Showing posts with label Video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Video. Show all posts
Werner Herzog Reads Madeline
Want a laugh this morning? (Or maybe an honest introspection?) Watch Werner Herzog's updated reading of the classic picture book Madeline. Click to watch on Youtube:
A return to 2-D animation from Disney? Yes, please!
Video: Bad Seeds
This Best Animated Short by Claude Coutier is masterfully done and will make you think! Click the image to watch on Youtube:
Video: "Hear Me"
I LOVE this ad from Blue Shield of California, "Hear Me" - beautifully filmed, beautifully said, and featured at Communication Arts. It speaks to me on a personal level as well. As a woman of a certain age, with certain issues, I have reached the end of medical knowledge on so many fronts. It's amazing how little is known about female physiology, and how few options there are for women when things go awry. We are not simply men with boobs and tubes. Hear us!
VIDEO: Sunday Surprise
How's this for a surprise? This home-owner filmed not one, but FOUR cougars wandering about on their back porch and drinking from a fountain! Click the image to watch on youtube.
VIDEO: The Life of Rosemarie
Wow - what a beautiful animation and what a beautiful story! Click the image to watch at CommArts.
VIDEO: Interview with Bobby Chiu, Terryl Whitlatch, and Robert Gould
VIDEO: Bobby Chiu on Being Lucky
I adore Bobby Chiu's work and have been enjoying the videos he's making under his "Schoolism" brand. This latest one has some good advice on networking. This is how I did/do it too. Have a look, enjoy his method, and learn a few things!
Video: Giant Xylophone in a Japanese Forest
This is an amazing project. Mori Inc. created an enormous xylophone that plays Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. You have to see/hear it to believe it. Click the image to watch and read more about it at Good News Network.
Adidas Thinks Differently
I found this promo video on Communication Arts. They like it for its innovative presentation. I like it for its future thinking of creating products going forward. Either way, I think it's hopeful and inspiring! Click the image to watch on CommArts' website.
VIDEO: Author John Klassen discusses THE ROCK FROM THE SKY
Multiple Caldecott-winner Jon Klassen has a new book coming out called THE ROCK FROM THE SKY. He talks about his ideas behind its creation and it's a wonderful, quick lesson in storytelling. Click the image to have a look on Vimeo.
Scholastic on CBS Sunday Morning
This was a fascinating segment on the history of Scholastic, the book publisher is celebrating 100 years this year - wow! Click the image to watch on Youtube:
Student Loan Debt Explained
As an educator, I found this video to be especially helpful in understanding the current student loan debt crisis. Bottom line, it's a societal problem created by societal decisions to transfer costs that were once subsidised by the government (as adding to the greater good and success of our nation) to the individual students themselves, which is hurting our nation as a whole. We moved from educating our citizens for the sake of being more competitive on the world stage, to strapping our brightest minds with debt just as they are in their most influential stages in life. It's hurting our economy, leading to lower investments in marriage, child-birth, home ownership, etc. And it's not solely a priveleged, white male issue. "Women hold roughly two-thirds of all student debt," and yet make less money in the job market, putting them at greater risk debt-wise. So, while it is not a complete answer, I support Joe Biden wiping away $50K of federal student debt. But it needs to be followed with legislation that returns us to a federally supported higher education system, which makes us more globally competitive. Most other first-world nations subsidize or fund higher education, the US is an outlier in this regard. This needs to be fixed. 
I want to make it clear - I don't think loan cancellation by itself is the answer. It's a temporary solution. The government used to fund the majority of higher education. That support started to decline with Reagan and pursuant recessions. Now, the onus of the cost has moved to the students, creating the situation we're in today. (My own university used to get a fair amount of its funding from the state of South Carolina - funding that was cut during the last recession and was never returned to pre-recession lebels.) So, to clarify - tax payers did used to pay for college - it has always been seen as an appropriate investment in the betterment of society. The more educated citizens we have, the more innovation we have in all fields, which makes us less reliant on other countries. The problem is, government has Stopped paying for it, and now our best and brightest minds are mired in so much debt, they can't contribute to society. So, there is a seed change that needs to occur, or reoccur. Yes, the cost needs to go back to the government, because WE ALL BENEFIT from a more educated populous, just as we all benefit from good roads and fire departments. There are some things that simply must be in the public trust.
I want to make it clear - I don't think loan cancellation by itself is the answer. It's a temporary solution. The government used to fund the majority of higher education. That support started to decline with Reagan and pursuant recessions. Now, the onus of the cost has moved to the students, creating the situation we're in today. (My own university used to get a fair amount of its funding from the state of South Carolina - funding that was cut during the last recession and was never returned to pre-recession lebels.) So, to clarify - tax payers did used to pay for college - it has always been seen as an appropriate investment in the betterment of society. The more educated citizens we have, the more innovation we have in all fields, which makes us less reliant on other countries. The problem is, government has Stopped paying for it, and now our best and brightest minds are mired in so much debt, they can't contribute to society. So, there is a seed change that needs to occur, or reoccur. Yes, the cost needs to go back to the government, because WE ALL BENEFIT from a more educated populous, just as we all benefit from good roads and fire departments. There are some things that simply must be in the public trust.
VIDEO: Aerial Footage outside Berlin
A friend who from Scotland, who now lives in Berlin, Mattias Keysermann, has the fun hobby of filming with an aerial drone. He made a compilation of his favorite footage from the year from outside the city. It's a bit dizzying, but beautiful too. He also did a video of Berlin's abandoned places, which may be my fave. The tower in the first video is called the Grunewald Tower dating back to 1897 and marked the 100th birthday of the German Emperor Wilhelm I (d. 1888) (a.k.a. the King of Prussia). Have a look on Youtube - click the image:
VIDEO: Chaos Walking
I loved the book, The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness. It's now been turned into a movie called Chaos Walking. And the trailer is cool! Click the image to watch on Youtube: 
Trailer: Tiny Pretty Things
I'm thrilled to announce the upcoming show for Netflix, Tiny Pretty Things, written by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton, my colleague at Hollins University! Click the image below to watch the trailer on YouTube.
Tiny Pretty Things is set in the world of an elite ballet academy and charts the rise and fall of young adults who live far from their homes, each standing on the verge of greatness or ruin. As Chicago’s only elite dance school, the Archer School of Ballet serves as the company school for the city’s renowned professional company: City Works Ballet. The Archer School is an oasis for an array of dancers: rich and poor, from north and south, and a range of backgrounds. Yet they all share a rare talent and passion for dance, a loyal sense of community… and when it comes to their dreams, no Plan B.
VIDEO: TED Countdown Video
This is a beautifully designed/animated, but sobering video about where our planet currently stands with Climate Change. The news isn't good, but it's important to know, and there is hope if we change. We must change.
Video: Rachel Tiep-Daniels Interview
Rachel Tiep-Daniels is a multi-talented Production Designer who is currently working at Kuku Studios. As a kid, Rachel knew she wanted to be an architect or a cartoonist when she grew up. After studying Computer Animation at the Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale, she found a way to combine those two professions and now helps to build and create animated worlds for feature films like “Trolls”, “Kung Fu Panda”, “Boss Baby”, “The Croods”, and many more! In this interview, Rachel talks about her love for learning, her process for building worlds using different software, and her experience working as a Production Designer.Click the image to watch on Youtube.
Video: How to Be Alone
I love this PSA - Poetry Unbound animation at CommArts. Take a moment to click, listen, and watch on their site. You owe it to yourself.
Video: Groundhog!
A friend sent me this adorable video of a groundhog who got caught eating a man's vegetable garden. Click the image below to watch on Youtube and smile:
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