LIVE FROM SXSW: "Coyanuscocksee", a Gary Ye film that aims to make people laugh

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LIVE FROM SXSW: "Coyanuscocksee", a Gary Ye film that aims to make people laugh

10 March 2017, 07.30

| Article written by Sophie Bernard.

A digital composer at Titmouse Animation Studio, Gary Ye studied animation at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario. After his studies, he began working as an intern at DrinkBox Studios, then joined Titmouse first as a designer BG. At Sheridan College, he discovers "Koyaanisqatsi" (1982), the film by Godfrey Reggio, on a music by Philip Glass, images of Ron Fricke, a production by Francis Ford Coppola. He was inspired by this work, which marked a generation for the production of "Coyanuscocksee", a 2-minute animated short, premiered in the Midnight Shorts Competition at SXSW.

"Coyanuscocksee" by Gary Ye.Photo: Courtesy

During these two minutes, we are dragged into a universe where all the images evoke a penis, the director wanting to demonstrate their importance and influence in the development of human civilization in the same way as in the time "Koyaanisqatsi" . On a music by American composer and music producer Kevin MacLeod, with the voices of Charlie Richards and Dan Neal, the film's primary goal was to make Gary Ye and his friends laugh.

"The idea came from an amusing discussion with friends," says Gary Ye. I wanted to combine the most artistic of the films with the coarsest subject. The concept made me laugh a lot. The film was produced as part of 5 Second Day, a tradition at Titmouse that allows its creators to develop a strange, beautiful, disturbing or funny idea.

"It would be nice to see people laughing as much as possible of the concept, as much as I laughed," adds the facilitator. I have my own reasons for everything in the film, but I find it more interesting to hear how other people react. All the elements of "Coyanuscocksee" were painted in Photoshop, before being patched up and animated in After Effects. The sound mixing and editing were done with Premiere.

How do you feel when you see one of his works selected at SXSW? "I find it funny to imagine this film without intellectual pretensions to be found alongside authentic artistic works," he replied. And when asked what he is working on right now, he says, "Life. "

At SXSW, "Coyanuscocksee" is shown in three sessions, March 10 at 9:30 pm, March 12 at 8:30 pm and March 16 at 8:40 pm.