JIMMY POLARIS
In 2005 I went to Norway to complete Christopher Nielsen's animated feature film 'Free Jimmy'. It was Norway's most expensive feature film at the time, and the production had been beset with problems, and was made between studios in London, Norway and Canada. I was the lead compositor on the film which meant I was responsible for the 'look' of the film - and in a practical sense this meant marrying together material made on different softwares in different countries over a period of 7 years, and finding a way to make it all look like one thing. I also designed some of the more elaborate effects shots.
During production, Christopher fell in love with the depth passes and alpha channels used to create the final image. These resemble cut-outs of the animations, often in different colours. He referred to them, rather charmingly, as the Andy Warhol passes. Years after the production he devised the Avant Garde performance piece, Jimmy Polaris... a kind of deconstruction of the film using the Andy Warhol passes. This involved live video projections accompanied by the band Masselys, all of us in retro sci fi costumes designed by Ida Moen. At the end of the performance, Christopher activated a toaster, which ignited fireworks on top of our heads.
This was performed 3 times over as many years, at the prestigious Henie Onstad Art Gallery outside Oslo, the Oslo Technical Museum, and at the Fredrikstad Animation festival.
Below to the left is a 4 min test I did, when developing the show. To the right is a video of the entire set at the Henie Onstad Gallery.
During production, Christopher fell in love with the depth passes and alpha channels used to create the final image. These resemble cut-outs of the animations, often in different colours. He referred to them, rather charmingly, as the Andy Warhol passes. Years after the production he devised the Avant Garde performance piece, Jimmy Polaris... a kind of deconstruction of the film using the Andy Warhol passes. This involved live video projections accompanied by the band Masselys, all of us in retro sci fi costumes designed by Ida Moen. At the end of the performance, Christopher activated a toaster, which ignited fireworks on top of our heads.
This was performed 3 times over as many years, at the prestigious Henie Onstad Art Gallery outside Oslo, the Oslo Technical Museum, and at the Fredrikstad Animation festival.
Below to the left is a 4 min test I did, when developing the show. To the right is a video of the entire set at the Henie Onstad Gallery.
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