http://www.agesofsand.com Ages of Sand Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:09:29 +0000 http://www.agesofsand.com en http://agesofsand.com/Ages-of-Sand http://agesofsand.com/following/agesofsand.com/Ages-of-Sand Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:09:29 +0000 Ages of Sand 53738 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2874/53738/20090804-db_r1_044.0000528-3.jpg" width="670" height="285" width_o="1200" height_o="511" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2874/53738/20090804-db_r1_044.0000528-3_o.jpg" data-mid="231355" border="0" align="left"/> Ages of Sand is a short film that blends the worlds of animation and live-action to tell the tale of a young girl learning the value of water in a polluted world. The film is currently in post-production, check the Concept Art page for regular updates on creature development and animation. The Story Today our children encounter a kind of living penance as we alter the balance of life on earth. It is only by seeing the healing and life giving powers of water in a dream that a young girl named Nika is able to awaken an understanding of the delicate balance between water and life. The film explores the fantastic imagination of a child as a tool for change and transcendence. With a fanaticism for details, Jonathan Sager and his team set about to create the technical specifications that would bring the story to life. The film has gone through various stages of development including a large 1/6 scale desert environment and experiments in computer controlled puppetry. The Inspiration The story for Ages of Sand evolved from a Buddhist tale called the Sai-no-Kawara-kuchi-zu-sami-no-den. The Sai-no-Kawara, or The Dry Riverbed of Souls, exists in one of the six purgatory realms of rebirth in Japanese Buddhism. Within the 300-year-old hymn was a subtle environmental parable pertaining to modern children growing up on an increasingly ravaged planet. In the hymn of the Sai-no-Kawara deceased children enact penance in the desolate purgatory of a dry riverbed. http://agesofsand.com/Video http://agesofsand.com/following/agesofsand.com/Video Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:02:04 +0000 Ages of Sand 56534 Behind the Scenes at Zoic's Green Screen Stage: 3 day shoot at Zoic's facility in North Hollywood to capture all the dream-scape live action. Jesse Hoy (from the band Deadly Syndrome) performs as the creature. Set Building Timelapse: 1/6 scale desert landscape was built by the director out of rock, sand and plywood to create the feel of an actual desert. http://agesofsand.com/Behind-the-Scenes http://agesofsand.com/following/agesofsand.com/Behind-the-Scenes Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:49:52 +0000 Ages of Sand 54077 Set Design and Construction- Jonathan Sager <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2874/54077/20070224-IMG_7008.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2874/54077/20070224-IMG_7008_o.jpg" data-mid="229705" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2874/54077/20070225-IMG_7064.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2874/54077/20070225-IMG_7064_o.jpg" data-mid="229706" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2874/54077/20070408-IMG_0508.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" 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src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2874/54077/20070408-IMG_0710_o.jpg" data-mid="229728" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2874/54077/20070408-IMG_0743.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2874/54077/20070408-IMG_0743_o.jpg" data-mid="229730" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2874/54077/20070219-IMG_6853.jpg" width="670" height="1004" width_o="2048" height_o="3071" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2874/54077/20070219-IMG_6853_o.jpg" data-mid="229697" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2874/54077/20070219-IMG_6873.jpg" width="670" height="1005" width_o="2048" height_o="3072" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2874/54077/20070219-IMG_6873_o.jpg" data-mid="229701" border="0" align="left"/> http://agesofsand.com/Film-Stills 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src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2874/54023/20090729-db_r1_051.0000328.jpg" width="670" height="509" width_o="1200" height_o="912" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2874/54023/20090729-db_r1_051.0000328_o.jpg" data-mid="229854" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2874/54023/20090729-db_r1_054.0000049.jpg" width="670" height="509" width_o="1200" height_o="912" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2874/54023/20090729-db_r1_054.0000049_o.jpg" data-mid="229855" border="0" align="left"/> http://agesofsand.com/Concept-Art http://agesofsand.com/following/agesofsand.com/Concept-Art Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:30:55 +0000 Ages of Sand 54022 Creature Design 3D, 2D and CGI <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2874/54022/20090310-AOS_Creature_details_003.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1200" height_o="900" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/2874/54022/20090310-AOS_Creature_details_003_o.jpg" 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Art imdb Mark Christoffersen - Assistant Camera imdb Helder Sun - Motion Control Programming imdb John Biggs - Lead Mechanic imdb Cleve Gunderman - Mold Maker imdb Jesse Hoy - Creature Performance imdb Barry Smoler - Videographer imdb Claudia Meglin - Technical Adviser imdb Mark Read - Technical Adviser imdb http://www.hypercube.com/ Pablo Berron - Associate Producer http://pabloberron.com/ Bronson Lamb IV - Associate Producer http://vennpictures.com/ Special Thanks to: Brian Sager Ivan Thillet Jane Wholgethan Will Etling Mike Hughes Lawren Sample Stacy Ruppel Noelle Kinney Mike Alexandra Dan Bill Cruse imdb Joe Lewis http://www.general-lift.com/ Gilliam Grayson - Props http://www.scavengersparadise.com/ FotoKem - Film Processing and Scanning http://www.fotokem.com/ CALARTS Academic Advisers: Mike Johnson imdb Jamie Caliri imdb http://jamiecaliri.com/