Then try to become a noun. This video is entertaining and educational. I certainly hope I’m objectified, too. “Check out my sweet, new D’Emilio!” or “I think I’ll wear a D’Emilio today.” That sounds a little creepy, actually. Ok, that’s probably not gonna happen. Do you want to become an eponym?
It’s been a lot of fun posting videos here for the month of September. Can’t believe it’s over already! Thanks again to the HSA crew for inviting me on board. Cheers!
Soundlapse…like a timelapse, but with sound?
When writing this post, I was stumped as the what to call this style of video. It’s not a mashup or a remix since it’s composed of original recordings to an original tune. And it not really a collage, stopmotion, or timelapse. I suppose one could categorize it as found sound since the audio is taken from every day life, but the topic is so focused that I’ve concluded that soundlapse really is the best terminology.
Regardless of what you call this type of video, it’s clearly awesome. The sounds of the multi-line desk phones and janky old elevator really embody the chaos of working in an open office in New York City.
Our love of My Drunk Kitchen’s Hannah Hart is well-documented. What’s also probably not as well-documented (but should be readily apparent by now) is our undying love of puns. However, had you told us that Hannah’s next move as a rising youtube star is would be to complete one-half of a puntastic song called “Show Me Where Ya Noms At,” we would have been…skeptical.
The good news is that there’s nothing to be skeptical of here – song and the video are both well-done, remarkably cute, surprisingly catchy, and actually laugh-out-loud funny at times. Songs To Wear Pants To provides the other half of the rhythm and rhyme, but what really stands out is how impressive Hannah’s vocal prowess actually is across a rather broad swath of musical styles. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself singing it to yourself later today.
Ole Salomonsen’s timelapse video of the Northern Lights shot in and around Tromsø, Norway. Ole recently won first runner up in the Royal Observatory Greenwich 2011 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. There are three great shorts about three astrophotographers from the competition here, each worth your view:
…you should check out the first episode of RCVR, which kicks off what promises to be a compelling sci-fi thriller. A sci-fi thriller that takes place in the 60s! I dig it. I also dig the fact that Machinima.com is throwing its huge distribution network behind this series; the original web content space needs more shows like this.
Here’s a poetic little chalk animation that I think captures the mood of today’s autumnal equinox. The video was directed by Lucinda Schreiber and Yanni Kronenberg for the song “Autumn Story” by the Australian band, Firekites. I especially like the part where a man’s teardrops turn into his beard. Happy Fall!
Wonderfully hypnotic and stunning to witness, this music video for Rendezvous ’The Murph’ is “a fairytale version of our history as a species.” The animation merges science and technology into the story of how life evolved, painting a brilliantly techno-colored picture of how small and fortunate we “evolved humans” really are.
Continuing our (apparent) Time Travel Makes Everything Better theme this week, I present one of the mainstays of the genre: Back To The Future. Kind of.
I dunno, call me nostalgic, but there’s something so charmingly compelling about this video. It’s simple in concept: Take the skateboard scene from Back To The Future, remove the audio, and substitute your own. In practice though, it involves replacing the effects, the dialogue, and yes, even the music. In this case, Matt Mulholland is well familiar with the rigors of mimicking all manner of auditory necessities (see his redub of The Matrix’s famous lobby scene for just one example) and what you end up with is something that’s refreshing in both its familiarity and its uniqueness.
Or maybe I’m just a sucker for all things mashup, lipdub, acapella, or BTTF.
Graphic designer Joseph Maruca made an unofficial music video for Jay-Z and Kanye West’s song “Niggas in Paris”. It consists entirely of text and simple design elements but the use of pace and color give it an energy that it hard to turn away from.
Oh yeah, if you’re watching at work or school it’s Rated M for lanugage.
It seems like time travel is everywhere these days, and while no one knows if it will still be a popular narrative device in the future (except for real time travelers, of course), what I do know is that it adds a certain something extra to even something as generic and boring as a Chinese commercial for 7-Up. There are some high-quality laughs packed into this spot.
