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5. RE-TOLLED

by Sean Vicary

8 months ago

4. Shell Triptych

by Sean Vicary

9 months ago

3. Llifo (excerpt)

by Sean Vicary

1 year ago

2. DOing animation

by Sean Vicary

2 years ago

1. Sea of Glass

by Sean Vicary

2 years ago

The coastal landscape of West Wales provides the setting for this short film.
Animation,music and photography are juxtaposed in order to explore the liminal space
between land and sea.

The film has evolved from an original piece produced as part of an audio-visual
performance with the composer Tom Middleton at the National Film Theatre, London.

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AHShelto 2 years ago

Well done.
Jarbas Agnelli 2 years ago

Very good effect with the music. Nice composition too.
jd brick maynardCowboy 1 year ago

wow. i love this. thanks! this really pulls at you... great job!
Ayhan Cebe 1 year ago

unique!! love it..
ohhahhcg 1 year ago

me encantan las conchas gigantes rodando sobre si!
Matt Bullock 1 year ago

Nice shells!
ilovecut 1 year ago

lovely music! is it original?
Juan Sebastian Bosnic 1 year ago

kawabonga my shell!
Roxanne Ducharme 1 year ago

Niiice!
Jules LE HARET 1 year ago

Beautifull !
Olivisha films 1 year ago

I love the differential between real and fantasy with the shells relating to the beaches etc...I wish I could imagine something and then interpret it to film as you have done! Excellent work!
David Meek 1 year ago

You can do it!
Myles Lewando 1 year ago

Lovely. How did you animate between the shells? Some form of tweening? The (stop-motion?) shells and their shadows were great, too. I would have liked to see even closer, even more macro as they turned.
peter macdonald 1 year ago

this reminds me of the monolith from 2001 a space odyssey
Bora Kim 1 year ago

Wow, the music really goes well with visual image!
Great!!
Matthew Brown (Matty Brown) 1 year ago

So odd and awesome!
Bill Newsinger 1 year ago

Magical.
Amru Essam 1 year ago

Amazing one
XAI 1 year ago

Vau!
cagribeykantura 1 year ago

Beautifull !
JVL 1 year ago

Muy buen video , eso tiene mucho trabajo. FELICIDADES
Fosforo2 1 year ago

I love from 00:48 to 01:10 Is hypnotic
Claude Lyneis 1 year ago

Amazing, particularly the shell that appeared to have a face and how it morphed around. I am wondering if that distortion was done digitally or was by filming through the wave action.
The landscape reminded me of the northern california coastline near the Russian River and Sea Ranch, although I see it was from Wales.
Paxson Woelber 1 year ago

That was beautifully trippy. My guess is you suspended the shells on a string and twirled them around in front of a green screen. Well, however this was done, it was great.
wojtek. 1 year ago

Composer very good fix this music.Movie is not bad,best regards wojtek.
jclemwiki 1 year ago

Wow. That was amazing. Loved it.
Matthew Chilbert 1 year ago

Perfect.
Pedro Damian Kostelec 1 year ago

Very nice. How did you morph the shells?
Matt Taylor 1 year ago

I would like to know this as well! Great work!
Pete Hollands 1 year ago

Excellent. Beautiful Atmosphere of Reflection along with Appreciation of the Beauty of the Sea Side. Congratulations.
Marco Apolo Torres 1 year ago

Eyyy.....You are a complete artist ....Congratulations..!
Steve Douglas 1 year ago

This is one of those types of films that make me wish I had done it. Beautifully edited.
Steve
Paul 1 year ago

Bravo. Good work. Enjoyed it.
soakingroots 1 year ago

i can't believe that song exists.. SO beautiful... and those visuals are just like the places in my mind. thank you for a successful manifestation!!
Michael Brown 1 year ago

Absolutely lovely shells! How did you do their shadows ?
Alex Nakone Films 1 year ago

Inspirational
Lass 1 year ago

nice music! I love it! thanks!
BlackDogHat 1 year ago

Fantastic! would you ever consider collaborating with us on any of our songs? www,myspace.com/blackdoghat
Cheers John
Robbie Lockie 1 year ago

stunning! incredible! wonderfully wonderful!
Zak Tatham 1 year ago

keymaker to the the surf
Matthew Benson 1 year ago

Whoah. Is that crab shell talking to me?!?
CerfVolant 1 year ago

Nothing to say exept amazing!
david g hayes 1 year ago

exquisite......thanx
Mindy oliver 1 year ago

This is awesome
Nicholas Spiech 1 year ago

Lighting on imposed shell objects matches its surroundings perfectly!! inspiration for future projects!
Ota Quilez 1 year ago

is fantastic!!!!!!
efappa 1 year ago

che poesia, bellissimo.
Saša Milenović 1 year ago

уторак, 13. април 2010

Рађало се Ново Сунце. Ипак, требало му је времена да се издигне над остатком биосфере, иако је чуло дивље звуке да се врати матици. Не обраћајући пажњу, мењало се у тренутку из шупљег у празно. А сфера га је гледала, и пратила га у свакој промени, док је нове знаке давало. И сама се приволела променама, евоулуирала, бојила се спектром Јединог Светла. Некако је, чини се покушавала да се одвоји и осамостали. Но, добро је Сунце. Премда и даље у свом првом плану, и даље је било уз матицу, држало се ње, непрестано исијавајући исту суштину. Одигравајући пресудну, на молбу сфере, не последњу, игру, братило се у свој узрочно-последични загрљај.
The Fibro Twins 1 year ago

this is brilliant
AirDeRIEN 1 year ago

Very nice! Hypnotic and beautiful :D
(a slight tilt shift effect could have emphasized it even more).
Thanks for sharing :-)
Chris Kinsman 1 year ago

I love this and think it would be such an important piece to show the world how important our sea and coastlines are to the ecosystem. Especially now as the Gulf of Mexico has been deluged with oil. This performance piece gives sea life a voice and presence.
John Ninnis 1 year ago

Hello Sean, long time no speak. I wanted to express how much I enjoy watching your short which I watched in Chapter Arts last Monday.

Great visual imagery. Keep up the good work.

John
Dave Legion 1 year ago

Enchanting, love the lighting in this.
RED DOG 11 months ago

Not bad - but do shells really behave like this?

Seriously, very beautiful!
Mariana Reyes/ ReTinaLciRcuS 6 months ago

it's a dream, it's surrealistic, it's awesome
Alex Silak 3 months ago

fantastic!
Maja Bogaczewicz 1 month ago

Hey Sean, a very quietening & poetic video, made me feel good. I enjoyed the music as well :). Tomorrow it will be published on our main page @thenewfilmmaker.com/. Many greetings.

maja@tnf
Sean Vicary 1 month ago

Thanks Maja, glad you enjoyed it and I look forward to seeing it on the site :-)