Save your identity!

When you sit down at your PC, open up your 'Apple Mac' or play around on your smartphone, you are actively contributing and feeding your personal information into the hands of your service providers and into the ever-growing information technology cyberspace.

'Network' by Michael Rigley is not only a visual stunning physical representation of how our personal data is created and built, but also somewhat disheartening in our active participation within this. Rigley perfectly puts this into a tangible form, using clarity and simplicity of explanation to convey his message.

It's amazing after watching just a 3 minute animation, how you can begin to re-think our voluntary contribution to companies profiting off our data. 

Maybe it's time to take back our personal information from ISP's. Occupy the internet, anyone?

FUEL VFX takes on Alien

So if you haven't seen this trailer by now, you should probably just get off the internet forever.

Prometheus is the HIGHLY anticipated prequel to Alien. The cast is stellar; Noomi Rapace, Aussie Guy Pearce, Charlize Theron and the incriedible Michael Fassbender (mmm... Fassy...) and Ridley Scott is helming the project, so you know it's going to be good.
Now, I'm not gonna lie I haven't seen Alien (I know, the shame) but this movie is everywhere. Literally everywhere and everyone is talking about it. However success is not a stranger to Sydney based VFX studio Fuel VFX.

Born in 2000 Fuel boasts a client list of Baz Luhrmann's Australia, Cowboys & Alien, Mission Impossible and have clearly found dedicated clients in the Marvel universe, working on the whole Avengers crew; Iron Man 2, Captain America, Thor and of course this year's blockbuster The Avengers.

So what have we learnt? Two things specifically. The first, if you need VFX these guys should probably be your first port of call. Remember that the next time you and your friend thumbtack a sheet to your garage wall in lieu of a green screen, I'm sure they do pro-bono work.
The second, safe to say if they weren't already dominating, Fuel is definitely making paper thus bringing more and more of the entertainment industry to our humble country and for this I thank them.

Now discuss, Alien SEQUEL, dnw or...? I wonder if little Fassy will make a sophomore appearance?

VSCO Cam

With Facebook recently acquiring Instagram for roughly $1 billion, this leaves two options for camera and photo sharing app companies. Either see Instagram's success as inspiration, or view the colossal buy-off as a symbol of market-domination.

I'm sure the guys at Visual Supply Co would say they have been left with nothing but illumination and motivation to create their very own app. Introducing 'VSCO Cam'. It showcases a similar style to Instagram, but also offers some noticeable differences upon viewing the introductory video above.

It's the simplistic design that catches your eye and how it utilises colour filters as opposed to Instagram's named filters. It also differs through the ability to implement 'precision filtering' including fade, fill and saturation.

Strategically speaking, releasing 'VSCO Cam' now is clever as we can only expect some changes to come within Instagram, changes that may not please all users who may look to go elsewhere.

You can buy 'VSCO Cam' for 99c at the app store.

Takuya Hosogane makes a Point

This creation is from Japanese artist Takuya Hosogane. He's the featured artist on Pause Fest today. The young talent's work creates a dialogue between flash animation visuals and sound cues.

Vanishing Point in particular, triggers memories of watching Windows Media Player visualisations, except Hogosane's animations are much more iTunes in my opinion. He has a great way of really hitting those nuances in the music using image.

Read Lucy Down's profile on Takuya Hosogane here.

As Down mentions, Hosogane lists video anime series FLCL and Noein among his inspirations. Thoughts? Can you see the parallels in his animation style? Or is has his process drawn him closer to resemble more post modern works?
I can see a definitive line between his work and David O'Reilly's. 

Leviathan Experiential Reel 2012

Among the projects featured, you'll see footage from Amon Tobin's sensational "ISAM Live" (as shown in the above image), Drake's 2011 OVO Festival, the studio's recent work helping to dramatically introduce several exciting new models at major automotive shows, and more collaborations with innovative agencies for major brands, including HP.

After participating in last year's Leo Burnett Leovative innovation event, Leo Burnett production consultant Richard Blanco shared these words about Leviathan: "Their work in the digital space, particularly projection mapping, was the perfect marriage of art and science that embodied everything Leovative was about… technology, techniques, delivered. Leviathan delivered two stunning pieces: A beautiful animation piece projected onto a custom, faceted sculpture, and an amazing xBox 360 Kinect interactive piece that wowed the crowd."

Regarding the latest developments and the new reel, Leviathan's executive creative director Jason White says, "For a new studio, to see this collection of some of our most innovative work completed over the last year makes us all very proud and excited about what's to come."

