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5. Khoda

by Reza Dolatabadi

1 year ago

4. Khoda New Trailer

by Reza Dolatabadi

1 year ago

3. Octo-Dancing

by Reza Dolatabadi

1 year ago

2. Filthy Rich (Short 2D Animated Film)

by Reza Dolatabadi

2 years ago

1. "Khoda" - 1 Minute Preview

by Reza Dolatabadi

2 years ago

Hi people! long time no post, I was busy finishing my film Khoda for about a year. here is the new project I have just finished in my spare times in Ink Digital, the new company that I have just started working in.

The film was an experimental work based on a new track by Hamed Mafakheri.

I used my camcorder Sony HDR-HC7 for filming it,

Enjoy!

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Sandra Amstutz 1 year ago

this is soooo awesome. i love how the music works with the footage. the hi tech feel worked unexpectedly well with the octopus shots. i also really loved the light effects during the credits.
Reza Dolatabadi 1 year ago

thank you :D
joe gardner 1 year ago

simply lovely
Reza Dolatabadi 1 year ago

thanks
Minhee Choi 1 year ago

cool!
Rowan Lee Hartsuiker 1 year ago

You made my day. This is perfect, audiovisual design of highest quality. So great, and inspiring.

I ask myself, where the hell did you get a octopus? Ha ha!

Thanks for sharing this!
Reza Dolatabadi 1 year ago

it was a small octopus, I bought from a shop (Tesco). it was also dead and and a bit biger than a lighter.

Cheers;)
Rowan Lee Hartsuiker 1 year ago

I guessed it was dead yes, but so small? Crazy!
I was always fascinated by octopuses, I used them as inspiration in many many illustrations, so this is nice to see. might try this sometime in my video work. hehe :)

Thanks again, great work.
weedze 1 year ago

Reza,

Verry cool! NewYork crimescene stuff, no this is better!
I think it superb, only one thing, found the midle a bit the same for a while, but going to the end is gets mindblowing!

Reminds me of aphex twin.

weedze
Aleksander Nadoloshko 1 year ago

Just great!
Sam van Vlerken 1 year ago

reminds me of aphex twins as wel. Nice video, great work!
NC 1 year ago

Captivating. Simultaneously organic and digital.
Lovely work.
Luchiano Prata 1 year ago

Yeahh octopus! they`re great "bicho"!! and film is very strong!!
Reza Dolatabadi 11 months ago

thanks!
Jym Davis 11 months ago

great textures and colors. creates a great mood.
Reza Dolatabadi 11 months ago

thank you!
Tyrynn Dennis 11 months ago

That really is amazing, from the time spent to the finished product. I cant imagine the amount of patience and time it took to complete. How long did it take to film, animate and edit with music after you had painted all of the paintings?
Reza Dolatabadi 8 months ago

thanks it took me about 25 days from begging to the end. we didn't have much to do at ink (studio), so i just started doing this.
novi films 11 months ago

fan of mr cunningham are we? very nice work man :)
Marius Nedelcu 11 months ago

don`t know why this reminds me of Apex Twin - Rubber Johnny, cool you did a nice movie ; bdw was that octopus dead or alive ?
Reza Dolatabadi 8 months ago

I know, I have admitted to everyone that it is very close to that video, but my intention wasn't to make something like that. basically i had a dead octopus a jar of water, music track and my camera to play with.

the octopus was dead and it was about a finger and a half long (from one leg end to the other)
Stefano 9 months ago

man. you are a talent.
Jim Bollansée 9 months ago

Awesome text effects.
Polly Haasch 9 months ago

Definitely feeling the Aphex Twin aura. (:
Reza Dolatabadi 8 months ago

I dont know aura, but i think its more like Junny robber. I am a fan of Cunningham, but I did what I would have done even if I have never seen that video.

Thanks
bohemiofactorië 8 months ago

great talent,dude.
chack my shit:
vimeo.com/2544668
Shantelle Blackman 8 months ago

cool
latiachola 8 months ago

so good!!!!!
geat!
12FRAMES 8 months ago

mmhhh... have you seen "the eel":
viddler.com/explore/RadarMusicVideo/videos/83/
your video seems to be heavily inspired by it...
12FRAMES 8 months ago

for your viewing pleasure:
vimeo.com/2089565
(judge for yourself)
Reza Dolatabadi 5 months ago

hey, sorry for the delay, yes I've seen it. when I was working on this film my colleague showed me this. I thought god damn it, someone did exactly what I wanted to do. but by then, I was in the middle of it
I didn't get inspired by EEL. I got inspired by the objects I had in my flat + the little dead octo that I bought from the super market. it was just filming and applying effect and going with the flow, if you know what I mean. but thanks for the comment though.
AntiVJ 8 months ago

Waw, beautiful !

The music is Modul - Isol, isnt it ??
youtube.com/watch?v=L64-nqZsgjo
AntiVJ 8 months ago

Here it is :

boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=12831
Track 6
bizzy 7 months ago

Love it!
drbacchus 6 months ago

very very triballl..thank you:)))))
urbanscreen 6 months ago

ok visually nice but,
in first, i see a dead animal there, wich used to be a wonderful creature, and now is reduced to a Form.
If you would do same with a cat, the video would be about dead and tortur and surely not named "kitty dance"
Reza Dolatabadi 6 months ago

lol well, there is a very good reason why you can't buy cats in brine anywhere in Britain. heh, I know it is a bad thing to play with your food.
Geoff A Charters 5 months ago

I once had 13 cats. They are pretty cool animals. I'm not sure what Thorsten means.
Luke Perkin 5 months ago

Shaweet! I find it similar to the opening titles of Se7en.
Very well composed.

I actually found a dead cat on my drive today, I considered "kitty dance" but after having to shovel it into the nearby field because it had rigor mortis I though i'd best not...
m.a.Raihan 5 months ago

Hello Reza,
I like your works very much. basically the concept.
Reza Dolatabadi 5 months ago

thanks ;)
Nilz 5 months ago

The second half especially starts to get very interesting. I am excited to see more of your stuff, although judging by your other work it will probably be years before you finish another piece.
Reza Dolatabadi 5 months ago

thanks, I'm working on few things right now. there is a chance that I finish a music vid in few months. but you are right, I don't direct all the time. although I'm usually busy on helping on other people/companies projects. thanks again.
Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. 5 months ago

Yikes creepy. But awesome editing.
Shimrod 5 months ago

Awesome picture !!
Geoff A Charters 5 months ago

well done mate. I'm still figuring out what I just saw! I don't think I've seen anything like that before? So that's a good thing. incredible work.
gutted 5 months ago

Wow, it reminds me of an Aphex Twin video.
Fabrice D 4 months ago

Amazing! I really like it.
I've been wanting to film an octopus for some time now, but a live one is really incredibly terribly hard to obtain, even for a couple days...
neo mohn 4 months ago

thats a nice one. the ending feels slightly cinematic. what software did you use for editing?
Andrés Izquierdo 4 months ago

agree... cinematic... software?
Sem 4 months ago

just a bit chris cunningha-a-like in the dancin part.. but awesome.. really awesome.. music too
Niels Bohr 4 months ago

Can I come with you to Lovecraftland next time you go? Nice work man, for some reason the end credits impressed me the most. You've got visual talent.
Manuel Drexl 4 months ago

wonderful..I loved this and khoda..great editing and effects..
John Kim 4 months ago

An air of imminent violence pervaded the scene. I am so much thrilled.
Apostolos Nikolaidis 2 months ago

Nope...I find it poor compared to the other work of yours.