How A Hurricane Is Born

Chaos theory is that branch of mathematics which studies the behavior of certain dynamical systems that may be highly sensitive to initial conditions. This sensitivity is referred to as the butterfly effect. The butterfly effect states that small variations of the initial condition of a dynamical system may produce large variations in the long term behavior of the system.

Here's a fascinating look at how a little girl walking in the sand of the African desert could cause a hurricane 4000 miles away in the USA. A video from the BBC show The Science of Superstorms.

Super Mario Bros. as a War Movie (Inglourious Plummers Trailer)

This faux trailer presents Super Mario Bros. as the classic war movie The Inglorious Bastards (or possibly the new Quentin Tarantino remake). It’s called The Inglorious Plumbers and was produced by Nick Murphy.

The thrilling parody of the summer's most talked about movie trailer is finally here!

Filmed and Edited by Nick

Starring in order of appearance:
Dominic
Nikkita
Sean
Paul
Coop
Luke
Zane

Amazing Video of Fire Ants Making a Living Life Boat

A little flood isn’t going to stop a couple thousand of good fire ants in the Amazon jungle. Take a look at this amazing BBC Wildlife video of how fire ants crossed a river by forming a "living" life boat made with their own bodies.

Mumford and Sons - Little Lion Man

The official video for Mumford and Sons' debut single, Little Lion Man.

The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D

I've recently discovered an animation that was rendered using the measured redshift of all 10,000 galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field image.

I've written a short script that leads you through a quick history of both deep field images and this video ends with a fly-through of the Ultra Deep Field.

Every galaxy in the image is in its proper distance as viewed from the telescope line of sight.

As if this image wasn't amazing enough.

In December of 1995, astronomers did a risky experiment with the Hubble Space Telescope. They pointed it to a region in space the size of a speck of dust that is seemingly empty and kept the telescope watching for 10 days.

They could’ve very well ended up with a blank image - but what they saw instead was something completely mindboggling.

Here’s a wonderful clip by Tony Darnell of Deep Astronomy about the Hubble Ultra Deep Field that illustrates just how humblingly small us humans are in the grand scheme of the universe.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - Trailer 1 Subtitulado

Title:The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Director:Terry Gilliam
Screenwriter:Terry Gilliam, Charles McKeown
Starring:Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits, Lily Cole, Andrew Garfield, Verne Troyer, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, Jude Law
Genre:Drama, Fantasy
Rating:PG-13 (for violent images, some sensuality, language and smoking)
Website: http://DoctorParnassus.com

Big Bang Briefly

We made this video about the Big Bang because the theory is important and amazing, but often misunderstood.

This video was produced without any funding from any outside sources. It was put together with donated creative time from a group with a desire to further public cognition of science.

Science has many amazing stories to tell, this is the first. The Big Bang Briefly.

Story Teller: Janna Levin
Director: Keith Olwell and Elizabeth Kiehner
Producer: Keith Olwell and Elizabeth Kiehner
Animation Studio: Thornberg & Forester
Director of Animation: Justin Meredith
Editorial: Proton Studio
DP: Luke Geissbuhler
Music: Copilot
Color: James Long

Touchable Holography

Researchers at the University of Tokyo are creating holograms that can be felt and respond to human touch. They are working to create holographic displays that mimic the sensation of interacting with solid objects.

We will present "Touchable Holography" at SIGGRAPH 2009 Emerging Technologies.

More: http://www.alab.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~siggraph/09/TouchableHolography/SIGGRAPH09-TH.html

Joker's Daughter - "Lucid"

Track:
Lucid
Artist/Band:
Joker's Daughter
Label:
Domino
Description:
Joker's Daughter are Helena Costas and Danger Mouse. Following the recent release of debut album The Last Laugh through Double Six Records in the UK (and Conor Obersts Team Love in the US), Jokers Daughter is set to release Lucid as the stunning second single. The video is directed by Hayley Morris (who recently won Best Animated Short at the Sundance Film Festival).

Apollo 11: Alcanzando la Luna

Graficos y mas informacion en: 40 años en la luna.

