Comments on: The Soloist’s Synesthesia Sequence http://deneroff.com/blog/2009/05/23/the-soloists-synesthesia-sequence/ Comments and Thoughts on Animation and Film Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:52:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dan http://deneroff.com/blog/2009/05/23/the-soloists-synesthesia-sequence/comment-page-1/#comment-4325 dan Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:16:04 +0000 http://deneroff.com/blog/2009/05/24/the-soloists-synesthesia-sequence/#comment-4325 Just recently realized that what I have had for years is actually called something and others have it too - Synesthesia. Are there any forums out there for us?? would love to talk to someone else who experiences similar things when listening to music.......i try to explain to my wife but it's impossible!!! Just recently realized that what I have had for years is actually called something and others have it too – Synesthesia. Are there any forums out there for us?? would love to talk to someone else who experiences similar things when listening to music…….i try to explain to my wife but it’s impossible!!!

]]> By: rmn http://deneroff.com/blog/2009/05/23/the-soloists-synesthesia-sequence/comment-page-1/#comment-4288 rmn Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:05:41 +0000 http://deneroff.com/blog/2009/05/24/the-soloists-synesthesia-sequence/#comment-4288 I recently saw a real life version of this film. Not the exact same story, but it's a very well done documentary called My Name is Alan and I Paint Pictures. If you liked The Soloist you would definitely like My Name is Alan. It follows a street artist in New York who has schizophrenia and has been using what he sees and translating that onto his art. I just found the website at mynameisalan.com Definitely check out this real life film. I recently saw a real life version of this film. Not the exact same story, but it’s a very well done documentary called My Name is Alan and I Paint Pictures.

If you liked The Soloist you would definitely like My Name is Alan. It follows a street artist in New York who has schizophrenia and has been using what he sees and translating that onto his art.

I just found the website at mynameisalan.com

Definitely check out this real life film.

]]> By: BWolf http://deneroff.com/blog/2009/05/23/the-soloists-synesthesia-sequence/comment-page-1/#comment-4136 BWolf Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:54:15 +0000 http://deneroff.com/blog/2009/05/24/the-soloists-synesthesia-sequence/#comment-4136 I was fascinated by the film when I saw it yesterday and then wow - this bit really caught me by surprise. Explaining the synesthetic experience to others is always so difficult but this was really more or less exactly how it is, at least for me, with the moving shapes and colours. The closest thing I've found is the beginning of Fantasia! What a wonderful addition to the discussion of mental states already in the film. I was fascinated by the film when I saw it yesterday and then wow – this bit really caught me by surprise. Explaining the synesthetic experience to others is always so difficult but this was really more or less exactly how it is, at least for me, with the moving shapes and colours. The closest thing I’ve found is the beginning of Fantasia!
What a wonderful addition to the discussion of mental states already in the film.

]]> By: Lykaios http://deneroff.com/blog/2009/05/23/the-soloists-synesthesia-sequence/comment-page-1/#comment-3987 Lykaios Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:45:41 +0000 http://deneroff.com/blog/2009/05/24/the-soloists-synesthesia-sequence/#comment-3987 I am a synesthete and I found that this sequence really jumped out at me. I usually get annoyed by other people's synesthesia as their colours are normally totally different from mine - but shape-wise, this was extraordinary for me to watch. The shapes of this sequence were very close to the shapes of the colours I was seeing. I saw the music as more lilacy with cadmium yellow and light blues and greens interupting on the different notes. Thanks for the experience, it was really cool. I've only ever seen colour synesthesia represented in one other film which was Ratatouille, and that sucked. I am a synesthete and I found that this sequence really jumped out at me. I usually get annoyed by other people’s synesthesia as their colours are normally totally different from mine – but shape-wise, this was extraordinary for me to watch. The shapes of this sequence were very close to the shapes of the colours I was seeing. I saw the music as more lilacy with cadmium yellow and light blues and greens interupting on the different notes.
Thanks for the experience, it was really cool. I’ve only ever seen colour synesthesia represented in one other film which was Ratatouille, and that sucked.

]]> By: Andy Hague http://deneroff.com/blog/2009/05/23/the-soloists-synesthesia-sequence/comment-page-1/#comment-3489 Andy Hague Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:31:15 +0000 http://deneroff.com/blog/2009/05/24/the-soloists-synesthesia-sequence/#comment-3489 I edited the sequence from material shot by VFX Supervisor John Moffat. Joe pretty much gave me free reign with the piece, he encouraged me to be experimental & said 'pretend you're back at Art school!'. The raw footage looked so fantastic there was no need to enhance it with any Visual FX so it remained a piece of pure editing. There's some more info on the sequence on my blog: http://www.andyhague.blogspot.com/ cheers I edited the sequence from material shot by VFX Supervisor John Moffat. Joe pretty much gave me free reign with the piece, he encouraged me to be experimental & said ‘pretend you’re back at Art school!’. The raw footage looked so fantastic there was no need to enhance it with any Visual FX so it remained a piece of pure editing.

There’s some more info on the sequence on my blog: http://www.andyhague.blogspot.com/

cheers

]]> By: greta berman http://deneroff.com/blog/2009/05/23/the-soloists-synesthesia-sequence/comment-page-1/#comment-3164 greta berman Fri, 29 May 2009 01:33:19 +0000 http://deneroff.com/blog/2009/05/24/the-soloists-synesthesia-sequence/#comment-3164 Fascinating. I have done a lot of work on genuine synesthesia. Some of this approximated the real thing. Some looked like Kandinsky, Synchromist painters, etc. I thought it was very well done. Fascinating. I have done a lot of work on genuine synesthesia. Some of this approximated the real thing. Some looked like Kandinsky, Synchromist painters, etc. I thought it was very well done.

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