Woodcut Stop-Motion Movie Made of 800 Frames of Maple

A few frames still remain for purchase here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/166690806/randomly-selected-one-of-a-kind-laser "The New America" is a short animation in which every frame was created by laser engraving its unique artwork onto a solid block of maple. Once complete, the entire sequence of +800 frames was then photographed and assembled into this motion piece. This piece was funded by really kind friends and supporters via Kickstarter. After many unforeseen issues and delays, the entire process took about two years. As seen in the video, each frame is unique. Aside from the design of each frame itself being distinct, small variances that naturally occur in the laser engraving process as well as the different wood grain of each frame naturally created subtle shifts of the position of the artwork. An effect that I was particularly interested in and that could naturally be achieved in digital assembly, but that I was much more excited about re-creating with real objects. The music was carefully crafted by my amazing friends at World Gang - http://music.world-gang.com The abstract storyline showcased in this piece is a concoction of a variety of ideas and can perhaps be described as a union between concepts and experiments born during the Situationist movement and real life events experienced during the last few years in American society. Particularly the duality between the economic downturn and the shift in values and beliefs of many citizens. If you decide to purchase one of these frames, please note that I will randomly select one of them. Please, do not request a particular frame. * The credits at the end are for sale.

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The New American uses 800 individual laser-cut maple blocks as frames in this stop-motion movie by designer Nando Costa .

Costa says:

The abstract storyline showcased in this piece is a concoction of a variety of ideas and can perhaps be described as a union between concepts and experiments born during the Situationist movement and real life events experienced during the last few years in American society. Particularly the duality between the economic downturn and the shift in values and beliefs of many citizens.

Ballet Rehearsal in Timelapse and Slow-Mo

Time lapse of a day in Studio 7 with Boston Ballet. David Gifford and Adrian Dalca used GoPros shooting from two angles at various speeds to create this time-lapse. Music by Audiomachine.

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MIT Professor David Gifford and graduate student Adrian Dalca shot he Boston Ballet practicing for the September show Night of Stars in slow-motion and timelapse. 

Stunning Barcelona Timelapse

A short motion timelapse movie by Alexandr Kravtsov. Barcelona, Spain. August - October, 2013. kravtsov.xdr@gmail.com vk.com/ak806 facebook.com/ak806 Broken camera, lost flash drive, near 100 subway rides, 24 000 photos, endless hours of post production and rendering and 480 gigabytes of material. Music: Uppermost - Revolution uppermostmusic.com/audio/revolution/ Canon 7D, Tokina 11-16, Canon EF 24-105 4L, Canon EF 70-200 2.8L.

I am ambivalent about the music, but beyond that, this is a gorgeous, stylish, crisp and exciting timelapse of the beautiful city of Barcelona from Alexandr Kravtsov.

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Death Defying Riders in India's Well of Death

Mercury music prize nominees Django Django became obsessed by the infamous Indian Well of Death riders in Allahabad. So, naturally, they asked Noisey if we'd be up for travelling over to India and standing right in the middle of large lumps of precariously speeding metal for a day, to film a video for their track "Wor". We happily obliged, getting our shoes stolen in the process, but it was worth it to meet a bunch of guys with the most rock solid testicles we've ever come across. Buy the Album: http://smarturl.it/DjangoDjango Django Django - "Wor" (p) and (c) 2012 Because Music Directed by Jim Demuth, based on an original concept by Vincent Neff. Exec Producer Jane Third Supervising Producer Alex Hoffman Producer Posy Dixon Director Jim Demuth Editor Iain Pettifer Associate Producer Ruchi Bhimani Colourist Chris Rodgers (Splice Post Production) Production Manager Bree Horn Production Coordinator Zoey Roberts Thanks! http://www.djangodjango.co.uk http://www.becausemusic.co.uk Selected for Mountain Film Festival - http://www.mountainfilm.org/film/django-django-wor http://stereogum.com/1296501/the-5-best-videos-of-the-week-74/news/ http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/djano-djangos-video-for-wor-is-a-dangerously-high-speed-treat http://www.spin.com/articles/django-django-wor-video-motorcycles-watch/ https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/66585349 http://www.promonews.tv/news/2013/09/04/django-djangos-wor-video-wins-2013-aim-awards

Riders in Allahabad’s Well of Death put on a dangerous show (for both them and the audience)by driving cars and motorcycles inside a wooden and metal cylinder 25 feet high and 30 feet across. 

