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Videos Ian Moss likes on Vimeo. (25)
Teaser trailer for a documentary film by Merete Mueller and Christopher Smith, about the tiny house movement.
TINY is a feature length documentary about the ways we find ourselves at home.
Following one man’s attempt to build a tiny house from scratch in the mountains of Colorado, the film is a meditation on the relationship of home to environment, of quality and simplicity to a life well lived.
Cast: TINY
Tags: tiny house, home, jay shafer, 7d, 5d, colorado, tiny, hartsel, documentary, teaser trailer and living small
Using drones, laser beams, projection mapping, and custom tools, Marshmallow Laser Feast explores new canvases by creating interactive, real-time, magical experiences.
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Cast: The Creators Project
Tags: VICE, Intel, The Creators Project, Creators, Project, Technology, Art, Music, Interview, Documentary, Doc, laser, lights, LED, quadcopters, forest, Marshmallow Laser Feast, drones, musical and strp
What do you get when you combine the power of the sun, a Jackie Chan action movie and your donation?
SolarAid has converted a minibus into a 4x4 sun-catching, cinema on wheels – the Solar Roller! They attract crowds across rural Kenya by showing educational films and movies. SolarAid demonstrate how solar energy can liberate people from toxic and expensive kerosene, as well as power the mobile cinema.
Duration: 2:20
This film was made with support from Barclays.
Find out more about Solaraid
solar-aid.org
Donate to SolarAid
solar-aid.org/donation_type.html
Interviewer: Anna Wells
Text: Steve Andrews
Film made by
bradbell.tv
Cast: bradbell.tv
Tags: charity, SolarAid, solar, energy, cinema, Africa, HD, HV30, Letus, Kenya and van
Created by Alex Lee of BRTHR
This is for my hometown.
brthrfilms.com
facebook.com/brthrfilms
twitter.com/#!/alexleebrthr
Music Credit: Flying Lotus ft. Thom Yorke- ...And the World Laughs With You
Shot on the Canon T3i and stock lenses.
Edited on Final Cut Pro and After Effects.
Thank you to everyone who viewed this video, it really means a lot to me.
Cast: BRTHR
Tags: Tokyo, T3i, T2i, SVA, School of visual arts, Alex Lee, Japan, East side, Travel, canon, 7D, Twixtor, City, life, tokio, slomo, slow motion, stop motion and time-lapse
Juffage Practice Space Tapes Video (pt. 2 of 2) - 'Houses'
Juffage is Jeff T. Smith. Live video filmed by Tom Theil at the Ashwood Studio in Hyde Park, Leeds.
For more information on Juffage, please visit:
juffage.com
juffage.bandcamp.com
soundcloud.com/juffage
facebook.com/juffage
myspace.com/juffage
twitter.com/juffage
youtube.com/juffage2008tour
Cast: Juffage
Tags: juffage, live, ashwood, leeds, hyde park, one man band, multi-instrumentalist, houses, multi-tasking, chicago, 2010, u.k., u.s.a., solo camerawork, solo performance, unreleaased, new song, thom theil, jeff t. smith and post-post-post rock
Juffage Practice Space Tapes Video (pt. 1 of 2) - 'I Am Terrified'
Juffage is Jeff T. Smith. Live video filmed by Tom Theil at the Ashwood Studio in Hyde Park, Leeds.
For more information on Juffage, please visit:
juffage.com
juffage.bandcamp.com
soundcloud.com/juffage
facebook.com/juffage
myspace.com/juffage
twitter.com/juffage
youtube.com/juffage2008tour
Cast: Juffage
Tags: juffage, live, ashwood, leeds, hyde park, one man band, multi-instrumentalist, i am terrified, multi-tasking, chicago, 2010, u.k., u.s.a, solo camerawork, solo performance, unreleased, new song, tom theil, jeff t. smith and post-post-post rock
Tom Loosemore is the Deputy Director at the UK's Government Digital Services and was responsible for the recent launch of a single domain, user centred government website - gov.uk. In his talk at our product management conference Mind the Product 2012 he discussed the genesis of that project and how he and his team managed to revolutionise the government's approach to digital. It's a fabulous lesson in how to make space for proper, agile, user-centric product management in any large organisation.