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Pause Fest ID Animations

Pause Fest ID - Official Version
Visual: Murat Pak

Sound: Radium Audio
Creative Director: Andrew Diey - Radium Audio
Lead Sound Designer - Peter Malmqvist - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - Bill Francis - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - Irad Lee - Studio Irad Lee
Musician - James Hand

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Pause Fest ID - Official Version
Visual: Sander Van Dijk

Sound: Radium Audio
Creative Director: Andrew Diey - Radium Audio
Lead Sound Designer - Peter Malmqvist - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - David Connolly - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - Irad Lee - Studio Irad Lee
Musician - Pále
Mastering - P-tronix, London

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Pause Fest ID - Official Version
Visual: Ronaldo Tozzi

Sound: Radium Audio
Creative Director: Andrew Diey - Radium Audio
Lead Sound Designer - Peter Malmqvist - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - David Connolly - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - Irad Lee - Studio Irad Lee
Musician - Ipman
Mastering - P-tronix, London

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Pause Fest ID - Official Version
Visual: Mirari&Co

Sound: Radium Audio
Creative Director: Andrew Diey - Radium Audio
Lead Sound Designer - Peter Malmqvist - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - David Connolly - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - Irad Lee - Studio Irad Lee
Musician - Alteria Percepsyne & Ipman

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Pause Fest ID - Official Version
Visual: Ian Clemmer

Sound: Radium Audio
Creative Director: Andrew Diey - Radium Audio
Lead Sound Designer - Andrew Diey - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - Peter Malmqvist - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - Bill Francis
Musician - Last Japan
Mastering - P-tronix, London

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Pause Fest ID - Official Version
Visual: Hi Organic

Sound: Radium Audio
Creative Director: Andrew Diey - Radium Audio
Lead Sound Designer - Peter Malmqvist - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - David Connolly & Bill Francis - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - Irad Lee - Studio Irad Lee
Musician - Pále

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Pause Fest ID - Official Version
Visual: Dima Grubin

Sound: Radium Audio
Creative Director: Andrew Diey - Radium Audio
Lead Sound Designer - Peter Malmqvist - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - David Connolly - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - Irad Lee - Studio Irad Lee
Musician - Last Japan
Mastering - P-tronix, London

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Pause Fest ID - Official Version
Visual: Bestia

Sound: Radium Audio
Creative Director: Andrew Diey - Radium Audio
Lead Sound Designer - Peter Malmqvist - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - Andrew Diey - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - Irad Lee - Studio Irad Lee
Musician - Ipman

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Pause Fest - Opening Titles

Breeder is a collaborative studio blending action, design, animation and installation. They have worked on diverse projects in the past including the “Pocket Hipster” smartphone app and “Rising”- a collaborative animation urging donations to Japans’ disaster stricken areas.

Breeder’s passion for storytelling and forward-thinking creative process has seen them deliver originality, diversity and creativity in every project they undertake. So we are understandably excited that the team at Breeder has created the Pause Fest opening titles in collaboration with the sweet sound-design of Radium Audio.

Visual: BREEDER, Australia
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Director: Joyce Ho
Producer: Megan Griffiths
DOPs: Timothy Lovett and Chris Morris
RED Operator: Peter Wright
Editing and Colour Grading: Joyce Ho, Timothy Lovett and Chris Morris
Compositor: Chris Morris
Props and Set Design: Megan Griffiths and Joyce Ho
Scientific Consultant: Will Johnston
Special Thanks: Queensland University of Technology

Sound: Radium Audio
Creative Director: Andrew Diey - Radium Audio
Lead Sound Designer - Peter Malmqvist - Radium Audio
Sound Designer - Irad Lee - Studio Irad Lee
Musician - Ipman, Josephine LLoyd, Karin Höghielm, Johan Vavare.
Mastering - P-tronix, London

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Pause Fest 2011

I'm very sorry for not updating this blog as it should be and as it use to be, but the reason behind it is that I'm organising Pause Fest. Please go to pausefest.com.au for some digital goodness.

Our lineup and all events are in place. If you live in Melbourne or around please come, visit us and join Pause. We are very excited with the program and all events. The opening night is nearly SOLD OUT, so be quick to register for other events before they go.

Thanks for understanding and see you all at Pause Fest next week!

Mill | Touch

A Behind the Scenes look at Mill Touch: An interactive multi-touch, smart glass display showcasing the Mill's body of work, created by Mill NY's Digital team.

DB | Contributors Welcome

There is a very rare opportunity for very few individuals to join Digital Buyologie blog team and grow the platform that has been established in 2009. You would have to be passionate about the new technologies - Digital media, animation and motion graphics and to have a good eye for the outstanding TVC's. If that is you please get in contact with us.

Digital Buyologie was a seed for the Pause Fest, the first digital festival in Melbourne. Please visit: pausefest.com.au so you would have the opportunity to network between both platforms. Pause Fest has awesome program this year and is set to kick off from 7-13th November 2011. Stay tuned!