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OFFICIAL SELECTION 2011 FLYWAY FILM FESTIVAL!

2011-09-19T21:37:00.002-05:00

This just in!
PHOTOS & DRAWINGS
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2011 FLYWAY FILM FESTIVAL!
http://www.flywayfilmfestival.org/

2011-09-15T22:40:00.003-05:00

Yay! PHOTOS & DRAWINGS just got accepted into the Carmel Art & Film Festival. Carmel, CA is home to Clint Eastwood one of my favorite filmmakers, ever!

http://carmelartandfilm.com/

PHOTOS & DRAWINGS Accepted into South Dakota Film Festival

2011-08-08T10:55:00.000-05:00

Just got word, PHOTOS & DRAWINGS was accepted into the South Dakota Film Festival in Aberdeen, SD. September 16-18 2011. Awesome!

South Dakota Film Festival
http://www.southdakotafilmfest.org/

Photos & Drawings Trailer

2011-01-30T23:12:00.002-06:00

I am super excited to share the Photos & Drawings Trailer. It turned out beautifully thanks to the help of SPLICE and editor/colorist Joanna Day and music by Thomas Fay.

Two artists in search of inspiration discover something more.

Written, Directed & Produced by Jon Maichel Thomas
Producers: Matt Osterman & Alyssa Thomas
Starring: Sasha Andreev, Linnea Mohn, Corey Walton

+ Trailer Credits
Editor/Colorist: Joanna Day @ SPLICE
Sound Design: Kent @ SPLICE
Composer: Thomas Fay

3 Films. 2 Fests. 1 week.

2010-09-28T23:15:00.004-05:00

Pure Craziness!!! Next week I have three films making their premieres.

#1 My short Photos & Drawings is playing Twin Cities Film fest before the feature CONVICTION. Written & Directed by yours truly. My labor of love, this will always be my favorite of course!

#2 Phasma Ex Machina, an intelligently beautiful film I co-produced and did the titles for is premiering regionally. Written & Directed by Matt Osterman.

3# THE TESTED, a honest, heartfelt, gem of a movie is making it's debut at the Woodstock Film Festival. Written & Directed by Russel Costanzo.

WHAT AN HONOR THIS IS to have all of this happening at the same time. It is proof that hard work pays off, sometimes a little luck comes your way, and how you really wish you could time travel so you could be in all three places at once. Luckily I get two of the three. (Best of luck at Woodstock Russell and Melissa.)

I hope you can make it out to the Fests and take in these movies. I am extremely PROUD of every film. All the filmmakers and directors (including myself) put every last blood, sweat and tear into these pictures. This is commendable because Films don't happen overnight, everything must fall into place to make them happen, and once it is done you hope and dream of getting into a festival.

I look forward to next week and this rare event. Hopefully we all continue this ride as it is truly "one lucky trio".

Music Video: Lookbook - Over and Over

2009-10-23T21:03:00.005-05:00

Saw this video for Lookbook’s new video for “Over and Over”. Made by some great Minneapolis folks. I really love the concept, cinematography and art direction. Awesome Video... Nice job guys:

Directed by Bo Hakala
Art Director and Special Effects Technician -Sarah Jean Kruchowski
Additional help from Ben Krueger and Mike Gunnerson.
Special Thanks to Aaron Landry, Todd Cobery, Andy Awes and Tasty Lighting.

Lookbook is Grant Cutler and Maggie Morrison. Their new album is Wild At Heart.

THE VICIOUS ALIVE

2009-10-20T00:49:00.005-05:00

So I've been a fan of this local Minneapolis band for a while called The Vicious Alive. I am definitely a little biased because the band was started a few years ago by my long time friend Thomas Fay and brother Scott Thomas. From the first song they played for me, rough and raw, acoustic in my living room, I was hooked. It was solid, true rock+roll music with hints of references to bands of our past and present like: Led Zeppelin, America, CSNY, The Cure, Audioslave, Alice in Chains, or STP. It was music I love, the stuff I listen too.

