Thanks to some faulty internet hardware and 70+ hour work weeks, I still haven’t gotten back into the swing of this blog thing yet. I’m working on it though… i assure you. Soon, hopefully, all will return to normal. But until then, here’s one more video clip for you to enjoy:
The music is Chad Kuchula, and the amazing video, combining tilt-shift, time lapse, and animation in a beautiful yet not overly nauseating way is done by Nat Dart. On top of being awesome, the video makes me realize just a bit how much I miss the trees and the water. The southwest desert ain’t bad, but I definitely miss me some evergreens.
Have some furniture you need to promote? Have some spare time? Maybe try doing something along these lines:
Product testing in stop motion is pretty impressive, especially for something as mundane as a coffee table (no offense to furniture designers!). The product is the Armadillo coffee table from Doublebutter out of Denver, CO. Cool stuff. It makes me want a coffee table that needs a bit of “product testing.”
It must be fate. Not that long after recieving a small bottle of 42Below vodka from a friend (which is beautifully designed in it’s own right), I stumble across a few videos comissioned by the New Zealand based vodka company (who has their own fairly interesting and bizarre website worth checking out).
The project, Onedreamrush, sponsored by 42Below, has a tagline of “42 Directors – 42 Seconds – 42 Dreams” and is is pretty much just that – directors getting 42 seconds to translate their dreams and visions into a short film. The website for the project is pretty impressive in it’s own right, but even more impressive are some of the films.
In case you haven’t seen this music video for Sour’s “Hibi No Niero” (tone of everyday) yet, which seems to be popping up everywhere, here it is. Mindblowing orchestration that gives new meaning, new direction, and new possibilities to webcams and social connectivity.
directed by Masashi Kawamura, Hal Kirkland, Magico Nakamura, Masayoshi Nakamura. Amazing. And also pretty stunning to include your existing fanbase in your video.
I really don’t know what this means. or what’s going on. or why I keep watching it. The combination of music, cinematography, and a bizarre cat combines to make something strangely captivating yet equally confusing. And the cat is named Horatio Pyewackett Caractacus Fearns. You can’t really beat that. And in case you were wondering, the track, as per the youtube page, is The Last Stand Of Pucho Vasquez by Merchandise (which I’m really digging).
Every now and again, a video blows my mind. This short film does just that, on many levels. As some of you may know, I’ve always been perssonally fascinated with Synesthesia: a neurological-based phenomenon that is essentially the blending of sensory experiences (i.e. hearing green or tasting a drum beat). The spectrum synesthesia is vast, yet somehow this video by acclaimed music video directors Terri Timely manages to encapsulate a neurological experience into a tangible and beautifully filmed short.
To see the video in higher resolution, go to the short film’s homepage, and for a bit more info on Directing duo Terri Timely, check out this Q & A at Director File. For a bit more on Synesthesia, check out Mixed Signals.
Here’s the blurb on the creation from Smoke & Mirrors, pulled from the unusually informative description on the YouTube page:
Via our recently ramped up 3D department we were able to create, rig, animate and render the entire project in under a month. Smoke & Mirrors filmed the live-action backgrounds in Central Park, then the Manhattan skyline was replaced with the Denver Museum area in post.
Every detail from the ice cracking under the reptile’s tremendous weight, to ice chips flying from its slipping feet were rendered to create a believable, cohesive scene.
Short promo videos can run the gamut from enticing and captivating to downright boring, regardless of what it’s promoting. The level of care and effort directly impact the quality… this one, fortunately, had a good bit of effort and talent behind it:
Check out more of Invader’s stuff here.The solo show opens at the end of this month at the Jonathan Levine Gallery.
It’s been hard to ignore the seemingly never-ending “Never Hide” viral campaign Ray-Ban’s been pushing for some time now. Most recently, they took a cue from other viral spots and attacked the hills of San Francisco with a yarn ball (youtube embedded after the jump incase you don’t feel like clicking through). It’s been a good run, but viral after viral of Ray-Ban fashionistas flipping sunglasses onto eachother and jumping into pants starts to get a bit exhaustive, espeically when it becomes so methodically consistent that it’s instantly recognizable as a Ray-Ban Never Hide viral.
So after checking out Ray-Ban’s youtube channel today, I’m surprised and somewhat elated to see a brand new spot of a different color.
Finally, a flahy, catchy, interesting and vibrant spot that’s not produced with a cell phone camera. Could this be a sign of the times? could we finally be shifting away from the uber-viral? or is it just a different type of viral with a bit more polish? Either way, I’m happy with it’s direction.
As most of you know, I’m a pretty big shoe fan, and am always greatly intrigued when there are some impressively creative ideas that come out of the shoe world… most notably, the Piet Mondrian-inspired Nike Dunk I wrote about a good while back.
Well, this time around, it’s Puma, coming out with a slightly more pop-culture-cultish release. While I love shoes, I may love the Showa-era Japanese monster movies even more (a fact few of my regular readers probably realized). so it is with that tidbit that my extacy over this new release can be understood: The Puma Terror King pack.
Each shoe is inspired by early Japanese monster movies. the shoes include:
The Mecha King, a Puma First Round inspired by Mechagodzilla
The Terror King, a Puma Stepper inspired by King Ghidorah
The Ape King, a Puma Mid, inspired by King Kong (who fought godzilla in ‘62)
The Lizoid King, a Puma First Round inspired by none other than Godzilla himself
A stunning amount of detail went into materials, stitching, and other various details, including printed “skills” and “attributes” under the tongue. Pretty cool homage. check out Kicks on Fire and Sole Collector for more. and of course, More pics, including images of the monsters, after the jump.
Each shoe is inspired by early Japanese monster movies. the shoes include:
