Tape Generation – Careful Work
Here’s an odd one…. It’s called the Tape Generation and it’s about, you guessed it, TAPE. It’s the meticulous live action animation work of Johan Rijpma, a Dutch artist. He has worked with rubber bands and tiles, but this time his medium is tape, the sticky stuff. It’s certainly an interesting video, and a very […]
Read PostFilm Fund Raising from the Ground UP! KickStarter
Here’s a cool, new, ground breaking way to help young filmmakers through a program called KickStarter. Check it out. It’s cool and the film maker you see here, Koo, uses the film medium nicely to make his case for money to make his film, Man-Child.
Read PostNice Lighting: Chase No Face
Here’s a fun video with very nice lighting shot all in real time with no special effects. It’s called Chase No Face. Good lighting is not easy. This stuff is clean and fun to watch.
Read PostType A Extremist: Ursus Wehrli
Here’s a short film documenting extreme compulsive organizer Ursus Wehrli at work. Ursus is an extreme Type A Organizer working his magic in a summer park somewhere in Switzerland. Looks like he put those sunbathers through more than they bargained for.
Read PostInteresting Concept: Animals and Music
Animals and music. So do you think these French cows like this Jazz? Sure looks that way. A perfectly natural notion. No Bull. At 800k YouTube hits, the notion seems to appeal to YT watchers as well. One can never tell what will go viral, but something like this – short, simple, and amusing – […]
Read PostUp All Night – NBC’s Funny New Take on Modern Parenthood
The fledgling sitcom Up All Night could be one of the big new winners of the Fall TV Season. Some role reversal puts Christina Applegate as the outlandish, working mom who is teamed up with Will Arnett (Arrested Development) as her stay at home dad/man. The show has strong TV lineage — created by Emily […]
Read PostWe WILL Always Remember You! Ten Years On – 9/11/11
Empire State of Mind 9/11 Tribute from Michael Brant on Vimeo. Empire State of Mind – Spike Lee’s Tribute. Funded by State Farm.
Read PostWord Cloud of Obama’s Job Speech
Here’s a visualization of the most often used words in Obama’s latest speech. What do you think?
Read PostMusic Makes ALL the Difference Between Good & Great Productions
What makes a great production? Here is a fine try at the greatest moments in Sports History. Although it’s a much-tried effort by editors of all shapes and sizes, this one is powerful and effective. Why? Great music. Music often makes all the difference. But remember – it’s not as easy if you don’t have […]
Read PostMaking Video the Old Fashioned (Hard) Way – From Stills
Here’s a painstaking project, a short film assembled from thousands of carefully constructed stills. It’s called Melissa Power of Love. It was created by taking still shots of the work of 25 animators over five months. The medium was 350,000 love messages on Post It messages. The notes were written by visitors to the Galeria […]
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