And ironically, for the past two years I've been the drummer for TVA. It kind of happened accidentally really. Their previous drummer moved away and I was the only one left standing who knew the songs well enough. But really the needed someone to fill in on 3 days notice to compete in a battle of the bands. We pulled it off. It was a lot of hard work and we didn't win.

The video I am sharing is from THE VICIOUS ALIVE's recent recording session for the album Supermodel Suicide, due out this spring. Scott and Thomas are running down a track from the album called "Sentiment" while Chris Harrington preps the studio.

The finished album will have a lot more going than this, more vocal and guitar layers. This video however captures what got me hooked from day one... solid rock+roll songwriting.

Lonely Dear: I Was Only Going Out [Polyvinyl]

2009-10-05T19:03:00.007-05:00

It is always humbling to make new friends and then see them make gorgeous work. This is not surprising from Ron Eyal (Director) and Amy Seimetz (Actress). I love the new video they collaborated on for Lonely Dear.

Ron and his directing partner Eleanor Burke were just honored in Filmmaker Magazine's "25 NEW FACES OF INDEPENDENT FILM" article. Their film Stranger Things is a must for your short list of upcoming films to see.

The Lonely Dear music video features the talented Amy Seimetz, actress and director of City on a Hill.

Great work guys!

COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop)

2009-10-04T17:39:00.002-05:00

I posted on BLU before. @KDFindley passed this on. It is incredible to watch these life size stop motion graffiti art animations. Who knows how many hours went into this, gallons of paint. Glad they have the patience to create such amazing work.

Working with the Coen Brothers: The Intolerable Cruelty title sequence

2009-10-02T20:20:00.002-05:00

I wrote a story for the Walker Art Center Blog about my experience working with the Coen Brothers on Intolerable Cruelty. Read it here.

TRON 2

2009-09-30T16:48:00.003-05:00

I am geeked up for Tron 2. Last time I saw the original was nearly ten years ago on a 16mm print at MCAD. Jeff Bridges is back and looks bad ass.

Simon's Cat 'Fly Guy'

2009-07-26T21:46:00.008-05:00

Check out this film by Simon Tofield.

Synopsis:
A hungry cat resorts to increasingly desperate measures to catch a housefly.

I love this. The kitty animation is brilliant. If you have cats you'll know this little guy or maybe.. he's yours.

Encyclopedia Pictura

2009-07-23T17:40:00.013-05:00

Was talking film the other night with a friend and was reminded of the group Encyclopedia Pictura so thought I'd post on it. They make some of the most trippy artistic music videos.

There work is usually a hybrid of rich graphics, nature themes, and mixture of live action and vfx.

One of my favorites is the video Wanderlust they did for Bjork. You can see the making of here. Pretty epic stuff.

Encyclopedia Pictura is represented by Ghost Robot where you can check out a lot of kick-ass work as well.

Check out the videos Grizzly Bear - Knife and Seventeen Evergreen - Haven't been yourself below.

Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - Woodfriend

2009-07-23T17:31:00.003-05:00

Found this video by Houses in Motion

Such a simple concept and executed beautifully. I love all the illustration styles.

Credits:
Kim Bunce- Live Action Direction of Photography
Ian Foster- Apartment Set Creator+Set Animator
Bryan Brinkman- Production Assistant
Carolyn London- Producer
Andy London- Producer

Billie Tweets

2009-06-28T18:13:00.003-05:00

The guys at 9Astronauts put out this Twitter tribute to Michael Jackson. What is interesting about this experience is that they are using our tweets to sing out the lyrics to Billie Jean. It is also amazing how many of the tweets are about Michael Jackson or Billie Jean the song in general.

So check it out: http://billietweets.com/ >> It will be interesting to see how long this lives on the web as well. Could we be viewing this tribute 10years from now? I also like to see a thrillertweets, abctweets, rockwithyoutweets... you?

an iPhone ap for Hard Times brought to us by @zefrank

2009-05-12T12:01:00.005-05:00

For those of you who don't know Ze Frank you should. I first met him at Flashbelt. He is witty, charming, and and an all around likable guy. He's so great he even created an iPhone app for us and it's free. Thank you Ze!

