Saturday, July 11, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Transient
Transient from Matthew Ballard on Vimeo.
An experimental film inspired by themes found in Francis Bacon's work
Friday, March 27, 2009
Video Collage
The 6th Floor from Matthew Ballard on Vimeo.
Done to be an example of a collage with emphasis on the notion of how we think about the standard "shot."
*Update 3/28 - Somehow this was chosen as a Staff Pick on Vimeo! http://www.vimeo.com/staffpicks
Monday, March 2, 2009
Scream
Scream from Matthew Ballard on Vimeo.
Multichannel interactive video that incorporates screams from popular horror films into an eerie rhythm.
12 films, 15 clips, and a hours of tedious syncing.
Initially wanted to make the clips move across the screen to build the illusion of lines but would have to created 254 different tracks instead of the 25. Will save that for later this week.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Stalling Suspense
Stalling Suspense from Matthew Ballard on Vimeo.
A look at the cliche "hiding in a the bathroom stall from the killer" sequence in horror movies. Illustrates how prolonged suspense in these sequences work to keep you on the edge of your seat.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Portrait
Portrait of self for the class Film Video Art. Extreme low light. all practical light/sources and it shows.I re-upped this version in the place of the other two. This is the original that i submitted to Vimeo before i realized that i should use standard definition.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
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First emoticon
He was a medicine man of great importance. He stood naked before the tribe, took a slow deep breath like he did before every performance, then suddenly howled and began making wild leaps and gesticulating with both spindly arms. This was to indicate that the gods were well pleased with the latest batch of human sacrifice and would now deliver the rain the village desperately needed.
The crowd shrank back as he danced, and suddenly "Half-wit" Hao reached over and stabbed a kid.
"The medicine man says the gods are angry. We must sacrifice more," said Half-wit, as the kid went through the usual post-stab rigmarole (bleeding, gurgling, dying, etc.).
The medicine man stopped dancing and grunted in annoyance. He stomped over to a nearby tree, tore off some of the bark, and scratched a crude caricature of a smiling face onto it. He began to dance again, this time with the smiley face over his face to announce the intended mood of his actions.
"Ooooooh," said the crowd.
"Sorry kid," said Half-wit, but the kid was already dead. These things happen.
First emoticon
He was a medicine man of great importance. He stood naked before the tribe, took a slow deep breath like he did before every performance, then suddenly howled and began making wild leaps and gesticulating with both spindly arms. This was to indicate that the gods were well pleased with the latest batch of human sacrifice and would now deliver the rain the village desperately needed.
The crowd shrank back as he danced, and suddenly "Half-wit" Hao reached over and stabbed a kid.
"The medicine man says the gods are angry. We must sacrifice more," said Half-wit, as the kid went through the usual post-stab rigmarole (bleeding, gurgling, dying, etc.).
The medicine man stopped dancing and grunted in annoyance. He stomped over to a nearby tree, tore off some of the bark, and scratched a crude caricature of a smiling face onto it. He began to dance again, this time with the smiley face over his face to announce the intended mood of his actions.
"Ooooooh," said the crowd.
"Sorry kid," said Half-wit, but the kid was already dead. These things happen.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Understanding Internal Memory Playback
This is a playback of some of our production crew scouting the shooting location for our final project in Media II. It is called "Flag Day."
Here is the diagram:
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Now, here is the corresponding playback:
Scout Part 1 of 2 from Matthew Ballard on Vimeo.
Here is the diagram:
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Now, here is the corresponding playback:
Scout Part 1 of 2 from Matthew Ballard on Vimeo.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
After Effects
Doctors,
If any of you are not aware of Video Copilot, i highly recommend it. I'm not someone to recommend things I'm not one hundred and thirteen percent sure about. And I'm sure about this. So, heres the link. Andrew Kramer is really funny guy and he shows you how to make professional quality video from the first tutorial. It Very engaging. It's for those of you of that are getting tired of the Lynda.com tutorials.
-Matthew
If any of you are not aware of Video Copilot, i highly recommend it. I'm not someone to recommend things I'm not one hundred and thirteen percent sure about. And I'm sure about this. So, heres the link. Andrew Kramer is really funny guy and he shows you how to make professional quality video from the first tutorial. It Very engaging. It's for those of you of that are getting tired of the Lynda.com tutorials.
-Matthew
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