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New Visuals- hot links from @Rhysrama aka Rich Rama

Nike78 - ABUKU!-From one of my favorite places, W+K Tokyo LAB, the guys there mold a little fishbowl out of a Nike Air Max 360.  Check it out here and keep playing to see the making of.  Really cool! http://vimeo.com/12113826

Things To Learn: -This is a mograph piece created by Christian Borstlap and animated by Paul Postma for a Dutch children’s charity called Kinderpostzegels.  Love the simplicity of this however I think it went on about 15-20 seconds too long.  Still, it’s really great because it’s still inspiring.http://vimeo.com/8224953

Cartoon Network Branding:-Brand New School creates a bunch of fun pieces for Cartoon Networks re-branding.  Could go into it and really analyze it, but I won’t…but I kinda want to.http://www.vimeo.com/13829806

Johnnie Walker “Fish”:-This legendary spot came out in 2003 for the UK and if you haven’t seen it, here’s your chance.  The reason why I put this on here is because it now comes with a making of which is always fun to watch.  Spot was Directed by Daniel Kleinman and vfx were done by Framestore London.http://postfolio.org/page.php?id=305

Puma “After Hour Athletes”:-Maybe I like this spot a lot because I see myself as an after hour athlete!  New spot created by Ringan Ledwidge from Smuggler for Droga5 in NY shows us a night out w/ our athletes in this :90 spot.  Nice camera work and lots of relatable visuals for myself and probably for you!  Karaoke tonight anyone?http://bit.ly/9BMfsa

Dos Equis x KAWS Collaboration:-As if the Most Interesting Man campaign isn’t goodenough, street artist KAWS was commissioned into branding the beer.  Using their iconic X’s in which they use in a lot of their artwork, they used them for the branding of the bottle.  I guess this helps to get in some of the younger generation who cling onto anything young street artists are getting into.http://hypebeast.com/2010/08/dos-equis-kaws/

Marco Brambilla:-Unless you’ve been living under a rock the last few weeks, you’d know that Kanye West recently released a new music video for “Power”.  Marco Brambilla was the Director of the music video who worked alongside homeboy Steve Mottershead and his crew at Artjail for all the vfx work.  If you’ve been to the Standard in NYC and have gone into the elevator, you’ll see a striking resemblance to the work that Brambilla did for the hotel over a year ago.  The work is inspired by Michelangelo’s frescos in the  Sistine Chapel.  At first I hated on it because it was nearly a lift of the work Brambilla had already done, then I liked it, hated it, but after a few days away from it, I like it.  I’m so wishy washy.http://vimeo.com/14032117
-This other clip was created by Brambilla and the guys at Artjail.  It’s a case study of model Natasha Poly.  Check this out, but it reminds me of the end scene in Terminator 2 when the T1000 (the bad guy) dies in the hot melted metal and the various forms he had taken in the film start popping out before he ultimately dies.  This is just done in a much prettier way.  http://vimeo.com/14038048

Buildings & Vampires:Directed by Sebastian Baptista & Nico Casavechia, they do an amazing job making high end production look so damn lo-fi.  Everything about this is great.http://vimeo.com/14001443

Black Swan: -A new film by Darren Aronofsky, the Director of “The Wrestler” and “Requiem For A Dream” that stars Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis.  A ballet thriller with so much drama and some girl on girl action?  Ummmm…no brainer!!!! Ummm…I love ballet! haha.  Well known DP and DP of Nike “Human Chain”, Matty Libatique is responsible for the camera work in this film.  http://bit.ly/cPgCh3

Deleted Star Wars Scene:‘-If you haven’t already heard, George Lucas has scheduled a Blu-Ray release of the films.  He showed this deleted scene that will be available in the Blu-Ray version.  Check it out here before it gets taken down.http://holykaw.alltop.com/deleted-star-wars-scene-revealed-video

Inception - The Shooting Script:-Just when I thought I was all done talking about Inception, the rest of the people aren’t.  Released recently is the shooting script of the film bound to win a few awards that is to give you a more in-depth look at the film.  Apparently many scenes in the script didn’t make it to the screen.http://www.amazon.com/dp/1608870154/?tag=prolost-20

More Inception:Here’s the hour long podcast of VFX Supervisor Paul Franklin talking about the fx: http://bit.ly/aYrkXMChristopher Nolan Sits w/ Post Magazine and talks Inception: http://bit.ly/dB57tu

Scott Pilgrim vs The World VFX:-AWN sits with Double Negative and Mr. X about the vfx in the newly released Scott Pilgrim vs The World.http://bit.ly/aqmUoX

CAVE: A virtual look inside of the human body:-Technological advancements in medicine have always been interesting and amazing.  This one is geared more towards us.  A new way to look inside of the body using “CAVE” which is a new 3D technology developed by Cornell Medical College.http://www.vizworld.com/2010/08/cave-3d-virtual-view-body/

22Filmmaking Apps for your iPhone and iPad:http://filmmakeriq.com/2010/07/22-filmmaking-apps-for-the-ipad-iphone/

The Foundry’s new Camera Tracker for AE:http://bit.ly/bzAmuM

“XXXO” Music Video for M.I.A.:-Newest music video for M.I.A.’s newest release, “XXXO”.  Directed by Hype Williams and vfx/design work created by Laundry in LA.  I’ll be brutally honest…Either M.I.A. is completely whack or Hype is completely whack…I’m going to blame both.  Why did she have Hype Direct this? Why didn’t she just go straight to Laundry??? They do some dope work.  Then I’ll blame Hype because his sensibilities design wise is probably whack…just stick to the fisheye stuff like you did with Missy Elliot and Puffy!http://videos.antville.org/stories/2011913/

Eyewriter:-I first caught wind of this a few months back at the CaT conference.  Developed by the awesome guys at Graffiti Research Lab as well as a group of other amazing artists, the idea is now up for a $250k Pepsi Good Idea competition.  It basically gives people suffering from paralysis a way to communicate using their eyes.  It started out as an experiment with one of their buddies TEMPTONE who is also a graffiti artist as well as a somebody diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).  Check it out and vote for the Eyewriter  http://www.refresheverything.com/eyewriterhttp://www.eyewriter.org/

Tips for making an awesome reel:http://bit.ly/boBQcV

Wages in VFX and Animation:‘-Somebody spent a lot of time putting together wages from various places in the industry.  Interesting.http://bit.ly/bv1kBp

Air Force 1: Anatomy of an Urban Legend:-For those of you who know me, know I love sneakers.  This is for all of you sneaker whores out there.  This has nothing to do with our industry, but hey…shoes can still be considered art.  This is just the trailer of a documentary about Nike’s Legendary Air Force 1s.  Screenings started this past Saturday and will be released to the public very, very soon.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w8dqiuby6c

MOMA iPhone App:-Check it outttt!http://bit.ly/MoMAapp

Canon 7D vs. Barbie Video Girl:-This is a great spoof comparing the two cameras.  Wouldn’t be awesome to show up on set with a Barbie Video Girl instead of a proper Canon or Nikon?  http://vimeo.com/13992345

I’m Still Here: -This is the trailer documentary of Joaquin Phoenix, Directed by Casey Afleck about Joaquin’s breakdown.  http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810167068/video/21429271

Texting Trends:-Interesting the amount of texting has increased in the past few years.  Notice that the Philippines still tops the U.S. in average texts per month.  It’s actually much more money to talk on the phone than it is to text.  http://bit.ly/9hO8Az