YES! mindcontrolstudio@hotmail.com east end toronto based editor/motion
graphics designer.
2008 MONTAGE
Ð MATTHEW BENNETT
motion
graphics reel. peace magazine,
converse 'my place', aov awards packaging, nokia, sapporo, various.
play movieUNILEVER
Ð SUNLIGHT Ð LET THE SUNLIGHT IN
text
work + compositing.
play movieNOKIA
Ð WHATS YOUR E?
Graphics,
ae work.
2007. directed by matthew bennett. 85
minutes, english. dvd
available.
created
with the generous support of the arts council of ontario.
title sequence for a
canadian/japanese co-production.
directed by kochiro
fujikawa. A model (abbey lee)
works for the summer in japan.
look
suite for emulation of the coloring of polaroid sx-70 land cameras.
vfx
spot for peace magazine.
RESOURCES
RESUME
(pdf)
-News
Spring 2008
Working
on proof-of-concept material for second feature. Editor/Designer at Q Media Solutions in Toronto.
-News
Winter 2007
Produced
demo DVD for Eggplant sound studios in
Toronto. Directed VFX-heavy 15
second spot for PEACE MAGAZINE.
Freelance as a motion graphics designer/editor at Q-Media Solutions in Toronto. Read press for Matthew
Bennett's feature debut, Tahiti.
-News
Summer 2007
Freelance
editor at Wolfson Bell. Produced commercials for Teye International, a cosmetics company based
in Calgary, as well as editing commercials for Carbon Films, Toronto. Footage screened at NAB in Las Vegas as
part of a presentation by Reel-Stream,
LLC. Submitted first feature film,
Tahiti, to the Toronto International Film Festival. Wrote spec script "The Beast". Read it here
(pdf).
-News
January 2007
Directed
and produced an Arts Council sponsored feature film, Tahiti. Tahiti stars Ryan Tilley
(the Way of the Tosser) and Stefen Hayes
(Resident Evil2) and is the story of two brothers whose surveillance on a
neighbor leads them to discover she is planning a bombing. Tahiti was filmed with the Andromeda HD camera system
created by Reel-Stream LLC. Designed a unique RAW camera workflow
for the film based on the new technology.
Completed post in January 2007.
Career Summary
Fine Art:
-10 years as a fine artist focusing on painting/video.
-Art Curator - over a dozen shows
in Toronto, mainly focusing on painting
and video work.
-Co-director of the Mind Control
Gallery on Gladstone Avenue
in Toronto.
-Painting and conceptual work garnered cover stories in Vice,
Artfocus
and Eye Weekly.
-Documented in articles by the Toronto Star,
Peace, Mix and Now Magazine.
-View a partial archive of press here.
-View Matthew Bennett's fine art here.
Film:
-Moved on to create films, work as motion graphics artist.
-Feature film and numerous shorts produced and directed.
-Tapped as a producer for Alliance Atlantis (U8TV) and the CBC (theX).
-Freelance editor/motion graphics designer for six years.