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June 2009 
Daydreaming with Lasse Gjertsen - Video Artist (Videos)
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Lasse Gjertsen
Cut and Paste Video Magician
In his inroduction to his self portrait he tells us,
Ok, this video is very ego, sorry about that! My dad suggested to upload it,
and I thought, what the hell. The language is Norwegian, but I did my best
to subtitle it in English. If you hear the word "tits-machine," don't worry, it
means "time machine" in Norwegian, lol!
This video was my interpretation of the admission assignment for an
animation school in Norway, which was to make a "self portrait in any
technique." I was studying in England at the time (Spring 2005) but
wasn't satisfied with that school and wanted to try another place. I got in!
Self Portrait - Who Am I?
His big video hit "Amateur" with 4,614,260 views was his second project after a popular beat box editing piece called Hyperactive. His "Amateur" is a editing cut and paste montage that may have had inspiration from Michel Gondry - Drumb and Drumber, either way, it sures plays better to me. To make the sounds, he says he "hit each drum and piano chord separately and edited them together." Check it out...
His latest work of art and much different in detail and artistic creativity, "Daydream" has you wondering where this talent will go as he is just beginning to come into his own and develop his unique editng style such as his work in "Shadow" and "Machine Man." Lasse actually explains how he created "Daydream" telling us,
The clouds were actually filmed in my backyard, sped up 1250 times. The birds we're filmed in my town, Larvik, Norway on clear blue sky, so that I could use blue screen keying to put them on top of the clouds. It's hard to notice, but the birds are moving in half speed slow motion. I also had to stabilize the motion of the birds, since I filmed it with hand held camcorder. The sequence was cut together using After Effects and Premiere.
The forest, river sequence was photographed in a forest in Arona, Italy. I took a picture ca. every five meters, and morphed the images together using WinMorph, matching the pace of the music. The zooming sequence is very hard to explain. Basically, the first 8 seconds after it starts zooming and when you see Mr Sollima's face is real photos. The rest in between are "painted" in Photoshop by me. The rest of this part is merely editing in Premiere and After Effects.
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I love this kid. A friend emailed me the beatbox video which hooked me and I watched some of his others. He's so gifted. I'd watch anything this guy does. And how 'bout the cello player, his music is really great.
TWO GOOD FINDS!
Hey Rod,
Thanks for the comments…one of the few…lol
This guy is so crazy talented I just wonder what he is going to do next? With every incarnation of his work it just gets better and better… he is just feeling his way through and exploring different ideas….I love that!
Really looking forward to his next creation.
DEO