Cast: MindTheProduct and Reel Nice
Tags: Mind the Product 2012, Tom Loosemore, GDS, Product Management and Agile
A video with short interviews of the Code for Europe fellows and the BuB for Europe fellows, taken during the kick off and training week of the fellows that took place in Barcelona on January 19 - 21, 2013. In these, both Code and BuB initiatives are explained by their key members.
Cast: Commons4EU
Tags: Code for Europe, fellows, BuB for Europe and Commons4EU
In this exciting episode of OpenPilot TV, Dave takes a new CopterControl from the packet, walks us through the setup and shows how it can fly out of the box.
Cast: OpenPilot
Tags: OpenPilot and CopterControl
ARdrone 2.0 Parrot controlled by a set of fruits with Makey Makey kit!!!
Cast: espadaysantacruz studio
Tags: ARdrone, ofxARdrone, openFrameworks and MaKey MaKey
Cyril Snear have announced the release of their second album Riot Of Colour, out April 15th 2013 on their own Weatherface Records, with lead-off track ‘How Presidential Of You?’ preceding it.
Fully emerging shortly before their debut LP Fluent In Seven Types Of Monotone in 2009, the Manchester-based four-piece have since watched on as fads and fashions sweep through the city since its musical renaissance towards the end of the last decade; but they themselves? They’re a band that emerge from its cultural catacombs only when they feel they’ve a definitive statement to make.
Ahead of its release, the chameleonic group have revealed the video for its lead-off track, ‘How Presidential Of You’ With a malicious, razorblade sharp opening riff, the track is the group at their most confrontational, an explosion of vitriol against the forced-disillusionment set on western society by a generation of corrupt politics.
For many this will be an introduction to them, and the video – made by drummer Nicholas Roe’s brother Ian Roe – captures the intensely claustrophobic, up-close feel of the song, the group exploding in a tumult of visceral rage. The track can be downloaded for a ‘pay-as-you-like’ price from the band’s website or bandcamp, and comes with B-side ‘Loitering With Intent’.
The group will be launching their album with a special launch show at The Deaf Institute in Manchester on Saturday April 13th, 2013.
Cast: cyrilsnear and Ian Roe
Tags: Alternative, Rock, Cyril and Snear
(Watch in HD with headphones on & volume cranked, if you can! Hands & arms inside cart at all times!)
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After the great response to SUNCHASER STAR TRAILS (vimeo.com/54741100), my brave team and I trekked to the world-famous Eureka Dunes in Death Valley National Park to search for some of the darkest skies on Earth. Despite temps below freezing, we went on December 13th, 2012 – the night of the Geminid Meteor Shower Peak, and a time of great planetary alignment. Armed only with boxed wine, firewood, and our DSLRs, we had to conquer epic climbs, sand roads with the 4x4 Jeep, and the occasional UFO!
But it was all worth it when the skies cleared and showed us an incredible galactic palette! Star Trails shot at 25 sec exposures. No special effects used, just the rotation of the earth's axis. Photography Merging: STARSTAX. Used Canon 5D & 7D, with a 24mm/1.4 lens and a 28mm/1.8. The Geminids get crazy as the sun comes up (2:20-2:35) but you can spot a bunch more throughout, if you look closely -- or here's a nice shot (bit.ly/SkZGdw). There's also some passing planets (1:15-1:30 and 2:15-2:25). I believe the first big one is Jupiter.
The "UFO" appears at (1:30-1:35) and makes three broad circular sweeps over the desert. Though in timelapse it appears to be moving fast, consider the 5 seconds = about 50 minutes, so it's creeping. There was no sound, so it definitely wasn't a helicopter. Closer picture here (bit.ly/T3yK3s). It can also be seen cutting through the circular star trails in the shot used above!
