January 2011
10 posts
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paul gutierrez - hurt
Nice cover of NiN’s ‘Hurt’. Beautifully understated. Shot by photographer Jonpaul Douglas.
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grain & gram
I totally LOVE the grain&gram website - “the new gentleman’s journal”. The content they produce is so beautiful.
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3 minutes
Cool little short shot on DSLRs. Loads of great work on the VFX. The reflections on the concrete are brilliant.
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phones of the future
Couple of cool concept phones of the future. The second video is such a pretentious pile of crap though.
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live [nike]
Really cool unofficial promo for Nike by Jim Campbell.
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Rough Cuts & Promos
Spot on!
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filmography 2010
Fantastic edit of some of the best cinematography of 2010. Wish I had the time to make something like this. Labour of love!
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'Rubber' trailer
This look flipping great. Possibly. Could go either way but could be a cult classic!
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Boardwalk Empire VFX
These videos blow my mind. Can’t even imagine how much they must spend on this but the end result is fantastic. Can’t trust anything you see on TV anymore! Brainstorm are awesome.
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the mill showreel 2011
The Mill’s showreel last year totally blew me away and this year’s is even more impressive. An absolute showcase of some of the best VFX talent in the industry today. Spine-tingling!
December 2010
5 posts
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Luck Compilation 2010
Some seriously amazing footage. The boy and the skipping rope is definitely the highlight though!
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Baby, Cat, Ribbon
Laughing baby and cat = winning YouTube combination. I predict a few hundred thousand views in the next week or so! (Currently at 6,000).
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Google Adwords Thanks
Insane customised videos by Google for AdWords customers, celebrating 10 years of the service. There were over a million variations of the same video… that’s a really long render.
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Yogi The Bear Parody
Insane amount of effort in this amazing Yogi The Bear animated parody!
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The Trip & Misfits
Two of my favourite shows have come to an end. Some great comedy on British TV right now. Misfits & The Trip.
October 2010
38 posts
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four lions
Highly recommend this outlandish, tragic comedy from Chris Morris!
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timelapse crane unleashed
Tom Lowe shoots some amazing timelapses (or ‘timescapes’).
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timeslice
Promo for RipCurl.
Promo for The Bill on ITV.
Really liking the ‘bullet time’ effects the guys at Timeslice Films are doing at the moment.
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the procrastinators
I’ve already said said how much I love Lernert & Sander’s work. They’ve made a new series of 11 monologues about procrastination, featuring their trademark minimalist, tension-strewn visuals.
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four lions
Highly recommend this outlandish, tragic comedy from Chris Morris!
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alone in new york
So badly want to go to New York!
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build anything
Cute advert promoting Lego.
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bloody omaha graphics
These guys recreated Omaha beach landing by filming themselves and then doing A LOT of post work for a BBC 2 documentary. This is the (really impressive) making-of.
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the last three minutes
Love this slick short by Pro Chan. It follows a janitor’s last three minutes alive as his life flashes before his eyes.
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banksy simpsons intro
Loved the Banksy intro to the Simpsons - it has spread like across the web like wildefire. Never knew the animation was outsourced to Korea to be coloured in!
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longboard pintails
Nice laid-back skating video with an end-of-summer vibe.
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the johnny cash project
Think I’m late to the party on this one - there’s no embed link but you really have to click through and see this, it’s amazing. Every frame of a Johnny Cash video is digitally traced by fans to create an amazing, slightly crazy tribute.
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chop
Everything looks better at 1000 frames per second. This promo preview for “Best Made’s” designer axes (really!) is no exception.
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katy perry puppet sex
Another great parody from College Humor. Their production values increase with every post.
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conan - explosive cliff drive
Have never watched any Conan O’Brien but he’s done some great promos for his new show. This one was screened in cinemas hence the ‘movie to watch’ line.
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irc dance movement
Super slick edit…
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bringing colour to life
Canon’s creative team went all out for this Pixma Printer advert. Pretty impressive but they could have knocked that up in a couple of hours digitally…
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the powers of ten
Mind blown! Feeling pretty small/huge right now. Reminded me of this…
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limit to your love
Nice cover of Feist by James Blake and nice video by Martin de Thurah.
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dot
Incredible! Officially the smallest stop-motion in the world… Shame it’s for a Nokia ad!
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white winter hymnal
Fantastic fan-made video (official one here) for the Fleet Foxes’ song by John Frank Lyke.
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going west
Incredibly intricate origami stop-motion promo for the New Zealand Book Council by the Anderson M Studio.
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how great leaders inspire action
Very thought-provoking TED talk from Simon Sinek on ‘How Great Leaders Inspire Action’. It’s 18 minutes long but well worth a watch.
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lara vs the savage pack
Painstaking video for Midnight Juggernauts. “Shot frame by frame, then re-shot using over 2000 printed pieces of paper.” Ouch.
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vimeo awards - thrush
Here are the winners of the Vimeo Awards 2010. I hadn’t seen the ‘Best Narrative’ winner, ’Thrush’ by Gabriel Bisset-Smith before - it’s fantastic! Engaging narrative with simple but powerful visuals. Check it out.
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new yorker ipad app
Brilliantly introduced by Jason Schwarzman…
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how ink is made
Not something I ever gave much thought but this is a great short highlighting the craftmanship and skill which goes into creating something we take for granted every day.
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hollerado - americanarama
Creative, 8-bit inspired, low-budget music video.
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difficult
Cool, trippy music video for ‘French/American electro artist’ Uffie. Directed by three French directors (AB/CD/CD) who also did that Axe commercial with the painted girls.
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twin suns of tatooine
The original Star Wars trilogy retold in 2 minutes 40 using paper. Set to the tune of ”Tatooine” by Jeremy Messersmith. Animation by Eric Power. Beautiful!
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peter roe showreel
Peter’s showreel is disgustingly good - no wonder he landed a job at Pixar! Fantastic breakdown of the layers involved towards the end.
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watchlistentell
Was delighted to stumble on this YouTube channel featuring acoustic performances from a host of emerging artists. Check them out on YouTube and follow them on Twitter.
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i still have a soul
Stunning teaser for HBO boxing. A goosebump-inducing montage worthy of Rocky! Fantastically shot and edited.
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virgin atlantic
Great new Bond-style ad from Virgin Atlantic.
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døds or die
Not entirely sure what this is for… (Internal music video for The International Association of Døds?) but I’ve never seen such beautiful belly-flopping.