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The Third and The Seventh
Alex Roman
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Architecture through the cinematographic lens. The visual fusion between the third and the seventh arts.
This brief description defines the declaration of aesthetic principles that underlies the _Third&Seventh_ project: a full CG animated piece that tries to illustrate architecture art from a photographic point of view where the main subjects are already-built spaces. Sometimes in an abstract way, sometimes surreal.
Initially I didn’t intend to make the piece that long, it was not planned that way. In the beginning, it was just to be a simple show-reel of some jobs I’ve been collecting over time.
Then I thought of giving it a narrative history, but I couldn’t shape it. In the end, it became a mixture with a character (the photographer and his camera) with no history. I see it as a journey through architectural elements from the closed to the open and from darkness to light, told through the eyes of a photographer and nature (with lots of surrealist elements).The intention was to bring and mix the cinematographic language and aesthetics with the traditional architectural world. In terms of production it was a quite relaxed process, and I took several breaks, spending time on research (both technical and natural parts), etc.
Links: http://www.thirdseventh.com/
This brief description defines the declaration of aesthetic principles that underlies the _Third&Seventh_ project: a full CG animated piece that tries to illustrate architecture art from a photographic point of view where the main subjects are already-built spaces. Sometimes in an abstract way, sometimes surreal.
Initially I didn’t intend to make the piece that long, it was not planned that way. In the beginning, it was just to be a simple show-reel of some jobs I’ve been collecting over time.
Then I thought of giving it a narrative history, but I couldn’t shape it. In the end, it became a mixture with a character (the photographer and his camera) with no history. I see it as a journey through architectural elements from the closed to the open and from darkness to light, told through the eyes of a photographer and nature (with lots of surrealist elements).The intention was to bring and mix the cinematographic language and aesthetics with the traditional architectural world. In terms of production it was a quite relaxed process, and I took several breaks, spending time on research (both technical and natural parts), etc.
Links: http://www.thirdseventh.com/
Alex Roman (ES), born Jorge Seva. “Alex Roman” is an artistic alias for publishing independent work. After being trained in traditional painting at academies, I discovered this other world called CG. After school, I made the move to Madrid and began working at a visual-effects company. That stint did not last too long due to the lack of demand for visual effects in the Spanish market at the time. It was then that I switched into the viz (architectural visualization) business. I have now redirected my career to commercials and film direction.