Shot and Edited by: Gavin Heffernan twitter.com/GavinHeffernan
Producers/Stars: Michael Darrow& Rachel Payne twitter.com/bamaandtheyank & Ben Dally
Music: "Stay Down (Ambient)" by MOBY (License Courtesy MobyGratis.Com - very cool!)
Thanks: Adam Jeremy Williams, Briana Nadeau
The Sunchaser team is CURRENTLY SEEKING SPONSORSHIP for future adventures. Email info@sunchaserpictures.com
For more on this this and other upcoming projects, visit SunchaserPictures.com or twitter.com/GavinHeffernan
To see more of our other Sunchaser Pictures Timelapses, visit our album here: bit.ly/LFy9KJ
Cast: Sunchaser Pictures
Tags: star trails, timelapse, stars, night sky, desert, death valley, astrophotography, 5d, 7d, night, planet, earth, beauty, experimental, color, galaxy, space, vimeo, moby and california
How does a man move and shape a culture? Our love of storytelling compelled us to find out, so we dug into the story of the Almanzo 100 gravel road race–the granddaddy of them all. We found that a single man’s passion for community has manifested itself in a bike race. The challenge: to race 100 miles of gravel roads without assistance or outside support. Pain and suffering exist temporarily, but the satisfaction of a battle won will empower these racers the rest of their lives. Call it a movement if you’d like but please don’t call it a fad. Gravel racing is here to stay.
Directed by: Tony Franklin
Director of Photography: T.C. Worley
Edited by: Matthew Kroese
Assistant Camera: Jonathan Chapman
Assistant Camera: Matthew Jensen
Location Sound: John Fontana
Sound Design: Kent Militzer
Colorist: Sue Lakso
Music: Doomtree
Cast: Royal Antler, Tony Franklin, T.C. Worley, Jonathan Chapman / JCP and Doomtree Records
Tags: Bikes, bicycle, race, racing, adventure, Almanzo and minnesota
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barelyregalrecords.com/2013/01/07/welcome-to-the-family-theo/
Cast: V//4//L
This witty and original film is about the open spaces of cities and why some of them work for people while others don't. Beginning at New York's Seagram Plaza, one of the most used open areas in the city, the film proceeds to analyze why this space is so popular and how other urban oases, both in New York and elsewhere, measure up. Based on direct observation of what people actually do, the film presents a remarkably engaging and informative tour of the urban landscape and looks at how it can be made more hospitable to those who live in it.
Running time: 58 min, Year released: 1988
Reviews:
"A complete delight...flows with humor, verve, insight and pleasure...An excellent analysis of major factors of urban design."
--AFVA Evaluations
A film by William H. Whyte
Produced by The Municipal Art Society of New York
Cast: Robin van Emden
Tags:
Project by Daniel Franke & Cedric Kiefer
produced by:
onformative.com
chopchop.cc
music:
The Naked and Famous - "The Sun"
thenakedandfamous.com/
The basic idea of the project is built upon the consideration of creating
a moving sculpture from the recorded motion data of a real person. For
our work we asked a dancer to visualize a musical piece (Kreukeltape by
Machinenfabriek) as closely as possible by movements of her body. She was
recorded by three depth cameras (Kinect), in which the intersection of the
images was later put together to a three-dimensional volume (3d point cloud),
so we were able to use the collected data throughout the further process.
The three-dimensional image allowed us a completely free handling of the
digital camera, without limitations of the perspective. The camera also reacts
to the sound and supports the physical imitation of the musical piece by the
performer. She moves to a noise field, where a simple modification of the
random seed can consistently create new versions of the video, each offering
a different composition of the recorded performance. The multi-dimensionality
of the sound sculpture is already contained in every movement of the dancer,
as the camera footage allows any imaginable perspective.
