A moth being caught in a spiders web. Struggling for an escape, the moths panic movements only result in less chance of survival. What follows is the type of causality everyones expecting. The spider appears, claims its prey and feeds on it. The way nature works. But it’s the point of view that creates an intense relationship between the hunter and its victim. There is much more to explore, much more to feel if one takes the time to really experience the content of a split second.
The Backwater Gospel
Bachelor film project 2011 from The Animation Workshop.
As long as anyone can remember, the coming of The Undertaker has meant the coming of death. Until one day the grim promise fails and tension builds as the God fearing townsfolk of Backwater wait for someone to die
Yes, Coraline was great.
...And if you want dark, go with this:The Backwater Gospel
Bachelor film project 2011 from The Animation Workshop.
As long as anyone can remember, the coming of The Undertaker has meant the coming of death. Until one day the grim promise fails and tension builds as the God fearing townsfolk of Backwater wait for someone to die
Love the style...-Edvard (April 25, 2012, 08:40 PM)
Saw this one for the first time a couple of weeks ago, really made my day :-*.-Jibz (April 26, 2012, 01:15 AM)
http://posthumanthemovie.com/watch-the-film/-panzer (July 29, 2013, 04:37 AM)
This thread needs to be revived.
ARISE THREAD! ARISE!
La Maison en Petits Cubes-Deozaan (July 28, 2013, 11:17 PM)
Saw this one for the first time a couple of weeks ago, really made my day :-*.-Jibz (April 26, 2012, 01:15 AM)
Best twist on the zombie movie genre... EVAR!!-Edvard (July 29, 2013, 11:22 PM)
The Mysterious Explorations of Jasper Morello:FTFY :-)-panzer (July 30, 2013, 02:36 AM)
...Now for something a bit more light-hearted :-*That is a super little film. Thanks for the link!
Fear of Flying - Short Film (Full Version) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8xiub7Vg3c)-Edvard (July 29, 2013, 09:26 PM)
Here's a short mockumentary film called "Political Earth". It's guaranteed to offend everyone on the left, everyone on the right, everyone in the center, and pretty much anyone that likes any kind of politics. In other words, IT'S AWESOME FUNNY AS HELL~! :D (Kind of reminds me of South Park.) It's pretty much non-stop mockery and very fast paced.Silly-funny, but there's many a true word spoken in jest...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx5WumJ4arQ-Renegade (July 29, 2013, 10:41 PM)
The Mysterious Explorations of Jasper Morello:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vORsKyopHyM&feature=player_embedded-panzer (July 30, 2013, 02:36 AM)
The Drunk and on Drugs Happy Funtime Hour!-Renegade (August 01, 2013, 06:39 AM)
Here's some fun:
http://vimeo.com/75260457
TRIPPY! Super trippy! ;D
That is definitely worth a watch. It just gets better & better.-Renegade (September 26, 2013, 12:20 PM)
Here's some fun:
http://vimeo.com/75260457
TRIPPY! Super trippy! ;D
That is definitely worth a watch. It just gets better & better.-Renegade (September 26, 2013, 12:20 PM)
*Very* professionally filmed, which I think would argue for all actors. Either way, brilliantly made and done. I rarely laugh out loud at anything, and I was in stitches at that - in spite of knowing (roughly) what was coming.
Disclaimer: YMMV :P-tomos (October 12, 2013, 11:13 AM)
*Very* professionally filmed, which I think would argue for all actors. Either way, brilliantly made and done. I rarely laugh out loud at anything, and I was in stitches at that - in spite of knowing (roughly) what was coming.
Disclaimer: YMMV :P-tomos (October 12, 2013, 11:13 AM)
Well they ... uh.. *said* it was filled with actors! I think there's a good chance that they ran the "prank" for like 2-3 customers at a time, then "closed for lunch" and reset it all.-TaoPhoenix (October 30, 2013, 06:52 PM)
The Man Who Planted Trees:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_7yEPNUXsU-panzer (January 16, 2014, 03:09 AM)
changing batteries goes beyond sad. it's absolutely heartbreaking. it's been a long time since i cried while watching something.
"Mr Hublot Oscar Aw..." This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by MrHUBLOTofficial.
@panzer: ^^ Thanks! Another great short video for me to enjoy with my son Brian (age 3½).
EDIT 2014-03-07 1205hrs (NZT): Looks like I downloaded it just in time. The link now says:"Mr Hublot Oscar Aw..." This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by MrHUBLOTofficial.-IainB (March 06, 2014, 04:32 PM)
Just discovered this (and these) (though they may be known here) :
http://vimeo.com/87470811
Apart from the fascination, the technique is very interesting.-joiwind (March 16, 2014, 07:17 AM)
That's a lot of links Panzer -- care to point us to your favorites?-mouser (June 02, 2014, 07:19 AM)
Blue:-panzer (May 26, 2014, 04:27 AM)
That's a lot of links Panzer -- care to point us to your favorites?
