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Prospective Perspective

Given the bivouac's interest in alternative futures, it is great to see more sophisticated provocations represented in videos like "One Hundred Hunters" from Nigel Stanford.

With it's masterful mixture of new and authentic retro footage from NASA, the combined story telling helps fire the imagination. After all, there are so many questions as to why we have not been back to the moon since 1972...or perhaps we have?

 

Star Wars Figures Bring in a Large Figure on the Auction Block

Whether a fan of George Luca's Star Wars saga or not, one can only take in the image of this extra large Star Wars collection with awe. It is it laid out in a creative fashion, strangely evoking the impression of some sort of modern Bayeux Tapestry. And someone also laid out an impressive figure for the collection as it recently sold for over $11,000. That's an impressive amount for an equally impressive collection. Looking it over, it appears to be made up of the latest round of action figures, not the originals that launched in 1977. The tooling and detail on this latest generation of figures is superior the original series to be sure, but I am so thankful to have had some of the originals to lift the horizons of my imagination through countless hours of creative play. I can't help but think that those hours spent re-enacting Luca's masterpiece also taught me a thing or two about filming and storytelling. Thanks again for that and so much more George!

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Reminds Me Of Remind Me Video

Regardless of how you might feel about nuclear energy, here is another fine exemplar of super clean and delightful isometric animations served up for the energy company Areva by Euro RSCG C&O and H5.

Remind Me...

Thanks Susanne for reminding us of this exemplar of infographic visualization.

Helvetica at 50

As the film's website says, Helvetica is a feature-length independent film directed by Gary Hustwit about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which will celebrate its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives.

Learn more. Visit, www.helveticafilm.com

Thank You for Kool Titles

Shadowplay Studio's title sequence for "Thank You for Smoking" does a nice job highlighting all the attention to detail that tobacco companies have designed into their product packaging over the years.

To light up the sequence visit: Shadowplay Studios

The Embassy Puts Citroen in Motion

Never seen a Citroen with moves like this...Take a look at the Embassy's Citroen News entry:
www.theembassyvfx.com/

2004 X3 Launch Advertisement: A Moving Piece of Motion Matching

The change of seasons reminds the bivouac of the 2004 X3 launch advertisement. An excellent example of video motion matching, the commercial conveys the strength of the X3's new x-drive technology which brings new levels of versatility and performance to the Sports Activity Vehicle market.

Take a look at the X3 launch advertisement

Minus Zero X3 Video Work

Building on the success of the BMW Films series, BMW sponsored a creative video series that corresponded to the launch of the X3. Take a look at one of the minus zero entries.

Download minuszero_03_320.mov