We’re all familiar with the concept of time seemingly moving faster when we’re having fun, and dragging when we’re bored. Professor Philip Zimbardo explains in this artfully presented video that it’s a lot more precise than that. Past-oriented vs. present or future-oriented personalities differ across many landscapes, and factors like religion, geography and culture greatly influence how individuals experience time.
It takes a few hours queue to get into Polish pavilion at EXPO 2010 in Shanghai. One of its attractions is 3D stereo Animated History of Poland prepared Platige Image animators, directed by Tomek Bagiński. It is one of a few productions done by Platige Image for EXPO exhibition. We present 30 second trailer of the film. Soon, full version of the film will be available for fans of our work worldwide.
No video cameras were used in the production of this video. It was created entirely from over 15,000 still photographs on a Canon EOS 400D DSLR, shot on location in the Wicklow mountains, February 2010. Directed by Souljacker www.souljacker.ie www.myspace.com/theambienceaffair
This animation was commissioned by Warner Bros. as part of the bonus features on their 'Ocean's 13' DVD release. Concept and animation by Wes Ball and Justin Barber, with work in After Effects and Lightwave 3D.
Animation directed for the Dutch pavilion (Happy Street) at the Shanghai World Expo.
Happy Street is a complete street in the shape of an eight, a lucky number to the Chinese, and stands out in particular because of its striking, playful, and very open design. Körmeling developed an ideal city in a roller coaster construction.
Role: design/direction 3D design/animation: Tim van der Wiel Sounddesign: Matthias Kiewiet
The city district Amsterdam Osdorp recently merged with Slotervaart and Geuzenveld-Slotermeer and was given the name Amsterdam Nieuw-West. This change also meant the end of 20 years of restructuring urbanized areas. To celebrate everything achieved, a book was published. ‘The Metamorphosis of Osdorp’ gives an overview of the architectural highlights. PlusOne was asked to create an intriguing video.
Aardman Animations’ two new shorts Fly by Alan Short and Blind Date by Nigel Davies are two self-funded short films meant to showcase their directors .
TV meets web. Web meets TV. Learn more at www.google.com/tv. Produced by Epipheo Studios.
With $70 billion in advertisements placed on television each year, Google can easily turn a profit from getting into the TV business. Google has been meeting with many electronic and retail CEO’s to work out their newest creation. Google TV shows great promise if it is as wondrous as some their other ideas.
The time has come for players to carve their name in history. One touch, tackle or free kick could crush a nation's hopes or cause them to build a statue in your honour. Drogba, Rooney and Ronaldo are ready to Write The Future.
Write yours at http://www.nikefootball.com
Although this film has only been bouncing around for about 24 hours, it’s already been garnering claims of one of the most epic spots of all time. This World Cup Anthem features Drogba, Cannavaro, Ribery, Rooney, Walcott and Christiano Ronaldo who even cameos in a SImpsons episode within the spot. Who else to bring it to you but Nike and the folks at W+K Amsterdam who brought in the heavy hitting leadership of Alejandro G. Iñarritu (Amores Perros, 21 Grams and Babel) to direct.
Since the birth of the swoosh, Nike has always been about the big and simple idea. As they’ve evolved, the executions may have become more elaborate, but the ideas have remained universal and pure. This spot is no exception. W+K Amsterdam examines the phenomenon of single moments changing the world. In sports, these moments literally resonate through the hearts, eyes and minds of millions in a single moment.
