Tal Rosner

Recently the film maker and artist tal rosner gave a lecture at Stockport College. During this lecture he talked about his progression from completing an BA in graphic design where he studied composition and magazine design. From then he discussed the development of his work since receiving an MA in animation from Central Saint Martins.
He explained how he wanted to develop the composition skills he discovered in graphic design in to moving image as he had an interest in rhythm and movement.

The first piece he shown in the lecture was entitled “Doppelganger”. He explained how he produced the piece by filming from the front of a moving train. He this was perfect as he could record a vast amount of shots and scenery without moving. He also mentioned that this suited his style of working as he prefers to work alone so he can have full control over a project. He then moved on to discuss how he edited his captured footage to a match a rhythm. The piece consists of various shots, pauses, cuts, rewinds and mirror imagery that give a kaleidoscope effect. The piece starts with simple versions of these editing techniques and as the beat/rhythm becomes more complex so do the edits and effects. As the piece progresses the imagery becomes more abstracted and takes the form of patterns and shapes as the journey on the train continues.


He then moved on to talk about a later piece of work he created for two french pianist’s who had seen his earlier work and requested something similar. I found the piece very effective but quite overpowering because of the music. However Tal Rosner matches the fullness of sound with relevant imagery which is synced perfectly with the music, rhythm and atmosphere. This piece consists of more editing techniques and manipulation within the animation which attracts the viewers eye.

Overall I found the first two piece really effective and visually exciting. The editing techniques are seem complicated and sometimes very abstracted but are unique.

After showing these pieces tal moved on to show his bafta winning title sequences for the channel 4 show, skins. The skins tv show in its self consists and is aimed at a youthful target audience which I think Tal’s work can relate to as it is original, vibrant and attractive. The title sequences consists of abstract shapes and imagery which hold clips from the tv show. The title sequence comes to its climax with the skins logo being visual created by Tal’s abstract animations. Tal rosner explains that each title sequence is different as each sequence represents the content of each episode. So if an episode revolved around one character or subject the title sequence for that episode would involve that character or subject area.


















It was interesting to see how Tal Rosner’s work could be applied to different areas of multimedia. For example his early work was abstract and could be seen within a music video format and then in the skins work shows his style in a commercial/tv environment. Overall his working method and style influenced how I approached some of my own work in particular my self directed brief, as I created a music video. His work influenced how I planned and edited my video footage.