"The Ad" VS. "The Making Of" (BATELCO - INFINIY)

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Pulp Fiction! (Miserlou)

Just found this great video uploaded two days ago, and is hitting today (almost) the 100,000 views. This group is called "Trilogy", and are some great violin trio indeed. 

Wikipedia: "Misirlou", from the Greek: Μισιρλού 'Egyptian girl', is a folk song dating back to 1927, originally as a Greek rebetiko composition influenced by Middle Eastern music. The song then gained popularity among Middle Eastern audiences through Arabic (belly dancing), Jewish (klezmer) and Turkish versions.

The song eventually gained worldwide popularity through Dick Dale's 1962 American surf rock version, which was responsible for popularizing the song in Western popular culture. Various versions have since been recorded, including other surf and rock versions by bands such as The Beach Boys and The Ventures as well as international orchestral easy listening (exotica) versions by musicians such as Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman. Dick Dale's surf rock version later gained renewed popularity through its use in the 1994 Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction and again through its sampling in The Black Eyed Peas song "Pump It" (2006).

Enjoy. 

(From "My [Confined] Space": original link)

The valtari mystery film experiment

Sigur Rós gave some filmakers the exact same budget to make videos for their new album "Valtari". What they should do? "Whatever comes into their head" when they listen to the songs from the album. The great idea was (and many of you, readers and fellow filmmakers will agree) to grant fully creative freedom removing the usual "artistic approval". 

How many of us haven't just dreamed about that? The "client" comes with his project (in this case, a video for their music). You are not going to tell them how to write music, am I right? THEY ARE SIGUR RÓS! Well... they are not telling the directors how to do their work either. Absolute Creative Freedom. 

This Valtari mystery film experiment doesn't stop there. They invited any other filmmaker around the world to  make an "official video" that will be voted and selected among all the entries to be part of the series of videos that will be published on the official Sigur Rós webpage. And will receive a modest price of $5000. 

"We never meant our music to come with a pre-programmed emotional response. We don’t want to tell anyone how to feel and what to take from it. With the films, we have literally no idea what the directors are going to come back with. None of them know what the others are doing, so hopefully it could be interesting."

A "mystery" film experiment indeed. You never know what the result will be. 

Here is the official page of the videos: 

http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/valtari/videos/

The page of the invitation "Direct a video for Sigur Rós":

http://sigur-ros.co.uk/valtari/videos/invite/

And the competition details: 

https://apps.facebook.com/talenthouse-app/6187954123/

Sigur Rós - Fjögur píanó

"i really can’t remember why we started this record, i no longer know what 

we were trying to do back then. i do know session after session went pear-

shaped, we lost focus and almost gave up...did give up for a while. but then 

something happened and form started to emerge, and now i can honestly say 

that it’s the only sigur rós record i have listened to for pleasure in my own 

house after we’ve finished it." - georg

Fjögur píanó by Alma Har'el

Taken from the "valtari mystery film experiment" 
More details: www.sigur-ros.co.uk/valtari/videos/

Valtari is available to purchase now: www.sigur-ros.co.uk/valtari/buy/

Alma Har'el - winner of Best Documentary Tribeca Film Festival - www.bombaybeachfilm.com 

El mensaje mexicano que recorrió el mundo (#YoSoy132)

El twitt que prácticamente gesto el movimiento #YoSoy132 en México.

Una producción de CHAPULTEPICTURES para Yahoo México Noticias por John Dickie.

The Marmalade: The beauty of high speed

The Marmalade Creative Effects is a special effects studio in Germany. What captured my attention on this particular video, in addition to the beautiful images, was the use of a "High Speed Motion Control System" they called 'Spike'. You may want to pay special attention to the minute 02:54 of the video. The precision that uses Spike to follow the falling cup of wine to the floor. That opens a new panorama about making special "high speed" shooting. I see that they are using a "Phantom" camera (a really small one) on the 'Spike'. The "Phantom HD Gold". But what makes the SPIKE an amazing tool for filmmakers is the robotic arm that controls the High Speed Movement of the camera. 

>>SPIKE<< IN ACTION: http://www.themarmalade.de/spike

Surely we will be seeing more amazing images on commercial and cinema. 

