Greetings bloggers.
I've had the busiest couple of weeks with a ton of work being completed. After a relatively quiet spring, concentrating on short films for Merrin & Nick Hudson, it all kicked off again in June.
I don't think a day has gone by since where I haven't been working.
I have plenty of audio/visual treats in store until December, but until then , have a look at the work I've been doing at this year's Supernormal festival.
Regular followers of this blog will be familiar with this great little event in Oxford that brings together artists, entertainers, filmmakers and musicians and pretty much turn them loose to do whatever they please (almost)
There is literally no boundary between the audience and the performers, which is pretty unique these days.
The organisers are a lovely bunch too, granting me entry to the festival to create unique films mashing up surreal imagery with the natural soundtrack of the environment, be it a band, or just the natural acoustics of the forests. It's a style of film making I've been trying to push for a while as I think the average 'live band video' is really, really boring. The Supernormal is the perfect environment to experiment with different styles and working out creative shots in an organic way.
The shoot wasn't without it's problems though. Arriving late after some technical hicups really set me back. And, on finding out some tragic news from home, I had to leave a day early. So in the end, what you are about to watch all took place in a single 24 hours period.
Lessons to be learned for next time - try and bring two camera's OR bring a separate condenser mic to capture better, undistorted live music.
Aside from that, I've happy with this selection of mini experimental films.
I hope you do too, enjoy.
Dethscalator : Supernormal 2013 from Chris Purdie on Vimeo.
Mugstar at Supernormal 2013 from Chris Purdie on Vimeo.
Greta Pistaceci : Supernormal 2013 from Chris Purdie on Vimeo.
Art of Burning Water from Chris Purdie on Vimeo.
Guitar in the Woods from Chris Purdie on Vimeo.
In the Woods : Supernormal 2013 from Chris Purdie on Vimeo.
Hookworms from Chris Purdie on Vimeo.
Guitar jams at Braziers House - Supernormal 2013 from Chris Purdie on Vimeo.
Red Square : Supernormal 2013. from Chris Purdie on Vimeo.
Dead Sea Apes - Supernormal 2013 from Chris Purdie on Vimeo.
Duke Garwood : Supernormal 2013 from Chris Purdie on Vimeo.
These are my personal favourite films from the weekend. They incorporate lots of editing tricks to imply there was more than one camera capturing the action (something I feel I'm getting quite good at if I do say so myself)
I'm really not so sure where these video's could find an audience at the moment, although my work from last year was shown at a Japanese festival a few months ago. I'll try and enter a few pieces into experimental film events, but having been to a few of those in the past, I still don't feel these films would find a home as they aren't visually abstract.
It's a hell of a shame, but it seems the only way I could enter any of these films into the experimental arena would be to mess around with them visually and add a mountain of needless-effects, which as far as I'm concerned is a lazy technique destroying what makes them worthwhile.
But hey, that's showbiz, folks.
