and Ty Evans. The collaboration inspired the directors to take footage and re-edit a sequence of shots that shows the Lakai skateboarding team demonstrate their considerable skills as they negotiate various exploding obstacles. With Heaven as the musical backdrop, the resulting marriage of sound to picture is quite extraordinary. No CGI was used and as far as we know no skateboarders were hurt while shooting this particular sequence, though that is hard to believe in some of the shots.