A 9 year old boy - who built an elaborate cardboard arcade inside his dad's used auto part store - is about to have the best day of his life.

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Credits:
Directed by Nirvan
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Produced by Interconnected
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Cast: Nirvan Mullick and Juli Crockett

Tags: caine monroy, cardboard arcade, diy arcade, creative kid, boyle heights, arcade used auto parts, nirvan mullick, diy, diy kids, fun pass and East Los Angeles

This sort of shopping is definitely more enjoyable. Of course, not everyone is so happy about it.

RUIN - An animated short set in a post-apocalyptic universe.

Hello viewers from conceptruin.com and other sites. Sorry, I've run out of my embed plays. So for now, you have to watch it on vimeo.com. Hope you enjoy.

Cast: OddBall Animation

Tags: ruin, animation, short, oddball, post-apocalyptic, sci-fi and wes ball

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Cast: Berghs' Exhibition '11

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One of my favourite moments of the evening was a little bit of friendly competition between Romilly, my brother, and myself. It resulted in my favourite image of the evening:

Of course, not everyone was as focussed on the sculptures or the photography:

For an alternate view, check out my brother’s photos.

Ben and I taking photos in different locations in Hawaii.

Website:
benboutwell.com
thestevenalan.com

Music:
The Avett Brothers - Kick Drum Heart
itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-and-love-and-you/id331920642

Video inspired by opening scene from Modern Family and the HP commercials from a while back.

***Update***
We made a small tutorial on how we did it. There are a lot more ways I'm sure, but this is our way.
vimeo.com/benboutwell/frametutorial

YouTube:
youtu.be/akGlXk9-sRA?hd=1

Cast: Steven Alan and Ben Boutwell

Tags: Hawaii, frame, ben boutwell, dslr, canon 5d markii, Kick Drum Heart and the Avett Brothers

I make my own way.

Let’s do a quick check, shall we? We? I suspect that there must be some people out there who are too lazy to have cleaned me from their feed-readers. Or just some nice robots. Hello robots! I am enjoying your fabulous (though jetpack-free) future, and there is no reason to consider me your enemy when you rise up and destroy mankind!

Wait, where was I? Wow. This blogging thing is harder than I remember.

So, 2011: full of work, playing computer games, more work, and family time. Between being Batman and hanging out with my kids, I don’t seem to have done much worthy of blogging in the last year. Hence the rambling, incoherent, and mostly pointless nature of this post, I suspect.

Are you still there? You’re all such nice robots. Perhaps I shall attempt to provide something sooner for you that 2013. Or 2014. Or whatever you’re going to rename time to after you take over.

Nice robots.

When Mythbusters and Beastie Boys collide, it's Sabotage. I cut together a bunch of high speed shots from the show to one of my favorite Beastie Boys songs. Enjoy!

Cast: Tory Belleci

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Cast: Crimson Tide Productions

Tags: Christopher England, Crimson Tide Productions, Tuscaloosa and Alabama

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This was filmed between 4th and 11th April 2011. I had the pleasure of visiting El Teide.
Spain´s highest mountain @(3718m) is one of the best places in the world to photograph the stars and is also the location of Teide Observatories, considered to be one of the world´s best observatories.

The goal was to capture the beautiful Milky Way galaxy along with one of the most amazing mountains I know El Teide. I have to say this was one of the most exhausting trips I have done. There was a lot of hiking at high altitudes and probably less than 10 hours of sleep in total for the whole week. Having been here 10-11 times before I had a long list of must-see locations I wanted to capture for this movie, but I am still not 100% used to carrying around so much gear required for time-lapse movies.

A large sandstorm hit the Sahara Desert on the 9th April (bit.ly/g3tsDW) and at approx 3am in the night the sandstorm hit me, making it nearly impossible to see the sky with my own eyes.

Interestingly enough my camera was set for a 5 hour sequence of the milky way during this time and I was sure my whole scene was ruined. To my surprise, my camera had managed to capture the sandstorm which was backlit by Grand Canary Island making it look like golden clouds. The Milky Way was shining through the clouds, making the stars sparkle in an interesting way. So if you ever wondered how the Milky Way would look through a Sahara sandstorm, look at 00:32.

