Don’t miss “Jump Cut,” Winston Hacking’s shocking collage music video for Canadian indie band Corridor, which recently won Best Commissioned Film at the 2024 Ottawa International Animation Festival.
If you’re unfamiliar with the work of collage/stop-motion animator extraordinaire Winston Hacking, buckle up and settle in. In his latest work, he teams up with stop-motion animator Philippe Tardif to delve into the chaotic landscape of mass media.
“Jump Cut” is a series of ephemeral videos and images that rhythmically collide and seamlessly transform into each other, enhancing the title song rather than simply complementing it. Although there is some AI assistance in Hacking, the film’s real power lies in the overwhelming nature of technology and the images of mass media that overwhelm our senses and leave us with little time to reflect. It is that it reflects the barrage of.
Hacking is an award-winning Canadian filmmaker and designer whose work includes the award-winning short Erodium Cinq (2018) and acclaimed films such as Flying Lotus, Run the Jewels, Washed Out, and Andy Shauf. Best known for their music videos.