DVD now available: onedotzero_select dvd2

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DVD now available: onedotzero_select dvd2

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onedotzero_select dvd2

The World?s Largest Dedicated Digital Film Festival Launches New Title in DVD Series

Title: onedotzero_select dvd 2
SRP: US$30.00
Available through: www.microcinema.com
Catalogue number: MC-206
Barcode number: 5060 0652 80019
Release date: 26th Jan 2004
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Product Details:
onedotzero, the events and production company which pioneers development in digital film and moving image, releases its second collection of shorts on its own onedotzero label.

The DVD series brings together the world?s best and most innovative talent in filmmaking, music video, motion graphics and club visuals. Featuring a collection of rare gems and recent masterpieces along with award winning short films from the recent onedotzero7 2003 film festival, the DVD includes exclusive shorts by Slinky Pictures, Johnny Hardstaff and Ed Holdsworth, and featuring music by Black Strobe (Output), Lambchop and Legowelt (Ghostly).

Already established at the forefront of digital film through its internationally renowned annual festival and its notable Channel 4 television series, onedottv, onedotzero is highly regarded across the globe by directors, animators and designers as being at the forefront of future film. In recognition of this, onedotzero was named by Screen International as one of the Top Ten Visionary?s in UK film, breaking new ground along with Mike Figgis, Tony and Ridley Scott and Lynne Ramsey. The DVD series marks seven years of innovation from onedotzero, confirming its position as the authoritative organisation championing the work of the next generation of directors.

ONEDOTZERO_SELECT DVD 02 FILM INFORMATION:

The future of moving image, these films push digital tools to their most progressive limit from Flash to CG, live action to motion graphics.

JOHNNY HARDSTAFF / FUTURE OF GAMING [UK]
like the cold war never happened: future of gaming is a playstation2-commissioned short, exploring a retro-futurist parallel world of alien invasion. indications on the military classification of the console's chipset are brought to life with a dark narrative subtext. a blizzard of cultural and historical references abound, even brian sewell and wedgewood pottery have a place in hardstaff?s visual cannon. future of gaming was shown at onedotzero5.

ED HOLDSWORTH / ARRIVE [UK]
rising star, holdsworth?s exquisite, abstracted japanese odyssey. commissioned by onedotzero and based on his first trip to the city of tokyo this is a meditation on travel and arrival - perfectly communicating the explosion of the senses and audio-visual burst that intoxicates you on your first arrival in the multi-layered metropolis. accompanied by beautiful music from dom ino. arrive was shown at onedotzero7.

UNIT9 / PARASITE [UK]
in-house project from unit9 showing off director ben hibon?s sharp and distinctive style delivers a soft tale with a dark underbelly. superb character animation plays out a flower-power plague of love that spreads from mice to cats with twisted romantic results. Parasite was shown at onedotzero7.


DRAWING + MANUAL / PRELUDE [JAPAN]
directed by hishikawa sei, whose creative talents and versatility are expressed in this new contemplative and atmospheric piece, made in collaboration with d+m animator jogano nobuhiro. fluidly choreographed shape and form animation, inspired by the hues of the natural world, with the flow of wind, water and air, are accompanied by piano and orchestral soundtracks which give them a timeless quality. prelude was shown at onedotzero7.


LOBO / DISCO ROUT: LEGOWELT [BRAZIL]
founded by partners mateus de paula santos and nando cohen, brazilian collective lobo take influence from 1920s swiss travel posters producing a seductive motion graphic trip from another time. the flat landscapes take us on a magical winter journey to the rhythms of legowelt. discowelt was shown at onedotzero7.

CHRIS SHEPHERD / DAD?S DEAD [UK]
a truly multi-award winning film: seven at the last count! a compelling story of friendship, mischief and denial, told through animated flashbacks. visually stunning, this short film fuses live action and animation seamlessly to take us on an emotionally dark, thought provoking journey through a working class childhood in merseyside. voiceover by ian hart. it has amassed many awards in 2003 that include: winner of the quantel animation award at rushes soho shorts festival; winner of the metropolis prize at l?isola del cinema festival in rome; winner of the grand prize at cabbagetown annual film & video festival in toronto; winner of the encouragement award at fantoche int. animation festival in switzerland; winner of special award at split international festival of new film in croatia; winner of best independent animation award at fan int. animation festival in norwich; winner of best animation award at kino international film festival in manchester and nominated for best short film in the british independent film awards. dad?s dead was shown at onedotzero7.

NAKAO HIROYUKI [PICS] / STEAM PUNK GO ROUND [JAPAN]
a quiet meal of conveyor belt sushi turns into a game of agility and speed. but who gets the last laugh? the steaming salaryman intent on getting the best sushi or the possessive sushi chef intent on keeping him at more than arms length with his customised bar. nakao is a unique and highly original animation talent at the p.i.c.s company. his playful and colour-saturated style is perfectly used in this high-speed visual joke that is highly entertaining and very japanese. steam punk go round was shown at onedotzero6.