I picked one at random to watch: Tomek Bagiński - Teaching Infinity.
Pretty surreal but pretty cool. :up:-mouser (June 02, 2014, 07:19 AM)
The Gunfighter:
http://vimeo.com/79306807-panzer (June 28, 2014, 01:22 AM)
Bumblebee in spider's web rescued by other bumblebee:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs_3FHh3z4o-panzer (July 03, 2014, 02:05 AM)
In the video, the first bee is struggling to escape from a spider’s web on a windowsill. Clearly, the bee has become trapped indoors and while bashing into the windowpane in trying to escape has become entangled in the spider’s web. The spider is nervously edging closer, but this is a big and energetic bee, prey that looks far too big for it.
Dramatically, a second bee that must also have got trapped in the house then comes crashing in, falls on its back and thrashes around a bit. As the second bee flails around on its back, it looks in one frame as if it stings the spider.
In fact, what one can see is the rear leg of the bee which happens to line up with the tip of the abdomen for a moment. It is too long and thick for a bee sting. The spider runs away, and the bees break free (as bumblebees usually do from spider’s webs).
So, sorry, this is not a noble, brave act, much as I might like it to be. This is just two clumsy bees trying to find their way home.-http://theconversation.com/no-thats-not-a-video-of-a-bee-rescuing-its-friend-from-a-spider-28020
This is just a demo video that shows what a Freefly Systems el cheapo video stabilisation rig can do. It's pretty darn cool! 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AxYvSlFDbQ
http://www.freeflysystems.com/products/moviM5.php
Freefly MōVI M5 >> From $4,995.00
Other rigs can cost $30k, so it's quite a bargain as you can see from the wicked smooth video.
And another with the same rig.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp7AKtCaBUc[/youtube]
Wow.-Renegade (July 08, 2014, 04:07 AM)
Here's a subreddit that specialises in short films:
http://www.reddit.com/r/FullLengthShortFilms
This one is pretty nifty. If you like explorations in AI, you might like it. Sci-fi/horror.-Renegade (July 22, 2014, 01:30 AM)
Already posted on January 15, 2014 by me. :D-panzer (July 22, 2014, 02:24 AM)
This is a tribute video to Evolution Cycle's Custom '72 Harley Ironhead "# 22" . It contains video clipped from Stories Of Bike episode 'Forge' which I've set to 'Baby Please Don't Go' by Bob Dylan. No copyright infringement intended. Incredible bike, awesome tune. That is all.
Published on Oct 24, 2014
Ambition is a collaboration between Platige Image and ESA. Directed by Tomek Bagiński and starring Aiden Gillen and Aisling Franciosi, Ambition was shot on location in Iceland, and screened on 24 October 2014 during the British Film Institute’s celebration of Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder, at the Southbank, London.
More information.
Rosetta: the ambition to turn science fiction into science fact
(https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.esa.int%2FOur_Activities%2FSpace_Science%2FRosetta%2FRosetta_the_ambition_to_turn_science_fiction_into_science_fact&redir_token=8ssJKQct_QcKJNC8ownkChhyADF8MTQxNDM0MDY4MEAxNDE0MjU0Mjgw)
The 'Making of Ambition' is available here:
http://youtu.be/Ud9ON2CzYYM
This is is stunning! A scifi short for the ESA sponsored Rosetta Mission. It shows a far future, with a post-human apprentice planet builder and her mentor...
[...]
Unlike NASA, the ESA understands the importance of spreading the dream... :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup:-40hz (October 25, 2014, 11:29 AM)
[iDiots video]-panzer (November 19, 2014, 03:32 AM)
From The CGBros (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-1rx8j9Ggp8mp4uD0ZdEIA)
Published on 23 Jan 2014
Watch this fantastic **Multi-Award Winning** CGI Animated sci-fi short film, that tells the story of a young Central California family caught in an unimaginable situation. Told through the eyes of a child's teddy bear, Worlds Apart is part cautionary fairytale and part science fiction thriller. The film has garnered fourteen Best Animation awards from festivals around the globe.
This version of Worlds Apart features an excellent film score by Chad Seiter. Having worked on films such as The Incredibles and Ratatouille, Chad was the perfect person to undertake the score and orchestration for Worlds Apart. For the final recording Chad assembled some of the most talented musicians in Hollywood, this included artists from the LA Philharmonic.
This is the third film written, produced, and directed by Michael Zachary Huber.