Credits:
Agency: Wieden + Kennedy, Amsterdam Client: Nike Creative Director: Mark Bernath Creative Director: Eric Quennoy Copywriter: Stuart Harkness Art Director: Stuart Harkness Copywriter: Freddie Powell Art Director: Freddie Powell Producer: Elissa Singstock Producer: Olivier Klonhammer Executive Creative Director: Jeff Kling Head of Broadcast: Erik Verheijen
Production Company: Mokkumercials – Amsterdam, Independent Films – London Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Stuart Harkness, Pablo Casacuberto Executive Producer: Jani Guest, Richard Packer Line Producer: Arttu Sesselaar, Elissa Singstock, Olivier Klonhammer Director of Photography: Jeroen van der Poel
Editorial Company: Work Post London Editor: Charlie Moreton Post Executive Producer: Jane Dilworth
VFX Company: The Mill VFX 3D Artist: Neil Davies, Tom Busel VFX 2D Artist: Neil Davies, Tom Busel Telecine Artist: Seamus O’Kane VFX Executive Producer: Stephen Venning VFX Producer: Matt Williams VFX Producer: Allison Cain
Sound Designer: Phaze UK, Grand Central Studios Mix Company: Grand Central Studios Mixer: Raja Seghal
A short film by SMART Technologies showcasing the magic of their touch screen interactive whiteboards. Visithttp://www.smartloveoflearning.com/
A short film by SMART Technologies showcasing the magic of their touch screen interactive whiteboards. It is the launch brand film for SMART Technologies' first ever consumer-facing global campaign, 'The Love of Learning.'
The campaign includes a brand film, campaign film, microsite, and Facebook site that all promote one question: Who do you think is the best teacher in the world? Canada and the US are live now with 6 other languages following in the coming weeks.
A piece that tells people about a great place to work, and reminds Herman Miller employees they've already found one.
Animation: Karin Fong with Imaginary Forces Music/Mix: Comma/Particle in Chicago
Herman Miller, Inc., based in Zeeland, Michigan, is an American manufacturer of office furniture and equipment. In 2008 they were named 'Most Admired' company in the world as well as one of the 100 best companies to work for.
This is a video infographic they did for recruitment. It's a piece that tells people about a great place to work, and reminds Herman Miller employees they've already found one.
zZz is playing: Grip, is the first video of Roel Wouters aka Xelor. it's a one take, top shot music video with trampoline gymnasts simulating typical video effects. The video has been recorded live, as part of the opening 'Nederclips' at the Stedelijk museum 's-Hertogenbosch SM'S (curated by Bart Rutten).
The project was commissioned by the TAX-videoclipfonds. The important criteria were that the audience at the opening would be able to witness the whole shoot, and that the videoclip would be added to the exhibition immediately after the shoot. This meant we had no option to reshoot or edit if something went wrong. This made the whole crew so focussed that we performed even better than any of us could have imagined.
Cast Drums: Bjorn Ottenheim Keyboard: Daan Schinkel Trampoline Gymnasts: Sven Mooij, Kirsten Boersma, Renaud Victor Timeline: Isabel Penisga Gray Men: Jurriaan van Nimwegen, Patric van den Dorpel
Crew Director: Roel Wouters a.k.a. Xelor Producer: Ivo de Jongh, Jack Kuiper Executive Producer: Vargo Bawits Choreography: Sabine Linz Camera: Sal Kroonenberg Grip: Jorrit Haas Gaffer: Daan de Boer Best Boy: David Hoekstra Production Design: Alexander Six Costume Design: Niki Mens First A.D.: Ari Hemelaar Make Up: Cecilia Kuhnen Grading: Jack Kuiper Assistant Xelor: Veerle Arts Production Assisant: Hugo van der Meer, Rachel Janssen, Barbara sikking, Sietse van den Broek
Like the proud parents of a new-born child, we present you with the labor of love that is the video for When I Am King by Dutch indie rocker Tim Knol. The video was painstakingly put together by hotshot superbot Sverre Fredriksen who soldered ten tons (or thereabouts) of timber to create the images, and stop motion to animate them – averaging five hours of work per second shown. The clip was produced by our hot sister, YellowSubmarine, and we took the opp to create a ‘making of’ video, which you can see on 2Pause.com (our homage to the art of music vids) along with this video and many many more.