TIMO SCHAEDEL / LONDON DETAILS [GERMANY]
newcomer to london, graphic designer schaedel explores the london underground with a fresh eye for details most commuters would overlook. guided on his tour by a silver ribbon of mercury, the film has an original thumping soundtrack that deserves a release of its own by hamburg based sound designer boris salchow. london details was shown at onedotzero7.

XMAS / WE CHOOSE TIME: QUATERFOLD [S. AFRICA]
south african collective xmas are more than just designer directors as xmas is also a record label. this is an understated yet elegant graphic homage to spring. a fragile and seemingly barren tree suddenly bursts into graphic blossom. accompanied by their very own quaterfold on xmas records. We choose time was shown at onedotzero7.

MK12 / ULTRALOVE NINJA [USA]
straight outta? kc [kansas city], mk12 deliver a funked-up love affair in motion graphics to the art of the ninja, complete with a ballad by a faded 70s legend. mk12?s advice for watching this self-initiated piece is: ?you must be pure in the heart, like the driven snow. you must be clear in the mind, like the driven snow. you must be hot in the pants, like a rock star.? clear enough? ultralove ninja was shown at onedotzero7.

TIM HOPE / THE WOLFMAN [UK]
an early example of tim hope?s awesome talent. the wolfman is an atmospheric short film in which a seemingly gentle astronomer turns into a strange and frightening beast, whilst gazing at the night sky in his observatory. the wolfman has won numerous awards including: mclaren animation prize, edinburgh film festival 2000; winner digital animation festival, japan; animation at the cutting edge and public choice award, the british animation awards, 2000. the wolfman was shown at onedotzero.

KOJIMA JUNJI [TEEVEE GRAPHICS] / RIVER [JAPAN]
unseen tokyo uncovered with a greyscale beauty, in a journey down an urban river of flyovers, concrete and sky. directed by the highly versatile and inventive kojima junji, founder and director of teevee graphics. it formed part of the teevee graphics video victim collection of personal and experimental shorts. river was shown at onedotzero5.

SHYNOLA / IS A WOMAN: LAMBCHOP [UK]
contemporary country collective lambchop allow animation wizards shynola to once again display their incredible visual range. a contemplative piece set very much in nature as the melting snow of winter yields into the optimism that springtime brings. inspired by the delicate line and meticulous detail of the wood block paintings of great japanese artist, hokusai. a subtle tale of a single red leaf?s journey down a free flowing river to the end of a flowering branch. is a woman was made with fiona hewitt. is a woman was shown at onedotzero6.

PSYOP / COME FOR BRAZIL [USA]
new york collective, now signed to passion pictures in the uk made a personal short for nando costas brazil inspired project. showing their love for brazil they produced a lusty animated piece that spurts off the screen, wet and sexy and certainly worthy of the term motion ?graphic?. come for brazil was shown at onedotzero7.

POWERGRAPHIXX / MONKEY TURN: OMODAKA [JAPAN]
music video for omodaka, exploring the new approach to media representation by mixing of music and motion graphics. it's describing the strong romance with the sport and is dedicated to kyotei, the japanese motorboat race. made with simpact with music by omodaka / soichi terada for far east recordings 2002. monkey turn was shown at onedotzero-nippon 02.

POWERGRAPHIXX / LIFE WITH CONVENI [JAPAN]
pre-packaged, convenience food consumption never looked so good. a young, collective team of design all-rounders, powergraphixx deliver a wry take on that international food mecca for those on the go, the convenience store. sound designers, m. iwaki and t. takahashi made for idn?s flips project in 2000. life with conveni was shown at onedotzero6.

NE-O / ME AND MADONNA: BLACK STROBE [UK]
a circular narrative of brewing crime masterly set in a stylish metro to impressive effect from ne-o duo jake knight and ryoko tanaka. their dramatic use of reworked, re-shot digital material delivers more than a graphic punch: adding humour, character and wit to the pulsating french electronica of black strobe on trevor jackson?s wonderful output record label. me and madonna was shown at onedotzero7.

ALEX RUTTERFORD / VERBAL: AMON TOBIN [UK]
rutterford?s in top gear form in this ninja tune promo for amon tobin. it features a chameleon-like car, whose impressive multi-colour, oscillating bodywork throbs and pulses in time with the infectious tobin beats. the thrill of the chase at triple the speed, the hyper-realistic treatment marries tron with grand turismo to heart racing effect. music: amon tobin featuring mc decimal r. verbal was shown at onedotzero7. watch out for the superb ninja music video dvd: zen tv released january 26 2004. visit www.ninjatune.net for more details.

SATOSHI TOMIOKA / JUSTICE RUNNERS [JAPAN]
tomioka again does not fail to deliver in his wild and unique take on the world. his multi-coloured animation talents take us on a whirlwind trip of old school trams with weird and wonderful characters. a major talent who has finally made his first commercial crossover in the uk with a honda advert, this is a chance to see his latest personal vision unadulterated here in his best work to date. justice runners was shown at onedotzero6.


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