Here’s what happens when you show silent films that are nearly 100 years old to some 7-year-olds: they roll on the floor laughing. Chaplin and Keaton. All you need.
Once they catch their breath, give them some toys to use as characters in their own stories with little or no input from outsiders ie “grown-ups”.
The goal is to let them work out their own creative differences, while gently holding the reigns of control assisting them with making their own silent movies that make sense to them. Perhaps, to them alone.
Then, help them make simple storyboards, title pages and backdrops for their first silent movies.
Each production team of 3 or so rehearse at least once in front of the camera before we call out “Camera Rolling…” and “ACTION!”
The results are fascinating in each their own way, perhaps even moreso as collections rather than each by itself, though some do stand on their own quite well [click the image above to watch]
Conrad Praetzel made the music.
some of the others are here
Published on 2008/12/21
in chad calease, conrad praetzel, documentary, featured, if thousands, mike murray, paul metzger, play, rick fuller, ryan rogers, tag and thinfilms.
Tag isn’t just a documentary, it’s an odyssey on the subject of a game that touches everything we do
The agency I created this for sent it out as a holiday greeting to their entire client roster, including Anheuser-Busch, Cargill and Revlon, among others.
Holidays are fine and all but they do generate a LOT of waste.
Let’s remind ourselves to respect the environment and not be stupid because littering IS stupid. We don’t wanna be STUPID, right?
Published on 2008/09/24
in aaron suring, akrobotics, chad calease, conrad praetzel, corey bauer, dj cooks, juneau, lou logan, minneapolis, pat race, public video surveillance, rick fuller, ryan rogers, stop-motion, surveillance, thinfilms, timberwolves, todd johnson and zach falcon.
quick-like tour of some work created both solo and in collaboration with some mighty gifted people
everything is funnier in a suit
