20.08.2009

christopher.slaughter

Great music video for the Japanese band Sour, utilising fan's webcams from all over the world.  Shot on literally a zero budget (that's right, $0.00), it's hugely creative and lots of fun.

Article on how director Magico Nakamura put it all together can be found here. 

Cool | music | interesting | fun | art | Japan | video

23.07.2009

christopher.slaughter

Mark sent this along the other day... in solidarity with our ink-stained-scribbler friends who are suffering in the dead-tree media industry...

amusing | video | journalism | news | newspaper | death | trees | new media | funny | Media | humor

31.05.2009

christopher.slaughter

Brilliant stop-motion animation here from Tomas Mankovsky... very cool technique, sticking a stills camera to the ceiling.

amusing | stop motion animation | interesting | fun | video | geek

25.05.2009

christopher.slaughter

...and who doesn't like a schlocky zombie flick, especially when it's told from the zombie's POV? 

Apparently, the feature "Colin" (clip here) was made for US$70... British indie director Marc Price apparently got his volunteer cast by advertising on Facebook for zombie actors, then had them bring their own make-up, costumes, props, and effects... clever.

movies | interesting | Hollywood | Cinema | video | amusing | zombies | undead | horror | schlock

10.05.2009

tony.reno

This is a re-post from C. Slaughter.  The math and their calculations have changed over time ("2 hours to download" and "5 dollars a minute"), but otherwise they got it quite right.  I guess most other newspapers did not watch television in 1981???

slaughter | tony | YouTube | newspaper | video

10.05.2009

tony.reno

Will you use it?  http://robo.to/

"...easy to update, video-enabled calling card. Write once, publish everywhere!"

social media | Web 2.0 | interesting | Cool Websites | video

03.05.2009

daniel.clarke

Here's an interesting offering.

It's a huge array of different stock shots available from web-friendly to HD all with high quality alpha channels.

They sell the box set but far more interesting is their online search engine and their affordable price structure. (US$10 - US$50 per shot)

The search categories in particular are very production friendly. You can tick boxes for number of people (or animals) in shot, as well as wide, close and a tracking shots.

video | business | post production

03.05.2009

tony.reno

Apparently, over 5 million people know about this already, but this is quite a creative way to use web video.  I could see this improving over time, but even now it has lots of potential for commercial application.  The genius behind this group is Patrick Bovin from Canada.  Here is the list of Interactive videos he has done.  Enjoy!

Patrick Bovin | games | technology | YouTube | interactive | video