Joel Sartore’s Rare: Portraits of America’s Endangered Species. previously
There’s some really ripe imagery in here. Downloading for later.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
WHO ALL SEEN A LEPRECHAUN SAY YEAAAA
Best St Patty’s tradition ever. Where the gold at?
MFA in Cinematography - Kickstarter
I made a Kickstarter for my thesis because I honestly have no idea how I’m going to afford to finish. My thesis involves shooting 5 films in various mediums, some of which I’ve talked about on this blog. Each film I’ve shot so far has been averaging anywhere between $7,000-$12,000. I’ve been managing this so far by not sleeping (at all), doing an ungodly amount of freelancing, and support from my parents. I’m working on my last two films, and they are the two most expensive ones in the series (one is on 35mm).
So here’s the dealio, if you can afford to donate, I would be eternally grateful. Any amount helps, even if it’s just $1. The more you donate, the more perks (original pieces of the workprint, progress videos, a visit from me, etc.) you receive. I have until May 22, 2010 to raise $5,000. If I don’t reach that goal by then, I don’t get anything.
Thanks a lot! Donate (if you can), or spread the word, so maybe some generous passers by can donate to a creative cause.
For samples of my work visit: http://www.vimeo.com/KarenAbadFilms
For more information about this project, visit my Kickstarter page.
Shameless self-promotion. (Sorry) Please spread the word and share or help (if you can). Just think, if all (albeit highly unlikely) of my followers donated $1, I’d have already raised $2,232. <3 Smooches in advance.
Thanks Erika for being the hands in this video. Hee hee.
One of the most creative folks on Vimeo, and that’s saying a LOT. Donate!
(via awkwardstockphotos)
I am not embarrassed to admit that I’ll be having a beer around 3:30 today. I’m Irish and Hoosier, which means I take opportunities to drink in the afternoon as they come.
Free stock footage
I have these bookmarked, and try to remember to visit at least once a week to farm new material. Stock footage is ripe.
Artbeats (free daily clip, HD)
Pond 5 (free weekly clip, HD)
Internet Archive (free clips, questionable quality)
If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me
Straight audio from The Bellamy Brothers hit song, with some minor video spasms.
“This is a Romanian house song. It’s cheesy for the first minute or two but wait until the accordion drops. It’s so good. It makes me want to get aerobic.”
Eastern European dance music is where it’s at. I went to a Bulgarian dance hall a couple weekends ago and it was the smelliest fun I’ve ever had on a dance floor.
Brothers Quay - Dramolet (Stile Nacht I) 1988
Stephen and Timothy Quay conceived and shot Dramolet (1988), the first film in their multipart Still Nacht series, as a two-minute short for an MTV Art Break, after gaining fame for their work on Peter Gabriel’s wondrous “Sledgehammer” music video. The Quays shot the film on patchy, grainy stock, in deep chiaroscuro (to emulate the “gothic” aesthetic of the German expressionist films), with German-language credits opening and closing the piece, and a heavy, dark onslaught of foreboding organ music by Lzydor Hoffman on the soundtrack. Dramolet begins with a cracked and ragged puppet (with no hair and empty sockets for eyes) watching through the window of his cabin as a visual symphony of iron filings unfolds on the ground, the filings dancing around a magnet and eventually clustering atop it. The filings eventually materialize in the puppet’s soup bowl, as he sits at a wooden table with a metal spoon before him, and he studies them dancing and gyrating in his dish. Spoons then briefly emerge, en masse, from the wall behind the puppet, and the utensil on the table doubles, then blurs, and scuttles over several inches toward the puppet’s hand. As the film fades out and then back in for a second, the puppet begins to reach into his bowl. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
WE MAKE VIDEOS:
We are three internet hobos riding the rails of digital refuse, navigating through the brambles, backwoods, and country roads. Adventure! Huddled around this campfire we share stories of our journeys. We make videos from videos, from computers for computers, of the people, by the people, for the people. We can even make stuff for you, if you are into that sort of thing. Reordering reality since 2005.
