Orion International Film Festival finalist

Hooray! "The Ogre & the Mermaid" is a finalist in the Orion International Film Festival.

: D

Into Romania!

We're on a little roll, here. Keep it comin'...

First acknowledgement!

Hooray! Motion Heads' animated short, "The Ogre & the Mermaid", receives its first recognition.

Hello.

Our animated short "The Ogre & the Mermaid" was completed in May 2017 and is currently being submitted to festivals. Here's a link to the project blog:

ogremermaid.blogspot.com

There are 10-minute and 15-minute versions, with the latter more suited for a meditative audience. The film itself is protected by password for private viewing only until its festival shelf life is complete, but excerpts and stills are available to view on the blog.

*Festivals and other official entities please send a request to info@motionheads.com to view the film.

Ogre Mermaid excerpt.

ogre_excerpt from Christopher Magee on Vimeo.

While there's still tweaking to do, the film is being submitted to festivals, so far Annecy and ASIFA-East. Not quite the end, but so close now it has a taste...

2017...

It's the beginning of 2017, and Motion Heads is nearing completion of "The Ogre & the Mermaid", with current work revolving largely around music edits and creation. Glancing at the storyboards in the studio yesterday, I noticed that they date from 2010. The actual idea, and previous iterations of the storyboard, date from even further back, maybe 2006 or before. The original inspiration dates from 2001.

That's nuts.

This has certainly been a long tunnel, and one I certainly would have passed out in had I attempted to hold my breath through it, waiting for the light at the other end.

It will be strange (read: "an unimaginable relief") not to have this hanging over my head (or around my neck) anymore. The ogre has been a constant part of my mental landscape for years, now, and it's almost time to let him go.

Bye!  : D

Many people have contributed to this film. Over the course of things, Janelle and Ellen gave the most to the project, and it is to a large degree to them that I feel responsibility in making sure that it comes to term. Thank you two, and to those others who also contributed with their time, energy, and skill. There will be a more expansive list later, once it's really out the door and into the world.

So, what next? A break, first of all. But what should Motion Heads do next? A commercial project? a music video?  a creative collaboration, more open-ended and democratic? or, god forbid, another film?

It needs to be exciting, risky, and something new, if it is to be anything at all. The motivation behind this studio's core is a love of the process and a yearning for collaborative identity, but also a desire to buck the system. There's still time to be original, rebellious, and creative in the face of "industry", that petty, sordid thing. There is always room for a break in the clouds, a beautiful moment, and that is worth pursuing. UPA did it. The Hubleys did it. And there are others. Those are the inspiring ones, the ones that lived for independence and originality.

More to come...

rough draft of "The Ogre & the Mermaid", 06oct16

main_2016_08_28 from Christopher Magee on Vimeo.

Well, here it is. If you have the right reason for needing to view it, do contact me. Otherwise, wait for updated snippets!

beach dreams

Getting closer and closer to having to get the bags packed, so These Days are Ogre, aiming for a rough draft before heading out. Here's an update.

the slog.

It's a long way...to Tipperary...and I've got less than two weeks to get there.

sliver.

looking to summer to pick up work on "The Ogre & the Mermaid" again.