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Amazing music video in which more 700 real wool knits are animated to create a poetic interpretation of canadian winters.

Director: Simon Laganière
Producer: David Valiquette
DOP: Steve Desrosiers
Knitter: Lysanne Latulippe

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  • Christopher Galasso 3 months ago
    Holy god.... this must have taken years.
    Amazing.
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  • Ben Millett 3 months ago
    Cannot believe it. I'm knitting a sweater, and couldn't imagine the time and effort to make this happen. Major props.
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  • ontologist 3 months ago
    Yeah, what they say. Incredible!
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  • Jean-Pierre 3 months ago
    Vraiment pas un fan de Tricot machine, mais ce vidéo est incroyable et parfaitement agencé avec le style (et le nom) du groupe !
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  • Nick Opris 3 months ago
    yo uguys must have some sort of machine to make these things fast. i believe it takes ages to create such opera.
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  • godino 3 months ago
    Idée très originale d'animation,superbe résultat! bravo!
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  • i want to kiss this video.
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  • Talbott Walker 3 months ago
    that was great
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  • Joseph Li 3 months ago
    That was wonderful!
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  • Caroline Martin 3 months ago
    That was fantastic, I have tears in my eyes just thinking about all the hard work that was put into this. You must be so proud (or at least you should be!)
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  • 2MAKEMOVIES 3 months ago
    What can I say ........... incredible piece of work.!
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  • karinkova 3 months ago
    Wuawww!! ameizing!
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  • 3d60 3 months ago
    stitch and bitch eat your heart out whoa..... knitting machines can be creative
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  • Fabulous creative visuals, the song is pretty cool too.
    Using a knitting machine to create the templates for this animation is incredibly insightful ... did you use a computer to design the sequence for the machine to follow?
    Anyway, first rate visual art!
  • David Valiquette 3 months ago
    Hey Chris, thanks for your comments!

    We actually shot our characters on green screen to start with. Then we edited, keyed and composited in AE to add the other elements like snow and stadium. We then outputed 723 jpeg of the clip to our knitter that used them as templates for the knits. The knitting technique is actually called in french "Tricot machine", hence the band's name!

    Cheers

    David
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  • Erik Svedäng 3 months ago
    beautiful
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  • Peter Santiago 3 months ago
    Brilliant!
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  • MFV / AVANT MODE 3 months ago
    Nice to see Videofact going towards something other than a stupid, uninspired urban hip hop video.
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  • Nicole Melanson 3 months ago
    Fabulous! What did you end up doing with the knit pieces when you were done shooting? Did you make sweaters? If so, can I have one?
    LOVED this!
  • David Valiquette 3 months ago
    Hi Nicole, thanks for your comments!

    We are actually trying to do something with all the knits that are just sitting in boxes in our stock room for now.
    We have talked of making bags and shirts possibly out of them. Perhaps you can visit our website in a few weeks, we should have posted an add by then, or write to us.

    Cheers

    David
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  • nebNosam 3 months ago
    I once spent weeks sitting in a dark room creating textile patterns of bunnies and teddy bears. Never would have imagined such a use for a machine loom!

    I like it, a very solid indie vibe. Original, poignant, and touching.
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  • molekyl 3 months ago
    Good idea. Envious.
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  • Rafano 3 months ago
    Yes :)
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  • leslie 3 months ago
    wow, just.wow.
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  • MARULA 3 months ago
    I'm a kniter so I love this work.
    All my respects.
    If finally you make something with the knits, tell us.
    ;)
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  • Golgottan 3 months ago
    Incroyable, mille bravos!
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  • colorphorm 3 months ago
    absolutely brilliant
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  • Croytaque 3 months ago
    Fan of this Tricot
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  • Celluloid Disco 3 months ago
    Oh wow totally amazed. It always blows me away when the computer process is used at the start and re-iterated by non digital hands.
    Reminds me of the album cover to "The Point".
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  • Mary Christmas 3 months ago
    Wowie! Every sweater should do this.

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  • crashdummy.net 3 months ago
    very very original - impressive effort!
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  • Adam Bolt 2 months ago
    Everytime I watch this it leaves me in a dreamy state of gooey happiness. Like I've been drugged. Love it.
    I especially like the mixed media approach to animation - it makes me think that all animations should start life as something physical in the real world.
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  • malcolm man 2 months ago
    holy shit! I thought you would have done all this through compositing in AE.

    Very impressive
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  • Adam Bolt 2 months ago
    The process of video to computer to knitting machine back to computer reminds me of the process used to make Copy Shop:

    spike.com/video/2421320

    The exploration of repetition and copying was literally undertaken by the maker (Virgil Widrich) in the process of making this film: The film was shot with digital tape and then transferred onto a computer. Each frame of the film was then printed out using a black and white laser photocopier. Those photocopies were then animated and re-shot with a 35mm camera.

    “Thus video becomes paper, paper becomes film and the story of ‘Copy Shop’ is brought to life again ‘copy by copy’ ”
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  • Coluch 2 months ago
    I was reminded of Copy Shop as well, but I love the feeling of this video so much more!

    The concept right through to the execution here is so inspired. The relationship between the visuals & music is beautiful, and I honestly didn't want it to end. It was a comfy world to be in!

    Watching this definitely felt like the warm blanket that I need on those chilly Canadian nights. I'm sure that a live performance would feel similar, so I've noted the band name with a purpose.

    Thanks for sharing!
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  • Great film David! Our team at TSFF has viewed your film and we believe you are a viable candidate for this year’s festival. Please come to our site at thirdscreenfilmfestival.com. We are sponsored by A&E Indiefilms, giving away a significant cash prize and would love to get your film some Hollywood exposure.
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  • gecelerin_yargici_19m 2 months ago
    ya bırakın bu feyk videolarla biyere varamazsınız.
    ismail-yk.org/
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  • jasmine 1 month ago
    it's really cool!!!!!
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  • Adriana de Barros 23 days ago
    This film is amazing. I had featured it at Scene360.com for over a month. We now have our own channel at Vimeo, and since your film was featured... I wanted to include to channel. You don't have that option available, will you allow us to include?

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