I just completed the Sigur Ros video and have uploaded it to my site and on Youtube!! I am excited for it to be done. So far, I've had some positive feedback from people who I have shown it too. Check it out- on Youtube, and of course the higher quality on my site.
Now this is really cool. I think I'll pass on the Tori Amos video for this new competion. I just stumbled upon this a second ago- while browsing Sigur Ros' new mini site for their new DVD/ album that is coming out this month. It's available everywhere except here in the states.
The premise for this contest is that you download all the extra footage from the film and put it together and upload it to Youtube. The judges will be the band, the managers and the editor of the film.
THIS IS AWSOME! As you can tell some of the videos I have on my site are with Sigur Ros songs so this will be great to do. If I were to choose between the Tori Amos and this contest, this one would win hands down.
Hey- it's all about how you spend your free time.
Anyway-the details aren't up yet when the contest starts/ends but you can go ahead and start downloading the footage.
Link
http://www.hvarf-heim.com/contest/index.php?section=instructions
happy editing and downloading.
What a great idea that Tori Amos came up with. She's providing high resolution video clips of her new music video to download from her website. You can download all the clips and make a version of your own and enter it into the contest. Aspiring editors will be able to do what ever they want to it and make it their own. The footage has green screen all over it, so not only can you do some fun edits, you can key the green out and put your own footage, art graphics in it.
Needless to say, this sounds like a fun opportunity. Hopefully I can devote some time to do this... deadline is November 24th. Winners get an I-Pod Touch and tickets to the concert.
http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/ToriAmos/bouncingoffclouds/
happy editing!!
I joined YouTube last year and posted a video for a contest that "The Fray" were holding. Since then I've been featured on the Fray's website and on youtube. It's now at 531,708 views. Needless to say, thanks for everyone viewing the video and sharing it over the internet. Though the video was originally made for a Radiohead song in 2002 (which is available to view on my website) this new version has taken a life of it's own.
So if you haven't seen it, go to Youtube to check it out. And again, thanks for stopping by and checking out my work.
P.S. Yes life has been really busy lately, but I plan to start back up with some new short films soon. Stay tuned.
As you may know, I am a huge Sigur Rós fan. I was lucky enough to see them live in Atlanta in 2005 with my wife. She had never really listen to them before and after the concert she really caught the bug.
It was an emotional and excellent concert. Made me feel young (though i am not really old :)
So, Sigur Rós is releasing a DVD of footage of them and their homeland (Iceland) along with different concerts they performed around their. check out this trailer for it.
http://emichrysalis.co.uk/sigurros/heima/film/heima_trailer.html
Indeed it is. wow-- Apple came out with some cool stuff! New shuffle,Video Ipods, and nanos. Also updated Itunes 7 and a sneak peak at their new content streaming device code name I-TV. man that is going to be awsome.
I was expecting a little more- maybe I have my expectations too high lately, but over all its a good annoucement.
I mean now you can buy movies off of I-tunes and watch it! very cool. They will be a great way for independent film makers to get their content online.
Funny now that Apple is stuck with the I-Tunes name. They did change it to I-Tunes Store from I-tunes music store.
ok- i give you some feed back of itunes 7 when i can download it!
Well you've probably already heard this, but Apple is coming out with some big stuff today. Last week the introduced the 24inch I-Mac (haven't seen it yet) and today they have a special announcement. Well I just checked out I-Tunes and its completly black the the text "It's showtime- The I-tunes store is being updated"
SO here are my predictions:
Full Length Movies
New Wide screen I-Pod
Streaming device from computer to TV so you can watch your downloaded movies
I-Tunes 7.0
I am going to want to spend a lot of money by the end of the day
Burnable Movies
Well- it starts at 1pm est time- and they already took down the music store. Wow. let the fun begin!
life is moving along here! all is well and its hot! boy i am glad the air conditioner is working. There are several movies that are coming out or are already out this summer that I want to see.
Here is one: Scanner Darkly
It's an adaptation of a Philip K. Dick story. Directed by Richard Linklater from his own screenplay, A Scanner Darkly stars Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson and Rory Cochrane.
Scanner Darkly
http://www.apple.com/trailers/warner_independent_pictures/ascannerdarkly/
Today we watch a independent filmed called "Grizzly Man" which is directed by Werner Herzog.
-----The movie relies on choice scenes from more than 100 hours of raw footage shot by Treadwell while he lived among the bears at Katmai National Park and Preserve on the Alaska Peninsula.
Treadwell, 46, and his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard, 37, both of Malibu, Calif., were mauled and eaten in October 2003 by a bear at their campsite, which lay at the confluence of several heavily used bear trails.----
My take on the movie- was that it was put together very well. Tim was a strange character and it shows on the first scene of the movie. i'm surprised at the honesty that is given by him and the director of the movie. Its sad to think that Tim puts all of his life and self worth into these bears- and grows cold of society around him. You wonder why he was putting all of this effort into filming these movies.
I have a lot more thoughts on it- but its getting late.
I am really courious about how he filmed all of the footage. How did he keep his batteries charged? Living out in the wild- ya gotta get power some how. Also he started filming 6 years ago- and i think he was shooting on a serveral different camreas, but the main one was a Sony Vx2000. All of the footage was in 16:9 and it looked really great. Especially on such a big screen. The audio was awsome to and i wonder how they sweetened it up. he had a lapel mic on. i hope someone writes about all of the techincal sides of it too.
anyway- getting late. ta ta
