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Turner Contemporary Construction Video

Turner Contemporary Construction Video

If you’ve got a minute to spare, 58 seconds to be precise, then have a look at the video below from artist and illustrator Adrian Day who put together this film of the construction of Turner Contemporary from 2008 until its opening on 16th April 2011. The video is made from montages of photographs taken...
Hot Chip - I Feel Better

Hot Chip – I Feel Better

We’re very much still in the grip of reality TV, manufactured bands, product placement, and anything ‘celebrity’ related so why not relax, take a breather and enjoy ‘I Feel Better‘ from electronic indie band ‘Hot Chip‘ and directed by comedian Peter Serafinowicz. The song is an excellent pastiche of the typical boybands such as JLS...
A day in the life of New York City, in miniature

A day in the life of New York City, in miniature

Tilt-shift video is referred to as smallgantics: “a digital post production technique to simulate miniature cinematography on full scale filmed sequences” and the results from this can be amazing. ‘The Sandpit’ is by Sam O’Hare and it is a really well put together film demonstrating the power of smallgantics through a day in the life...
Kent Coast - from above and beyond

Kent Coast – from above and beyond

This amazing video was filmed by Alex Wilder using a camera mounted to an octocopter to get this unique aerial footage of the East Kent coast. Broadstairs and Ramsgate are featured quite heavily in this video along with many other local towns and it is quite exciting to see the places we live from a...
Bath Spa Train Station – Slow Motion Video

Bath Spa Train Station – Slow Motion Video

Graeme Taylor is the creator of the clip below which has gone viral with over 700,000 hits on youtube so far. The film was created with a Casio Exilim FH20, available for just £230 on Amazon, and Graeme collected the photos at a rate of 210 per second as he was passing through Bath Spa...