Heat Seeking: Paper Thin Walls on Jaron Albertin

Jaron Albertin completes latest video for Last Gang Records.

Albertin spoke at length to Paper Thin Walls about the techniques he used to give Emily Haines’ “Hell” promo such a twisted appeal.

With some in-depth discussion of his inspiration, how shooting with a thermal camera presented its own nightmares and how the challenges – from inadvertent nudity to low resolution – were overcome it makes for a great read.

Find out more about his vision of life through an infernal lens here

Arno Salters featured by Apple and Boards

arno saltersApple recently profiled Arno in their Pro section, describing his work as “jaunty fantasies with a touch of vaudeville and a handcrafted style whose slight irregularities bring them to unusually vivid life.”

You can read the whole thing here

Meanwhile Boards published an interesting interview that really got to the heart of what he’s all about: a childhood spent trying to impress his (now internationally famous) siblings, youthful flirtation with Political Theory and Russian at the LSE and his struggles to escape being labeled as “a stop-motion guy”.

Read his take on the evils of CGI and the beauty of imperfection here

Ori wins Shots / Sharks New Director Award

shots logoFrom AdWorld, this just in:

The Shots Best New Director Award was presented to Ori of Spy Films and Ireland’s Johnny Kelly of HANraHAN.

Jury member, Craig ‘The Moose’ Moore from Sydney, Australia, revealed: “There wasn’t much debate between the judges, as the ads were pretty clear cut – either really, really good or not so good. I’ve sat on a lot of juries, but it’s clear, from the standard of entries and the number of delegates, that the Sharks are a very important Awards show, especially as it is the only one solely devoted to creativity.”