Movie made using cross stitch
Filmmaker and crafter Holly Klein combined her talents to produce this short, Maggie and Mildred.
Video Making
DIY Movie Making article roundup
Beware the Ides of March! I was itching to say that. Ahem. Here is a collection of MAKE magazine articles related to DIY movie making. Note that most back issues of MAKE are available for purchase in the Maker Shed. Don’t miss any future articles … subscribe! MAKE Volume 01 $14 Video Camera Stabilizer – […]
Awesome ultra-low-tech DIY movie making method
This minute-long short by Mindfruit Studios is called “Memoirs of a Scanner,” and was made using only a scanner and software to stitch the still images together into a movie. It has characters, special effects, and a coherent plot that tells the story of an episode in the life of a business office, from the copier’s perspective. [via Neatorama]
Lost Knowledge: Magic Lanterns
A look at the 17th century precursor to the slide, and then movie, projector, magic lanterns.
Stop-motion music video
Stewart McCullough sent us this stop-motion music video he did for some friends, The Bran Flakes. He used (and recommends) Dragon Stop Motion software. He says it’s “very well done… stable, with a good user interface, and lots of good features specifically for doing any kind of stop-motion animation.” It costs $275. The Bran Flakes […]
Introducing: the Hickshaw
In response to our DIY Movie Making theme, Derek “Deek” Diedricksen sent us this first episode of Tiny Yellow Houses, a series he’s doing on backyard shackitecture, this one featuring his “Hickshaw,” a movable small structure designed to be used as a backyard hang-out space/tiny office or festival sleeping space. Derek also has a self-published, […]
The city at night is made of light
Tokyo/Glow is a short film, written and directed by Jonathan Bensimon, about the little glowing guy from a cross-walk sign who jumps down from the sign, at night, and wanders around Tokyo gawking at all the lights. I don’t think there are any CG effects. The film’s amazing look was achieved by combining a real actor in a custom glow-suit with a bunch of photographic hi-jinks: stop-motion, time-lapse, long exposure…did I miss anything?
