Check out this delightful little short: Bedfellows
I’m glad I saw this in the daylight.
Tag: video
Crying Ghost
No matter how many times I watch this video, it still gives me the creeps. There’s just something about the timing, the anticipation…even now thinking about it makes me shudder.
I Want to Believe
This one has spooked me for years.
Kinetic Typography
“Kinetic typography—the technical name for “moving text”—is an animation technique mixing motion and text to express ideas using video animation.” (Wikipedia)
I’ve seen some of these before, but an airing of Pulp Fiction last night brought them to mind. I love how the addition of text adds another layer of interest and mood to these scenes.
If you’re anything like me, you’ll find it impossible not to read along with the words the characters are saying.
A new favourite is this one, for the novel House of Leaves
What do you think? Does the text add to the emotional experience, or detract from it?
Artists! Bring Out Your Skeletons!
After yesterday’s post I found a video that instantly changed my views on writing, and on being a “new” writer. If you’re an artist, in any form, you need to see this.
More artists need to do this: to reveal, even occasionally, their awkward first attempts. All that we fledglings see are the polished pieces, and it’s reassuring to see proof that once, even the experts kind of…sucked.
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