Archive for the 'video' Category
"President Obama speaks about moving forward to create jobs, out-compete in the global economy by investing in innovation and education, and win the future for our children and our country. This enhanced version features charts, graphs and other visual aids that accompany the President's speech. January 25, 2010."
Walter Murch discusses the role of Beethoven, Flaubert (and, less so, Thomas Edison) in the invention of cinema.
Original BBC series that predated the book of the same name, which was amazing and also one of the most hideously typeset I have ever read.
"Around 1994, he started developing Verdana, a revolutionary font for having prevailed over technical constraints of that time, like coarse computer screen resolution. To hear Carter recall it, it was a pivotal moment: People were on the brink of reading as much — or more — on screen than on paper. And that transition has had a profound effect on the design process."
Customizing the appearance of browser-based html5 video players.
Straightforward method to serve HTML5 and automatically fall back to flash if necessary, uses no javascript.
A film on the purpose and techniques of calligraphy. Presented and produced by Hallmark. Filmed at Hallmark cards during a visit by Mr. Zapf. Production manager Noel Gordon. Script outline Peter Seymour. Script editor Richard Rhodes. Camera Direction Frank Robinson. Associate cameraman Heinz Burger. Idea and direction Harald Peter.
"On April 11th 2002, 500 volunteers were called in order to form a line to move a sand dune situated in the surroundings of the city of Lima. This human comb progressed pushing forward a certain quantity of sand with shovels in order to move the dune from its original position. The actual displacement was of an infinitesimal proportion, but not its metaphorical resonance. "
May be the ultimate weekend killer.
"after all that we've been through / i know we'll make it after the wait / the question is a truth / there is nothing we can't do / i'll see you along the way baby / the stillness is the move"
Footage mostly of Astaire in "The Band Wagon," with "Smooth Criminal" as the soundtrack.
"I am a philosophic music man, who, long ago, was seduced into musical carpentry."
University of Nottingham site featuring "videos about the symbols of physics and astronomy."
Century+ old fixie tricks by "Neidert."
"Time lapse video of night sky as it passes over the 2009 Texas Star Party in Fort Davis, Texas. The galactic core of Milky Way is brightly displayed. Images taken with 15mm fisheye lens."
Maybe the best part is the video-applied LP label.
