Presenting a short film “TYGER” by Guilherme Marcondes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LsMoUtBlDk
Guilherme Marcondes, a brazilian filmmaker and animator who specializes in short films.
‘Tyger’ is inspired by William Blake’s poem ‘The tyger’. I love it because of his unique interpretation, mood & visual composition. The shadows he uses and the general aesthetic of the film are great. He chose a lot of symbolism and I like the association he suggests between city-jungle-people-animals. It fascinates me because of the ambiguity the tiger creates by representing as much dangerous as it is marvelous!
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In what distant deeps or skies And what shoulder, & what art, What the hammer? what the chain? When the stars threw down their spears, Tyger! Tyger! burning bright Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?The Tyger by William Blake
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand, dare sieze the fire?
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? & what dread feet?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
And water'd heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eyeUNDERSTANDING THE POEM....http://www.pathguy.com/tyger.htm
I’m a wondering traveller and a nature explorer of the Universe. I’ve been to places you can’t even imagine. I have magic powers to go on and about like a rolling stone. I can fly very high, kiss the stars or play in Jupiter. I can swim in the deepest seas and enter the underneath dimensions. I have the ability to communicate with seahorses, which are my masters of the waters. They transmit to me secret information. Except I possess a natural state of being rebellious and naughty so I decided to cheat and share most of it to specific chosen souls that live on planet earth as species called Human Being. They call themselves people, sisters & brothers, buddies and many more that I won’t begin to put in text. Some of them think I’m a mythological creature, some believe I only exist in dreams. Some call me tree, some witch and some fish but fascinatingly enough, most children describe me as the flying colourful light. I love to play with them specially if they’re doing bubbles. And did you know that a cow milks much more if listening to music? I consider that with Time of Pink Floyd approximately seven barrels full (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPBYLDqUwQk). I can also ascertain you that, amongst others, elf’s, gnome’s, fairy’s, mermaids and unicorns exist.
Wherever I go I take my magic long pipe to smoke my magic herb. It will never run out because it grows in the entire universe, straight produced by the hands of Creation. I also carry little kids of the light, cactuses, vine and a huge variety of leaves; if you could see everything that grows in the Milky Way and in Ecuador. My two mandrake friends, Elka & Pluto, come along wherever I go. Actually, I can't go without them....
My favourite things to do is laughing and making love to my other half in the moon. In the physical world he looks like an octopus. Always wears a colourful vest and an imaginary hat that I’ve put on his head. But he can appear as a cedar tree too, that's when he is far away on the top of a very high mountain. He needs to sit there and relax for a while. Sometimes I go to spy a little but only to see his smile, then I have to go....
He’s a unique, bright, beautiful, peace loving & easy-going entity and I love him in the most special way.
Me, Mandama, comes from the terms creature and lady, since ancient times certain kind of wise people, like Shamans, have believed that I am the playful spirit with a huge ability of healing but very introverted and solitary. I'm an artist too. Creation is my motif, music my best friend and mysticism my way.
My dreams are my reality & I'm always ready for a hug.
