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Moodstream video-music-photo mashup
The world's largest stock imagery company, Getty Images, released a new mashup that leans on the company's vast stock image and audio assets. The flash app called Moodstream draws on Getty's photo, video, and audio collections to create what the company calls a "powerful brainstorming tool designed to take you in inspiring, unexpected directions." The mashup debuted at the Webby Award Film and Video Awards after party in New York.
Moodstream adjusts its output based on settings users input via sliders that describe their state of mind. Happy to Sad, Humorous to Serious, etc. Users can also control the type of transitions between image assets, the amount of color vs. black and white imagery, and the type of music. The app comes with 6 preset moods as well. Once you've entered your mood settings, the application delivers a steady stream of video clips and still images set to short snippets of music.
If you see a picture or hear some music you like, you can add it to your "moodboard" and get additional information on purchasing it from Getty's library. That's a smart move that ties some brand and product marketing into an otherwise fun mashup.
Rick Webb, of the Barbarian Group, who created Moodstream, calls it a concepting tool. The modern version of the fireplace. An interactive art piece. TV for the future. The world's largest stock imagery company, Getty Images, released a new mashup that leans on the company's vast stock image and audio ... more -
Out of this world summertime hip hop
Music video for Diverse - 'Escape Earth'
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Parkour first-person shooter in the matrix
Impressive trailer for Electronic Arts' new title - Mirrors Edge
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MEGA-MORPH ... new age entertainment
I made many environmentally correct sculptures.. then I wrote music and made it, attatched it to this video I made all of the sculptures.. morphing into one another.
-- I actually recycled a lot of the material from the trash with my own hands.
-- things like cardboard, paint, etc.
Unfortunately, I do not own money.. -- So you can see .. it says the name ABROSOFT on the screen.. becaue they let me borrow their program. It still took me many hours to figure it all out etc.
Then entire project is over 1000 hours of pure work all jammed into less than 4 minutes. From recycling materials.. to making the sculptures.. this is a collection of work that was started 2 years ago. -- Then after that was complete,, I started making the music.. and then working with the technology programs to link it all together.-- So.. each sculpture takes so long to make.. and all..-- it is esaily over 1000 hours of work. *~*It is kewl though.. i don't mind. The new ones won't take as long to do,, now that I have done it once... but still.. there is no way to make the sculptures faster than I already do.- In the begining,, it was like 100 hours plus.. but now.. I am really much faster at it.-- so.. experience is the key.
So thanks to the companies that let me borrow some technology.
-- See when you don't have money.. you have to borrow things..
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sucks.. sometimes.
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but let's not focus on that.
World Peace.. that is the goal.
from:Lucas James Xavier Kolasa I made many environmentally correct sculptures.. then I wrote music and made it, attatched it to this video I made all of the sculptur... more -
Lightwriting
This promo campaign of mine has been up on Current TV for a while now but I thought I'd write a little something about it here.
I wanted to create something innovative with the Current identity and give it a strong UK attitude, flavour and voice. I chose to work with a German visuals group called Lichtfaktor, masters of this striking lightwriting motif, to create what I feel are a memorable series of promos for Current.
Although the technique of Light Writing has been around for a long time, visual artists such as Lichtfaktor have brought it back to life with some dazzling projects. In a world where realistic CGI graphics are commonplace, the results achieved with Light Writing look all the more spectacular and unique because they’re created for real, in-camera. The technique is essentially animating with light, using a stills camera set on a long exposure, and a variety of light sources. It’s something anyone can do, but very few people can do well.
I approached Marcel Panne from Lichtfaktor to lend their expertise in order to create this series of branding promos portraying Current TV’s arrival in the UK. We hit it off immediately (both coming partly from a VJ background), and were quickly able to develop the traditional light trails idea with a unique new light stamp technique, which would give us an accurate rendition of the Current logo.
The rest was just a hell of a lot of late night/early morning shooting, then pain staking animation and editing. They supplied the crucial technique and expertise, and also acted as specialist crew on the shoot. They then composited sequences, which I knocked into shape in terms of animation and edited. The music I eventually chose to work with was from the talented artist Maps (a track called ‘Don’t Fear’), lending an appropriate mood and atmosphere the pieces.
