“Ted” by 1st Ave Machine
Conference:
- SIGGRAPH 2007 More animation videos from SIGGRAPH 2007:
SIGGRAPH Video Review:
Track:
- 08
Title:
- Ted
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- 1st Ave Machine
Description:
1st Ave Machine transcends the boundary between imagination and reality in the new CG/live action music video for “Ted” by Chris Clark of Warp Records.
A surreal and striking close-up inspection of insects that are oddly familiar but have morphed into something barely recognizable, the video is an examination of evolution in a world of possibil-ity. Praying mantises and grasshoppers have developed improved sensory devices resembling antennae. Cockroaches have multiple pulsating thoraxes. Pinchers, stingers, and other defense mechanisms have evolved into something totally unclassifiable.
The integration of CG with live action blurs the line of possibility and reality.
Additional Contributors:
Director: Arvind Palep
Executive Producer: Serge Patzak
Lead Compositor: WeiTo Chow
Compositor: Makoto Sato
Modeler: Capac Roberts
Insect Handler: Sharon Curran
