The new film ive been working on 'The Cyclotrope Experiment' is in the official selection for the cornwall film festival and the international cycle film festival!

Also im exhibiting all 3 of my cyclotrope films in an exhibition at the Bristol Bike Festival from the 17th-25th September!

come and see us at Edinburgh fringe fest!

im up at Edinburgh fringe festival this week, if you around come to the pleasance theatre sometime in your visit to see a short cyclotrope film i made alongside a selection of other animators work from across the uk all for free!

if you cant make it to the festival the film is embedded below!

Pleasance

Im in the process of making a short cyclotrope film to be showed at the pleasance theatre at the Edinburgh festival this year, its just something very short to be played on a showreel of loads of different pieces of animation made by artists and animators from cross the country. here are a few photos to give you an idea!

Cycle oxford...

Check out what cycle oxford have been doing using the cyclotrope idea!

Boneshaker magazine

Get the newest issue of Boneshaker magazine, issue 5 out now.

there is an article on the cyclotrope on page 24!

you should definatly get this magazine if your a bike fan, its a super magazine, beautifull to read and look at!

UNAids: Animation Tests

These are a few tests i did using the cyclotrope for the UNaids 'Africa is Moving' project.

Afica is moving on: Behind the scenes

This is a short film i made whilst in Cape town on set making the Campaign film for Un aids move it project.

Photos of Cape Town

Ive recently been working on an animation for an aids campaign called 'Move it' using my cyclotrope idea, the film can be seen in previous posts.

Below are a few photos from my trip to south africa where we filmed it.

Move it.

the jetengineotrope

check out this new take on the same idea!

Jackson Holmes used a jet engine to create a reallt nice effect.

You can see it for yourself live if your in Brighton, UK from the 3rd-9th june!

New Cyclotrope Film is here!

Ive spent the last month working on a project with Saatchi and Saatchi to create a short viral film for the next UN Aids campaign,

The film uses a cyclotrope based on my original film and i went out to south africa to build and film it!

The film was directed Wednesday at 7films in SA and was released onto TV in africa this week.

its hard to find it on the internet at the moment but this link will take you it!

http://www.behance.net/gallery/UN-Moving-on/1341983

I am in the process of putting together a 'behind the scenes' film which will be uploaded in the coming weeks!

Bike test no.1

ive been trying to create a cyclotrope out of the wheel that is still attached to my bike, so i mounted a camera to my bike rack and rode it up and down the drive, its workng, its not great yet but its work in progress!

Bike test cyclotrope project from tim Wheatley on Vimeo.

MUSIC!

All these experiments so far are working towards a short film. I am creating it with musician and sound artist Lee Chapman. He is experimenting with creating a soundtrack with sounds made from a bike here is the first photo of what he's doing, there more higher quality images on there way!

Cyclotrope stills

Here are some stills and photos of both production and final footage from my first experimental film with the cyclotrope,

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First Experiment - Released March 2011

The Cyclotrope from tim Wheatley on Vimeo.

Music- Jherek Bischofff
Song- Kule Kule (Orchestra Version) from "Tradi-Mods Vs. Rockers" Alternative takes on Congotronics (Crammed Discs)
http://jherekbischoff.bandcamp.com/