LIMBO

"After winning the 25k Grant from the Vimeo Awards, Director Eliot Rausch partnered with Producer Mark Schwartz and the Dreamers of Los Angeles to create LIMBO. This 19 minute film exposes the lives of 3 undocumented students, living in the US without legal status. Never having touched a camera, the 3 students were gifted with a small handycam and trained for half a day by Lukas Korver and Matt B. Taylor. They were asked to film everyday for 3 months. Through their lens, this is their story."

It's so amazing to see the wonderful footage that can be shot by someone who isn't constantly thinking about the aesthetics or the process. It really makes for a natural, raw, emotive, and real piece.  I am brought back to the first time when I picked up a camera, and how much of a struggle it is today to get back to that mindset.

Photo of the Day - Gum on the Beach

Gum on the Beach, a photo by Laser Bread on Flickr.

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The ________ says...

Created for the Threadless Loves Simple contest. Vote here.

Danny Brown - Grown Up (Scion AV)

Awesome idea for a music video, there are a few shots in here that I really love. Download the free track here.

X Games 2012

As usual Buck is creating fantastic work, nothing new there. But their recent stuff for X Games 2012 is making me extremely envious. Their work is so vibrant and fun, it's like all my Saturday morning cartoons threw up in one beautiful moment.

Pixelbox

Really inspired by these portraits from Pixelbox. I think I might have to try and do a few myself.

BE BRAVE BENJAMIN - Devil Fool

A very naughty music video by Be Brave Benjamin, from the album A Fine Dance.

Créativité

Loving this little piece on creativity from French motion designer, Maximin Spotti. The motion never quite stops in this work and it really helps to keep the whole thing moving.

Traumdeutung

I'm loving this piece from Fellowland. Their mixture of documentary/surreal storytelling and simple 3D graphics makes for a very unique, interesting, and funny piece.

Breakdown | - HORIZON -

This masterpiece comes from Mickaël Forrett. I always love to watch these, it's amazing how much work and time goes into the creation of a landscape like this. After I watch these I'm always inspired to go make my own...but I think I will leave it to the pros for now. For more on the breakdown go here.

Mattias Adolfsson

I love the playful and detailed work of Mattias Adolfsson. It's as if Dr. Seuss and Where's Waldo had a baby.

CK/CK

Interesting piece from an interesting tumblr.

Photo of the Day - Unkown

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Man On Fire [Official Video]

This piece gave me chills. The official video for Man On Fire by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros is nothing short of touching. Not only is the song beautiful, but I love the genuine feel that this piece has. Nothing is trying to be perfect, it's just passionate people doing what they're passionate about, and having fun while doing it.

Photo of the Day - True Grit

True Grit, a photo by francescadistefano on Flickr.

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CRCR

Hands down some of the best animation I have seen in a long time. I especially love their mixture of animation and real footage in Break the Law of Silence. For more check out their site here.

Lorn - 'Ghosst(s)'

Break The Law of Silence

Les chiens isolés

Vésuves

The Wedding of Joseph Koelsch & Emily Walker

I was lucky enough to get to spend the last weekend down in Memphis, Tennessee celebrating my brother's wedding. I spent the entire weekend capturing all the events and the video below is the result. The footage was shot on a Canon 7D with a 24-70mm and a 16-35mm lens. The audio was recorded live using a Zoom H4N from a band we saw on Beale Street called Two Weeks Notis. Enjoy.

EyeShop

Fun little animation from Trevor Conrad and Alexander Perry for a revolutionary new iPhone app that will help people with vision problems to shop at grocery stores.

Photo of the Day - Untitled

Untitled, a photo by patrickjoust on Flickr.

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Portraits Revisited

I was going through my old videos on my Vimeo page recently and came across the video below; a portrait of my girlfriend Lisa. It really jumped out at me. I forgot how much I loved it, and at the time I had planned to do many more of these. That was a year ago and Lisa was the only one I've done. I figure because I'm so animation focused these days I owe it to myself to revisit this little portrait series...