Please watch my new film and then read what I have to say about it.
Click here for: Movement, Boston, USA 3:30, Pixilation
This the first film in a new body of work. The intent is create animations that provide commentary on current events. By using pixilation (human subject stop-motion) a new approach to documentation is created.
The subject is the 10.15.11 Global Solidarity March. Through animation, I hope to expose a truth that is often misunderstood or overlooked. The truth is that the importance of the Movement is not in it's specific goals or gripes but in its shear existence. An alternative to a toxic culture has been created. Within this new space ideas are born and debated. This march was a declaration to the world of this new existence.
With the help of my talented friend, Catie Jones, over 3,000 still images were captured. By varying the speed at which the pictures were taken the flow of people is altered. By playing back the stills in rapid succession the film is formed. Instead of seeing a individuals we see a living organism flowing through the streets. This is the effect of the Movement itself, ideas and emotion gather together and multiply to create a living force.
The editing concept was to bring the viewers perspective from that of a passive bystander to an active participant.
The sound design is a reflection of what the movement became that day. When life is divided between real world interactions and online communication, the way in which memories are captured and dispersed becomes universal. When people gather together to express themselves their experience is shared with the world in real time. When many people from many countries do this together at the same time global solidarity is formed. When global solidarity is formed then anything is possible.
