Two inventors (looking suspiciously and inexplicably like Walt and Jesse) attempt a daring escape from a dystopic city in this 2013 Supinfocom graduation film by Luis Betancourt, Benjamin Vedrenne, Joseph Coury, Michel Durin and Charly Nzekwu.
Category Archives: Video
Step Outside
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Bulut Şahin’s deftly edited buck leppin’ travelogue of Turkish freerunners Team Acro.
Song: Step Out by José González
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afUPJOg7uRk
Mario and Fafa break down the litigious similarity between this song and this song.
Sparked
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A short film by Cirque de Soleil (in collaboration with ETH Zurich, and Verity Studios) featuring an eerie dance with ten computer-controlled quadrotors.
Cinefix present seven behind the scenes facts about David Fincher’s 1999 classic that you may not know.
Or may well know but were never allowed to talk about.
Space Time
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http://vimeo.com/106800693
A cavalcade of special effect shots from the science documentary series Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey by international VFX company BUF. Directed by producer and Star Trek supremo Brannon Braga.
A daily greeting at Modisa Wildlife Project in Botswana between conservationist Valentin Gruener and Sirga – a lioness he rescued as an orphaned cub.
If mawkish thoughts of Christian the lion, inevitably engendered by this video are making you feel uncomfortable, here’s something a little more sobering.
Teh Plumage
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Cosmic
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A TED-Ed animation voiced by University of Hawaii Physics prof Veronica Bindi who explains how cosmic rays may help us understand the Universe. To wit:
We only know 4% of what the universe is made up of. Can we also know what lies beyond our galaxy … and if there are undiscovered forms of matter? Luckily, we have space messengers — cosmic rays — that bring us physical data from parts of the cosmos beyond our reach.
Repurposing an opportunistic theft into a nifty promo, Cillian de Burca writes:
Conradh na Gaeilge have started our evening Irish classes again this week, and had a large banner made up earlier this month to advertise them. Our CCTV had some interesting footage this morning though – these lads must have been keen to get in touch and register…