Closed in 1977, Loew's King Theatre, one of five "Loew's Wonder Theaters", was built on Flatbush Ave in 1929.
This post originally appear April 3, 2011
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/
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."
When I first started Mirror City, I wanted to create a video that was completely out of the norm. I wanted to showcase something unique and artistic, which takes Timelapse photography into a more abstract direction. Mirror City is a visual story through some of the great American cities: Chicago, San Francisco, San Diego, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. These clips were all processed from their original form, into the kaleidoscopic visuals that you see in this video. Many people visit these large cities every day, and all of these places have been shot and filmed, but I wanted to emulate these urban landscapes in a way that nobody has even seen before. I wanted to put man-made geometric shapes, mixed with elements of color and movement to create less of a structured video, and more of a plethora of visual stimulation. The video starts off with simple mirrors and recognizable architecture, as the video progresses, so does the visual stimulation, showing the real abstraction of the piece. I have worked on this piece for an extremely long amount of time. I have spent time mirroring images and videos for the past five years, and I have been working on this specific piece for about four months. I felt it was time to combine Timelapse photography and the simplicity of a kaleidoscope, and create Mirror City. Directed, Filmed & Edited: Michael Shainblum www.shainblumphoto.com/ www.facebook.com/shainblumphoto www.500px.com/Shainblum www.twitter.com/shainblum Music: Bassnectar Track: Bassnectar – Butterfly (ft. Mimi Page) www.bassnectar.net/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/bassnectar/id2900657 Motion Control Gear Sponsors: Emotimo www.emotimo.com/ Dynamic Perception www.dynamicperception.com/ (All clips are available in the original and mirrored format) For licensing & inquires please contact at Shainblumphoto@gmail.com
From the video page:
These clips were all processed from their original form, into the kaleidoscopic visuals that you see in this video. Many people visit these large cities every day, and all of these places have been shot and filmed, but I wanted to emulate these urban landscapes in a way that nobody has even seen before. I wanted to put man-made geometric shapes, mixed with elements of color and movement to create less of a structured video, and more of a plethora of visual stimulation.
This is a cool execution of the timeslice photos from photographer Richard Silver.
Help convince Canon to support High School filmmaking by pressing "LIKE" on this facebook page. It would really make a huge difference in these kids lives: http://facebook.com/nothingbutvictory For updates and more adventures follow me on twitter http://twitter.com/andrewwonder and check out my website http://andrewwonder.com This is a film I made after some adventures underground with Steve Duncan (http://www.undercity.org) last summer. We also have a teaser video which you can watch on my vimeo page (http://vimeo.com/5752275). For more information about the video and our other adventures please contact Andrew Wonder (Director/Cinematographer) at andrewwonder@mac.com. Steve and I just completed another underground expedition with Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling_Kagge). It was featured in a three page article on the front page of the NY Times metro section and was written by Alan Feuer (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/02/nyregion/02underground.html). We were also covered by NPR's Jacki Lyden whose report will be aired on 1/2/11 and posted on NPR's site (http://www.npr.org/2011/01/02/132482428/into-the-tunnels-exploring-the-underside-of-nyc). Shot on a canon 5d mkii with canon 24 f/1.4 (version 1) with the zacuto rapid fire, Zoom H4N and a sennheiser g2 wireless lav. The zacuto was really great at being there when I needed it but also staying out of the way. Please leave a comment below and let me know what you think. Thanks for watching!
The world of the mole people is passed, but there are still amazing things under the city,
July 26th saw a battery of amazing storms roll into NYC. Here are some of the best videos of the day.
Lightning of 2nd Avenue
View from our roof of the New York storm on 7/26/12. Crazy.
Great lightning strike over manhattan filmed from 2nd Avenue in the East Village.
Not for network broadcast but feel free to share and embed*- Severe storms erupted early in the afternoon in western PA/NY and quickly made their way east towards the NYC Metro. Wind damage reports were common in upstate NY and in Pennsylvania but the storms weakened a bit by the time they got to me here in the city.
Great lightning strike over manhattan filmed from Alphabet City in the East Village.
Lightning and thunder over the Hudson River + George Washington Bridge throughout the evening of July 26th as seen from my balcony on Hudson Terrace in Fort Lee, NJ.
NY storm clouds (07-26-2012)
A little promotional video (promoting Coney Island, of course), this is an amusing mashup of New York's landmarks and fun rides. Fun fun.
www.bsfilms.com.ar info@bsfilms.com.ar twitter.com/fer_liv Directed by Fernando Livschitz