To reach Chad and see his full list of credits look here.
http://www.chadseiter.com/
For more information on the film you can contact the director at:
Email - [email protected]
From Riviera Film (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYtTHRgRyXJ2GcFFnHhwmeQ)
Published on 5 Sep 2013
Sci-Fi Short Film Directed by Angelo Licata.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/closerscifi
Officiale page: http://lordsofillusion.com/closer/
From Italianoboy UK (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbnWzKJlmPtosPPRysrh9og)
Published on 14 Jan 2014
Cancelled TV pilot of the sci-fi series; REWIND (Series 01 - episode 01)
Cancelled TV Show/Film which revolves around a team of military field operatives and civilian scientists who must use untested technology to travel back in time to alter past events in order to change the future and avoid a devastating terrorist attack.
From Tyson Wade Johnston (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUgwn7Jz4x9iQsM6gVCyxWA)
Published on 24 Oct 2012
"Set in the year 2071, where technology has brought mankind to the brink of colonization on a planet named Gaia, one astronaut takes on an isolated mission and discovers unearthly horrors that could bring an end to human life on this planet".
Written & Directed by Tyson Wade Johnston.
Starring Justin Zachary.
A Free Bandit Motion Picture, © tysonwadejohnston.co
From TweetyLTWG (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4hOo_npigetFB6pILS-DTQ)
Published on 24 Feb 2013
Ice Planet full movie. SciFi movie, to some maybe the worst movie, but others say: "Hey, its science fiction, so anything is possible". I myself give this movie a 5 (out of 10). Nevertheless, enjoy.
Also visit www.andrewssuperstore.com
This is an unsold TV Pilot, that arrived on DVD in 2003
Trey Parker and Matt Stone of South Park fame tackle an introduction to Zen thinking by animating some talks by Alan Watts.-40hz (November 24, 2014, 09:29 AM)
Trey Parker and Matt Stone of South Park fame tackle an introduction to Zen thinking by animating some talks by Alan Watts.-40hz (November 24, 2014, 09:29 AM)
Dreams and memories reunite a grieving family.
Director: Anne Wilkins
Year: 2007
Eerie and sad. Sun in the Nightime.-40hz (November 27, 2014, 07:10 PM)
-panzer (January 03, 2015, 02:12 AM)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XjUFYxSxDk-panzer (January 03, 2015, 02:12 AM)
That buddy is funny! I've seen a few of his vids. Worth a watch.-Renegade (January 03, 2015, 04:34 AM)
Re the 'fixing things' approach (when someone tells you their troubles), that's not just a men thing - a lot of women do that too.-tomos (January 03, 2015, 01:42 PM)
Don't fix things. Just listen. Or something. :P-Deozaan (January 08, 2015, 04:08 PM)
Le Gouffre:
https://vimeo.com/118471437-panzer (February 16, 2015, 03:16 AM)
(Equally well fits in the silly humour thread, eh?)yes ;D :up:-Renegade (February 18, 2015, 01:11 AM)
(Equally well fits in the silly humour thread, eh?)yes ;D :up:-Renegade (February 18, 2015, 01:11 AM)
what's her accent - sounds like Montana?
Remember that Coen brother's film set in Montana? I cant remember the name, hang on - Fargo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo_%28film%29) - the same accent - it's funny cause it's reminiscent of a Wexford accent at times (SE-most county in Ireland). They say 'Hun' there as well. I remember someone claiming the word came from one of the Scandanavian languages (and is not a short version of 'honey'), which might make sense in terms of Montana - with Wexford, it was a long time since the vikings visited (8th-10thC), but many did settle in Ireland, and there are still signs of their presence in place-names, and surnames - and possibly in the language (I'm no expert here).-tomos (February 18, 2015, 03:57 AM)
no, it was straightforward emigration - well, a spot of bother with the landlords, and, you'll love this one:
With no taxes or tithes, to devour up your wages
When you're on the green fields of Americae-tomos (February 18, 2015, 07:40 AM)
FWIW - It was a beautiful song.yes, a great version too - by Cherish The Ladies-Renegade (February 18, 2015, 07:48 AM)
^ how does it 'run on air' :tellme:-tomos (March 28, 2015, 03:58 PM)
^ how does it 'run on air' :tellme:-tomos (March 28, 2015, 03:58 PM)
I'd guess it runs on compressed air (CO2) cartridges, like paintball guns. And also it doesn't look like it moves very fast. Some of those shots looked like they were done in slow motion, but I think they were actually full-speed.-Deozaan (March 28, 2015, 04:42 PM)
what's her accent - sounds like Montana?
