SUPER HITOPS - TOM BUCKHOLZ

I put out a request for people’s pictures of their TV’s, usually taken with cell phones (sometimes taken with other kinds of cameras). I also dug up a few of my own that I could find. So many awesome ones got sent in! I also had a few bookmarked that I had come across on facebook. I’ve noticed lots of these on tumblrs, etc, and love them as a new genre of photography.


Digital Digestion –Krysta Sa.



Digital Digestion –Krysta Sa.



Digital Digestion –Krysta Sa.


Digital Digestion –Krysta Sa.


Armageddon –Sarah Dieleman.


TEEVEE QuIzBuStErS –Tiffany Harmon.


TEEVEE –Tiffany Harmon.


Death Proof –Brian Hunter.


Tommy –Brian Hunter.


Dating on Demand –Brian Hunter.


The Honeymoon Killers –Brian Hunter.


some adult swim show –Mike Jones.


a DVD menu for Space Ghost Coast to Coast –Mike Jones.


Twin Peaks –Mike Jones.


The Honeymoon Killers –Katie Barkel.


Days of Being Wild –Katie Barkel.


Modern Times –Katie Barkel.


BAGHPAT –Tom Buckholz.


wt –Tom Buckholz.


32 23 –Tom Buckholz.


begin from today. –Tom Buckholz.


Send in more pictures, and if you took any of these photos and want a link just let me know what to.

Nouvelle Vague is a French band that performs bossa nova covers of punk and new wave classics. They’re currently touring the U.S. Songs and tour dates at their myspace. I’m not sure who did the original song for this one. The clip, found on youtube, is a slightly edited version of a scene from the 1964 Jean-Luc Godard film Bande à part / Band of Outsiders. The Nouvelle Vague song replaces the original audio.

It’s interesting to compare that version with the original film version of the scene, as excerpted here with English subtitles. The tone is a bit different and the scene contains moments where the music cuts out and narration about the characters comes in.

GEMSTONES - Tom Buckholz - 4 min 30 sec INSTANT RICE version from SUPERHITOPS on Vimeo.

GEMSTONES is a short movie I’ve been working on. Here’s the full description from my Vimeo page.

GEMSTONES is part of a larger found footage remixing project begun by Tom Buckholz in 2009. This extended, second version of GEMSTONES was screened (as a work in progress) at INSTANT RICE on January 16, 2010. This cut adds footage from El Topo, Manhattan, Murder By Death, 3 Ninjas, a found high school reunion tape, a found wedding anniversary party tape, a Zion I music video, and original footage. Additional audio from The Rain Man, Mr. Oizo, Abba, Lightning Bolt, and Jessica Arnold. superhitops.com and tombuckholz.com .

And here’s the original, 2 minute Hott Lava version, with original description.

GEMSTONES - Tom Buckholz - 2 min Hott Lava Version from SUPERHITOPS on Vimeo.

GEMSTONES is part of a larger found footage remixing project begun by Tom Buckholz in 2009. This 2 minute cut premiered at Hott Lava ( http://www.hottlava.net ) on June 26. GEMSTONES uses footage from Jewelry Television (a home shopping channel), Candyman, The Amityville Horror, Sneakers, and clips of women dancing in religious ceremonies. http://www.tombuckholz.com and http://www.superhitops.com

See hottlava.net for info on upcoming Hott Lava events. This beautiful flyer is currently up for Hott Lava III, which happens on Friday, February 5th, in Ann Arbor, MI. You should totally go.

The Terrible Thing of Alpha-9! was created by Jake Armstrong over the course of 15 months or so. Jake says in this excellent post at Cartoon Brew, that he made Alpha-9! entirely in Flash with a Cintiq (stylus and tablet), aside from initial story boards. He also cites specific Bugs Bunny references and other inspiration for the short.

I took some captures of the animation, which highlight a few of my favorite shots.



Jake’s blog is here, and includes a post showing these hand made business cards he stamped.



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