The body – constant and indefinite at the same time – “bursts” the space
already with its mere physicality, creating a first distinction between the self
and its environment. Only the body movements create a reference to the
otherwise invisible space, much like the dots bounce on the ground to give it
a physical dimension. Thus, the sound-dance constellation in the video does
not only simulate a purely virtual space. The complex dynamics of the body
movements is also strongly self-referential. With the complex quasi-static,
inconsistent forms the body is “painting”, a new reality space emerges whose
simulated aesthetics goes far beyond numerical codes.
Similar to painting, a single point appears to be still very abstract, but the
more points are connected to each other, the more complex and concrete
the image seems. The more perfect and complex the “alternative worlds” we
project (Vilém Flusser) and the closer together their point elements, the more
tangible they become. A digital body, consisting of 22 000 points, thus seems
so real that it comes to life again.
nominated for the for the MuVi Award:
kurzfilmtage.de/en/competitions/muvi-award/selection.html
see video in full quallity:
daniel-franke.com/unnamed_soundsculpture.mov
Cast: Daniel Franke, onformative and Laura Keil
Tags: cedric kiefer, daniel franke, onformative wearechopchop, chopchop, sculpture, soundsculpture and laura keil
Project by Daniel Franke & Cedric Kiefer
produced by:
onformative.com
chopchop.cc
Documentation:
vimeo.com/38505448
Music: Machinefabriek "Kreukeltape"
machinefabriek.nu/
Text: Sandra Moskova
The basic idea of the project is built upon the consideration of creating
a moving sculpture from the recorded motion data of a real person. For
our work we asked a dancer to visualize a musical piece (Kreukeltape by
Machinenfabriek) as closely as possible by movements of her body. She was
recorded by three depth cameras (Kinect), in which the intersection of the
images was later put together to a three-dimensional volume (3d point cloud),
so we were able to use the collected data throughout the further process.
The three-dimensional image allowed us a completely free handling of the
digital camera, without limitations of the perspective. The camera also reacts
to the sound and supports the physical imitation of the musical piece by the
performer. She moves to a noise field, where a simple modification of the
random seed can consistently create new versions of the video, each offering
a different composition of the recorded performance. The multi-dimensionality
of the sound sculpture is already contained in every movement of the dancer,
as the camera footage allows any imaginable perspective.
The body – constant and indefinite at the same time – “bursts†the space
already with its mere physicality, creating a first distinction between the self
and its environment. Only the body movements create a reference to the
otherwise invisible space, much like the dots bounce on the ground to give it
a physical dimension. Thus, the sound-dance constellation in the video does
not only simulate a purely virtual space. The complex dynamics of the body
movements is also strongly self-referential. With the complex quasi-static,
inconsistent forms the body is “paintingâ€, a new reality space emerges whose
simulated aesthetics goes far beyond numerical codes.
Similar to painting, a single point appears to be still very abstract, but the
more points are connected to each other, the more complex and concrete
the image seems. The more perfect and complex the “alternative worlds†we
project (Vilém Flusser) and the closer together their point elements, the more
tangible they become. A digital body, consisting of 22 000 points, thus seems
so real that it comes to life again.
nominated for the for the MuVi Award:
kurzfilmtage.de/en/competitions/muvi-award/selection.html
see video in full quallity:
daniel-franke.com/unnamed_soundsculpture.mov
HQ Stills
flickr.com/photos/37752604@N05/sets/72157629203600952/
Cast: Daniel Franke, onformative and Laura Keil
Tags: cedric kiefer, daniel franke, onformative, wearechopchop, chopchop, sculpture, soundsculpture, laura keil, unnamed soundsculpture, unnamed, machinefabriek and Sandra Moskova
Iceland in wintertime is beautiful. We go there in March, when there is still a lot of snow and ice, and when Iceland slowly starts to defrost. It is also the best time to see the Northern Lights.
This video is a tour impression. Want to join us to Iceland and improve your photography skills at the same time? Check out our website: squiver.com for more details and booking info.
