Wednesday, 16 March 2011

Walerian Borowczyk- Renaissance

I came across Borowczyk when looking into the Quay Brothers, its common misconception that Jan Svankmajer is their main influence but in an interview they revealed that they got most of their style and technique from Borowczyk. I thought i would have a look at his stop motion film Renaissance as it would able me to see where my main influence got their inspiration from and may even give me some fresh ideas. After watching the film i could see where the Quay Brothers got their dark and surreal imagery from, as well as the twisted, disturbing and sometimes even quirky movements that their puppets make.
The film depicts reverse motion in which objects are rebuilt after being destroyed and then destroyed again at the end. I found this concept and the process behind it quite interesting as you would have to film things from end-start rather than start to end or in random sequence. This may be something I might try for a sequence in my film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAirHKywhSc

(The full 9 minute Renaissance film)

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