Credits: Director: Sverre Fredriksen (svrrmasjon.net) Assistent director: Mireille de Koning Assistants drawing/pyrography: Gözde Kırcıoğlu, Sylvie Flamand, Mustafa Kandaz, Tom van der Heiden Additional audio intro/outtro: Bram Meindersma
Production co.: Yellow Submarine (yellowsubmarine.nl) Producer: Ellen Hoffmann Production manager: Olivia van Leeuwen, Anne Bareman Production assistent: Marah Haan
Technical assistants: Maurice van der Bij, Per Sveinung Larsen, Tom van der Heiden, Zoltan Korai.
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.
Are you easily entertained by flashing lights and shiny objects? Well, then, good news! You’ll like this trippy display of computer graphics which, Google Translate suggests, is a promotional video for a French telecommunications company. It’s called “ENVISION: Step into the Sensory Box.”
You probably had to enter it somewhere on a website already; a CAPTCHA code.
A random string of awkwardly placed numbers and characters, to be recognized and entered to verify you really are human. Architect Aram Bartholl (DE) places CAPTCHA codes as tags in the public space. Their strange art of writing makes sure the codes blend in the street view unnoticed.
German artist Aram Bartholl often juxtaposes online life with real life, as seen in his giant Google Maps indicators and actualization of World of Warcraft avatars. One of his recent projects is to place CAPTCHAs — the images of letters and numbers used to prevent computers from creating accounts with online services — in public spaces. Bertholl places them next to graffiti tags because graffiti, like CAPTCHAs, are codes that can only be read by certain people. The project is called “Are You Human?”
We were asked to do three TV idents for Verizon Broadband in the USA. After pitching our ideas and being awarded the job, we learned that we were supposed to do nothing else than make another version of “The Zoo”. Coincidentally, we had invented a few more, new transformation techniques. We produced the “Music” ident ourselves, the other two (“Games” and “Movies”) were produced at The Mill, London.
Agency: McGarry Bowen, New York Length: 10s Sound Design: Massive Attack; promo version: Michael Fakesch
2D Intro Animation for award-winning Indie Game “Airborn”
CREDITS: Direction, Animation & Artwork - JULIUS BROCKELMANN lufthoheit.com Storyboard, Artwork - JOHANNES FIGLHUBER jastorama.net Artwork - SIMON KOPP simonkopp.de Artwork - STEPHAN STÖLTING stephanart.com Original Music - IAN DORSCH willowtreeaudio.com Sound Design - AUDIONERVE audionerve.de
Follow up to the award winning 'Blokes'. A mixture of hand rotoscoped and 3D elements created in Photoshop, Cinema 4D, After Effects & the odd scrap of paper.
A bit about the poem from Mat Lloyd:
"I wrote the poem on a canvas with a marker pen the morning after I was attacked.
The night before I was in my local park on the opening day of the skate park I'd helped get built, it was nearly midnight. We'd organised a DJ to play the day out in a marquee and I just popped out to take a leak. In my drunken state I was stumbling to find a bush when I heard, and felt, a sort of 'boink' sound. I knew I'd been hit on the back of the head, and I knew it wasn't with a fist. I don't remember much else other than being back at the marquee with a bleeding head.
I was very lucky as a number of my friends and other revelers had spotted me being kicked on the floor and ran over to drag me out. For that I am very grateful.
Living near London, the poem has never been retired and still appears in my performance sets. With youth violence seemingly growing year on year, the poem is as relevant now as it was when I wrote it. People blame hip hop culture, movies, video games, parents, the education system, unemployment, the list goes on. I don't have the answer.
The saddest thing about "2 Inches to the Right" is all to often, someone from the crowd comes to speak to me after I leave the stage and tells me of their friend who died in a similar situation. The poem gives them hope that some may listen, and think twice." - Mat Lloyd
If anyone has any additional platforms this could be broadcast from to reach more people and hopefully make them think twice get in touch mattfrodsham@gmail.com
The video for “Follow Me Down” by UNKLE with guest vocals by Sleepy Sun. The video features super model Liberty Ross and was directed by Warren du Preez & Nick Thornton Jones. The video is an extension of the artwork from "Where Did The Night Fall".
"Rabbit in Your Headlight" UNKLE by Jonathan Glazer
AJIQ by Soulgrafix is a great stop-motion and animation piece that was made to inform people of the poor work conditions independent journalists have in Quebec.