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Music by my friend: Ludovico Einaudi - "Nuvole bianche" with permission.
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Cast: TSO Photography

Tags: timelapse, time-lapse, mountain, spain, nature, landscape, star, astro, milkyway, stars, seascape, valley, canon, dolly, visual, dreamscape, vimeo, sky, tenerife and hd

If you liked 'SCALE', please watch my next astronomy video: 'VISION - A plea to save the James Webb space telescope'. vimeo.com/30224434

Or have a look at my most recent video, about the human brain: vimeo.com/36973442

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NOTE: THE FOLLOWING VIDEO DOES NOT REPRESENT THE ENTIRE NIGHT SKY, or at least it doesn't anymore. I've updated the video to omit the foreground landscape in an effort to account for an error in perspective. Unfortunately, due to my error, websites are widely reporting that Jupiter would fill the entire night sky, but it wouldn't. What's depicted here is a much narrower perspective than the previously mentioned 62 degrees, something that I imagine could be calculated by people much brighter than I. I imagine this view is closer to what you'd see through some very weak binoculars, but that's just a guess. For a somewhat technical explanation of what was wrong with the original version of this video, and what that realization can teach us about skepticism, please read the following: bradblogspeed.com/im-bad-at-math

ORIGINAL POST

Here's an animation I did to make you feel small, and also convey the deep awe I feel at the feet of the Universe.

While watching the video of the lunar eclipse I posted the other day I was looking at the curvature of the earth's shadow on the moon. It made me think about how large the earth might look if an exact copy of it was up there instead of the moon. Soon curiosity got the better of me, and I was animating!

So the basic idea is, each planet you see is the size it would appear in the sky if it shared an orbit with the moon, 380,000 kms from earth. I created this video in After Effects, and because of certain technical considerations had to keep the field of view at 62 degrees. That means the foreground element is not precisely to scale. I realized this after the fact and may update the video at some point in the future. All planets are to correct scale with one another in any case.

Please watch full screen in HD if possible. Oh! And please consider sharing with your friends on Twitter or Facebook.

Music: Where We're Calling From - Doves

Great write-up by Jessicsa Palmer at Bioephemera: scienceblogs.com/bioephemera/2011/02/art_vs_science_part_4_gas_gian.php

Cast: Brad Goodspeed

Tags: Astronomy, Science, Planets, Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Neptune, Moon and Scale

Seriously, go back and watch The Lost Boys. The only word in that whole movie was "Michael." All 114 of them.

Kim (godiminbadshaperightnow.tumblr.com) made it 27 years without seeing this classic, and, on her first viewing, realized that The Lost Boys/"MICHAEL!" would make an absolutely suicidal drinking game. I edited the rest of the movie (made up of mostly hot sax solos and establishing shots), leaving us with the 1:39 most essential to the plot.

Cast: Dan Nixon

Tags: supercut, lost boys, vampires and michael

"oops" || appropriated YouTube video || 2009 || concept by Billy Rennekamp
// beckmanchris.com/info/oops
// billyrennekamp.com

A winner of the 2010 Vimeo Awards! vimeo.com/awards/about
Official Selection of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival! bit.ly/sundance2011

Cast: Chris Beckman and billy rennekamp

Tags: whoops, oops, camera, cameras, drop, drops, dropped, dropping, youtube, found footage, montage, compilation, video art, vimeo awards, experimental and chris beckman

When I started this blog, I was still at university and had no children. On Sunday I was back on campus with my step-daughter and it reminded me how much has changed and how far I’ve come. Pretentious? Sure; but still true.

However what I took from the day wasn’t how far I’ve come so much as how much I’ve lost along the way. I no longer make games. I no longer draw. I no longer write. I no longer create.

None of this is anyone’s fault but my own, of course, and it hasn’t gone completely unnoticed. Throughout my life I have always created. The form of the creation has changed, but it has always been there: painting, drawing, 3D rendering, computer games, websites, software, photography.

In recent years, however, work seems to have displaced this creativity without really replacing it. Some might see my job as creative, but it isn’t the same thing. True creativity comes from within, and I’m sure it’s still in there somewhere.

It’s time to send a search party.

Witness the biggest and greatest office confrontation EVER!

Cast: Runawaybox

Tags: run, away, box, comedy, nerf, blaster, vulcan, battle, IT and sales

ENVISION : Step into the sensory box. Sous ce nom se cache l'expérience immersive offerte par ALCATEL-LUCENT à ses clients lors du dernier Mobile World Congress. Une expérience à base de vidéo mapping conçue par l'agence SUPERBIEN et le département New Media de l'Agence \Auditoire. Le public était invité à entrer dans un cube et à découvrir une vision artistique de la tagline de l'événement : Transforming the mobile experience.

Cast: SUPERBIEN

Tags: effects, lights, incredible and spectral

This was the video that started it all off. Filmed at the world's only sloth sanctuary in Costa Rica it has now become a cult hit, tweeted by Ricky Gervaise, Ashton Kutcher, Stephen Fry and obsessed over by Kristen Bell. You can now catch the 45 minute 'Meet the Sloths' documentary on Animal Planet.

If you like sloths why not join the Sloth Appreciation Society and follow my Slothville blog slothville.com, Slothville on Facebook or twitter @slothville

Music: "Scrapping and Yelling" by Mark Mothersbaugh from "The Royal Tenenbaum's" movie soundtrack.