Cast: Squiver
Tags: Squiver, Marsel van oosten, photo tour, photo workshop, workshop, Iceland, IJsland, fotoreis, fotoreizen, photographic tour, photographic workshop, winter, Daniella Sibing, photo tours, glacier, Jokulsarlon, waterfall and ice
Filmed at BLABMini5 as part of a series of Self Made events held at the Bench store, Manchester, Ruth Watson takes us through her inspiration.
twitter.com/Ruth_Watson_
weareraw.co.uk
Filmed at:
bench.co.uk/blog/self-made
Filmed by:
capture1.co.uk
Cast: BLAB
Tags:
Jamie N Commons - The Preacher (Luv Luv Luv)
CAST
Lady: Zoe Grisedale
Preachers: Ric Truman and Cyril Cottrell
Directors: James Willis and Ben Murray
Producer: David Stafford-Clark
Production Company: Bullion
Director of Photography: Jack Whilding Newman
Camera Operator: Rory Mathieson
Art Director: Jade Gough
Editor: Anna Meller
Grader: Alex Berry
Assistant: Lucy Aitken
bullionproductions.com
jamiencommons.com
Cast: Bullion
Tags:
Actually starring:
Daniel Scheinert
& Dan Kwan
And this video is like a sequel: vimeo.com/8109927
danieldaniel.us
Cast: Daniel Scheinert and dunkwun
Tags: comedy, sketch, after effects, swingers, vince vaughn, jon favreau, wait, no, this is a different, 'swingers... and Canon 5d
Directed by Tomas Mankovsky
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Cast/ Performers (in order of appearance)
Old Man - Keith Francis
Flame Man - Adam Speers
Ice Man - Phil Zimmerman
Producer - Patrick Craig
Casting Director - Sophie North
Editor - Julian Tranquille
Post Production Supervisor - Justin Brukman
1st AD - Chris Kelly
1st AD - Ben Fogg
Production Manager - Adam Shaw
Director Of Photography - Adam Frisch
Focus Puller - Jeremy Fusco
Phantom Technician - John Hadfield
Camera Assistant - Roland Philip
7D Camera Assistant - Chris Nunn
Gaffer - Tony Miller
Spark - Jim Okeffe
Spark - Chris Georgeous
Spark - Jason Fletcher
Genny Op - Kevin Cooli
Genny Op - Lee Parfit
Art Director - Arthur De Borman
Art Director - Sam Ludgate
Special Effects - Artem
Special Effects Supervisor - Simon Tayler
Special Effects Technicians - Toby Stewart
Special Effects Technicians - Jonathan Bickerdike
Special Effects Technicians - Matt Loader
Hair & Make Up - Izzy Broad
Stylist - Tess Loe
Stylist Assistant - Daisy Babbington
Fire Cover - 1st Defense
Medical Cover - Location Medical
Animals - A-Z Animals - Gerry Cott
Photography - Marcus Palmqvist
Photography Assistant - Belinda Foord
Production Assistant - Rob Leonard
Runner - Sophia Marks
Runner - Lola Marks
Runner - Anna Fogg
Special Thanks To
Cut and Run
Take 2 Films
MPC
Green Door Films
Panalux
Black Country Parks
San Remo Café
Commissioned by Diesel:U:Music
Cast: Blink
Tags: Dancing Pigeons, Ritalin, Tomas Mankovsky, Blink, Music Video, flamethrower and fire extinguisher
Mugabe "Villain Or Hero" Trailer. The film explores the relationship between African leaders and the West, in the fight for African minerals.
Cast: undertheradar
Tags: Mugabe Villain Or Hero, Trailer, mugabe, under the radar and African minerals
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oceanician's favorites on Flickr. (36)
Flytipper posted a photo:
First real attempt at tilt shift. Taken from the Emirates Airline above the Thames.