Made with over 500 folded sheets of paper and 2 photo shoots, this viral video is made to inform people of the poor work conditions independant journalists have in Quebec.
1. Layout created in Indesign, 2. Shoot and integration of the "evil hands" (the black and white ones) 3. Import footage and layout in After Effects 4. Export 550 frames from After Effects 5. Printed and folded 550 sheets of paper in a newspaper format 6. Final stop motion photo shoot
Created and Directed by Soulgrafix D.O.P: Dan Popa Music: Nookaad
Ubisoft uncovers the next chapter of the Assassin's Creed video game franchise titled Brotherhood.
Name: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Release date: To Be Announced Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 Publisher(s): Ubisoft Developer(s): Ubisoft Montreal
See the claw and many other weapons culled fro the Brotherhood's mysterious website.
Assassins Creed Lineage Full Length Movie [HD] Developed by Ubisoft's Hybride Technologies, the visual effects studio behind 300 and Sin City, Assassin's Creed: Lineage combines live action and computer generated imagery (CGI) to explore the events that happen just before the Assassin's Creed II game starts. The short films revolve around Ezio's father, Giovanni Auditore da Firenze, and give insight on the game's back story and universe.
The short films will whet the appetite of game players and fans of this type of cinematography in advance of the in-store release of the video game on November 17, 2009. Assassin's Creed: Lineage will also introduce some of the characters that players will meet in the game: both foes and friends of the family, like Lorenzo de Medici, the Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic during the Italian Renaissance period.
Assassin's Creed - Lineage (Película completa)
Tras la muerte del duque de Milán, el Asesino Giovanni Auditore recibe el encargo de investigar el crimen. Su misión es descubrir a los responsables y las razones del brutal asesinato. Pero las respuestas que encuentra implican a las familias más poderosas de Italia y desvelan una conexión con el propio Vaticano. Al acercarse más y más a la verdad, Giovanni se convierte en uno de los objetivos del complot. Debe sacar a la luz los nombres de los conspiradores antes de que él mismo se una a la lista de víctimas Esta es la historia que precede a Assassins Creed II.
Episodio 1: 1476, Florencia. Giovanni Auditore, un Asesino, intenta descubrir una conspiración contra uno de los aliados de Lorenzo de Medici para el que trabaja. La investigación le llevará hasta Milán, donde intentará evitar que ocurra lo peor.
Episodio 2: Al perseguir a los asesinos de Sforza, Giovanni llega a Venecia, donde intercepta una carta codificada de los conspiradores. Decodificar este documento para desvelar los nombres de quienes han orquestado la conspiración será de vital importancia.
Episodio 3: Incapaz de descifrar el contenido de la carta, Giovanni decide llevarla a Roma para desenmascarar a los líderes de la conspiración, pero allí descubre que ésta es más grande y más peligrosa de lo que había pensado
Circus Knie is a Swiss circus founded in 1803 by the Knie family and has existed in its present form since 1919 when it changed from an open arena to a covered tent. Today the circus is an enterprise with about 200 employees, operated by Frédy and Franco Knie in partnership with insurance company Swiss Life.
This timelapse tiltshift movie shows how the Circus Knie tent was put up on April 29, 2010, in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland.
This timelapse tiltshift movie shows how the Circus Knie tent was put up on April 29, 2010 from 07:00 to 09:00 in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland.
Produced by ESPN in conjunction with Wieden + Kennedy and directed by cinematographer Lance Acord (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Lost in Translation), “Power of Ten” celebrates the honor and burden that comes with wearing the most sacred jersey number in soccer (set to U2’s “Out of Control”).
This is the third spot released in ESPN’s “One Game Changes Everything” campaign, which consists of a total of five spots. The spots focus on the passion, traditions, rivalries and glory that are unique to the World Cup.
