::NEW POST:: The Digital Park Bench
If you have ever been stopped and shot by The Sartorialist, you can probably consider having achieved something in your life, because you probably became a fashion icon shortly after (maybe without knowing it). Scott Schuman, the man behind “The Sartorialist” blog, has launched a movement of “digital park bench” two years ago on a … Read more
Russia’s Closed Cities
As the Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s affair is again making it to the headlines since last month’s trial, I find it ironic to look back at one of the chief reasons why he got initially accused in 2003: his use of the the ZATOs, Russia’s closed cities. In the Soviet Union, there used to be a string of “closed cities;” they derived from a tradition extending at least to the 18th century. … Read more
Which is the best camera to get for a doc on a budget?
Last October, I was awarded the Arthur King Peters Memorial Travel Grant as a bonus to my Fulbright scholarship, for me to make a webdocumentary about remnants and emergence of utopias in the US. I decided I would use part of these funds to buy myself professional equipment, while the rest would go to travel … Read more
Playing hopscotch shouldn’t be a source of shame for adults.
Everything more or less started with simple rules. When it used to snow, people would start a snowball fight with one another. Now, people still do so, but it might be because the event was sponsored by some TV show (read below). With this in mind, let’s look at a couple of projects that still … Read more
DUBAI: a phallus and a ski resort in the middle of the desert. But not only.
Dubai: a phallus and a ski resort in the middle of the desert. But not only. Version française : cliquer ici ///////// I am just coming back from a trip on a flying carpet which took me to Dubai, to attend “Documentary Voices“. From November 21st until the 25th, I took part in a series … Read more
Miniature city: NYC or Lilliput?
VILLE MINIATURE : NEW YORK OU LILLIPUT ? Miniature City: NYC or Lilliput? Rappelez-vous : dans Les Voyages de Gulliver, le héro échouait sur l’île de Lilliput, dont les habitants avaient tous des tailles vertigineusement microscopiques. Aujourd’hui, dans son court The Sandpit, Sam O’Hare (réalisateur venant de la pub) joue à Gulliver et nous … Read more
IN’N’OUT PHOTOGRAPHY
English translation follows French version ///////// PHOTOGRAPHIE IN’N’OUT: Todd Selby VS. John Margolies À votre gauche sur la West coast, John Margolies, portraitiste officiel des bords de route américains. À votre droite sur la East coast, Todd Selby, trentenaire juvénile, immortalise sans relâche le joyeux bordel des intérieurs américains. Deux regards qui tiendraient presque du clash générationnel si … Read more
“LOGORAMA”: a city made of logotypes
English translation follows French version ///////// H5 est un studio graphique parisien, et depuis peu un collectif de réalisateurs. Dans Logorama, Oscar du court-métrage d’animation 2010, on reconnaît la ville de Los Angeles à travers sa plage, ses palmiers, son signe Hollywood… entièrement construits à base de logos. Un petit blockbuster hollywoodien dans la veine … Read more
WEBDOCUMENTARY, WHAT? This interview answers that question
Webdocumentary, what? This interview answers that question Version française : cliquer ici ///////// Since 2007, a new form of filmmaking has appeared on the Internet: webdocumentary. This trend had mostly emerged in France and Canada… the biggest sources in terms of new media subsidies. The French newspaper Le Monde’s website got that party started … Read more
QUAND LE WEBDOC ARRIVE EN VILLE, on change pas de trottoir : Interview.
INTERVIEW: quand le webdoc arrive en ville, on change pas de trottoir English version: click here ///////// Depuis 2007, une nouvelle écriture cinématographique fait des pleins et des déliés sur la Toile : le “webdocumentaire.” C’est lemonde.fr qui a lancé la danse en 2007 avec Le Corps Incarcéré, un portfolio d’images animées, couplées à des … Read more
