The Handel Aria Project: Making Music That Matters
By Rhea Mursalin The Handel Aria Project is one that encapsulates the musical stylings of George Frideric Handel and showcases highly talented performers from the Bard Baroque Ensemble and Graduate Vocal Arts Program at Bard Conservatory. Utilizing wide shot angles and quick cuts to several performers throughout the almost two hour concert, the pieces are shown in an aesthetically pleasing and uniquely simple perspective. ...
An Artistic DeLight
By Avril Rowland American Success Story – Micah BlackLight is a short film by JLove Calderón created for the American Success Series, a series that spotlights up and coming American innovators on a mission to make positive change. This success story is about Micah BlackLight, an artist with a talent for drawing, fashion design, and writing. The film lets Micah tell his story and explain his goal of inspiring those who can’t speak for...
When the Wind Blows, Anything Goes
By Tanner Sell Anything Goes is a short film by director and animator Malibu Taetz that explores the creative possibilities of incorporating animation into the direction of a story and its characters. As a writer sits across from his character, the two go back and forth with each other, bickering over how their story should proceed. Ultimately a compromise is reached, but potentially at the expense of the writer’s insanity. This style...
The Butterfly Effect Educates on Preserving the Natural World
The Butterfly Effect, a short film by Kate Boylan-Ascione, serves as a reminder of the “Butterfly Effect” that climate change has on nature other than our rainforests. The short film’s primary focus is butterflies at a Butterfly Ranch in Cayo, Belize, which is determined to preserve the natural world to the best of its ability. Deforestation is a major contributor to climate change, which, as the title of the short...
Lee White’s Derek and His Brick – Fusing Reality into Imaginative Reality
Lee White’s Derek and His Brick is a very imaginative short film in which elements of live action, animation, and poetry are used to immerse the audience in a world with very witty storytelling. The flow of poetry and music in the short film gives the video a very unique feel, while also giving off a nostalgic feel, as the characters and art style can be linked to familiar things of the past. This four minute short was created...
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