Shade Recovered

The creative process of this piece is worth mentioning: at first, "Shade Lost" http://vimeo.com/33322722 was made of multiple video clips that had their colour information disabled before being assembled, composited, modified or added to in Final Cut Pro.
At no time during the montage did I see the colour information still contained, but hidden,in those clips.
So I knew that, in spite of making a black and white film (fitting the mood of its music), I also was potentially building material for a colour film, a film that would be almost totally "accidental" as far as its colours were concerned.
That was in preparation for "Shade recovered," a film I intended to be brighter, and in full colours, but almost completely unpredictably so.
I was however prepared (and committed) to live with whatever the results might be.
I was very surprised to discover, once "Shade Recovered" was started, and the colour information contained (but hidden) in the source clips revived, to see that the colours were far from being "off," and that sometimes, one can be granted the joy of "fortuitous accidents."

Both "Shades" can be (and have been) presented during the same events, be they live concerts or film festivals, they were not "just" made for each other, they were made from each other.`

Music composed by Michaela Eremiasova http://www.michaela-eremiasova.com/ and performed, in concert, by the Eastman Triana http://web.mac.com/anyangoyd/iWeb/Anyangoyd.com/eastman%20triana%20%26%20MIM.html
The film music track was recorded with Marcus Macauley at the piano, substituting for Yin Zheng (Eastman Triana pianist)

"Shade Recovered" was invited to the SIGGRAPH 2009 Computer Animation Festival in New Orleans.