I’m very proud to have worked with the talented Lichtfaktor crew to create this unique series of promos for Current.
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Dem's Day Off
Such great iconic leaders truly belong in a museum
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Generation: 60Hz
The voice of today's youth is heard in this raw display of the thoughts and the pyschological process that take place when they connect to the Internet. Prepare to login and drop-out. The voice of today's youth is heard in this raw display of the thoughts and the pyschological process that take place when they connec... more
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microtakeover
microtakeover is an exploration thru the small vastness of life. An expression and indirect communication that intends to let the viewer experience how ever many levels of size and the causation that space defines.
http://www.Psymbolic.com
© 2008 Psymbolic
Video = Psymbolic (Julee & Troy) are Audio / Visual event engineers that create Live Interactive Visual Environments in which they project evolving expression through their video compositions and the realtime surrounding spectacles. Psymbolic's theme orientated visuals are composed of video modules, in which they have been personally creating and producing by means of animation, compositing and programming since 99. During a live performance they use customized realtime visual software and hardware to synch video loops, camera inputs and effects to the mood of the momentous music.
http://www.Psymbolic.com/visuals
Audio = KiloWatts (James Watts) is a quirky electronic experimenter of whom has released numerous tracks and EPs with various labels. He's also 1/2 of the glitchpop group KiloWatts & Vanek, and 1/2 of the Peruvian Amazon outfit 'Skeetaz' with Bil Bless. All in all, KiloWatts is a complex rhythmic audio editor that creates dynamic and unpredictable moods by interweaving an amalgam of experimental ambience and rich melodic structures.
http://www.Psymbolic.com/kilowatts
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smashupaliciousrandomness, mis ing pi ces, etc
scientolgst LOL cats responz ..an sum otherr stuff girls, dancin cats, party etc.
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Global coastal event
There are many ways of looking at our world and this is one. Linguistics. I made this short video introducing some "highlights" in the coming year. These are excerpts from the notes of George Ure. Since early 2001 a former big software company fellow did a massive SQL databases and came up with the concept of short and long-term values to language use. As these language patterns drift around over time, there may be some useful information about the future.
Visit
www.urbansurvival.com
and
www.halfpasthuman.com
There are many ways of looking at our world and this is one. Linguistics. I made this short video introducing some "highlights" in the... more -
Bubble rings are so cool
A whole site just for the bubble ring fans like you and me.
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Karl Rove Debut on FOX News -checkmate
...while the lesser cable news networks desperately squeeze every drop from the Clinton-Obama narrative, the GOP has already won the '08 general election.
...while the lesser cable news networks desperately squeeze every drop from the Clinton-Obama narrative, the GOP has already won the '... more -
Beautiful hypnotic animation from Prada
This is really visually stunning. You have to go to prada.com and select "Trembled Blossoms."
Go full screen, turn up the volume, and trip out...
http://www.prada.com/ This is really visually stunning. You have to go to prada.com and select "Trembled Blossoms." ... more -
Spike Jonze Slo-mo Pyrotechnic Skate Video
Beautiful.
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No Holiday On Ice!
Laid-back businessman conducting business over his cell-phone in Geneva, Switzerland (quality final product with music, the previous one I uploaded was a "rough sketch", so to speak).
Every winter in Geneva, the municipality installs a small free open-air skating rink for the enjoyment of the population. When I walked past it, I noticed this businessman in a beautiful and very expensive camel-hair coat who was skating all by himself on the rink - I couldn't resist! I call this a "snapvid" (as in "snapshot"), a word I have recently coined. The music is "Drifting Thoughts" (Epping/Newman) from the Current APM Music Library. Laid-back businessman conducting business over his cell-phone in Geneva, Switzerland (quality final product with music, the previous o... more -
Hackers declare war on Church of Scientology
....anonymous group threatens church leadership via youtube.
http://current.com/items/88816406_tom_cruise_scientolog...
this is why i love the internet
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My own Radiohead's "Videotape"
I've edited a video of mine with this song.
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biggest, baddest, longest hockey fight ever !!!!!!!
...sheer bliss. hockey rulz
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