“Robben Island,” debuted on April 7 and focuses on the historic impact of the 2010 World Cup being held in South Africa, followed by the debut of “United” on April 21, which conveys the passion for the FIFA World Cup that unites disparate cultures (set to U2’s “Magnificent”).
Credits: AD AGENCY: Wieden + Kennedy NY DIRECTOR: Lance Acord AD CAMPAIGN: One Game Changes Everything WHERE AIRING: Across the ABC/ESPN family of networks
'Street Fighter-Legacy' a Streetlight Films production, co-directed by Joey Ansah and Owen Trevor, produced by Jacqueline Quella and stars Jon Foo as Ryu and Christian Howard as Ken.
'StreetFighter-Legacy' a liveaction short film fan project, based on the popular Capcom gaming franchise: Street Fighter. Officially endorsed by Capcom
StreetFighter Legacy has been a labour of love and passion project for its creator, Joey Ansah, who not only conceived and pitched the project, but also co-directed, co-wrote and choreographed it, alongside cameo'ing in the film. Collaborating, creative partner and long time friend Christian Howard was part of the project from day one, co-writing the script and story elements, as well as further down the line, storyboarding the film, being assistant fight choreographer and most importantly playing Ken Masters.
Streetlight repped Australian Director Owen Trevor came onboard to co-direct the film. His experience and style carried forward from shooting on 3 series of the acclaimed 'Top Gear' have really been an asset to the project and given it a strong visual flair.
Promotional Photography by Theo Chalmers : www.theochalmers.com
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The National Film Board of Canada, in association with the Cannes Short Film Corner, welcomes you to the 6th NFB Online contest. Vote for your favorite short film.
Director: Andreas Hykade Length: 7'05 Origin: Germany
"And I'm still carrying the gift you gave, it's a part of me now, it's been cherished and saved, it'll be with me unto the grave and then unto eternity." (Bob Dylan)
Andreas Hykade was born in 1968 in Altoetting. From 1988-1990 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, followed by studies at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Film Academy from 1992-1995. Since 1992 he has been working as a freelance filmmaker and since 2000 as a professor of Animation at the School of Arts and Design Kassel. His films include: The King is Dead (1990), We Lived in Grass (1995), Ring of Fire (2000), Tom & the Slice of Bread with Strawberry Jam & Honey(series, since 2003), The Runt (2006), The Bunjes (2007), and Love & Theft (2010) among others.
Un inspirador Cortometraje ganador del concurso anual de cortos que organiza www.thedoorpost.com con un mensaje de esperanza, de motivacion, de reto. Me hizo llorar la primera vez que lo vi. The Butterfly Circus Director: Joshua Weigel Executive Producer: Nathan Elliott Executive Producer: Jon and Esther Phelps Executive Producer: Bob Yerkes Associate Producer: Natalie Burkholder
Project Name: Brizo Faucets "License to Dream" Length: :30, :15
Client: Brizo
Advertising Agency: Young & Laramore City/State: Indianapolis, IN Creative Director: Carolyn Hadlock Associate Creative Director: Trevor Williams Art Director: Uriaha Foust Writer: Scott King
Production Company: Brand New School City/State: Bicoastal, USA Creative Director: Jonathan Notaro Art Director: Mario Sader Executive Producer: Danny Rosenbloom Head of Production: Devin Brook Creative Director: Jonathan Notaro Designer: Ricardo Villavicencio, Teri Chung 2D Animation: Tim Regan, Ghazia Jalal, Stieg Retlin Rotoscoping: Sergei Martirosov Compositing: Tim Regan Editing: Matt Torti Producer: Jen Glabus Director of Interactive: Justin Bakse Interaction Designer: Greg Schomburg Production: Rachel Morris
Music Track: "Little Bird" from Goldfrapp
Audio: Earshot Audio Post City/State: Indianapolis, IN
In a destroyed world, the only glimpse of hope is the memory of a forgotten past. But be careful not to let your dreams control your mind...This is Replay an amazing animated short film.
These speed tests were filmed at actual web page rendering times. If you're interested in the technical details, read on!
