I instantly loved this video because of its cinematography and way of telling an interesting story. Make sure to check out the first video from Made by Hand while you’re at it.

The video made me think of and rewatch this video:

Made by Sean Pecknold, brother to Robin Pecknold, lead singer in Fleet Foxes. Song from the album ‘Helplesness Blues’ by Fleet Foxes. Go check out Sean, he has made some amazing stuff!

Over the past weeks, I’ve worked with a bunch of my old photos of a friend of mine, the brazilian modern dancer Sandro Masai in order to produce 14 short films to display during two classical concerts in Århus and Aalborg respectively. Each film was made of two copies of the same photo, one in a black & white state, another in a very colorful and dynamic state. In Final Cut Pro I created a transition between the two photos and matched the length of the film with the movement it had to accompany. In its essence a very simple process, but I sure did put a lot of hours into the color-processing and not to forget the selection of the photos.

I was really surprised with how well the outcome transferred onto the big big screens – especially in Aalborg (Nordkraft – the photo above) the photos came to live (literally). That screen was handmade from the canvas of an old cinema screen and build for the occasion. It has been fun reviewing a lot of old work and putting it up against another expression of art.

‘Rox In The Box’ by The Decemberists provides the soundtrack for the awesome downhillin’ skateboard chicks. Hardcore, yet so indie. More videos here.

This is an absolutely magnificent version of ‘Billy Holiday’.

Not the best of photos, but I wanted to show off the backdrop visuals I’ve made for the Klub Husfred concerts. Well, I got to be honest, the video was quickly made from various old American documentaries and commercials from the 1920s and 30s. For Klub Husfred I wanted to make something that could last for a long time (3-4 hours) without just looping some kind of sequence over and over. I came up with this vintage video material idea, as I think they supplement Klub Husfred mood and theme pretty well.

You can look at more photos from the concert with Baby Woodrose/Spids Nøgenhat/Dragontears leadsinger, Lorenzo Woodrose, over at Flickr.

My approach was fairly low-tech. I knew I wanted to work with big letters and a stop-motion effect, so I cut out bunch of letters and started shooting a lot of photos. I imported all the photos into Premiere Pro and used this guide to create my animation. The audio track on the two videos is from an unofficial Mikael Simpson production called ‘jagtvej69′, which I have slowed down to two different speeds.

Looking forward to receive this Christmas treat soon! Go treat yourself!

Yesterday I edited this short video with bits of film I’ve recorded from the “Aalborg – Jeg Elsker Dig” play currently running at Transformator.

Transformator’s website.