Hello,
Sorry for the lack of posting recently! I’ve spent the last 6 months working on a TV program called Skins and trying to save a company called Location Works from administration – The first task was a great sucess and you can see a sneak peek of the show here: http://www.e4.com/video/bsT92GRq7Lu6v6G5QKRjl1/play.e4
Sadly the 2nd project didn’t work out and so I’m just about to set up my own company, more details coming soon!
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Lornsadaisy
The official banksy vs bristol trailer appears above. I can’t wait to go and see this! As I’m living in Bristol, I’ll be sure to pop down this week or next….
Graffiti artist Banksy has chosen his home city of Bristol (reputedly, but actually I am fairly certain he is not from Bristol) to host his new exhibition of more than 100 installations, his most ambitious British project to date.
Staged in the council-owned City Museum and Art Gallery, Banksy v Bristol Museum was such a closely guarded secret with only the Museum’s director, Kate Brindley and a handful of others aware of the plans. Even senior councillors were unaware of the ambitious project, while visitors and staff were told that filming had been taking place. The exhibition features animatronics, installations and a sensory display. Ms Brindley said: “We gave the staff a couple of days off and said we were filming. We were taking a huge risk because no one has spoken to Banksy, it’s all been done through his agents.”
Banksy said: “This is the first show I’ve ever done where taxpayers’ money is being used to hang my pictures up rather than scrape them off.”
The reviews are great so far…. I’ve been an admirer of his for some time and find the work interesting – guerilla marketers could certainly take inspiration from some of his famous stunts, which are now making him an artist with a worldwide appeal.
Take a look at Banksy’s website; http://www.banksy.co.uk/ or Banksy’s Myspace; http://www.myspace.com/banksyfansite
ITN news report about the exhibition;
Banksy on Brtistol Street Art website (a great source of information pictures and videos on bristol street art);
http://www.bristol-street-art.co.uk/category/banksy-street-art
The queue on the first day of the banksy vs bristol museum exhibition
I also found this article through Bristol Street Art’s Twitter Feed; Behind the scenes in BanksyLand The pictures show a glimpse at behind the scenes…
Banksy has played host to many a stunt in the past including, most recently doctoring Paris Hilton CDs and placing them in HMVs around the country. You can see some pictures here.
Other Banksy Links and Reviews;
Banksy Forum
Banksy vs Bristol Telegraph review
Times Review – Banksy vs Bristol
I couldn’t stop playing this Tiga track (from the forthcoming album; Ciao) over the bank holiday weekend so thought I’d share it with you – awesome music video!
You can also see it here on the official Tiga site; http://www.tiga.ca/
Directed by Alex&Liane, I love this new video for Tiga’s “Shoes”. Here’s an interview with them about the process of making the video; Digital Arts Online
Tiga’s MySpace
The video for shoes was shot in Berlin (yet another reason why it’s on my top ten list of places to go right now)
Directors: AlexandLiane
(Factory Films)
DP: Will Bex
Producer: Massuda Kassem, Jan M. Scholz, Frank Hoffmann
Line Producer: Bjoern Krueger
PA: Sara Bold
PA: Giulia Schelhas
PA: Chris Heidrich
1st AC: Alexander Knoblauch
Gaffer: Nico Nitsche
Styling: Angelika Goetz
Styling Assistant: Miriam Foth
Make-up: Christian Fritzenwanker
Editor: Moritz Steinkohl / AlexandLiane
Actors:
Women: Janine Henkes
Man: Roger Hopley
Drummer: Candie
Sculptures: Rein
Tiga’s Shoes EP is out now on PIAS / Different
Here is a small selection of pictures from our most recent portfolio / makover shoot in Bristol.
Star Republic is the creation of Lorna Gatherer Ford (art director and stills producer), Paul Blundell (photographer), Jay Turnbull (make up artist) and Alex Sibley (model). To book a portrait, glamour, makeover or personality (corperate, dj, band etc) shoot (on location) please call Lorna on 07825 448 803.
A slideshow from our most recent star republic shoot in Bristol. The next sceduled date for Bristol will be in June but we also have spaces left at our next London shoot in June too. Prices start at £50 per magazine standard picture.
a behind the scenes video made entirely from stills (stop frame animation) made at our most recent star republic photo shoot in Bristol.
(contains some partial nudity)
created by Daniel Wellby
STAR REPUBLIC SHOOT CREDITS
Photographer: Paul Blundell
Art Direction/Production: Lornsadaisy (lorna gatherer ford)
Make up artist: Jay ‘pinxie’ Turnbull
Styling: Lornsadaisy and Pinxie
Models: Sarah Longbottom and Yasmin Quinn-Wilson
Photographic Assistants: Alex Sibley and Daniel Wellby
Runners: David Muskett and Pablo Chaundy Brain
Clothing supplied by Katie Kins Boutique
Special Thanks to Roger, Will, Yohanna and Iris the dog.
I will update this post with some other great photoshoot videos when I find them!
And also add the actual photos fromn the shoot when they have finished being retouched 
To book a place at our next portfolio / portrait photoshoot in Bristol or enquire about a shoot in another part of the UK, please get in contact! We have dates coming up in Brighton, London, Manchester, Birmingham and Essex.
photographer: Paul Blundell
Art Director/Producer: Lorna Gatherer Ford ( lornsadaisy)
Make up artist: Jay ‘pinxie’ Turnbull
Good video doesn’t always need a great video camera. A still camera, imagination and a lot of hours can also get you there.
Cesar Kuriyama, a New York animator and lighting technical director, has directed a visually arresting music video using an interesting technique.
Eschewing a video camera, he took 45,000 photographs with a Nikon D200 DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) camera and stitched them together to create the illusion of video.
The music video was created for the band Fat City Reprise and premiered at their homecoming concert in Philadelphia.
Kuriyama says he directed the talent in the video to move as best they could in slow-motion while he had his director of photography Tommy Agriodimas shoot JPG bursts with the Nikon D200.
The duo were able to get about 60 images per burst at about four pictures per second. “Obviously we did many takes for each shot,” says Kuriyama. “Eventually one good take of them moving in slow motion would look great.”
After that the team re-worked the frames in post-production to move closer to 24 frames per second.
Including the time for conceptualizing and creating the story board, it took Kuriyama about 14 months to the video. He worked on it after-work hours every day.
The whole video cost just about $3000 to make, says Kuriyama, “plus the endless personal hours.”
The video also features an animated stuffed animal designed and created by a friend. Kuriyama rigged it with blue sticks coming out of its arms and legs and wore a black suit to hide him. Post-production tricks helped firm the illusion.
Much of the editing for the video, says Kuriyama, was done on his MacBook Pro in Final Cut Pro. He managed the photographs in iPhoto and did the effects in Eyeon Fusion.
Kuriyama’s efforts is an interesting way to circumvent the challenge that photographers face when it comes to creating high quality videos at low cost.
Compact digital cameras, which have had video-recording capabilities for years, offer disappointing image quality. High-end video and movie cameras are bulky and can be very expensive.
But the $2700 21-megapixel Canon 5D Mark II capable of 1080p HD video and the $1300 12-megapixelNikon D90, which can record 720p HD video could change the game.
The two cameras deliver very high quality video and still images and could help photographers move to a single camera for their needs.
Also see:
Nikon D40 DSLR Now Official
Photo: Cesar Kuriyama
lornsadaisy
pow!
thanks to chazerooni for this one
here’s the final artwork for the albumn
credits:
Photographer: Mark Rowe
Art Direction, production & Styling: Lornsadaisy
Sleeve design and illustration: Ryan Quinlivan
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