Purchase Brothers

Posted on March 12, 2007 Under Art

I recently had a chance to check out some of the work of Purchase Brothers-- they're a boutique film studio out of Toronto that appear to do great stuff in the fields of event videography, video editing, color correction/grading, 2D…

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Web 2.0 in Under Five

Posted on February 24, 2007 Under Life

For those of you who haven't seen it yet, I hope you enjoy this short and thought provoking clip by Michael Wesch, who is an Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University. In this, a short, clear, simple,…

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Pulp Fiction Typography

Posted on February 23, 2007 Under Design

Finding a good typographer isn't easy. Finding a good animator with a sense of typography this good never even crossed my mind-- until now. This quick animation of the famous moment in Pulp Fiction when good ol' Samuel L. Jackon…

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Sneaux Ad: Human Skateboard

Posted on February 19, 2007 Under Art

Sneaux makes skate shoes, and specializes in antics-- their spokesman, after all, is Steve O from the Jackass Films. Their new ad is a stop-motion masterpiece called the "Human Skateboard." It was directed by PES, and although it's short, it's…

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X-Dance Film Festival

Posted on January 19, 2007 Under Art

As Josh mentioned earlier today, The Sundance Film Festival is going on in Utah right now. Yes, it's hyped beyond belief, and yes, you can see a lot of the action online. But I thought it's also worth mentioning that…

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Sundance Festival (No Plane Ticket Needed)

Posted on January 19, 2007 Under Art

Sundance Film Festival kicked off last night in Park City, Utah-- swarms of people head to one of the coldest, most conservative and lack-luster cities in the world (minus the skiing, but there isn't even snow there yet). They all…

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Le Grand Content

Posted on January 12, 2007 Under Life

This tasty morsel of short film -- entitled 'Le Grand Content' -- comes to us from digital designers Clemens Kogler and Karo Szmit, and was narrated by Andre Tschinder. I found it by browsing Jessica Hagy's blog 'Indexed,' which is…

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Mountain Town Documentary

Posted on January 5, 2007 Under Life

For all of you who think I am a pretty weird guy, I would have to agree with you. The most likely reason I'm weird: I grew up in a Rocky Mountain ski town with 1,500 people where it was…

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The Alchemists

Posted on December 22, 2006 Under Life

I have to agree with the one and only Notcot, if you only watch one trailer this week-- make it this one. I'll be first in line when The Alchemists comes to my town. Seriously, if you're interested in advertising,…

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Line Rider Update

Posted on December 20, 2006 Under Life

About a month ago, I keyed you into the original version of Line Rider. You remember-- it's the game where you start with blank canvas, and you draw lines, loops, jumps, and whatever else you want to make a 'course'…

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