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A poster of a tree log being chopped by an axe and the text in cyan: CHOP.

Whack a' Buchanan-Smith

Whack a' Buchanan-Smith

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By Nigel Sielegar

Peter Buchanan-Smith (MFAD '00) collaborated with renowned Canadian director and photographer Finn O'Hara on a series of five short films shot with a high end camera known as the Phantom (at 2000 frames per second it's no slouch!), and then commissioned the talented young composer Nico Muhly to make us an original score.

"As you can see from the preview, a lot of wonderful things happen in the flash of a Best Made blade. If you have a chance please spread the word! Forward this link on to whoever you can. Your support of Best Made is greatly valued. Through the film player on our site you can get the code to embed in your site, blog, etc..." says PBS.
preview here

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