The Entrance
I always enjoy Heineken’s TV commercials, the combination of witty scenarios and slick production quality makes for entertaining viewing. With their latest online only campaign, it appears they’re taking this successful formula and applying it to social media. Created by ad agency Wiedon+Kennedy, most known for their brave and innovative work with the Old Spice …View Full Post
Japanese Crystal Ball Performer
Take 5 minutes and 47 seconds out of your day to watch this video. The first paragraph of the description sums it up: This guy was hanging out in Yoyogi park in Harajuku, Tokyo, on a Sunday afternoon. He has clearly practiced a lot! I loved the music he played during his performance. My friends …View Full Post
Webcam Music Video Montage
This is one of those music videos that makes you smile at the ingenuity of humans. As an editor, I cannot begin to imagine the headache this must be, from organising project files to the choreography and manipulation of over 50 concurrent video streams. Shot completely on MacBook Pro webcams, Japanese band Sour shot Hibi …View Full Post
A Thousand Words
Every day: so many opportunities to connect. What if you took just one? A Thousand Words from Ted Chung on Vimeo. Directed by Ted Chung Via Black Notes (The best use of a tumblog I’ve seen for awhile) Comments via the Video Link include, amongst many others: a few scattered tears stream along the inside …View Full Post
The Vida e Caffe viral videos circa 2000
Rui Esteves, co-founder of CSG Portugal and Vida e Caffe, put these classic videos together way back in 2000. Read more about them here and here and watch the embedded videos below. ‘Thank you and goodnight!’ Lesson one: How to greet your barista: Lesson two: How to be ordering for your espresso:
Stop-frame animations: Creative Genius
Stop-frame animation involves shooting an entire video using only a still photograph camera, and then painstakingly selecting a sequence of stills (a few thousand for a few minutes of footage) and ‘playing’ them in quick succession so the end result looks like a twitchy video. Stop-frame animations can be used as an effective viral marketing …View Full Post
