40 Days of Dating - Experiments in Dating and Digital Storytelling

The dating life in New York City can grow tiresome and wearing. Two good friends with opposite relationship problems found themselves single at the same time. Tim is afraid of commitment, often dating many girls at once, and he’s losing sight of what a healthy relationship means. Jessica is a hopeless romantic, jumping into relationships too quickly, always looking to find “the one.” It’s been said that it takes 40 days to change a bad habit. In an attempt to explore and hopefully overcome their fears and inadequacies, Tim and Jessica will go through the motions of a relationship for the next 40 days: the commitment, time, companionship, joys and frustrations. Can they help each other, or will they fall into their same habits? Will they damage their friendship? What if they fall in love? Follow the story day-by-day, launching July 10th at fortydaysofdating.com

A beautifully crafted 40-day story told by two designer friends who decided to try dating each other. 

It is fascinating, excruciating, beautiful, moving, interesting, instructive. 

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Haircut in Reverse - Stop-Motion

Tom gets his facial hair drawn on via a magic pen. 300 printed pages to create the effect. Watch the behind the scenes. http://goo.gl/w9rYrR Directed by Peter Simon Starring Tom Offer-Westort Haircut and Hand Model by Abby Simon Music by Paul Otteson // http://paulotteson.bandcamp.com/ Lyrics Wooly Willy catch a clam or two for me I've been a-driftin and a-dallying on the sea Call me a shipwrecked failure that can't afford but one luxury.. Trim the sails and play a paddled pitch melody Cuttle with cuttlefish, muddle with muddy fish, soft and sweet Oh god, my head it is a wailing from the days that I've been sailing Wooly Willy, travel so gallantly

I am trying to get my head around the planning and steps needed to pull this off this well...  

 

oh, awesome... the Behind the Scenes video is below... 

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Video Timelapse of Ballpoint Barber.

Crossing the Alps by Microdrone

This summer microdrones' md4-1000 achieved something no other quadcopter had previously done. The unmanned aerial system, which was equipped with the latest GPS technology from u-blox and an HD camera from Sony, conquered the Alps by crossing the Saint-Gotthard Pass connecting Switzerland and Italy.

"Microdone'  sounds ominous. These sights are gorgeous. Such is my ambivalence to technology.

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Original Pronunciation of Shakespeare - A Short Documentary

Free learning from The Open University http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/history-the-arts/culture/english-language --- An introduction by David and Ben Crystal to the 'Original Pronunciation' production of Shakespeare and what they reveal about the history of the English language. --- Study ' Shakespeare: text and performance' at the Open University: http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/course/u214.htm ---

Linguist David Crystal and his son, actor Ben Crystal explain the differences between English pronunciation now and how it was spoken 400 years ago. 

 

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Paris Apartment turned into a Camera Obscura

CAMERA OBSCURA ‪FILM PROJECT This video is a part of a pinhole movie project based on the principle of the Camera Obscura. An apartment is completely darkened. A hole is made in a window, letting lights from outside coming in. Projections are taking place everywhere inside.‬ ‪Stenop.es is looking for amazing places in order to continue its visual work. Contribute now on ‬www.stenop.es Film made without projector. ●●● STENOPE Cette vidéo fait partie d'un projet de film en sténopé basé sur le principe de la Camera Obscura. Un appartement est complètement obscurcit. Une ouverture est réalisée dans une fenêtre, laissant entrer la lumière du dehors. Des projections prennent alors place sur toutes les surfaces. ‬ ‪Stenop.es est à la recherche de lieux originaux à investir pour continuer son exploration visuelle. Contribuez sur le site www.‬stenop.es Film réalisé sans projecteur. ●●● CAMERA OBSCURA PARIS -> https://vimeo.com/37102493 CAMERA OBSCURA INDIA -> https://vimeo.com/46175179 ●●● Contact us & Follow us: Mail: stenop.esproject@gmail.com ❖Web: http://stenop.es ❖Tumblr: http://www.tumblr.com/follow/pinhole-movie ❖Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/stenop.es ❖Twitter: https://twitter.com/stenop_es ❖Instagr.am : http://instagram.com/stenop_es Film by Romain Alary & Antoine Levi Music by Alexis Venot - VERANDA - Chez The Publishing Special thanks to Pia, Emma, Younès, Greg, Gildas & Alexandre.

We've seen the work of stenop.es before (here: http://5thin.gs/1ethIDc) but are always thrilled to see new videos displaying the simple gorgeous physics of the pinhole camera and the camera obscure.  

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PHOENIX in a La Blogoteque Takeaway Show Shot With a Drone at Versaille

The band Phoenix performs their song 'Entertainment' for La Blogotheque's Take Away Shows. This is the second series of Take Away Shows we're doing with Phoenix. This one has been filmed at dawn in the empty gardens of Le Chateau de Versailles. It was filmed with a drone, in one continuous shot, flying around the band. All music was recorded live. Directed by Colin Solal Cardo Produced by Chryde for la Blogothèque Sound Director : François Clos Sound, mix and mastering by François Clos Henri D'Armancourt Etienne Pozzo JB Aubonnet Production manager : Anousonne Savanchomkeo Thanks to : Thomas, Deck, Christian, Branco, Laurence, Chris, Maureen, Pascal, Sophie, Jeanne, Thomas Jacquet and everybody in Phoenix team The one-take was shot with a GoPro3 Black Edition. http://www.blogotheque.net http://www.wearephoenix.com http://www.chateauversailles.fr/

Shot in one continuous drone shot, and music recorded live, this Concert A Emporter from La Blogoteque is one of my favorites, and certainly being of Phoenix doesn't hurt none, either. 

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The Thought Process for Making Pershing Square a More Active Town Square

Gensler teams around the globe spent the last year re-imagining the concept of a Town Square. This video documents the ideas and efforts of Gensler Los Angeles, who used Pershing Square as a case study for how to re-imagine Town Squares in every community. The LA team developed an inclusive, flexible and progressive process, a process that can be custom tailored to public spaces everywhere. During our year long research project, we challenged our own preconceptions about the role of open space. We used computational methods to devise a neutral and nimble design tool that gives equal weight to the ideas of users, citizens, designers and policy makers alike. Pershing Square lies at the confluence of diverse downtown districts. Because of it’s location Pershing Square has the opportunity to knit those diverse districts together. This key position in the city makes Pershing Square an ideal test case for our methods. Our hope is to ignite discourse on how this important historic space, and all public space, can play a role in bringing the inhabitants of a city together and improving the lives of all who pass through.

A lot of the processes and decisions I see being made in this urban planning video are familiar to me from User Experience. Fascinating and beautiful. 

From the video page: 

"Gensler teams around the globe spent the last year re-imagining the concept of a Town Square. This video documents the ideas and efforts of Gensler Los Angeles, who used Pershing Square as a case study for how to re-imagine Town Squares in every community."

  

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