Mediacology by Antonio Lopez » Animation

Multimedia journalism: The true cost of gas

Antonio — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:13:10 +0000

Yet another example of systems-oriented storytelling combining the power of investigative reporting with animation. This comes from the Center of Investigative Reporting, a fantastic cauldron of muckraking. Back in the old days when print was king, I interned there while I was in college. They work hard trying to protect the public interest, so your support is greatly needed.

Imagine, it’s his 70th b-day

Antonio — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:59:37 +0000

You’ll probably see this cross-posted everywhere, but in honor of John Lennon’s 70th b-day I’d like share my favorite video about a specific moment of his life. The audio is from an interview conducted in 1969 by 14-year-old Beatle fanatic Jerry Levitan, who snuck into Lennon’s hotel room to chat with him. This animation, “I Met the Walrus,” beautifully captures the conversation.

So this is what my books do when I sleep!

Antonio — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:49:13 +0000

This Is Where We Live from 4th Estate on Vimeo.

Via Wooster.

Hopeful message

Antonio — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:06:42 +0000

Nice mix of styles and visual storytelling.

Ecomedia that I can believe in

Antonio — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:17:56 +0000

Circular Painting from Fly on the Wall on Vimeo.

I’m super excited about this new kind of “grafimation” (hmm, I just made that up)– animated graf art. This piece in particular demonstrates a new kind of ecological art paradigm because as a hybrid of human technology and the natural process of eco-insired creativity, we discover insights about our human-nature relations that a static painting could not reveal. The video does something only technology can do (stop-frame animation) to reveal creative patterning by an artistic community of practice to highlight the evolving and ephemeral-like dynamic of human-nature relations (OK, I know.. too many words in a sentence but I’m too tired to rewrite it). Plus it’s just really cool. It was done for the Discovery Channel (South Africa), a media entity I’m less than enthralled with because a lot of their programming is in many ways anti-nature (despite the eco-friendly brand they have built–more on that later if time permits).

Via Wooster.