United Airlines. “Rhapsody in Blue”. All who have waited hours for a “friendly skies” representative to pick up the phone are familiar with this piece by Gershwin.
Gershwin’s performance is better used as the score for two unique commercials directed by Jamie Caliri. Dozens of 2-dimensional puppets were made by drawing, scanning, coloring, printing and assembling many tiny pieces of paper. The animated results are beautiful.
We’d say more, but “Dragon” has a really great making-of that explains it all. The artistry and effort that went into this film is incredible.
We think the little computer setup featured in some of these pictures is both functional and artsy. It looks like the bottom of a rolling chair attached to a plywood platform which holds a Mac Mini, keyboard and monitor. Dig the pen holder.
“Heart” was shot with both Nikon and Canon DSLRs. It looks like “Dragon” was shot with a Leica DIGILUX 3.
Jamie Caliri and his brother created Dragon Stop Motion, the animation software used for both of these films. It is now available to the public. The price is fairly steep, but hey! This is animation software for professionals.
As a special treat, you can download a couple of high-resolution stills from “Dragon” here. Makes a great desktop background!
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