Official Page: http://www.themarmalade.de/news

The Marmalade: Behind The Scenes

To live and die in Mexico: Webseries Trailer

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GlobalPost Webby Submission 2012 | To live and die in Mexico

"GlobalPost Webby Submitions 2012" has selected 10 documentaries from our International Award Winning Director, John Dickie, as an example of "distinctive video reporting". Congratulations John!


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1) Drug-war paramedics in a city under siege


   
 2) Mexico City: Journalism under fire

   

 

 3) Community Complicity: Who’s to blame for Juarez’s meltdown?

     

 4) Jail block Jesus 

     

 5) Ruthless kidnappings on a migrant train 

     

 6) High times: The push to legalize marijuana in Mexico 

     

 7) Sinaloa: On the frontlines of Mexico’s drug war 

     

 8) Mexico’s oil bandits 

     

 9) Mexico City Vice

     

 10) Mexico City: Gangster Chic

“Gangsters Granny” by Ioan Grillo and John Dickie

A Chapultepictures production for Al Jazeera “Witness” Series

Witness Series - Al Jazeera

The Gangster's Granny (Trailer) / La Abuelita de los Gangsters (Trailer)

(English below)

Estimados compañeros y amigos,

Es un orgullo para nosotros presentar nuestro documental sobre una increíble mujer que ha dedicado su vida a procesos de paz en todo el mundo. Ella es Nelsa Curbelo. Hoy dirige la fundación Ser Paz en Guayaquil, Ecuador, cuya misión es reintegrar jóvenes pandilleros a la sociedad.

El documental forma parte de la serie Witness de Al Jazeera English y se estrena el 8 de Febrero a las 2230 EST. De ahí se vuelve a trasmitir en varias ocasiones y estará disponible en internet esa misma semana.

Aquí les pasamos un pequeño avance.

Saludos,
John Dickie y Ioan Grillo

Dear friends and colleagues,

We are proud to present our documentary about an amazing woman who has dedicated her life to resolving conflicts around the world: the one and only Nelsa Curbelo. Today, she is the director of Ser Paz in Guayaqui, Ecuador, a foundation that works with youth street gangs, helping reintegrate them into society.

The film is part of Al Jazeera English's Witness series and will premiere on February 8th at 2230 EST. It will be rebroadcast several times and will also be available online.

Here is a little trailer

(See the trailer above)

Cheers,

John Dickie and Ioan Grillo

Crazy Driving!

 

You have to totaly love this guy. Andrew Kramer with a great video about compositing. Total control of “car scenes”.

More of this “Crazy” stuf at:
www.videocopilot.net

 

Crazy Driving! from Andrew Kramer on Vimeo.

Shell Shocked!

 

(Another) Great video by Andrew Kramer. How to do this and other amazing stuff at: www.videocopilot.net

Enjoy!

Shell Shocked! from Andrew Kramer on Vimeo.

Una sorpresa inesperada…

Y la sorpresa no fue solamente la que se llevó la novia, si no también la que nos llevamos al publicar el video en YouTube para los amigos… y recibir 76,868 visitas en un lapso de 5 días (a la fecha de la publicación de este artículo). No sabía que teníamos tantos amigos!!

Agradecemos infinitamente el apoyo de Cielito Querido Café, que nos prestó el espacio para la realización de esta propuesta de matrimonio. También a todos los participantes que cada uno aportó su granito de arena para crear este momento tan especial.

Por último (y para los incrédulos) si encuentran errores de continuidad es por que se usó material que se grabó unas hrs antes en el ensayo, cuando Vic se encontraba súper nervioso y no traía el saco puesto. Todos los demás son actores a excepción de los enamorados.

Gracias por ver el video y recomendarlo a sus amigos. ¡¡¡Y felicidades a los novios!!!

One Love (1Love) - Ras Levy

Interprete: Ras Levy
Dirección: Gran OM
Producción: Chapultepictures

Reverdeciendo - Lengualerta

Interprete: Lengualerta
Dirección: Gran OM
Producción: Chapultepictures

Unleash Your Fingers / Libera Tus Dedos

The Art of Finger Tutting, a new kind of dance performed by JayFunk, from LA. Samsung Galaxy SII phone. Great Motion Graphics. Great video.

El arte del “Finger Tutting”, una especie de danza nueva realizada por JayFunk, de Los Ángeles. Teléfono Samsung Galaxy SII. Muy buena animación en Motion Graphics. Gran vídeo.