How do you make a scene in the round interesting to the viewer’s eye when they can only have one point of view at time? I think this film has found the answer.
Not only does this video take something that can be fairly still and turn it into fluid motion, but it takes nudity (which we usually view as taboo) and turn it into something beautiful and natural.
I believe that some of the best things in life are worth waiting for- and the this beautiful video says just that.
I visited Peru about three years ago now and had the privilege of seeing these animals roaming the mountain side, but never a ceremony like this. However, I did see the community spirit that is the Peruvian culture. Each community is very tightly knit and everyone helps with the survival of everyone else. I think that’s what I like about Latin culture- that the community is more than just a group of people living amongst one another, but they are one large family.
Choose your favorite activity, and then think about how much time in an hour you actual work on that activity. How much time do you sit there thinking about what you’re going to do? How much time do you spend hyping yourself up? How much time do you spend daydreaming about something else entirely?
Now if you were a skateboarder, how much time would actually spend on the board:
Skateboarding is a culture that I know little about, but it seems from this short film that perhaps it’s just like any other activity or culture we are in. It revolves around relationships and planning and not really doing anything for the majority of the time that we dedicate to it.
And on a more technical note, I think the editing in this is pretty awesome. Just saying.
Do you remember how in college you end up making up ridiculous games that you found absolutely exhilarating and were the perfect excuse not to write papers or study for tests? You know, like sock wrestling, or hallway jousting or indoor slip ‘n slides that ran the whole length of the boys 3rd floor wing. Wouldn’t it be fun to try those out now, to let some of that stress of every day life feel silly again? I think I’ve found the place that lets you do those things again:
This place looks wild and un-inhibiting. I think the dust would probably bother me, but there’s something about this festival that makes you wonder how do we go from the silliness that we can so easily create at one point and then slip back into the practicality of work and every day life?
This is trailer is something closer to home, figuratively and physically, than the previous videos that I’ve posted this month. This is only a thousand or more miles south of where I live and looks relatively familiar. I like to spend weekend up in the mountains hiking and being away from city life, which is a whole other experience all on its own. Sometimes you only have to go as far as your backyard to experience something new.
I think what I like most about this film is the combination of art and the outdoors. These are two things that I’m passionate about (can you tell?) and I like the blend of the two. It also brings back memories of taking a travel photography class in college while climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro. The scenery was very different, but the idea of documenting your journey on camera and in journals makes the experience very different from a day hike. You notice more about your surroundings and reflect more about what you are going through emotionally and physically. It also takes your mind off things when you feel like curling up in a ball and giving up for the day. Documenting the the journey through art is a very powerful thing.
A note from the filmmaker: Please wear headphones for the best sound experience.
Traveling is just as much about learning about a new place as about learning about yourself. Just watching the first few minutes of this film is enough to learn not only about a very dark period in our history, but how we react to the images of a place that tormented thousands of Jewish people in the early 1940s.
This film, BiPoland begins as a reminder of the Holocaust and surpasses the history lesson to go on to demonstrate the strength of the Polish people and their ability to move on even with such a dark history that remains solid and real within their borders.
Beyond the emotion that this video brings to me, I really, really love the editing. I know I usually discuss the camera work and the light, which is something that I really do admire, but editing is actually more my forte. Bringing images, music and graphics together to tell a story and to move the viewer through the video is what I really love to do. I’m one of those dorky people that gets a rush when I finally get a sequence right and the music and the footage sync perfectly to get the desired effect. That is what this film does for me. It’s a perfect blend of beautiful cinematography, vintage recordings and powerful music.
I was twelve when I heard about the ice hotel. My dad saw it in a travel magazine and I’ve wanted to stay in one since. Most people that know me well would find this very ironic as I’m always cold, but there is something spectacular about staying in something that seems so strong and permanent, yet very fragile and dependent on frigid temperatures. I would only want to stay a few days if that, but the experience itself is a once in a lifetime thing. For now I will have to settle with the experience of having a drink in the Ice Bar in London.
I realize that this video is more about the river than the ice hotel itself, but if we are to appreciate the hotel and all the work that goes into its design and construction each year, we need to appreciate where it all comes from in the first place.
Filmed on the island or Corsica, I love how this film makes me unwind. The slow and relaxed feel makes this film almost sensual. The close ups and the wide landscape shots really makes me feel like I’m there experiencing all of the little nuances that you notice when you’re in a new place and trying to take it all in. Plus, I like how the story is told through the woman and the dog’s wonderings of the island, but there is no need for anyone to speak. It is just the viewer taking it all in just as the person behind the camera did.
I know I’ve recently posted a video made by the same people- The Art of Making: Red Dress, but I really love this short. I also think that it encapsulates the idea of hand making something and really slowing down to craft something special.
Sorry to disappoint if you thought I was going to reveal how to make the perfect cup of coffee, I’m not that caffein obsessed. Actually I have to confess that I don’t even like coffee but you sure can’t do the following with a cup of green tea.
This just proves that anything can be the perfect art medium. It just takes the right person to take advantage of it. I don’t know if there is anything that stands out to me more in this film as the subject matter. Much of what I create lasts for as long as I want it to- or even longer depending on where its posted or screened. This is a whole other kind of art that I marvel at because of the enjoyment time is so limited, so kudos to someone who has the patience to create something so detailed and beautiful, only to see it melt away a few minutes later.
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