Cast: Lucy Cooke

Tags: sloth, baby, funny, cute, funniest, bizarre, costa rica, sanctuary, orphan, aviaros del caribe, animal, video, meet the sloths, bébé paresseux, Faultiere, Tembel Hayvan, ever, adorable and orphanage

So I saw all of these pictures of that volcano in Iceland nobody can pronounce the name of, so I figured I should go and do something that is not news footage but something more cinematic. But the flights to get over took forever as expected (somewhat). 4 days after leaving I finally made it, but the weather was terrible for another 4. Just before leaving it got pretty good for about a day and a half and this is what I managed to get.

Wish I had more time. I missed all the cool Lightning and the Lava of the first eruption. But I figure this will just be a trial run for another day.

I am of course accepting sponsors to send me back there for more please...!! haha

Music: Jónsi - Kolniður (jonsi.com)
Canon 5d mkII
HUGE thanks for the Motorized Dolly via Dynamic Perception (dynamicperception.com)

© Sean Stiegemeier
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Cast: Sean Stiegemeier, Jónsi and MILapse

Tags: Iceland, Volcano, Eyjafjallajökull, 2010, timelapse, time-lapse, 5d mkII, Canon, HDR, Sean Stiegemeier, Jonsi, MILapse, MILapse and alex

From the PDX eXperimental & Documentary Film Festival's Karaoke Throwdown, 2009.

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Cast: Rob Tyler • VCR100

Tags: Ewoks, Star Wars, Ewok, Return of the Jedi, chewbacca, wookie, karaoke, pdx fest, smackdown, rob tyler and cheese

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Director : Romain Gavras
Director of Photography : André Chemetoff
Producer : Mourad Belkeddar
Production company : elnino.tv
Executive Production : Gaetan Rousseau / Paradoxal
Special thanks to Lana & Melissa from The Director's Bureau

Cast: ROMAIN-GAVRAS

Tags: MIA, M.I.A, Romain, Gavras, Born, Free, Police, USA, Best, Story, paper, Ever, BORNFREE, 2010 official, PLANES, ARULAR, tiger, HD, romian gavras and stepchild

Honest directed and animated this short using Google maps images.

It was originally made for Psst! Pass It on 3. check "Omar Hot Pursuit S.E.A.R.C.H" to see the surrounding videos.

Cast: Honest Directors

Tags: Honest, google, maps, satellite, car, chase, animation and brooklynmuseum

I'm thrilled to release "The Escape," a teaser from the finished Star Wars Uncut: A New Hope movie.

Hundreds of 15 second scenes were put back together in a finished film thanks to the work of several people:

Bryan Pugh (pughtube.com), sound mixing/editing master, Aaron Valdez (aaronvaldez.com), video editor and general creative boon for the Uncut Team, and Jamie Wilkinson (jamiedubs.com).

StarWarsUncut.com

Cast: Casey Pugh, Carlos Santiago, Noelix, Sam Vest, DR.AWKWARD, Dennis Ryan, Sie Entertainment, crystal fontan, Blake Whitman, Alejandro Cordón, pilkro, Philip Frey, Martin Lehman, Valtteri Mäki, Clark Bradshaw, Aaron Klepfer, Ollie, Matt Dolnik and Aaron Valdez

Tags: star wars uncut, star wars, starwarsuncut.com, death star, millenium falcon, explosions, comedy and crowdsource

This is a short film that was directed by the French animation collective H5, François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy + Ludovic Houplain. It was presented at the Cannes Film Festival 2009. It opened the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and won a 2010 academy award under the category of animated short.

In this film there are two pieces of licensed music, in the beginning and in the end. All the other music and sound design are original. The opening track (Dean Martin "Good Morning Life") and closing track (The Ink Spots "I don't want to send the world on fire") songs are licensed pre-existing tracks. All original music and sound design is by, human (humanworldwide.com)

Cast: Marc Altshuler - Human Music

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Holographic Drumkit and Turntables test.

DRUMS: WILL CLARK
TURNTABLES: JFB
HEADS: BEARDYMAN

Huge thanks to Bonnie Anthony, Jordan McGarry and Partizan Darkroom, Remi Dessinges, Neil Mendoza, Daniel Bronks, Luke Palmer, Daisy Popham, Alex Marden, Daniel Alexander, Ian O'Connell and Oliver Gingrich.

Cast: Chris Cairns

Tags: Neurosonics, holograms, drums, scratching, turntables and hiphop

Life has been so very good to me over these last few years. Living in a world with Carolyn is amazing. I never quite know what’s going to happen next (she is perhaps a little crazy), but I never feel like we’re out of control. We have a great little family in our home. We have all that we could require. Life is about as perfect as it could be.

