5 - A Stop-motion shot a frame a day for 5 years

The song is Jump Man by Buckethead. I don't think I've ever published this ON an actual Aug. 25th. But this actually works out well. There are so many things I have planned for the final installment. Subscribe for the completion of Jump Man, set for the end of 2013.

With so many everday projects after Noah Kilina's it is astounding to be so surprised by the vision and creativity of this one. ​

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3 - A Timelapse Love Letter to Los Angeles

Music: M83, "Echoes of Mine" off of 'Hurry Up, We're Dreaming.' Available from Mute Records, EMI Music Download the song/album here here: itunes.apple.com/us/album/midnight-city Cinematography, Direction, and Editing by: Colin Rich: https://www.facebook.com/colinrich1 Produced by Pacific Star Productions www.pacstarpro.com A big thanks to Matthews MSE (www.msegrip.com) especially to Bob Kulesh, Tyler & Ed Phillips for their generous support and patience of this lengthy endeavor. Most of the linear motion control shots were captured using their FloatCam DC Slider, a wonderful piece of engineering for the time lapse world. 'Nightfall' is a three minute tour of light through the City of Angels. I shot "Nightfall" in an attempt to capture Los Angeles as it transitioned from day to night. As you probably know, LA is an expansive city so shooting it from many different angles was critical. Usually I was able to capture just one shot per day with a lot of driving, exploring, and scouting in between but the times sitting in traffic or a "sketchy" neighborhood often lead to new adventures and interesting places. Nightfall in particular is my favorite time to shoot time lapse. Capturing the transition from day to night while looking back at the city as the purple shadow of Earth envelopes the eastern skyline and the warm distant twinkling halogen lights spark to life and give the fading sun a run for her money- this will never grow old or boring to me. In this piece, it was important to me for the shots to both capture and accentuate the movement of light through the day and night and the use of multiple motion control techniques allowed me to do so. I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed creating it. An English translation of the lyrics- "It is late. I am looking for my other home, taking an unfamiliar path: a small trail near the factories and the city, cutting through the forest. I can barely see nature when suddenly, night falls. I am engulfed by a world of silence, yet I am not afraid. I fall asleep for a few minutes at the most, and when I wake up, the sun is there and the forest is shining with a bright light. I recognize this forest. It is not an ordinary forest, it is a forest of memories. My memories. The white and noisy river, my adolescence. The tall trees, the men I have loved. The birds in flight, and in the distance, my lost father. My memories aren't memories anymore. They are there, with me, dancing and embracing, singing and smiling at me. I look at my hands. I caress my face, and I am 20 years old. And I love like I have never loved before."

Yeah, LA's beauty is ephemeral. ​

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2 - Handmade Wooden Surfer Handplanes

Danny discusses the evolution of his handplanes and characteristics of the Moon, Pin, and Wing Swallow tail models. Director: Yuji Wantanabe Camera: Jack Halloway Production: John McCambridge and Travis Becker http://store.mollusksurfshop.com/collections/bodysurfing/products/hess-handplane http://hesssurfboards.com/ http://woodshopsf.com/

I haven't seen handplanes in forever, and never as nice as these.​

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4 - Femto-photography - Time Super Hi-Res

For more Info about this project, please visit: http://cameraculture.info/news/ For biographical Info on Ramesh Raskar, One of the Top Innovators under 35, please visit: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/profile-raskar-0929.html A paper "How to see around corners" published in Nature (International Weekly Journal of Science) can be found at http://www.nature.com/news/how-to-see-around-corners-1.10258 Why you should listen to Ramesh Raskar: In 1964 MIT professor Harold Edgerton, pioneer of stop-action photography, famously took a photo of a bullet piercing an apple using exposures as short as a few nanoseconds.

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This TED talk on Femto-photography (1 trillion frames per second) is a real mind-bender. I love having my mind bent. ​

1 - Bill Murray

http://www.eclecticmethod.net Eclectic Method's tribute to one of the hippest dudes of Ever! Here is how to tell if you are at the best party currently happening in America at any given moment: You turn around and there he is, mixing cocktails, cracking jokes, and making everything more awesome!

Bill Murray is the coolest. ​

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5 - Love Sport: Stylish, Funny Sports Animations

The LOVE SPORT series of short films feature well known sports such as: High-Diving, Basketball, Fencing, Weightlifting, Equestrian, Synchronized Swimming, All-In-Wrestling, Sumo, Ski Jumping, Mountaineering, Ping Pong, Paint-Balling, Dog Racing, Dominoes ...and a special film about Big Game Hunting! ~ LOVE SPORT VIMEO PORTFOLIO: vimeopro.com/studioaka/lovesport-game-on See also http://www.studioaka.co.uk/#/work-lovesportgameon ~ Director Grant Orchard Produced by STUDIO AKA

This animation series from Studio AKA is a gem. I can't quite believe I've never seen it before now. ​

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The LOVE SPORT series of short films feature well known sports such as: High-Diving, Basketball, Fencing, Weightlifting, Equestrian, Synchronized Swimming, All-In-Wrestling, Sumo, Ski Jumping, Mountaineering, Ping Pong, Paint-Balling, Dog Racing, Dominoes ...and a special film about Big Game Hunting! ~ LOVE SPORT VIMEO PORTFOLIO: vimeopro.com/studioaka/lovesport-game-on See also http://www.studioaka.co.uk/#/work-lovesportgameon ~ Director Grant Orchard Produced by STUDIO AKA

The LOVE SPORT series of short films feature well known sports such as: High-Diving, Basketball, Fencing, Weightlifting, Equestrian, Synchronized Swimming, All-In-Wrestling, Sumo, Ski Jumping, Mountaineering, Ping Pong, Paint-Balling, Dog Racing, Dominoes ...and a special film about Big Game Hunting! ~ LOVE SPORT VIMEO PORTFOLIO: vimeopro.com/studioaka/lovesport-game-on See also http://www.studioaka.co.uk/#/work-lovesportgameon ~ Director Grant Orchard Produced by STUDIO AKA

The LOVE SPORT series of short films feature well known sports such as: High-Diving, Basketball, Fencing, Weightlifting, Equestrian, Synchronized Swimming, All-In-Wrestling, Sumo, Ski Jumping, Mountaineering, Ping Pong, Paint-Balling, Dog Racing, Dominoes ...and a special film about Big Game Hunting! ~ LOVE SPORT VIMEO PORTFOLIO: vimeopro.com/studioaka/lovesport-game-on See also studioaka.co.uk/#/work-lovesportgameon ~ Director Grant Orchard Produced by STUDIO AKA