Remember that Coen brother's film set in Montana? I cant remember the name, hang on - Fargo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo_%28film%29) - the same accent...-tomos (February 18, 2015, 03:57 AM)
Girl Hated For Being Too Pretty To Play Volleyball – Sabina Altynbekova-bit (May 16, 2015, 12:04 PM)
Alec Ross awakes one morning to find that he doesn't know who or where he is and doesn't recognize his wife or children.
_______________________
... overseas viewers may need to access it via VPN.-IainB (June 20, 2015, 08:04 PM)
... overseas viewers may need to access it via VPN.-IainB (June 20, 2015, 08:04 PM)
If your computer shows as being in a different timezone to New Zealand you'll get a message saying Timezone incorrect, however if you go into your settings and change your timezone, clear out your browser cache, and reload the page, it will allow you to sign up to watch it.
It may do an IP check after sign up but I would have thought that would be part of the initial check before you got that far.-4wd (June 20, 2015, 09:28 PM)
...but video didint work-tomos (June 21, 2015, 04:24 AM)
Try different browsers as well.-IainB (June 21, 2015, 05:04 AM)
airliner nose gear & pickup truck (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAbnvSEHiFs)-bit (July 25, 2015, 09:13 AM)
Yeah... but no. http://www.snopes.com/photos/advertisements/landinggear.asp :(Well, that's a relief actually... And I am flying tomorrow...I'll just double my "prazepam" dosage..
- Oshyan-JavaJones (July 25, 2015, 01:05 PM)
Directorial debut from internationally renowned designer and concept artist, David Levy (Tron legacy, Prometheus, Ender's Game, Tomorrowland, Avatar2). The short film is the first 15 minutes of a science fiction TV series Levy has outlined and hopes to film. Unlike the highly VFX-ed science fiction films inundating audiences today, PLUG is a return to 1970's classics like Star Wars and Mad Max with a gritty universe made from mostly live props and real life settings. Enjoy and share!
"On a post-apocalyptic Earth, Leila Dawn (Natalie Floyd), is the only human survivor. Raised by Robots after humanity abandoned the planet they destroyed with nuclear warfare, Leila cannot forget her parents nor ignore her yearning to find other organic life. A hunt she sets out on with a Military Unit, Marker (Lex Cassar), leads Leila to discover the reality she’s been denied—a reality that sparks her ultimate quest."
John Deere vs Steam Tractor (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeDLX9hzPoA) (:-bit (August 02, 2015, 07:03 PM)
Pipe Dream (http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/08/03/video-of-history-being-made-thats-so-unbelievable-its-been-viewed-over-3-million-times-in-just-one-day/)
Dirt biker Robbie Maddison rides his wheels on water and surfs.
Looks like he just invented a whole new sport. (:
I think he should add a pair of small inconspicuous CO2 equipped self-inflating floatation bags to the frame in case he stalls out and accidentally sinks.-bit (August 02, 2015, 07:03 PM)
@Stoic Joker - You MUST see this~!-Renegade (August 06, 2015, 09:16 PM)
Monsanto Lobbyist Runs Away When Asked To Drink ‘Harmless’ Pesticide:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovKw6YjqSfM-panzer (September 23, 2015, 04:55 AM)
DarkHeart Productions' 2007 short The Black Button - the wonderful little movie that formed the basis of the feature length film The Box plus a host of imitators.
:Thmbsup:-40hz (July 29, 2013, 02:54 PM)
I wish there could've been a movie made based on this idea.-arvin23 (October 12, 2015, 02:19 AM)
...One of the reasons that I love the Humpty Dumpty quote so much is that we **SHARE** language in ways that other things are not shared.The trouble is, I couldn't recall whether I had seen that episode, so I had to watch it, but then it auto-played the next in sequence and I had to watch that...and then...etc.
You don't get to change the meaning of a word by yourself.
It's nicely embodied in "Wordplay":
...
___________________________-Renegade (October 26, 2015, 01:59 AM)
A refreshing video and only just over a minute long:
[..]
Yes... I just wanted to make you thirsty. :P-Renegade (October 28, 2015, 09:43 PM)
I'm not easily impressed but.... this blew my mind.
15 minutes, you won't regret it :Thmbsup:-n8wachT (November 18, 2015, 06:11 PM)
Here we are again: a short film with heavy use of VFX has attracted the eyes of a studio, which has bought rights to turn it into a feature. The short, Sundays, is described by its creators as “an ambitious philosophical science-fiction proof-of-concept short.” It’s pretty, I guess, but it also looks like a pastiche of a bunch of other recognizable concepts stitched together with glossy CG. (Think The Matrix meets District 9 as a basic starting point.) Nevertheless, Warner Bros. has now bought rights to the 14-minute short, and is making some plan to turn it into a feature.
