If you’re a nerd, you will find this really interesting. If you’re not, then you will just watch in amusement and wonder what the hell is going on. It’s a very creative approach to the principles of animation. By spinning the frames of the animation at a constant speed through a turntable, and then using [...]

I found this great stroll down memory lane, courtesy of New York Mag:
The Most Memorable Advertisements Madison Avenue Ever Sold
It’s a great list of what New York ad executives regard as the most memorable advertisements. Most of them are video, and a handful of print ads are included. The article has links to watch all [...]

House Of Flying Daggers
Year: 2004
Director: Yimou Zhang
IMDB
I am a huge fan of the Wuxia films, and I think Zhang does them best. He is an incredibly talented director, and really excels at beating you over the head with visual themes and composition. In this regard he is probably only surpassed by Hitchcock in my [...]

Yesterday I started a post critiquing the Dig music video contest. That post is required reading to this one.
Lets get started where we left off!
Video 3:
Director/Editor: Matt Ryan
DEPV: $150 (I’m guessing the actors aren’t paid.)
Wide screen is always classy. But besides that, this is a well executed video. Surprisingly, I really like the way [...]

Last week while I was trying to find information on the video for the song Drive, I came across the fact that at the beginning of this year, Incubus held a contest for the video to their song Dig. They gave out excellent multi-camera green screen footage of the band performing the song and let [...]

Title: Red Bull Rough Cuts 2007.
Editor: E. Ferrer
This is my entry for the Red Bull Rough Cuts 2007 contest. I made it two years ago, and I’ve learned a lot since then, but looking back at it now, I still think it’s excellent. The rhythm and flow of the whole thing is very good. In [...]