Civilization By Marco Brambilla

Link Youtube (HD)

Civilization, a video mural created for the new Standard hotel in New York City, depicts a journey from hell to heaven interpreted through modern film language using computer-enhanced found footage.

This epic video mural contains over 300 individual channels of looped video blended into a multi-layered seamless tableau of interconnecting images that illustrate a contemporary, satirical take on the concepts of Heaven and Hell.

Blip

Blip from Sean Mullen on Vimeo.

See what happens when two aliens try to take over the same world in Blip, a short animation by Sean Mullen and Ben Harper of the Irish School of Animation.

Two aliens try to take over the same planet.A short 3d animated film, produced by Ben Harper and Sean Mullen in our 3rd year at the Irish School of Animation.COPYRIGHT Ben Harper Sean Mullen © 2008

seanmullenartwork.blogspot.com
benmation.blogspot.com

Sour - "日々の音色/Hibi No Neiro"

SOUR / 日々の音色 (Hibi no Neiro) MV from Magico Nakamura on Vimeo.

Track:
日々の音色/Hibi No Neiro
Artist/Band:
Sour (related)
Label:
Neutral Nine Records
Description:
This music video was shot for Sour's 'Hibi no Neiro' (Tone of everyday) from their first mini album 'Water Flavor EP'. The cast were selected from the actual Sour fan base, from many countries around the world. Each person and scene was filmed purely via webcam. Directed by Masashi Kawamura + Hal Kirkland + Magico Nakamura + Masayoshi Nakamura.

Justin Bieber - Baby ft. Ludacris

Music video by "Justin Bieber" performing Baby.

Rhonda: Dibujando en 3D

The hands on the screen belong to James Paterson. He is using "Rhonda", a 3D drawing tool developed by Amit Pitaru circa 2003.

The first half of the video shows James doing a drawing start to finish. In the second part James is cycling through various previous drawings, created between 2004 and 2005.

For the last several years Rhonda has been shown in galleries, museums, festivals and conferences. We are excited to finally release this video online (about time!).

Even more exciting is that our good friends Zach Lieberman (openframeworks) and Zach Gage (synthpond) have just joined the Rhonda Team! With their help we will be creating stable releases of Rhonda for various platforms.

Project page: http://rhondaforever.com

Drop us a line at: hello [at] rhondaforever

Music for this video is "Out On The Weekend" by Neil Young.

Rhonda ©2003-2009

EN el año 2003, Amit Pitaru desarrolló una herramienta para realizar dibujos 3D llamada “Rhonda“. Aquí una demostración por el artista James Paterson

RWE Energy Giant (El gigante bueno de la energía)

60 meters high and about 300 tons. The new mascot of the energy company RWE shows in the latest commercial that size matters.

Un gigante de 60 metros de altura y 300 toneladas, es la nueva mascota de RWE la compañía continental europea que provee de electricidad, luz y agua a 13 regiones. Didáctico y amistoso, con árboles y jardines sobre sus hombros, el gigante de RWE nos muestra con gracia las numerosas alternativas que existen para proveernos de energía.

TO DIE FOR: Graffiti Blanco y Negro

11 hand cut life-sized greyscale layers of the stencil "TO DIE FOR" by BOXI for REMAP KM 2 in Athens with ALPHA DELTA GALLERY. REMAP KM 2 is an event running parallel to the 2nd Athens biennial "HEAVEN". The working process shows filled and dusted layers with spraypaint to obtain 11 shades from white to black with 8 cans.

El video muestra el proceso paso a paso de añadir 11 capas distintas de grises hasta obtener un resultado idéntico al de la fotografía.

Dove - Evolution Commercial (higher quality)

Reginald Pike's Yael Staav takes us from model to billboard in under 60 seconds in this impressive new spot from Dove.

Credits:

Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, Toronto
Co-CCOs: Nancy Vonk & Janet Kestin
ACD/Writer/Art Director: Tim Piper
Production Company: Reginald Pike
Director: Yael Staav
Music: Vapor Music, Toronto.