The backstory here is a bit different than other similar-sounding situations. This isn’t just a short that came out of nowhere. It is based on the concept from a commercial director that a producer brought to agency UTA, which helped the director, Mischa Rozema, set up a Kickstarter to raise $50k, and it was shot and finished at the production and VFX house the director co-owns. The idea all along was to create interest in a feature version.
Story of my piracy: It all had begun with sharing, it might end in the same way.
This is a must see.Story of my piracy: It all had begun with sharing, it might end in the same way.-Renegade (November 30, 2015, 08:49 PM)
This is a must see.Story of my piracy: It all had begun with sharing, it might end in the same way.-Renegade (November 30, 2015, 08:49 PM)
So... a court system is going to pass up 6,000,000 (in money of some denomination) if this guy's video get viewed 200,000 times ...(Presumably to effect sufficient shame)... And this is believable why??
It sounds more to me like a reboot twist of the old forward this email to 10/20/30 friends and big company X will send you a zillion dollars scam.-Stoic Joker (December 03, 2015, 06:46 AM)
Michael Winslow and Hjortur Stephensen - Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin cover):-panzer (December 07, 2015, 05:28 AM)
Pretty interesting video about a Superhero coming out in a real world.-wraith808 (December 14, 2015, 06:38 PM)
If you haven't heard of the Nicolas Brothers, you're in for a treat!-wraith808 (December 14, 2015, 08:39 PM)
Poignant short vid using a novel animation technique: The Lost Mariner: A Beautiful Animated Short Film About Memory, Inspired by Oliver Sacks (https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/12/23/the-lost-mariner-tess-martin-oliver-sacks/)-IainB (December 27, 2015, 07:20 AM)
Poignant short vid using a novel animation technique: [url=https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/12/23/the-lost-mariner-tess-martin-oliver-sacks/]The Lost Mariner: A
I bailed a bit over half-way through. I don't smoke pot or pop mushrooms anymore, so... wasn't quite my cup of tea. Though I'm sure I would have enjoyed it 20 or 25 years ago.-Renegade (January 17, 2016, 12:08 AM)
Well I guess that's where I am living- somewhere, online... 25 years ago
in a galaxy, far far.. ;D[/color][/size]-n8wachT (January 17, 2016, 12:44 AM)
A madcap, adrenalized, kung-fu, video game Western that pushes VFX and practical effects to their goofy, awesome limits. Attacked by the nefarious Ailester Hall, a man seeks revenge for his wife's death with the help of a mysterious list of prophecies.
The Man From Death-Edvard (March 15, 2016, 08:42 PM)
Plug - A Short Film about robots raising the last human girl on earth.
https://vimeo.com/109873939-wraith808 (July 26, 2015, 12:55 PM)
A couple of what I thought were far better than most I've seen lately. The first deals with a "forensic accountant," reviewing some cabin cam footage of a mercenary drop assault on a space colony. The second is a police story from a future NYC where police protection is provided solely as a commercial subscription service.-40hz (March 25, 2016, 06:41 PM)
Dan Warner is a Desaturator, tasked with sapping beauty from the world in a future where color is used as energy.
In the wake of Google's AI Go victory, filmmaker Oscar Sharp turned to his technologist collaborator Ross Goodwin to build a machine that could write screenplays. They created "Jetson" and fueled him with hundreds of sci-fi TV and movie scripts. Shortly thereafter, Jetson announced it wished to be addressed as Benjamin. Building a team including Thomas Middleditch, star of HBO's Silicon Valley, they gave themselves 48 hours to shoot and edit whatever Benjamin (Jetson) decided to write.
An inadvertent but interesting study of human nature - the thief's and the man who made the documentary.Published on 13 Dec 2016
After my phone got stolen, I quickly realized just how much of my personal information and data the thief had instantly obtained. So, I let another phone get stolen. This time my phone was pre-programmed with spyware so I could keep tabs on the thief in order to get to know him. However, to what extent is it possible to truly get to know someone by going through the content of their phone?
In the Netherlands, 300 police reports a week are filed for smartphone-theft. Besides losing your expensive device, a stranger has access to all of your photos, videos, e-mails, messages and contacts.
Yet, what kind of person steals a phone? And where do stolen phones eventually end up?
The short documentary ‘Find My Phone’ follows a stolen phone’s second life by means of using spyware.
Although you’ll meet the person behind the theft up close and personal, the question remains: how well can you actually get to know someone when you base yourself on the information retrieved from their phone?
Do you want the full story behind the film? You can contact me in order to answer all of your questions by means of an interview (I’m proficient in Dutch and English), or to invite me to a film festival.