Shambles! posted a photo:
A quick test with wire wool shot with @roanmanionimages this week will definitely be getting out there creating some shapes soon
moonjazz posted a photo:
Looking down is sometimes the best way when hiking the beaches of California's
Central Coast. This lovely collection of stones was at the Montana de Oro State Park.
A treasure of rocks, so pretty, I left them just the way I found them.
phill.d posted a photo:
A most unusual place indeed.
Part of A rather potty place set of photos.
flight404 posted a photo:
Image from a project created for my conference talk at Eyeo 2012. A writeup will be available on RobertHodgin.com shortly.
MadLabUK posted a photo:
Imran and Slawomir were winners of Best Solution for an Identified Problem
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The Three Gossips greet the new day and a beautiful sunrise in Arches National Park.
Camera Nikon D800
Exposure 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture f/16.0
Focal Length 14 mm
ISO Speed 400
Exposure Bias -2/3 EV
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Doctor Syntax posted a photo:
... a railway viaduct near Whalley in Lancashire, built in the mid-19th century.
Only about half of the 48 arches can be seen in this picture.
Left click to view on black.
Eric Fischer posted a photo:
Including a never-built Van Ness ramp for the Central Freeway.
From An Introductory Plan for the Civic Center, June, 1953.
Eric Fischer posted a photo:
From An Introductory Plan for the Civic Center, June, 1953.
Lune Rambler posted a photo:
I have shown this cottage so often, with a backdrop of Fleetwith Pike and Haystacks. I thought I would show it from a different angle, looking down the lake.
Image slightly cropped on the left.
Taken by Buttermere, Newlands, Borrowdale, Lake District National Park.
samscam posted a photo:
My great aunt Dora who sadly passed away on 5th November 2012 was clearly right up-to-the-minute with technology. We found this immaculate ZX81 in her study, complete with 16k Memopak, manuals, a magazine full of exciting programs to type in and run and even the styrofoam.
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You can follow me also on Getty | 500 px | Deviant Art
Mont Blanc (French) or Monte Bianco (Italian), meaning "White Mountain", is the highest mountain in the Alps, Western Europe and the European Union. It rises 4,810.45 m (15,782 ft)[2] above sea level and is ranked 11th in the world in topographic prominence. It is also sometimes known as La Dame blanche (French for "the White Lady") or Il Bianco (Italian for "the White One").
The mountain lies between the regions of Aosta Valley, Italy, and Haute-Savoie, France and the location of the summit is on the watershed line between the valleys of Ferret and Veny in Italy and the Arve Valley in France.
The two most famous towns near Mont Blanc are Courmayeur in Aosta Valley, Italy, and Chamonix in Haute-Savoie, France—the site of the first Winter Olympics. A cable car ascends and crosses the mountain from Courmayeur to Chamonix.
Begun in 1957 and completed in 1965, the 11.6 km (7¼ mi) Mont Blanc Tunnel runs beneath the mountain between these two countries and is one of the major trans-Alpine transport routes.
The Mont Blanc massif is popular for mountaineering, hiking, skiing and snowboarding.
The summit of Mont Blanc is a thick, perennial ice and snow dome whose thickness varies, so no exact and permanent summit elevation can be determined. But accurate measurements have been made. For a long time its official elevation was 4,807 m (15,771 ft). Then in 2002, the IGN and expert surveyors, with the aid of GPS technology, measured it to be 4,810.40 m (15,782 ft 2 in).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Blanc
The Aiguille du Midi (3,842 m) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps.
The cable car to the summit, the Téléphérique de l'Aiguille du Midi, was built in 1955 and held the title of the world's highest cable car for about two decades. It still holds the record as the highest vertical ascent cable car in the world, from 1,035 m to 3,842 m. There are two sections: from Chamonix to Plan de l'Aiguille at 2,317 m and then directly, without any support pillar, to the upper station at 3,777 m (the building contains an elevator to the summit). The span of the second section is 2,867 m measured directly, but only 2,500 m measured horizontally. It thus still is the second longest span width, measured directly.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiguille_du_Midi a
