Yea... I especially liked the Plaistow Flexout and Metteng Excuse
viddies. I always imagined that Bonneville Occident could have a
really awesome animation in the vein of the Tom & Jerry cartoons. I
know the time span given for the contest wouldn't really allow for an
elaborate character animation based video to be completed in time, but
goddamn that would have been cool. The T&J cartoons always had insane
music with all kinds of starts and stops that corresponded to the
imagery on the screen. Bonneville Occident would be an awesome musical
accompaniment for an updated contemporary IDM stylee Tom and Jerry.
Maybe with different characters. Or something.
-Aaron
----- Original Message -----
From: Ben Kirkley <ben.kirkley@displaypost.co.uk>
Date: Friday, August 3, 2001 9:35 am
Subject: Re: [idm] Squarepusher video competition finalists (warning:
Self promo included)
quoted 64 lines The five finalists for the Squarepusher video competition has been
> > The five finalists for the Squarepusher video competition has been
> > published at http://www.warprecords.com/goplastic . Looking
> forward to
> > hear your opinion.
> >
> > -stefan (did "the exploding psychology" video with my buddy Kaspar)
>
> Wow, they're all really good. My opinions (in no particular order):
>
> PLAISTOW FLEX OUT :- This one is the closest to a cartoon (ie, it
> had a
> plot), but it was all a bit too confusing. The skeleton at the end
> is cool,
> but the whole animation could have been from any song with a
> similar tempo.
> Still, very good.
>
> GO! SPASTIC :- A very good geometric animation. Keeps well with
> the rhythm
> and highlights all the intricacies of the track. It's very grey
> though.Spots of colour appear briefly, but I don't know if I like
> the "all grey"
> approach. The geometric animation is very good, but overall I wasn't
> engrossed by the content. Not an easy song to animate by any means.
>
> METTENG EXCUSE v1.2 :- I really dug this one. It looks inviting,
> and there's
> some semblance of a plot. It's short, but definitely not lacking. The
> ending, with the clocks, is really nice. I like this one.
>
> MY RED HOT CAR :- This felt the most like a music video of the
> lot. It's
> interesting (cuz of the crazies) and very watchable. I like the
> inbetweenanimations and overlays. It's very MTV, but then again so
> is the song (well,
> to a degree anyway). My personal favourite.
>
> THE EXPLODING PSYCOLOGY :- One of the best Winamp-Viz-type-things
> I've ever
> seen. It's obviously very well thought out and expertly
> programmed. A great
> deal of effort has gone into this. However, I lost interest after
> the first
> minute and a half I'm afraid. There was just more of the same, and
> in the
> end it felt just like...well, a visualiser pulgin. Sorry Stefan,
> it wasn't
> my favourite. Still, it's an excellent piece of work. Bravo.
>
>
> I'm really quite impressed with all the 5 finalists. I think Go!
> Plastic is
> a really difficult album to animate to. I was hoping to see one
> for "I Wish
> You Could Talk", but I guess the song is a bit simple in
> comparison. Anyway,
> they're all very good animations. Well done to anyone involved.
>
>
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