TweetIf you write an article you attribute sources. If you cook your grandmother’s famous deep-fried Mars Bars you give the old girl props. If you forward a link you hat tip the finder. But creatives seem reluctant to indicate where they got their inspiration from. Granted, inspiration is nebulous to
TweetI’m not a fan of reality content in general, if its not trying to force a boring square into an exciting hole, its looking down its nose on the unfortunate uncouth. Trafficking in condescension is akin to sarcasm, which Oscar Wilde designated the lowest form of wit. But Oscar Wilde
TweetNext week at 11am EST on Friday January 28th Life In A Day will stream live, the product of 80000 YouTube videos from 192 countries totaling 4500 hours. The most ambitious crowd-sourced documentary yet undertaken, presenting Earth as it was on July 24, 2010. Weaving stories spanning the world into
TweetLife bounds by us like stampeding mountain goats, fleet of hoof and flared of nostril. Everywhere we look images demand attention. Its no surprise the simplicity of slow motion film has become so intoxicating and such a trend in commercials. I can’t be assed researching the precedent for the present
TweetThis is such an impeccable, beautifully crafted example of stop motion that we simply had to post it. No critiques or pithy comments, just let the work speak for itself. Produced by Londoners Andersen M Studio for Colenso BBDO NZ, “Going West” is some serious portfolio material, exemplifying the artist’s
Tweet Whether you like his music or not, you have to give props to Trent Reznor for his balls, flying in the face of music industry copyright convention and giving labels the finger. In 2008 he privately releases the mammoth Nine Inch Nails album Ghosts with a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share
TweetReal fashion film isn’t just an afterthought, a mere video of a catwalk show or installation, it must stand on its own as a representation of the designer’s vision and inspiration. Some fashion films are triumphs of experimental film, like Luis Bunuel with a HiDef camera. A Shaded View on
TweetPhotography is the principal medium for documenting and expressing fashion. But film is the only medium that portrays the fall, flow and form of garments; the step and gait of shoes; the light, weight and movement of accessories. Encompassing all art forms in an audio visual gestalt, film is able
Tweet40 years ago this month, Desmond Dekker and The Aces introduced the world to Jamaican music with their reggae classic “Israelites”. Catchier than swine flu, “Israelites” is also a profound meditation on the parallels between Jamaican poverty and the starved desert wanderings of the Hebrews chronicled in Exodus from the
TweetI’m finding it difficult to reconcile my conflicted emotions about Neda Agha-Soltan‘s shooting death during the Iran election protests, which was captured on video and went viral on YouTube. As her mouth and nose pours blood from her punctured lung, she looks up to the camera capturing her final moments.
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