So we finally got round to watching Children of Men last night as we taped it off the telly on our sky box thingy months ago, and oh my is it good. OK so the plot is a bit predictable, and some of the dialogue and acting could be better but the direction is sweet. A great attention to detail in the art direction (check out the 2012 Olympics jumper worn towards the end of the film by Clive and the Guantanamo Bay pastiche in the ‘fugee center) along with massive long hand held single shot action sequences make for a genuinely believable vision of the future. There are no sweeping CG aerial camera angles of cityscapes, people don’t all listen to ambient trance, America has blown up, nothing flys that shouldn’t fly, there’s no overly elaborate computer systems – ok, maybe a few odd looking computer screens, but nobody has to wear special gloves to operate anything… except that one guy on the games console, ok it’s not perfect but I liked it alright? sheesh, you people. It’s even got a dog track in it, and no, the dogs are not robots.
Month: September 2007
Talking time
So I saw this watch, G said he saw it first. The predictable battle broke out. We ended up both getting the same watch again. Still, these watches speak,like they really talk. At the moment they’re not saying much. But it’s only a matter of time before they become self aware and rebel against the master race. I for one am looking forward to our new punctual overlords.
Cassette Electrik Visuals
We’ve done lots of gig visuals for a friend’s techno dance band. We’ve built our own gig visual software in flash to drive the show, and we design, animate all the visuals from scratch, bespoke for each track.
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[pro-player width=’640′ height=’480′ type=’video’]http://www.deathtotheflippers.com/wp-content/assets/work/cassetteelectrik/chemicalthing.flv[/pro-player]
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