Lightning Played in Super Slo-Mo

Incredible footage of a lightning strike slowed down. One strike of lightning (1 second) turns into 3 minutes of footage. See what few people ever see! Lightning physicist Vladislav Mazur and meteorologist Tom Warner watch a video of a lightning strike that has been slowed down so 1 second of footage is played back as 6 minutes of film.

Lightning happens in under a sec, but when shot at over 11,000 frames per sec, we can see all of the creeping details as it flashes through in over 3 minutes. Stunning.​

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Gorgeous Road Cycling Film Collection

http://www.rapha.cc/assynt "Well, the only way I see this happening is in an extended ride north. When I say that I mean a long, terrible, trying trip…" Wally Maclean, The Idea of North by Glenn Gould, 1967 Director Mark Jenkinson www.markjenkinson.tv Story Ultan Coyle & Max Leonard Cinematography Jose Gomez & Mark Jenkinson Editor Jose Gomez Producer Vicki Banwell Music & Sound Design Mark Adair, MassiveMusic London Story Read by Brendan McDonnell

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Rapha, a maker of cycling gear, has this ever-growing set of films about their Continentals, long, creative rides. This one, set in Scotland is a love poem both to riding and to the land.​

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All of them are quite good. Some of my favorites below are ​Vietnam, Cymru (Wales) and Australia.

http://www.rapha.cc/sapa-vietnam- Produced, Directed and Edited by Jon Moore. http://www.thedeck.tv Filmed by Jon Moore and Andrew Loiterton (ajlphoto.com), who also deserves thanks for the lenses and extra 5Ds! Sound design is by Aaron D'Arcy (riponstudios.com).

http://www.rapha.cc/the-bryan-chapman-memorial The UK Continental’s first journey of 2013 took our riders to Wales to investigate the route of the Bryan Chapman Memorial, a 600km audax and uniquely British type of endurance ride. The event is named after the late Bryan Chapman, an intrepid long-distance cyclist who often rode across Wales and back just to visit his mechanic. Credits Director: Mark Jenkinson - www.tinyurl.com/mark-jenkinson Shot & Edited by: Jose Gomez & Mark Jenkinson Music: Mark Adair Sound Design: Dan Weinberg Colourist: Mick Vincent Production Manager: Blandine Viollet Thanks too: Rogue Films, Tom Farley, The Mill, Chris Batten, Massive Music London, Paul Reynolds

http://www.rapha.cc/the-snowys The latest film from the Rapha Continental Australia was shot in the Snowy Mountains range, home to Mount Kosciuszko, the highest peak in Australia. Set to a haunting score and produced by The Sweetshop, The Snowys contrasts the traditional transport of the Aussie stockman, the horse, with the modern bicycle. Directed by Joel Harmsworth Edited by Michael Lutman (http://www.thebutchery.com.au) Music by Rob Law (http://www.robthelaw.com.au/) Produced by The Sweet Shop (http://www.thesweetshop.tv)

Oscillation Animation

My thesis animation done at School of Visual Arts, class of 2013, Computer Art MFA. Software used: Houdini (animation), Reason (music), Nuke (comp), After Effects (final render), Processing (pre-viz) A full description of the piece along with some still frames can be found at: dbsierra.com

MFA at the School of Visual Arts student Daniel Sierra made this experiment in animation for his thesis. Oscillate aims  “to visualize waveform patterns that evolve from the fundamental sine wave to more complex patterns, creating a mesmerizing audio-visual experience in which sight and sound work in unison.” 

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This Is Water - David Foster Wallace Commencement Speech at Kenyon College in 2005

In 2005, author David Foster Wallace was asked to give the commencement address to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College. However, the resulting speech didn't become widely known until 3 years later, after his tragic death.

In his way, David Foster Wallace cores down to the root of knowledge and knowing by talking about boredom and routine, supermarkets and traffic. His luminous mind, radiating even still. ​​And this is a video made by The Glossary makes it accessible again.

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