[email protected]
anthonyvdmeer.nl
#FMP
Dutch version can be found here: https://vimeo.com/191763814-IainB (December 18, 2016, 02:03 PM)
Published on 22 Dec 2016
In these dark days Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman found comfort and hope in the work of Leonard Cohen. Together they recorded this new version of “Democracy.” Amanda composed the piano and Neil recorded the lyrics. Their friends David Mack and Olga Nunes created this stunning video to go with the song.
A storm is brewing. PEN America will help writers and artists and citizens survive and thrive through this maelstrom.
Join Amanda and Neil in supporting PEN America today. www.pen.org
Rats Are Awesome! (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=859_1441332749)-holt (January 10, 2017, 10:49 PM)
I should also say that one thing I don't support and didn't like about this otherwise rather good video is the raised fists, which could potentially be a further discrete fascistic incitement to the sort of mindless post-election violence against people and in "protest" riots that was experienced (if not encouraged) in parts of the US. However, I am aware that that mindless violence was probably committed by and probably revealed a lot about a relatively small minority of American people and their perception of the need for real "democracy" - the majority presumably seeing it as being undemocratic to go around thumping people and causing property damage because your party lost a democratic election to a sizeable majority, or something.-IainB (January 01, 2017, 10:46 AM)
RESET
Living a solitary farm-life, a young girl's reality begins to break apart in this mind-bending Sci-Fi short...
Prelude to Axanar:-panzer (January 21, 2017, 04:41 AM)
Prelude to Axanar:-panzer (January 21, 2017, 04:41 AM)
Wow!! Very cool. Too bad Paramount decided to get their feathers in a huff about it. In a perfect world, Paramount would hire them to make the film, as the crew who put this together obviously show the talent required.-Edvard (January 28, 2017, 04:20 PM)
There's a lot of videos out there about size of the universe etc-tomos (March 07, 2017, 11:38 AM)
The Landing
by josh tanner
A man returns to the midwestern farm of his childhood on a desperate mission to unearth the horrifying truth of what landed there in the summer of 1960.
Bendito Machine V:-panzer (April 18, 2017, 06:47 AM)
Landscapes: Volume 4K:
https://vimeo.com/117079445-panzer (April 25, 2017, 12:41 PM)
The North Face: Alex Honnold - El Sendero Luminoso:-panzer (June 14, 2017, 05:46 AM)
...The worst offenders I have met in that regard ("Why would you need to prove your totals?") were mathematicians who apparently had never heard of that other mathematician - Fra Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli ("the father of accounting and bookkeeping"). ...-IainB (November 15, 2015, 12:06 PM)
Fra Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli (sometimes Paccioli or Paciolo; c. 1447–1517) was an Italian mathematician, Franciscan friar, collaborator with Leonardo da Vinci, and a seminal contributor to the field now known as accounting. He is referred to as "The Father of Accounting and Bookkeeping" and he was the first person to publish a work on the double-entry system of book-keeping.[3] He was also called Luca di Borgo after his birthplace, Borgo Sansepolcro, Tuscany.[4]
From <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca_Pacioli>
Video: TED Talks - Tim Ferriss (13:21min.)
WHY YOU SHOULD DEFINE YOUR FEARS INSTEAD OF YOUR GOALS
https://embed.ted.com/talks/tim_ferriss_why_you_should_define_your_fears_instead_of_your_goals#
[..]
Tim Ferriss video notes:
He bought a book on "simplicity", which held the quote:
@05:20 He gave the quote: "We suffer more often in imagination than in reality." - Seneca the younger.
Which led to" Prememdiatio malorum" (the pre-meditation of evils).
Which led him to develop :fear-setting".
@06:00 He describes "Fear-Setting" (Goal-setting, but for FEARS). [@10:20 He does it once a quarter-year.]
3-pages of analysis
Page 1: What if I ,,,? (list of fears causing procrastination of action steps)
Define: (the worst things/events you can imagine happening if you take that first step).
Prevent: (what could be done to prevent each fered event feared, or devrease its likelihood).
Repair: (if the worst-case scenarios eventuated, what could be done to repair the damage?Key: conside who are the likely people who have had to deal with such events and have useful experience of same and that you could learn from?)
Page 2: What might be the benefits of an attempt or partial success? (the upsides)
Page 3:
The Cost of Inaction (doing nothing).
(Emotionally, Physically, Financially, etc.)
6 months-------- 1 year -------- 3 years
If one avoids the action for these periods, then what might be the result - what might one's life look like after those periods?
