NIGHT HIKE
A film noir-inspired experimental short constructed almost entirely from still photographs. A woman grappling with a recent loss goes for an evening walk. Coyotes howl and shadows play tricks on the eyes as she wanders deeper into the wilderness of Echo Mountain after dark. In this self-help thriller, touches of hard-boiled crime and dreamlike imagery reveal the woman's authentic self in a most unexpected way.
Directed by Tempe Hale, Director of Photography Arlene Muller, Music by Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum
Fall & Be Found
Music video for The Parson Red Heads (2020).
“L.A. artist Tempe Hale — whose work matches the music’s Kodachrome palette with vintage photographs and unexpected animation. Way says, ‘Her style is so unique, and seems to fit so well not only with the feel of the music on this record but also with the look of the album’s artwork and the style of the archival footage-based lyric videos we’d been making in the meantime. It just all seemed to sit together perfectly!’”
Door No. 5
A hand drawn animated short film. The film was selected for the Sundance Film Institute Lab, “Music in Animation Intensive” (2020), where Hale met and worked with the composer Connor Cook to create the score.
Christmas In New York
Animated film for New York City Gay Mens’ Chorus 2020 Christmas Concert.
Contact
A film installation at the Huhugam Heritage Center, located in the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona. Contact is a film intended to educate museum visitors about the history of the Akimel O'odham people, specifically about their way of life being altered forever by European contact. The film is created with archival photographs and hand drawn animations.
Credits:
Producers: Digiscura & Huhugam Heritage Center
Director and Animator: Tempe Hale
Additional footage & Photograhy: Reuben Ringlero
Additional animators: Josh Knoebel, Meejin Hong, Lily Ericsson
Sound Design: Christopher Cole
Sound Mix: Ben Huff
SIREN SONGS
Siren Songs is a 3 part multimedia live performance commissioned by The Pacific Symphony, written by Emmy and Grammy-winning composer Laura Karpman. I created the videos using hand drawn animation, watercolors, lithographs, incorporating text from Amy Gerstler's poetry and underwater footage provided by Greg Macgillivray. The first movement is representative of the seductive and beautiful sirens of the sea; the second movement is evocative of Diana Nyad’s courageous swim from Cuba to Florida; and the third is a tribute to Dr. Sylvia Earle, a female scientist dedicated to saving the oceans. The video was triggered live using Resolume, keeping the visuals in sync with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra.
BALLS
BALLS is an opera composed by Laura Karpman, about the tennis great Billie Jean King. BALLS was chosen for The Industry’s FIRST TAKE workshop program, founded by Artistic Director Yuval Sharon. The video design was created using hand drawn animation over retro tv commercials and found footage of the tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, as well as animating elements of 1970's print advertisements.
WOMEN WHO SCORE: SOUNDTRACKS LIVE
Women Who Score: Soundtracks Live at Grand Performances downtown LA, presented in partnership with Alliance for Women Film Composers, to celebrate the music of women composers in film, television, video games and interactive media. As video producer and designer, I created multimedia videos to highlight the work of 20 female film composers using found footage and original animation.