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On exhibit as a video art installation at the Gasteig Cultural Museum in Munich Germany [Dec. 2008 - Feb. 2009]: gasteig.de.

A few days ago I got a Canon EOS 5D. I was so excited, I started taking random pictures of my hand, just to get the feel of pointing and shooting. I was about to trash them all, but when scrolling rapidly through the images on my camera's viewfinder, I thought they made a cool little stop-action movie.

The next day, I borrowed a tripod from my girlfriend's Dad. I also borrowed some of her 'Day of the Dead' figurines. I shot some pictures of them on the bathroom sink. I pulled the pictures into Final Cut, and then edited them to music.

The song was one I wrote and recorded a long time ago on an old Tascam 4 Track cassette recorder.

I put this together pretty quickly as an experiment, but I think it came out pretty cool.

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  • Hasan Ismail 1 year ago
    nice one!! its stuffs that we want to trash that sometimes gets the best of us. Think it'd look even bigger if you cropped the black frame out to ratio and still maintain 720p export. Thanks for sharing. And is it not the new EOS 5D that captures 1920x1080 video?
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  • americanvirus plus 1 year ago
    Thanks!! No, it's not the new one. It's the old model... only still pictures and no video.

    Thanks again for the comment.
  • Hasan Ismail 1 year ago
    The skeleton creeping out the tub looks really well done. Is that also from 'Day of the Dead'?

    btw Do click on 'Reply to this comment' when you reply or the sender will not be notified about your response. ;)
  • americanvirus plus 1 year ago
    The skeleton is from Belgium... only the little figurines are from 'Day of the Dead'.

    BTW, I just went through your entire video stream... it was amazing to watch you learn and grow through each video. It was really valuable to see how quickly you were able to start mastering your camera through experimentation. I've been itching to get an HD camera - but I've been leaning more towards the Canon HV20 or 30. Also, meanwhile, as I'm saving money for the next gear purchase... I've had my eye on Red's Scarlet due in 2009 (Although, now they're scratching the project & starting over). Granted, Red is a whole new ball game. None the less, your stuff has been very inspiring tonight. I love the stuff your doing with the 35mm Adapter. Your Vids are lovely, and your family is very lovely as well. Thanks for the inspiration.
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  • i think its pretty cool too
  • americanvirus plus 1 year ago
    Thank you sooo much. I appreciate it.
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  • MariaNYC plus 1 year ago
    Oh now I see where it began. This is one is good to and I love the song.
    Got to do a stop motion.
  • americanvirus plus 1 year ago
    Thanks.
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  • godino 1 year ago
    Great work!
  • americanvirus plus 1 year ago
    Thanks. And thanks again for adding it to your groups. Your truly inspiring me to get off my ass and make another one.
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  • Dapixara 1 year ago
    This is Amazing!
  • americanvirus plus 1 year ago
    Thanks. I appreciate it.
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  • You know what Virus? I do really like your work, when you gonna do some more?
  • americanvirus plus 10 months ago
    Hey thanks a lot. Those last two vids you did were hilarious. As soon as I have some time, I'll be making more movies. I just got photoshop and lightroom 2, so I'm kind of just starting a learning phase. I'm sure I'll be creating soon. Thanks for watching and commenting.
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  • Davor Radic 8 months ago
    Really cool stuff virus!
  • americanvirus plus 8 months ago
    Thanks!!
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  • Jahaan London 4 months ago
    Nice Nice .... A R T ! still motion is cool
  • americanvirus plus 4 months ago
    Thanks!
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  • Steve Sarro 3 months ago
    So sick! Great choice of music. It was kind of chilling, Loved it.
  • americanvirus plus 3 months ago
    Hey Thanks. I appreciate it!
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  • Sean Anderson 4 days ago
    crazytown! I like.
  • americanvirus plus 4 days ago
    Thanks!
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