[..] quote: "Easy choices - hard life. Hard choices - easy life."-IainB (June 19, 2017, 03:30 AM)
Father Ted Series 1 Episode 1 - Dead Parrot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAMsPEiSLyY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAMsPEiSLyY)-panzer (June 19, 2017, 10:01 AM)
Video: TED Talks - Tim Ferriss (13:21min.)
WHY YOU SHOULD DEFINE YOUR FEARS INSTEAD OF YOUR GOALS
https://embed.ted.com/talks/tim_ferriss_why_you_should_define_your_fears_instead_of_your_goals#-IainB (June 19, 2017, 03:30 AM)
...well worth watching
must read up a bit about stoicism too
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The realm of consciousness is much vaster than thought can grasp.
When you no longer believe everything you think, you step out of thought and see clearly that the thinker is not who you are.
- Echkart Tolle.
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Thankyou! What a brilliantly rational little satire!
I laughed (political commentary)
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Politiekman: "There are only 10 sexes."
Bolek Lolek: (in response) "the word "sex" comes from Latin "half", so by definition there can only be two.
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sex/sexus: ..."Commonly taken with seco as division or 'half' of the race" [Tucker], which would connect it to secare "to divide or cut" (see section (n.)). ...
- Copied from: Online Etymology Dictionary - <http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=sexus>
Parabalani: "I think people who did not study computing will find it difficult to understand this."
Marc: (in response) "Having a brain is enough for this video."
Adrian Blom: "this video will fly over many a head."
JG: (in response} "Like an attack helicopter, which I happen to identify as."
wolfie498: (in response) "Most heads unfortunately."
Scifi short about VR with a premise seen before. Still has nice visuals and a pretty good sound direction-p3lb0x (September 20, 2017, 10:17 PM)
- and this:
[Yoann Bourgeois - Fugue / Trampoline sur Metamorphosis II]-IainB (October 26, 2017, 08:21 AM)
Yes. It's mesmerizing.- and this:this is a real gem.
[Yoann Bourgeois - Fugue / Trampoline sur Metamorphosis II]
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Couldnt stop watching, and at some stage just had to laugh at it.
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SlaughterbotsCan't be a better truthful, horror story! eeek!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkpZOieuIjA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkpZOieuIjA)-holt (November 18, 2017, 09:50 PM)
Here's a series of short movies made with the Unity game engine:they were great :up:
ADAM: Episode 1:-Deozaan (December 06, 2017, 02:36 PM)
Here's a series of short movies made with the Unity game engine:-Deozaan (December 06, 2017, 02:36 PM)
"Why weren't we able to transform our dreams into reality?
Why didn't we succeed in creating a society where everyone could be free and fulfilled?
Who is to blame?
Not science itself, but the men who mistook what science was."
- Vitalii Semyonovich Lelchuck, USSR Academy of Sciences.
Video: Pandora's Box, E1: The Engineers' Plot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3gwyHNo7MI
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YouTube Published on 28 Apr 2012
Pandora's Box, subtitled A Fable From the Age of Science, is a six part (episode) 1992 BBC documentary television series written and produced by Adam Curtis, which examines the consequences of political and technocratic rationalism.
The episodes deal, in order, with communism in The Soviet Union, systems analysis and game theory during the Cold War, economy in the United Kingdom during the 1970s, the insecticide DDT, Kwame Nkrumah's leadership in Ghana during the 1950s and 1960s and the history of nuclear power.
The series was awarded a BAFTA in the category of "Best Factual Series" in 1993.
The Engineers' Plot
This episode details how the Bolshevik revolutionaries who came into power in 1917 attempted to industrialize and control the Soviet Union with rational scientific methods. The Bolsheviks wanted to turn the Soviet people into scientific beings. Aleksei Gastev used social engineering, including a social engineering machine, to make people more rational. Gastev founded the Central Institute of Labour (TsIT), Soviet think tank dedicated to the improvement of industrial efficiency.
But Bolshevik politicians and bourgeois engineers came into conflict. Lenin said: "The communists are not directing anything, they are being directed." Stalin arrested 2000 engineers in 1930, eight of whom were convicted in the Industrial Party show trial. Engineering schools gave those loyal to the party only limited training in engineering, to minimize their potential political influence. Industrialized America was used as a template to develop the Soviet Union. Magnitogorsk was built to closely replicate the steel mill city Gary, Indiana. A former worker describes how they went so far as to create metal trees since trees could not grow on the steppe.
