Short Video: Sumo Lake (Dir: Greg Holfeld) ndlela August 24, 2011 General Happy Wednesday! Today's short film - Sumo Lake is an animated retelling of the "Swan Lake" story . . . with sumo wrestlers. It is beautiful in its simplicity and it is equally impressive that it was done the old fashioned way of animation: paper and pencil. At 3 minutes, director, Greg Holfeld does a great job of re-imagining the story so beautifully.
Video Tutorial: Prime Lenses (Vimeo Video School) ndlela August 23, 2011 Web Videos Here is a great introductory tutorial from Vimeo Video School. Now some of you might ask, "why bother learning about prime lenses when I have a zoom on my video camera?" That is a great question. You gott... Read More...
Short Video: Mac ‘n’ Cheese ndlela August 22, 2011 General Happy Monday! Today's short film - Mac 'n' Cheese - is by 4 student filmmakers - Tom Hankins, Gijs van Kooten, Guido Puijk, Roy Nieterau - from the Utrecht School of Arts in the Netherlands. I have been work... Read More...
Short Video: Nuit Blanche (dir: Arev Manoukian) ndlela August 19, 2011 Web Videos Happy Friday! This award winning short film by Spy Films has been around for a couple of years now and I am still amazed every time I watch it. This is basically an extended moment between two strangers. ... Read More...
Short Video: Terence McKenna – Reclaim Your Mind (Dir: Olivier Ferland) ndlela August 18, 2011 Web Videos Had to share this video that I love by Olivier Ferland based on a Terence McKenna speech. The main thrust of it is stop consuming culture and create your own . . . now. Terence McKenna - Reclaim your mind f... Read More...
Short Video: In The Fall (Dir: Steve Cutts) ndlela August 15, 2011 General Happy Monday! Here is a great short film by Steve Cutts. Why a cute film about a man falling to his death as the Monday video? Just a reminder not to be this dude in the latter years of the film he watches. Hap... Read More...
LiveWP TV (Episode 5) ndlela July 20, 2011 My Videos Here is the 5th episode of LiveWP TV. You will notice that these shows are out of sequence here. That is because we had to get out Episode 6 quickly because it had time sensitive info (WordCamp 2011) that we n... Read More...
LiveWP TV (Episode 6) ndlela July 18, 2011 My Videos 1 This is episode 6 of LiveWP TV. The shows are out of order because we had to get this one out because it was time senstitive with WordCamp Boston coming up so quickly. I just finished episode 5 this weekend an... Read More...
Short Video: Watermelon Carving (Dir: Vid Nikolic) ndlela July 12, 2011 General Here is a short video by Vid Nikolic to keep you cool on this hot summer day (in North America). Vid's skills with fruit and vegetables are amazing. Enjoy! Stay cool! Watermelon carving from Vid Nikolic on... Read More...
Matt Cutts: Try something new for 30 days (TED Talks) ndlela July 1, 2011 Web Videos I like this TED Talk by Matt Cutts. It is short and sweet. He gets extra points for mentioning NaNoWriM. Happy July! ... Read More...
Video Friday – The Making of Futurama ndlela June 24, 2011 Web Videos Here is a great video that shows the Futurama workflow. Very interesting. I always figured the animation happened first. That would explain why it flows so well. Enjoy! Futurama... Read More...