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Dingmo - Designing In MotionDingmo - Designing In MotionA video blog showcasing great works in music videos, film, and motion graphics. Because you've already seen that guy fall 100 times on YouTube, so watch something thats worth your while instead. 
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DVD Review: Amelie
2008-02-04 03:26:00 Amelie Year: 2001 Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet IMDB Before I write anything I should confess that Amelie is my favorite movie. It is a really charming story that makes me laugh and cheers me up every time I see it. I can also relate to the main character in many ways so I think that is why I don’t ... More About: Reviews , Review
Music Video: Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar
2008-01-12 21:59:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKLqXysaJh A Song: Star Guitar Artist: The Chemical Brothers Director: Michel Gondry Year: 2002 This is my first post about Michel Gondry. But it won’t be my last. He’s one of my favorite directors and I think hands down the most talented music video director. He has an incredible and unique sense of style and also has a preference for using ... More About: Video , Videos , Music , Music Video
Every designer must read MTIV
2008-01-10 06:48:00 MTIV Year: 2002 Author: Hillman Curtis Amazon Link MTIV (Making the invisible visible) is a great book by Hillman Curtis. You should buy it blindly right now but in case you want more proof I will continue. Hillman Curtis is a renowned and innovative designer. He’s worked for some big name companies like Adobe, he did short films, advertising, ... More About: Reviews , Read , Designer
Sorry for the absence
2008-01-10 05:07:00 Ok I’m back to posting regularly now after the holiday break. More About: Sorry
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve / Sarajevo 12-24
2007-12-17 05:15:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UDXtLp0wx E Song: Christmas Eve / Sarajevo 12/24 Artist: The Trans -Siberian Orchestra Director: Paul O’Neil Year: 1996 We are in the holiday season, so this music video seemed appropriate. A little music video for a Trans-Siberian Orchestra track. Besides being the best holiday song ever, this video isn’t bad. It has a very traditional look and feel that reminds me of ... More About: Videos , Music Videos , Christmas Eve
Light Writing
2007-12-10 01:45:00 I’ve noticed that light writing has been popping up increasingly more and more since the summer. In case you’re wondering, light writing is just using time lapse photography and some flashlights to capture the trail of light when the flashlights are moved. I’m sure everybody has seen this effect even on point and shoot cameras ... More About: Videos , Writing , Light
Grand Theft Auto IV box art
2007-12-06 22:23:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw5ZiQI2Ws Q Author: Rockstar Games Year: 2007 I found this cool promo video for GTAIV by Rockstar games. It is a time lapse shot of a handful of people hand painting the new GTAIV box art. I’ll be the first to admit I’m a sucker for time lapse video, so I found this a totally entertaining way to spend ... More About: Videos , Auto , Theft , Grand , Grand Theft Auto
Blog Update
2007-12-06 03:55:00 I have been working on the innards of the blog a bit. There are some noticeable updates to the side bar, I rearranged some elements, added the MyBlog Log roll, and added a picture of me. More importantly, the comment system has been redone almost completely. Some new features are: Readers can now subscribe to comments. Comments should ... More About: Update
Inspiration
2007-12-06 03:44:00 I have added an “Inspiration ” page to the blog. I’m just going to put links there to sites or blogs I visit to get inspired. It is by no means a complete list, and will be permanent on-going project. Check it out in the menu bar! tags: links, inspiration
The Hush Sound - Lions Roar typography
2007-12-05 04:00:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ral0pzA9E s Author: Art Institute of Illinois’ Students Liqueoum.com Like the Pulp Fiction typography video I already posted, this is another great example of typography work set to the song Lions Roar by The Hush Sound . The attention to detail is great in this video, and the song lends itself to great representation of the lyrics. I like the ... More About: Videos , Typography
DVD Review: A Scanner Darkly
2007-12-02 07:09:00 A Scanner Darkly Year: 2006 Director: Richard Linklater IMDB I’ll start off by saying that I am a Philip K. Dick fan. A Scanner Darkly is Linklater’s adaptation of the Philip K. Dick novel of the same name. Linklater, has both directed and written three movies that I liked a lot: Before Sunset, Before Sunrise, and Waking Life. ... More About: Reviews , Review , A Scanner Darkly