Equipment used:
- Computer: MacBook Pro laptop with Windows installed - Monitor - 24" Asus: We had to replace the standard fluorescent backlight with very large tungsten fixtures to funnel in more light to capture the screen. In addition, we flipped the monitor 180 degrees to eliminate a shadow from the driver board and set the system preferences on the computer to rotate 180 degrees. No special software was used in this process. - 15Mbps Internet connection. - Camera: Phantom v640 High Speed Camera at 1920 x 1080, films up to 2700 fps
"Why does allrecipes.com in the potato gun sequence appear at once, and not the text first and images second? And why does it appear to render from bottom of the screen to the top?"
Chrome sends the rendered page to the video card buffer all at once, which is why allrecipes.com appears at once, and not with the text first and images second. Chrome actually paints the page from top to bottom, but to eliminate a shadow from the driver board, we had to flip the monitor upside down and set the system preferences in Windows to rotate everything 180 degrees, resulting in the page appearing to render from bottom to top.
"Why does the top one third of the page appear first on the weather.com page load?"
Sometimes only half the buffer gets filled before the video card sends its buffer over to the LCD panel. This is because Chrome on Windows uses GDI to draw, which does not do v-sync.
"The screen wipes are so smooth - how was that achieved?"
The screen wipes up in a gradated wipe because LCD pixels take around 10ms to flip and gradually change color.
A terminator t600 was sent by Microsoft to attack Apple retail store in Beijing, but poor t600 used up all his energy on the way to China...... Is he able to accomplish the mission?
Creative Director: Hernán La Greca; Creation: Eduardo Bragança e Daniel Xavier; Executive Producer: Luis Carlos Reis
Production Company: Animatório Direction: Animatório CG Supervisor: Paulo Pinho Producer: Ana Mendonça
Photography Director: Will Etchebehere Rigging: Richard Maegaki, Rogerio Miyagi, Daniel Ho Tracking: Henrique de Freitas Animation: Alexandre Martins Render: Paulo Pinho Composition: Paulo Pinho, Paulo Ferreira, Guilherme Ferreirinha Audio: Soap Box (Atlanta)
Stardust was tapped by ad agency Team Detroit to launch the new Ford 2011 Mustang with a drool-worthy cinematic spot for TV and cinema. The commercial highlights the Mustang’s speed, bold lines and fuel efficiency through sexy camera work, motion type and an authentic aesthetic. The :30 version aired Wed., April 28th during American Idol on FOX, while the :60 premiered in cinemas on April 30th.
PRODUCTION CREDITS: Client: Ford Mustang Title: _PG Length: 60-seconds Airdate: 4/28 TV; 4/30 cinemas
Agency: Team Detroit, Inc. EVP, Chief Creative Officer: Toby Barlow EVP, Group Creative Director: Eric McClellan Creatives: Adam Hull, Nick Flora, Ron Schlessinger, Arty Tan Producer: Bob Rashid
Production Company: Stardust / Santa Monica, CA Director: Jake Banks Executive Producer: Paul Abatemarco Head of Production: Josh Libitsky Line Producer: Paul Ure Director of Photography: Max Malkin
Design & Animation Company: Stardust / Santa Monica, CA Post / Editorial Producer: Alex More Designers: Neil Tsai, Gretchen Nash, Bill Bak, Ling Feng, Juliette Park, Angela Ko Compositors: Alan Latteri, Chris Howard Animators: Jason Lowe, Giancarlo Rondani, Joseph Andrade, Kevin Ta, James Yi
Type/Element shoot: Stokes-Kohne Associates Inc.
Editorial Company: Cut + Run Editor: Frank Effron Post / Editorial Producer: Alex More
Telecine: New Hat Colorist: Beau Leon
Music Search Company: Agoraphone Music Supervisor: Dawn Sutter-Madell & Jasmine Flott Song: Band of Skulls "Light Of The Morning"
Sound Design & Mix: 740 Sound Design Executive Producer: Scott Ganary Sound Designer : Andrew Tracy Sound Designer : Eddie Kim Mixer : Mike Franklin
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