Long exposure shenanigans by photographer Darren ‘Darius Twin’ Pearson – an animation composed of 1,012 light painted, long exposure photographs all drawn by hand.
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A curious short by Zohar Dvir in which (and for reasons best known to himself):
…a Grizzly bear, Jesus Christ and Elvis Presley find utopias in an unsatisfying life.
MIDTOYSOMMAR
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An unsettling mashup by Nelson Carvajal of the trailer for ‘Toy Story 4’ and narration from the trailer for Ari Aster’s folk horror ‘Midsommar’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qaJ1_ChJUM
Visual engineer Steve Giralt explains how he uses robotic camera rigs to create unusual (usually food related) scenes for commercials.
More behind the scenes wizardry here.
The Chocolate Hills of Bohol – one of the most scenic and unusual places in the Philippines – presented in tinyvision as part of filmmaker Joerg Daiber’s tilt-shift series, LittleBigWorld.
Bloomers
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The symbiotic relationship between nectar-harvesting insects and blooming flowers, explored in sumptuous high definition by filmmaker and colour artist Thomas Blanchard.
The insects were shot in 8K resolution and the blooming flowers are made up of over 5,000 high-definition photographs so full screen for best effect.
An excerpt from the famous ‘Pale Blue Dot’ speech given by the late American cosmologist and astrophysicist Carl Sagan, animated as a tribute by Vishal Varghese. To wit:
Carl Sagan, the astronomer of the people strived to untangle the subtle complexities of modern physics and present them to the everyday audience. He believed that in a world where knowledge was available freely to every person seeking it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGjt291COa0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok9Mh4s8APw
A recording of the great Freddie Mercury in 1986 (part of the musical ‘Time’) stripped back to piano and spine-tingling vocal by musician and producer Dave Clark.
Breathing, walking, being interested in things, experiencing fear: all unconscious and automatic things, and therefore – strictly speaking – not you, sez exurb1a. To wit:
Consciousness is a bit like poop. It’s a mysterious internal process, and if you talk about it at parties you’ll stop getting invited to parties.
Fair enough.
Previously: You Will Never Do Anything Remarkable (Probably)
An award winning stop motion short by Québécois animator Patrick Tremblé featuring two animators workng in shifts to make a short of their own – the repetitive mundanity of their routine finally morphing into a psychological meta-thriller.