Today marks the passing of a short time in what I hope to be a long and happy life with Carolyn and our awesome little family. Carolyn, I’m so glad that fate brought us together; I love you more than words can express.

DISCLAIMER: This video is meant to be a joke for my coffee industry friends. If you were to actually try this, it would taste nasty and probably make you sick.

Cast: Ben Helfen

Tags: coffee

Design and Direction : weareom.com
Lighting by David Lee : davidleedop.com
Production by studioset : studioset.tv
Post Production by :weareom:
Sound by Alin Flaidar - studioset.tv
Starring Vlad Grigorescu - vladgrigorescu.com

PHOTO'S flickr.com/photos/43038809@N02/

Making of - vimeo.com/6858264

Cast: :weareom:, Dave Lee and Adrian Aghenitei

Tags: chop cup, anamorphic, weareom, magic trick, 80's, studioset, michael jackson, reality, red, red camera, director, dop, art direction, experimental, art, experimental art, installation and perspective

Testing out Particular 2, ON THE STREET!
Sound design by skeletonsuit.com
Shot with a little Canon SD960.
Tracked with PFHoe Pro pfhoe.com

Quicktime at the Trapcode Gallery: trapcode.com/gallery.html

Cast: Najork and Skeleton Suit

Tags: after effects, animation, trapcode, particular 2, motion graphics, vfx, mograph, visual effects, 3d tracking, brooklyn, street, powershot, handheld, sperm, lolcats, skeleton suit and HD

Artificial Paradise, Inc is an experimental film anticipating a future where a major corporation has developed an unique software, based on organic virtual reality, which holds all the lost memories of humankind. A user connects to this database of the forgotten…what is he searching for?

Production : Condor & Jean-Paul Frenay
Director / editor / compositing : Jean-Paul Frenay
Main 3D artist / compositing : Sandro Paoli
3D artists : Sylvain Jorget and Sébastien Desmet
Additional 3D operators : Otto Heinen and Okke Voerman
Sound Design : Seal Phüric feat. Neptunian8

Distributed by Autour de Minuit and Onedotzero
Facebook : facebook.com/jpfrenay

Awards & Recognitions//
• Second Place of the Non Narrative Category @ Cutout Festival, EM
• Honorable mention for Artificial Paradise, Inc @ Fargo Film Festival 2010, USA
• Nominated for Best technical Realisation @ Animago Award 2010, DE

Full Publications and Festivals list : frenayjp.be/#96077/ARTIFICIAL-PARADISE-INC

Interview on Artificial Paradise, Inc made for Canal+ France : vimeo.com/25642156

Cast: JP Frenay and Condor Digital Media

Tags: Jean-Paul Frenay, chris Cunningham, Stanley kubrick, visual, animation, 3D, artificial, paradise, onedotzero, after effects, maya, realflow, beautiful, dark, amazing, experimental, autodesk, siggraph and shortfilm

This is a fan video I've been working on for a few months now. Not to be confused with the official music video which is really cool. Hope you like it.

Cast: Gabe Askew

Tags: Grizzly Bear, Two Weeks, Animation, Music and Gabe Askew

He continues to do well, and has no problems demanding food and cuddles. When those little eyes stare into yours, it is impossible to refuse. I may, however, have to be restrained from just eating those gorgeous cheeks.

He weighed 3.775kg, and is a lovely 51.5cm long. He has the most adorable eyes, and tiny but long fingers and toes. Elysha and Romilly are very proud big sisters.

I know this is a day late, but after two days with basically no sleep and a total of two meals, I needed to crash. I have been informed that it may be the last good sleep I get for a long time, but I don’t care. I have a beautiful baby boy, and Carolyn is doing OK. All is well with the world.

Of course, with the colder weather coming, it may just want to stay in there and keep warm.

We’re completely prepared for the big day; we just don’t know when it will be. Until then, we’ll just end each day with the thought of being one day closer to whenever The Penguin is going to arrive.

Thank you so much for all of your support and comments. The tremendous amount of feedback i've gotten from this picture blows my mind! Thank you so much everyone, I'm glad you like this shot. :)

See the blog post for more info: Laughing Squid Photo by Brian McCarty

copyright 2006 Brian McCarty

This one was fairly co-operative. taken at 1.5:1 body length about 4mm

i co-admin a group on flickr (deleteme uncensored) and while i was on vacation i had a stop in newcastle where one of the other co-admins live. well while we were there were these 2 random pink office chairs on the side of the river... weird right? well the sales guys (they were showing the chairs to a client in a nearby office) were really alot of fun and good natured and raced the chairs down the pedestrian bridge (see other newcastle image in set if you are interested).

Flickr Blogged

Published in Germany's Max Magazine - April 2006 issue

byron bay sun shower

August 2003, photo by Ray Zimmerman
that's me 9 months pregnant