By the late 1930s, Stalin faithful engineers like Leonid Brezhnev, Alexei Kosygin and Nikita Khrushchev grew in influence, due to Stalin eliminating many earlier Bolshevik engineers. They aimed to use engineering in line with Stalin's policies to plan the entire country. At Gosplan, the head institution of central planning, engineers predicted future rational needs. Vitalii Semyonovich Lelchuk, from the USSR Academy of Sciences, describes the level of detail as absurd: "Even the KGB was told the quota of arrests to be made and the prisons to be used. The demand for coffins, novels and movies was all planned." The seemingly rational benchmarks began to have unexpected results. When the plan measured tonnes carried per kilometers, trains went long distances just to meet the quota. Sofas and chandeliers increased in size to meet measurements of material usage.
When Nikita Khrushchev took over after Stalin he tried to make improvements, including considering prices in the plan. The head of the USSR State Committee for Organization and Methodology of Price Creation is shown with a tall stack of price logbooks declaring that "This shows quite clearly that the system is rational." Academician Victor Glushkov proposed the use of cybernetics to control people as a remedy for the problems of planning. In the 60s computers began being used to process economic data. Consumer demand was calculated by computers from data gathered by surveys. But the time delay in the system meant that items were no longer in demand by the time they had been produced.
When Leonid Brezhnev and Alexei Kosygin took over in the mid 60s, the economy of the Soviet Union was stagnating. By 1978 the country was in full economic crisis. Production had devolved to "pointless, elaborate ritual" and endeavours to improve the plan had been abandoned. Quote the narrator: "What had begun as a grand moral attempt to build a rational society ended by creating a bizarre, bewildering existence for millions of Soviet people".
Very early film usually plays at a very high speed (I'm not sure why) and is silent...-tomos (May 25, 2019, 01:18 PM)
There's something very meditative about these videos:
below is #18 in a series about an aquarium without filter/CO2/fertilizer.
made with smartphone + macro lens attachment-tomos (July 06, 2019, 04:21 PM)
Very early film usually plays at a very high speed (I'm not sure why) and is silent...
Here, the uploader corrected the speed and added sound to 1890's footage from Paris, France.
Makes it much more real for me:
Late 1890s - A Trip Through Paris, France (speed corrected w/ added sound)-tomos (May 25, 2019, 01:18 PM)
"To Scale: The Solar System"-tomos (March 20, 2017, 06:20 PM)
"To Scale: The Solar System"-tomos (March 20, 2017, 06:20 PM)
I came across this again today from another source and thought "this seems interesting." Then as I got a minute or so into it I thought "I should post about this in the Short Films thread on DC!" And then it started feeling very familiar and I'd realized I'd already seen it. Sure enough, this is where I'd seen it. :Thmbsup:
Well worth another watch, IMO.-Deozaan (August 26, 2019, 12:52 AM)
This doesn't quite belong in this thread, as it's more of a "documentary" of a very niche subject. That is, it's about trying to find an Easter egg in a video game.
The Decade-Long Quest For Shadow of the Colossus' Last Secret
It was summarized pretty well in the comments: "When you leave a game unfinished and accidentally start a religion."-Deozaan (August 27, 2019, 04:17 PM)
Then it dawned on me; in their attempt to eliminate Pluto and -what- be politically correct?; to be in step with the times?; they've changed little to nothing. I looked for Pluto but could not find it. Yet Pluto is still there. You just have to 'quest' for it.
I give you: PLUTO, THE ULTIMATE EASTER EGG.-holt (September 20, 2019, 01:53 PM)
The scientific community downgraded Pluto from a planet a while ago. No conspiracy- if it was a recent video, it would hopefully know that fact.-wraith808 (September 20, 2019, 04:01 PM)
Very nice.
And now for something completely different. A game where you play a mischievous goose:-mouser (August 28, 2018, 09:01 PM)
Another year, another Unity demo.
The Heretic-Deozaan (March 18, 2019, 10:00 PM)
Best twist on the zombie movie genre... EVAR!!-Edvard (July 29, 2013, 11:22 PM)
DEOZAAN: THE ONIONS!! OUT!!
Now for something a bit more light-hearted :-*-Edvard (July 29, 2013, 09:26 PM)
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The video is no longer available :(-Katie (April 20, 2020, 10:39 AM)
TROLL BRIDGE is a love-letter to Terry Pratchett and Discworld:very good, I enjoyed that :up:-panzer (January 17, 2021, 11:46 AM)
1907, Massachusetts. A scholar drifts from his path and finds himself in a house he takes for deserted. Deserted, apart from a beguiling book containing dark secrets that exerts a powerful hold over those who come into contact with it.
After investigating an Elder cult's meeting place, a professor wakes to find himself in an interrogation room with a grotesquely scarred hand.
Thanks for sharing these, 4wd. They're interesting. :Thmbsup:-Deozaan (October 30, 2023, 03:51 PM)
A religious girl prepares a presentation on a painting titled "Portrait of God". What she sees challenges her beliefs.