January 2012
50 posts
“A friend of mine in San Francisco had a video Tumblr whose tagline read: “New...”
– Dan Abbe, writing on photography criticism and the road to doing what you love.
This is like my “it gets better” for everyone who Tumbled while freelancing or unemployed…
WatchI <3 SF.
theatlanticvideo:
A Gorgeous Cinemascope Time Capsule of San Francisco in 1955
This beautifully shot amateur film by Tullio Pellegrini, courtesy of the Prelinger Archive, captures the city in vibrant, widescreen color.
Via Boing Boing.
Watchtheatlanticvideo:
A Cinematic Love Letter to Riding a Bike Through Mexico City
Dos Ciclos, or Two Cycles, captures the dynamic energy of Mexico City, weaving through traffic with a cyclist as he describes why it makes him happy. The film was directed by Rodrigo de la Mora and Darío López Ortega, also known as the Panchits, at the production company Sake Group, featuring Oscar Espinosa...
Watchawesome.
vhxtv:
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WatchI’m in love with a tetrahedral kite…
theatlanticvideo:
Heather and Ivan Morison’s Little Shining Man is work of art that can fly. Built from carbon fiber and a 3D-printed joint system, it draws inspiration from the crystal structure of pyrite and Alexander Graham Bell’s tetrahedral kites. Here, the artists take one cube of the three-part sculpture for a spin in St. Aubin’s Bay,...
WatchI LOLed…
theatlanticvideo:
A Short Animation About Road Rage
Nick Khoo dedicates this video to “all those jerks who cut me off on the road … you know who you are.”
ia El Vez at Short of the Week.
WatchA documentary about NASA’s most romantic mission —
theatlanticvideo:
On Space, Love, and Carl Sagan’s Cosmic Mix Tape
The Voyagers, an experimental documentary by Penny Lane, tells the story of the NASA project to launch two spacecraft carrying golden records holding a wealth of human culture into space in 1977. Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 pioneered research of the far reaches of our...
WatchI’ll take your LOMO and raise you FLASHCUBE.
theatlanticvideo:
Kodak’s Swinging ’60s Commercial for Flashcube
Before digital photography pushed Kodak to the brink of bankruptcy, Kodak was hip. At least, that’s what it’s going for in this commercial from the sixties, featuring its Instamatic cameras and Flashcube technology — four flash bulbs in one, to make party photography a...
“The ads will woo an archetypal consumer whom Partners & Napier, the...”
– Modernizing the ‘Kodak Moment’ as Social Sharing, NYT 2010, a fascinating history of the use of “Kodak Moment,” which was first used by the company in 1961
WatchI love ski films.
theatlanticvideo:
A Breathtaking Ski Film Explores the Heights of Whistler, BC
Athan Merrick and Nicolas Teichrob created Parallels in just seven days, blending stunning footage with inventive editing for a surprisingly polished result.