ANT Bicycles - The Movie
Fine little film about the bikemakers at ANT Bicycles in the States.
They featured in the awe-inspiringly prestigious Bikes We Like section here on Copenhagenize a couple of years ago. Although we're quite sure that THAT accolade never got them any free beers or knickers thrown into their workshop by screaming fans.
Thanks to Matthias for the link.
4 thinking out louds:
That really makes me feel that the ideal number of bikes is n+1 ;-)
The film work sucked. Rack focusing (intentionally showing viewers a blurred image) is irresponsible and its asinine. The rest of the film work did a very poor job of showing the wonderful craft work of this builder.
Great to see a custom Bike made for utilitarian purposes! OMG, in the US (???)
Or "Tran-Sport" as the owner said!
Love that lugged seat stay clamp and named head tube plate!
Seay:
Technically speaking, a rack focus is changing focus from one part of the image to the next. Starting out of focus (which for the record, ain't easy with 1/2" chips) is more of an artistic choice. It was part of the whole thing with this project - start with obfuscation, and then let the image become increasingly clear. The style, in my mind, addresses the mystification/de-mystification of the fabrication process. Admittedly, it's become a bit trendy lately, but for some reason it felt right with this project. It's funny, after over a decade trying to maximize focus (as in increasing depth of field.) with Super-16 (that's film, by the way) I wanted to pursue shallow focus in HD (ironically, to make if more "filmy"!)- and, someone calls me out on it! Oh well. That's what I get for artistic exploration. As far as the "poor job of showing the wonderful craft work" -there is a longer piece in the works that shows a heck of a lot more (although, it still has intentionally blurry images and more of the floating focus thing). I, of course, am a deep admirer of both Mike's craft and craftsmanship which is why I have dedicated a fair amount of time to documenting it.
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