Le Voyage Dans La Lune (A Trip to the Moon)
2007-11-30 03:49:00 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=- 2872403246769762863 Year: 1902 Director: George Melies I posted the Tonight Tonight music video last week. This is the inspiration. George Melies’ masterpiece: A Trip to the Moon . When you watch this, please watch it in context. This is a film from 1902. Think about that for a minute. It is mind boggling. Melies was so ridiculously far ahead ... More About: Shorts , The Moon , Voyage
Music Video Of The Week: Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
2007-11-28 01:12:00 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (Interactive Video ) This one is a little different. It’s an interactive video for the song Neon Bible by the band Arcade Fire. Just click on the link above. The flash work is nicely done, and the idea of making something like a music video interactive is very cool. I don’t think ... More About: Videos , Music , Arcade , Music Video
Title Sequence: 300
2007-11-20 05:56:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7kMBcFFN6 o Title Sequence : 300 Year: 2006 Designer: Garson Yu You know you are a graphics nerd when the first thing you talk about after seeing 300 is the end titles. There are actually two versions of these titles, another version has much softer classical music playing. I actually like that version better but couldn’t find a good quality video ... More About: Videos
VJ Mix: Uberzone - Satisfaction
2007-11-16 04:08:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ3huzadEU 8 As I posted last week I’m going to start posting some of my VJ mixes here. It’s a great way to keep me practicing. If you don’t have any clue what VJing is go read last weeks post. So here is the first mix. Mixed to Satisfaction by Uberzone. Keep in mind, these things are done ... More About: Videos
Music Video Of The Week: Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight
2007-11-13 00:46:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTVyduyku7 g Song: Tonight Tonight Artist: Smashing Pumpkins Director: Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris Year: 1996 An absolute classic. One of the great songs of the 1990’s, and definitely one of the best videos of the decade as well. The video is actually a homage to Georges Melies’ Voyage To The Moon . A turn of the century short film with ... More About: Video , Videos , Music , Music Video , Music Videos
A quick introduction to VJing
2007-11-07 17:08:00 I’m going to assume that the majority of people who read this have no clue what VJing is. So I’ll introduce it in this post, and later on I can post some of my VJ videos. What is VJing? VJing as you can probably guess, comes from the term DJing, it is an abbreviation for ... More About: Articles , Introduction , Quick
Music Video Of The Week: R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
2007-10-30 20:09:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjf3Qvf4UC w Song: Losing My Religion Artist: R.E.M. Director: Tarsem Singh Year: 1991 This video is one of my all time favorites. I remember it so vividly, even though I haven’t seen it in a long time. The video is filmed beautifully, it reminds me of a Rembrandt painting with the deep shadows and golden highlights. Which makes me think of ... More About: Video , Music , Music Video , Music Videos
About page up.
2007-10-25 16:13:00 I finished writing a little something for the about page. It’s probably a little wordy and idealistic, but it will do for now. Check it out. I’ve also added this blog to Technorati so feel free to check that out as well. More About: Page
Music Video Of The Week: Blink 182 - Always
2007-10-24 05:11:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EinmSOUzV E Song: Always Artist: Blink 182 Director: Joseph Kahn Year: 2004 This is a really cool concept for a music video. Very simple effect which works out awesome. Obviously the split frame wouldn’t really work for film but it’s a great idea for a music video and here it works out great. The theme of splitting the frame 3 times, ... More About: Video , Music , Music Video , Music Videos , Week
Title Sequence: Catch Me If You Can
2007-10-21 02:28:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9RmEPsN3q c Title Sequence : Catch Me If You Can Year: 2002 Designer: Olivier Kuntzel & Florence Deygas, Add-A-Dog Studio, Nexus Productions This title sequence is definitely one of the best in recent years. My favorite part is the really cool typography. But it also fits in perfectly with the film. The sequence uses very cool motion graphics that immediately bring to ... |
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