Category Archives: Short Films

VIDEO: 12 Minutes To Vegas

Written by . Posted on 07/29/2012. Filed under Experimental, Short Films. Tagged , , , , . Comments Off.

This is an experimental time-lapse video that compresses the 3-1/2 hour drive from Los Angeles, California to Las Vegas, Nevada into 12 minutes. It was shot and edited on July 28, 2012 using an iPhone 4S running TimeLapse and a MacBook Air running Final Cut Pro X. The audio track consists of a sampling of scanning the AM/FM bands during the journey. A few gaps exist in the end product due to the iPhone overheating and subsequently running out of storage space, restarting the TimeLapse app every so often, and a bolt from a passing truck hitting the windshield (amazingly, no damage). We recommend the Wicked Spoon buffet at the Cosmopolitan for the Korean short ribs, yellow curry mussels over fried rice, beet salad, mashed potatoes, fried chicken, salted caramel ice cream, and vending machine dispensed wine. (Evan Mather, U.S.A., 2012, 12:00)

DIR Evan Mather SCREENINGS onSCREEN (Architecture and Design Museum Los Angeles).

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VIDEO: The 110

Written by . Posted on 07/03/2012. Filed under Experimental, Short Films. Tagged , , , . Comments Off.

A time-lapse journey along the historic Arroyo Seco Parkway, the first freeway in California, from Pasadena to downtown Los Angeles, is most appropriately scored to a vintage arcade classic. (Evan Mather, U.S.A., 2012, 0:47)

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VIDEO: Building A Sustainable Future

Written by . Posted on 01/30/2012. Filed under Documentary, Short Films. Tagged , , , . Comments Off.

Video presentation about a series of sustainable green infrastructure projects at Burbank Water and Power – including photovoltaic parking lot canopies, a green street demonstrating innovative storm water treatment technologies, and an courtyard built around a salvaged electrical substation. (AHBE, U.S.A., 2012, 6:39)

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VIDEO: Pavillion Dans Les Arbres

Written by . Posted on 01/15/2012. Filed under Documentary, Short Films. Tagged , , , , . Comments Off.

Architectural narrative about the recently-completed Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area Visitors’ Center in California’s San Bernardino Mountains, designed by Los Angeles-based architectural firm Touraine Richmond Architects. (Evan Mather, U.S.A., 2012, 3:20)

DIR Evan Mather SCREENINGS onSCREEN (Architecture and Design Museum Los Angeles).

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VIDEO: Telly

Written by . Posted on 10/09/2011. Filed under Animated, Short Films. Tagged , . 1 Comment.

Telly is magnificent film that makes the most out of every frame with a beautiful story of a father and his daughter and the impact of a television. – Chris Garcia, Cinequest Animated Shorts Program Director via Animation Magazine.

Telly is a 10-minute bedtime horror story written, directed and animated by Evan Mather. Set in 1960s London, the film tells the tale of a young girl whose love of reading – and relationship with her grieving father – is interrupted by the arrival of a mysterious hand-crafted television set. The digital film itself exists in a child’s analog visual universe: cut-out paper textured elements, dangling puppet characters, pop-up books, grainy film, and a scratchy vinyl soundtrack. Its themes of nostalgia, memory and childhood loss are consistent with Mather’s œuvre. Over six years in the making, Telly was conceived, assembled, and completed in Los Angeles, while Juuso Auvinen in Helsinki composed the original musical score. The artwork was generated in Adobe Illustrator, composited in Adobe After Effects, and edited on Final Cut Pro – the hardware for assembly and rendering was a Quad-Core Xeon Mac Pro with 10GB of RAM. (Evan Mather, U.S.A., 2011, 10:26)

DIR Evan Mather MUSIC Juuso Auvinen SCREENINGS Cinequest 22, 2012 Atlanta Film Festival, 2012 Athens International Film Fest, 8th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival.

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