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BP Summer Big Screens 2010 entry Carmen June 4, 2010

Posted by joost in : commercial, directing, london , trackback

Every year the Royal Opera House organizes several free open air broadcasts on big screens in London and other cities in the UK, sponsored by BP (…) in an attempt to make opera more accessible and popular. It’s basically a huge picnic while watching opera :-)

Part of all the festivities is a competition to create a really short film inspired by one of the operas. This year it is Bizet’s Carmen. The form can be really free, it’s really up to the maker to be creative, and that’s a brief which gave me the excuse to sink my teeth into something new; I decided to create an animated short that tries to convey the meaning of Carmen by using key text and graphics whizzing by. In order to realize this silly animated promo I taught myself the basics of After Effects, resulting in the following:


(click on the youtube logo to see the promo in glorious 1080p HD!)

The good news is that my short will be shown on the big screen at Trafalgar Square and other locations prior to the start of the opera!

Comments

1. izzie - June 5, 2010

That is great news, congrats!

2. albert - June 8, 2010

Cool, nice way!

3. albert - June 8, 2010

And a really nice shoirt it is too