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IBM Research Makes World’s Smallest Movie By Moving Atoms

Jaron Schneider — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:31:51 +0000

This is the kind of story that just boggles my mind. IBM just released a Guinness World Record-setting movie called “A Boy and His Atom,” made by moving atoms using an IBM-invented scanning tunneling microscope. It weighs two tons, operates at a temperature of negative 268 degrees Celsius and magnifies the atomic surface over 100 million times. IBM researchers used the microscope to control a super-sharp needle along a copper surface to “feel” atoms. [more]

Black Hole Series Looks at a World Faster Than Our Own

Zach Sutton — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:07:29 +0000

Fabian Oefner’s latest series entitled Black Hole shows us a world of paint, drills, and motion, all within 1/40,000th of a second. While high speed photography is nothing new, the art of it is still underground, as its still incredibly expensive. Oefner’s newest work uses high speed photography to show us a world of color that our eyes normally could not process. [more]

Building The Animatronic Dinosaurs For Jurassic Park

Lee Morris — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:22:00 +0000

Jurassic Park is my favorite movie of all time. The story line itself is captivating but the incredible special effects are what really set this film apart. The movie was released 20 years ago in 1993 and the CGI and robotic dinosaurs still look more realistic than the majority of special effects in movies today. Stan Winston has just released 3, never before seen videos of the creation of the robotic dinosaurs from the original Jurassic Park. [more]

Behind The Scenes Of A Stop Motion Commerical For Nintendo’s Paper Mario

Mike Wilkinson — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:00:03 +0000

In a fun and unique approach that combines many different facets of art and multimedia, production group CanCanClub out of Buenos Aires worked with Antonio Balseiro from Gazz and 1st Ave Machine, Art Director Hernán Aragunde, and the crew from Nintendo to create a 30-second commercial for “Paper Mario Sticker Star.” In this first of two behind the scenes videos, you catch a peek at the live action video shot, [more]

Behind The Scenes Of The 24×360 Project

Lee Morris — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:15:36 +0000

A few weeks ago Eric Pare released the 24×360 project which included 24 cameras taking a long exposure picture of a single subject. It’s difficult to explain but once you see it you will understand. Eric was kind enough to write up an article just for us on how these incredible video clips were made. [more]

A Timelapse For The Haters

Corey Melton — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 04:25:38 +0000

Typically I am not a fan of timelapses or stop motion videos. However, sometimes I come across one that is done so well that I am left with no choice but to admire the beauty and creativity of it. Christophe Thockler is one of those magical people that have momentarily turned me from a hater of timelapses, to a lover of them. Christophe’s 4 minute 33 second video “Degiheugi – Un Jour comme un Autre” consists of more than 35,000 photos, 120 timelapses and 160 hours of shoot time.

BTS: ‘Halloween’ A Stop-Motion Short Film Created By Children

Rebecca Britt — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:46:50 +0000

It’s that time of year again. Children dress up in ghoulish costumes, grab their jack-o-lantern baskets and extort candy from the neighbors. Although, in Norway Sandnes Media AS, an animation studio, had the children who participated in their latest children’s animation workshop do something a little bit different this Halloween. [more]

Behind The Scenes Of Ryan Wehner’s “Joy Kingdom”

Nicholas Gore — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 03:45:13 +0000

Take a behind the scenes look at how the intricate ad for the game “Joy Kingdom” was created. Almost all of the elements that you see in the ad were shot as a scene, there was obviously some degree of compositing done, but the meat of the scene was done in camera. They even shot some stop motion elements using ice! I can’t imagine how time consuming this shoot must have been.

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Slow motion taking over action sports

Thomas Ingersoll — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 03:40:21 +0000

With action sport videos continuing to get more and more impressive, it’s no wonder why the filming is moving away from the photojournalistic approach to more of a cinematic feel. Videographers are having to keep up with the trending demands of todays standards, using high quality gear like the Sony FS-700 for slow motion, and a RC helicopters for great overhead shots, like the Copter Kids. These guys use the RC helicopter to get some really unique camera movements of freestyle motocross. [more]

Behind The Scenes Of ‘Dream Music’ Is As Awesome As The Original

Mike Wilkinson — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 01:31:21 +0000

A while ago we posted the video Dream Music Part 2, which has since blown up and become a huge hit online. Marc Donahue, one of the co-creators along with Sean Michael Williams, shot me a link to their behind the scenes reel, which shows timelapses of timelapses, using various setups with their Dynamic Perception Dolly kit.