Archive for the ‘Film’ Category
HATCH Film – Ride Rise Roar
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RIDE, RISE, ROAR
Directed by HATCH mentor Hillman Curtis, RIDE, RISE, ROAR is a David Byrne concert film that blends riveting onstage performances with intimate details of the creative collaborations that make the music and performance happen. Shot with multiple cameras over several concerts during the 08/09 tour, the film blends the energy and charisma of classic Talking Heads with the heartfelt pathos of David Byrne and Brian Eno’s most recent collaboration. Between the songs, the film achieves an unprecedented intimacy with David Byrne and the band, documenting behind-the-scenes auditions, rehearsals, and interviews with key players while revealing the creative process that led to the show’s unique fusion of pop music and modern dance. RIDE, RISE, ROAR celebrates Byrne’s extensive career as a musician and testifies to the creativity that keeps him going today.
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| Hillman Curtis is the Principal and Chief Creative Officer of hillmancurtis.com, inc., a digital design firm inNew York City. Previously, he was design director for Macromedia. He has published four books on new media design. Curtis was listed by the Internet Professional Publisher Association in its DesignerONE awards for 2001-2002 as one of the top ten web designers. He has designed sites for Yahoo, Adobe Systems, Aquent, the American Institute of Graphic Design, Paramount, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Metropolitan Opera and others. Canoë magazine called him le pape du Flash (the Pope of Flash) in 2000. Glide magazine labels him the “Michael Jordan of web design”. As a filmmaker he first gained notoriety with his online “Artist Series” — short documentaries on designers/artists including Phillip Glass, Milton Glaser, Paula Scher, Stefan Sagmeister, Pentagram Design Group, and the filmmaker Mark Romanek. He also has made several short dramatic films. In 2008, Curtis made a short documentary for the David Byrne and Brian Eno album Everything That Happens Will Happen Today and later directed the documentary Ride, Rise, Roar which chronicled the Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno Tour as well as several national commercials for Ogilvy/IBM, online commercial work for Rolling Stone, Adobe, Sprint, Blackberry and BMW and the popular documentary series“Artist Series”. He has also produced nine short narrative films; “Bridge”, was selected as one of only seven shorts for the GenArts 2009 festival in New York, “Embrace”, and “Spinal Tap” each won “Best Dramatic Short” Webby Awards. His books on design and film have sold close to 150 thousand copies and have been translated into 14 languages. Hillman Curtis’ work has been featured in numerous design publications worldwide. He has also lectured extensively on design and film related subjects throughout Europe, Asia and the USA. He was nominated for the Cooper Hewitt National Design award in 2009. Hillman’s work can be seen here –
http://www.hillmancurtis.com/index.php?/film/view/short_films/ http://www.hillmancurtis.com/index.php?/film/view/artist_series/ |
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HATCH Film – Playing For Change
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PLAYING FOR CHANGE
Playing for Change is a multimedia movement created to inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music. The idea for this project arose from a common belief that music has the power to break down boundaries and overcome distances between people. No matter whether people come from different geographic, political, economic, spiritual or ideological backgrounds, music has the universal power to transcend and unite us as one human race. And with this truth firmly fixed in our minds, we set out to share it with the world. |
HATCH FILM 2010 – EXPORTING RAYMOND
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EXPORTING RAYMOND Follow two-time EMMY-WINNING writer Phil Rosenthal, creator of the hit TV series ‘Everybody Loves Raymond,’ in this incredibly funny true story of the attempt to translate ‘Raymond’ into a Russian sitcom. A hilarious, warm and intimate journey of one man, considered an expert in his country, who travels to a distant land to help people that don’t seem to want his help. Lost in Moscow, lost in his mission, lost in translation, Phil tries to connect to his Russian colleagues but runs into unique characters and situations that conspire to drive him insane. The movie is a true international adventure, a genuine ‘fish out of water’ comedy that could only exist in real life. |
HATCH FILM 2010 – WAITING FOR SUPERMAN
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WAITING FOR SUPERMAN
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education “statistics” have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose stories make up the engrossing foundation of WAITING FOR SUPERMAN. As he follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth, Guggenheim undertakes an exhaustive review of public education, surveying “drop-out factories” and “academic sinkholes,” methodically dissecting the system and its seemingly intractable problems. |