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Post Modern Times: "Toward 2012"
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Few online documentaries seize The Daily Reel's short attention span, but this mind-expanding, evocatively animated look at the state of the earth is a gripping piece of nonfiction. The first in a series of short animated films presenting new techniques for social and ecological transformation, "Post Modern Times" evolved out of concepts in the best-selling book "2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl" by Daniel Pinchbeck, who also narrates the web installments. But opposed to some bland talking-head, the videos communicate Pinchbeck's ideas through wildly inventive stream-of-conscious animated sequences, pioneered by Curious Pictures' Joao Amorim.
"In the animation I wanted to develop a language that was accessible to many people, hip, fun but also psychedelic," says Amorim, who also created The Daily Reel favorite "Ferrets for Freedom." "Usually people, when talking about this subject, tend to use a very cheesy 'New Age' language. I think that limits the audience, so I approached the whole project with the idea of creating a hip graphic language, where symbols take multiple meanings, and their meaning evolves with the film. The main concept behind all of the Graphics is the 'Golden Section' and 'Spirals,'" he explains. "It is pretty much in every animated shot."
Future segments of the series will focus on shamanism, sustainability, alternative energy systems, the Mayan Calendar, quantum physics and synchronicity, human sexuality, and a host of other subjects. Amorim and his team are currently looking for investors to take the project forward. For more info, check out: http://www.postmoderntimes.com.
Joao Amorim
Postmodern Times is a series of short animated films presenting new ideas about global consciousness and techniques for social and ecological transformation
Documentary, Animation
5:47
$20,000
himself : Daniel Pinchbeck
Nikos Katsaounis
Daniel Pinchbeck
Joao Amorim
Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa
Animators : Joao Amorim, Mark Rubbo
Designer : Rodrigo Lima
Sound Design : Herwig Maurer and Jose Hin
