OPERATION 8: Deep in the Forest - Feature Documentary /  by JoFF Rae

OPERATION 8: Deep in the Forest - Feature Documentary

On October 15, 2007, activists around New Zealand woke to guns in their faces. Black-clad police smashed down doors, dragging families out onto roads. In the rural village of Rūātoki, helicopters hovered while locals were stopped at roadblocks. Operation 8 involved 18 months of invasive surveillance of Māori sovereignty and peace activists accused of attending armed training camps in the Urewera ranges – homeland of the Tūhoe people. Operation 8 asks how and why the raids took place. How did the War on Terror become a global witch-hunt of political dissenters reaching even to the South Pacific? Dur: 110mins Year: 2011

The Man Who Laughs / Killing Joke /  by JoFF Rae

Today I'm reading the Killing Joke featuring my favourite Supervillain!

The Joker owes his appearance to the character that Conrad Veidt brought to life back in 1928.

The 1928 silent film The Man Who Laughs was an adaptation of a 1869 novel by Victor Hugo. The film told the story of Gwynplaine, a man whose face was disfigured into a permanent grin, giving him the appearance of a clown.

Though not a major box office success at the time, the film later influenced comic book creators. Most notably, Gwynplaine's disturbing grin is cited as a key inspiration for the Joker character in the Batman comics. The Joker's origins as a criminal whose face becomes permanently disfigured into a rictus grin echoes Gwynplaine's story.

The article explores the parallels between Gwynplaine and the Joker, and how certain scenes and imagery from the 1928 film seem to prefigure the Joker. It also discusses the tragic nature of both characters, who were turned into "monsters" through disfigurement.

The Man Who Laughs represents an early example of comic books taking inspiration from other visual media, not just other comics. The clown-faced Gwynplaine introduced motifs that shaped the iconic DC villain Joker years later.

Though not a direct adaptation, the film had a clear influence on early comic book creators and introduced elements that were later effectively incorporated into the Joker's appearance and backstory.

https://youtu.be/NHY05QdAJ9U

RIP Maxi Jazz /  by JoFF Rae

Maxwell Fraser (14 June 1957 – 23 December 2022), better known by his stage name Maxi Jazz, was a British musician, rapper, singer, songwriter and DJ. He is best known for his role as the lead vocalist of British electronic band Faithless from 1995 to 2011 and 2015 to 2016.

THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS Wide Open (feat. Beck) /  by JoFF Rae

MUSIC BY
The Chemical Brothers

VOCALS BY
Beck

DANCER
Sonoya Mizuno

CHOREOGRAPHY BY
Wayne McGregor

VISUAL EFFECTS BY
The Mill

PRODUCED BY
John Madsen

DIRECTED BY
DOM&NIC

COMMISSIONER
Ailsa Robertson

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Steve Chivers

STEADICAM OPERATOR
Rick Woollard

EDITOR Ed
Cheeseman

SOUND DESIGN
Tony Rapaccioli

COSTUME DESIGNER
Tara Stift

HAIR AND MAKE-UP
Fiona Fellows

PRODUCTION MANAGER
Steve Elgar

FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Ben Gill

FOR RANDOM DANCE
Rebecca Marshal & Ellie Douglas-Allan

FOCCUS PULLER
Ross Naylor

CLAPPER LOADER
Stephanie Kennedy

DIT
Paul Swann

VIDEO PLAYBACK
Tony Booth

GRIP TRAINEE
Warren Wiseman

RUNNERS
Daniel Osei, Ana Freire De Andrade, Billy Goffey

THE MILL

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Misha Stanford – Harris

EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Neil Davies

2D LEAD
Fergal Hendrick

3D LEAD
David Fleet & Suraj ‘Sid’ Harrington–Odedra

ANIMATION LEAD
Jorge Montiel & Ian Potsos

RIGGING
Andreas Graichen

2D ARTISTS
Joe Courtis, Brad Wood, Sole Martin, Lucas Carracedo, Jeanette Eiternes, George Cressey, Warren Gebhardt, Stefan Susemihl, Rebecca Clay,

ANIMATION
Ashley Reemul, Matthew Kavanagh, Sauce Vilas, Jasmine Ghoreishi, Alberto Lara, Sherin Mahboob, Philippe Moine

3D TRACKING & MATCH MOVE (PEANUT FX)
Peregrine McCafferty and Amélie Guyot

MODELLING AND TEXTURES
Marta Carbonell

LIGHTING & RENDERING ASSIST
Yoann Gouraud

SHOOT ASSIST
Margaux Huneau

COLOURIST
David Ludlam

COLOUR ASSIST
Oisin O’Driscoll, Brendan Buckingham

ASSISTANT PRODUCER
Tess Miles


https://waynemcgregor.com/productions/wide-open

WINNER
Best Dance Video
Best VFX

UK Music Video Awards, 2016

Directed by D O M & N I C, The Chemical Brothers 2016 music video for Wide Open features choreography by Wayne McGregor.

Starring actress and dancer Sonoya Mizuno, the video was rehearsed and shot in a former cab workshop in Bethnal Green, London. Using animation, lidar scanning, and bespoke in-house software, the video plays out in one continuous shot showing Mizuno slowing transforming limb by limb as she moves around the expansive space.

The visual effects of the video were created by award winning VFX and Creative Content studio The Mill. Watch the video below to discover more about the creation process behind Wide Open, from initial concept art to the final film.

Bomber /  by JoFF Rae

An explosive look in the lives of Dutch Graffiti Bombers...

Bomber

Constant van Hoeven

NY

Now a resident of Upstate New York, Constant van Hoeven was born in the Netherlands and has a Bachelors degree in Screenwriting from the Netherlands Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam. He has written and directed over a dozen shorts and feature film screenplays. Constants short films have been shown and won awards at prestigious film festivals around the world including Hollywood Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam and Pusan International Film Festival in Korea.

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The Ostrich politic - Animation Short Film 2018 - GOBELINS /  by JoFF Rae

Ostriches carry on their daily activities burying their heads, believing It’s an Instinctive behavior. However, one day a research by phylogeneticist Dr. Kays proves otherwise. Réalisateur / Director : Mohamad HOUHOU Contact : ostrich@gobelins.fr Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/OstrichPolitic Twitter: https://twitter.com/OstrichPolitic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ostrichpolitic/ Musique / Soundtrack : Amandine ROBILLARD, Anna CORDONNIER Année de production / Production year : 2018 GOBELINS, l'école de l'image, Moïra Marguin : mmarguin@gobelins.fr Contact festivals : Miyu Distribution, Luce Grosjean - festival@miyu.fr Société de distribution : L'Agence du Court Métrage Site internet : http://www.gobelins.fr Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/gobelins.ecole Twitter : https://twitter.com/gobelins_paris

The Ostrich politic - Animation Short Film 2018 - GOBELINS