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Ah, finally got my hands on some sketchbooks from our Director, Bruce. Have a look! #gallery-1 { For more sketchbook pages from our talented staff, see sketches #007, #008, #009. Impromptu is a co-production between the NFB and Global Mechanic. The short film focuses on a modern man named Chuck, who’s experience of a dinner party he’s throwing acts as a metaphor of something we can all relate to:
In the words of the film’s director, our one and only, Bruce: “The film is about how Chuck sees and feels about his world. Like the piano impromptu from which the piece takes its name, it’s an account of thoughts and visions spurred by the spirit of the moment. It’s a metaphor for the inner redemptive eurekas of life, the ones that carry us forward even when no-one else knows they’ve happened.” The film will be produced using stereoscopic 3D, which lends itself very well to the film, especially in scenes where Chuck [...] The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
This morning, something pretty neat* was sitting in my inbox, courtesy of Ally. Apparently, Carl Pappenheim is printing entire books on a single page. Pappenheim’s company, aptly named Spineless Classics, takes full texts of timeless novels and arranges them into “single paper designs.” Beautiful at a distance, the text is also legible close up! Personally, I have a hankering for putting up The Great Gatsby print on my wall, though Dorian Gray would also look mighty dandy, too.
Tidbit: *neat, according to yours truly, constitutes anything related to books, type, and paper, such as these neat paper sculptures.
Steamworks Gallery presents Toronto Draws TinTin. Wish we could be there – can you? Royal Ontario Museum is sharing six of David Hockney’s IPad Illustrations. Beautiful. |
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