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Posts Tagged video

New levels of ‘cute overload’ - interspecies relationships

An increasing trend in internet interest seems to be photographs or videos featuring interspecies relationships that are surprising and endearing. My favourite story is that of Christian the lion, despite the horribly cheezy musak that accompanies it. A recent video that I have seen cropping up is of this relationship between a female [...]


Perspectives: the ums and ahs of life’s big questions

(NOTE: Best played with headphones)

By BaseMOTION, the Perspectives Project uses traditionally conducted interviews and reprocesses them into a thought provoking film series.  Describing the project, they write:
While interviews traditionally present what people say, in Perspectives the interviewees don’t actually say anything. With the spoken portion of the footage edited out, Perspectives leaves only body language, [...]


Prop 8: The Musical & Keith Olbermann: fantastic speech

In case it wasn’t obvious from the personality that emerges through my blog, I am in full support of gay marriage.  That said, often others can explain my viewpoint better than I can. Here are two pieces of video gold concerning the passing of Proposition 8.


Best video ever: “Amelie Jr.” and her fantastic storytelling

I think that this clip speaks for itself. This little girl, Capucine, is being nicknamed Amelie Jr.. Her video made my day. Doesn’t she make French sound so lovely?

Once upon a time… from Capucha on Vimeo. There are more great videos of her here!(via)


Things that make me go ooo

Since I’m procrastinating from working on other important things (*cough cough* a book review and various travel preparations), I thought I would share some finds from the t-log worth highlighting.
Video: A freeze in Grand Central Station.

Baby Pear, on Flickr:

Via KK: “It a multilayered paint chip taken from a public mural wall that was [...]


Folding and Unfolding: Train Runs Through Bangkok Market

Great vid courtesy of Design Observer.


Lecture Prank

More from Prangstgrup.  I wish this kind of thing had happened when I was in class.


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