HardTimes :: iFingrU from ze frank on Vimeo. This is a re-post from BuzzFeed.

Eclecticmethod.net : Tarantino Mixtape

2009-05-12T09:41:00.006-05:00

Check out Eclectic Method .net
I hadn't heard of them before now but I can guarantee we've all seen their work. Their latest video remix of Quintin Tarantino's films is pretty awesome! You will have to check it our for yourself. Great Job guys! Visit their site for more ...

May 4 2009 Tarantino Mixtape

The Tarantino Mixtape from Eclectic Method on Vimeo.

Here is a little background info on Eclectic Method (from their biography):
Eclectic Method – featuring London natives Jonny Wilson, Ian Edgar and Geoff Gamlen – helped pioneer the emerging art of audio-visual mixing since first cutting U2’s Mysterious Ways music video with the Beastie Boys’ Intergalactic as an experiment back in 2002.The trio’s audio-visual mash-ups feature television, film, music and video game footage sliced and diced into blistering, post-modern dance floor events. It’s a cyclone of music and images mashed together in a world where Kill Bill fight scenes and Dave Chappelle’s Rick James rants are ingeniously cut and looped over bootleg samples, DVD scratches and pumped-up dance anthems. It’s a real-time subversion of technology and media performed live on video turntables for what LA Weekly called a “mesmerizing” sensory overload.

I wonder what a live show would be like? Probably righteous. Thank you to Twitter and @alba for leading me to this clip!

Phasma Ex Machina

2009-03-20T10:33:00.006-05:00

Our friend writer/director Matt Osterman is in the middle of finishing his movie Phasma Ex Machina. We are very excited to announce that we'll be working with Matt over the next weeks creating Titles and Visual Effects.

An ambitious mystery, with strong elements of science fiction and the supernatural, Phasma Ex Machina follows the lives of two brothers and an electrical engineer trying to decipher a series of strange events. Everything changes when they discover that the distance between the living and the dead isn’t all that far.

Phasma Ex Machina Trailer from Phasma Ex Machina on Vimeo.

Painted Wall Animation by Blu

2009-03-15T11:48:00.003-05:00

Found this video on twitter from the @Broverman RT of @rainnwilson. The artist is Blu

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Kit - An Auto Body Experience

2009-03-12T03:06:00.008-05:00

Studio Collective recently wrapped this opener for Kit - An Auto Body Experience. Kit is a Speed TV cable television show about men who like to build real cars from kits. We created an entire broadcast package for Kit, :30sec Opener, Logo, Broadcast Graphic Elements, and car metamorphosis. We created the piece for MNFX for the production company Airborne Creative.

You can check out the video on our website.

The Crisis of Credit Visualized by Jonathan Jarvis

2009-02-20T00:33:00.003-06:00

The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

So, My opinion is that this guy Jonathan Jarvis is a brilliant. What an awesome and incredibly complex subject to choose for a Art School Thesis. Please watch his video. The content is rich and the design is wonderful. Below is is summary for his site:

The Short and Simple Story of the Credit Crisis. Crisisofcredit.com

The goal of giving form to a complex situation like the credit crisis is to quickly supply the essence of the situation to those unfamiliar and uninitiated. This project was completed as part of my thesis work in the Media Design Program, a graduate studio at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

For more on my broader thesis work exploring the use of new media to make sense of a increasingly complex world, visit jdjarvis.com.

100 days, 100 songs, 100 locations, 100 dances.

2009-02-03T17:34:00.005-06:00

Woah! Props to Ely Kim for creating this video.

BOOMBOX from Ely Kim on Vimeo.

My favorites: 007 , 050, 053 - There's an Apple Performa back there! Did he dance back in time?, 081, 089, & 100!

What's yours?