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Rumble and Sway - NYC Skies and Skyline in Timelapse

We made a mixtape for her. Shot by Thom and Vin. facebook.com/seventhmovement Music - Jamie N Commons - Rumble And Sway (Monsieur Adi Remix) facebook.com/jamiencommons facebook.com/monsieuradi This video is a mixtape of the 321 different shots we made over the two week period in NYC for the 2013 US Open broadcast on ESPN. One of our consistent gigs the past couple of years has been shooting and editing timelapse for broadcast. Now I'm not talking about live timelapse transmitting or anything impossible like that. We shoot scenics around the city, stylized shots of the stadiums, moving people and whatnot. In terms of this project, we also focused on elements like trophies, racket stringing, hyperlapses through the crowd, stadiums filling up, draw boards going up. Then we render these individual shots, deliver them the next day and feed them into the broadcast unit who in turn uses them to create daily teases, athlete features, and bumpers for the matchups. We give them these clip reels on a silver platter ready to go. As far as gear goes, we shoot on 6 x Canon 5DIII’s and 2 x Red Epics. Might seem like a bit much but with a tight turnaround, there's only so many places we can be at once since there are only two of us. We set those cameras up at different vantage points around the city at secure spots and once those cameras are ripping, we take our motion control rigs out and go have some fun. We shoot with a Kessler Crane CineDrive system and a few Dynamic Perception Stage Zero systems. Our glass selection is pretty specific. For most of the wide shots, we use the Canon 17mm TS-E or the Zeiss 15mm. Those two pieces of glass give you an ultra flat and ultra wide image. The other lens we use all the time is the Canon 8-15mm fisheye lens. We shoot these wide timelapses at 8mm and run them through an application called panolapse to flatten the circular image out and add a pan or tilt. The results are stunning. Other items in our kit include the entire Zeiss kit ( 15, 21, 35, 50, 85, 100 ) and the Canon TS-E kit ( 17, 24, 45, 90 ). For a more detailed glimpse into our process, check out the post over at KesslerU! http://www.kessleru.com/2013/09/working-with-tight-deadlines-a-conversation-with-the-seventh-movement/

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From the video page: 

"This video is a mixtape of the 321 different shots we made over the two week period in NYC for the 2013 US Open broadcast on ESPN."

  

Revisiting: 5 things I learned today Episode 3-1 (from 2011)

1. 100 Greatest Movie Insults http://bit.ly/h7EvPv and The Other 100 Greatest http://bit.ly/f48iRE 2. River surfing in Munich in Winter http://bit.ly/eh0Wai 3. The 100 most beautiful English words http://bit.ly/ehghIs 4. The Hype Machine's 2010 Zeitgeist FTW!! http://bit.ly/idJ8j4 5. Shooting famous places in the reflections of bubbles http://bit.ly/fY0Xiy

Much of 5 things' beginnings centered around my collaboration with the great Stephen McFadden on our weekly wrap-up show. So let's revisit Season 3, from early 2011.  

1. 200 of the Greatest Movie Insults

 

Part 1/2. List of films found here: http://www.pajiba.com/guides/the-100-greatest-movie-insults-of-all-time-the-video.php For the sequel... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHWEZ_IjcSk

Part 2/2 (sequel to 100 Greatest Movie Insults). List of films: http://www.pajiba.com/guides/the-other-100-greatest-movie-insults-of-all-time.php

2 . River Surfing in Munich

5° Celsius, Snowfall: Time to go surfing at Germany´s Hawaii in Munich! Video: Michi Karg - check: www.michikarg.de Song: Mr. Williams Blues by Mc Jack in the Box

3. 100 Most Beautiful Words in English

Some of my favorites: 

Lissome Slender and graceful

Mondegreen A slip of the ear

Panoply A complete set

Riparian By the bank of a stream

See them all »

4. The Hype Machine's Zeitgeist for 2010 

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Included in this (now it seems like a time capsule) are some Zeitgeist Mixes, such as the Knocks one below. 

See the whole project » 

5. Shooting famous places in the reflections of bubbles http://bit.ly/fY0Xiy

Infrared Timelapse of an Empty Philadelphia

This time-lapse was inspired by the “Empty America Series” by Ross Ching and the Nibiran jungle scene in Star Trek Into Darkness. When I first saw the scene in Star Trek, it made me wonder how color infrared would look if we could see it with our own eyes, unaided by IR filters. After seeing the movie and watching Ross’s series I thought about how a totally empty city (such as Philadelphia) would look in Kodak EIR style infrared. Hope you all enjoy and thanks for viewing! Addition Info: All scenes were shot around Philadelphia using my full-spectrum digital camera and a yellow filter. A full spectrum camera is a camera that has had it's IR blocking filter removed, allowing the camera to see into the infrared. The yellow filter blocks all visible light up to yellow and allows infrared to pass through. The first scene and time-lapse title was prompted by an infrared series that I’ve been shooting over the years called “Wonderland”. If you are interested in seeing some of the photos from this series check out the link below: http://www.bruce-wayne-photography.com/p319701911 Music: "To The Hills" composed & performed by “Ben Lukas Boysen”. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/gravity/id659491608 All rights reserved to their respective owners.

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This is eery and beautiful.  

From the video page: 

"This time-lapse was inspired by the “Empty America Series” by Ross Ching and the Nibiran jungle scene in Star Trek Into Darkness. When I first saw the scene in Star Trek, it made me wonder how color infrared would look if we could see it with our own eyes, unaided by IR filters. After seeing the movie and watching Ross’s series I thought about how a totally empty city (such as Philadelphia) would look in Kodak EIR style infrared.

 All scenes were shot around Philadelphia using my full-spectrum digital camera and a yellow filter. A full spectrum camera is a camera that has had it's IR blocking filter removed, allowing the camera to see into the infrared. The yellow filter blocks all visible light up to yellow and allows infrared to pass through."