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Technologic Overkill is the first music video shot on an iPhone 3GS. The song by XFYA accompanies the plight of a little blue robot and his attempt to be relevant in an increasingly technological world.

Directed by Steve Ellington
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  • Jaladhi Pujara 4 months ago
    Very well done! Seems like you cropped the video to change its aspect ratio. It looks great.
  • Steve Ellington 4 months ago
    Thanks. Yes it is cropped.
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  • Blake Whitman staff 4 months ago
    we're doomed.
  • zack mctee plus 4 months ago
    ...sigh
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  • Sunny Thaper plus 4 months ago
    Brilliant, badass work!
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  • Geisterhund 4 months ago
    hehe, very nice!
    Great little story.
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  • Eugenia Loli-Queru plus 4 months ago
    Make sure you add it to Philip Bloom's iPhone Video Competition! Let him know of that so he can add the video!
  • Steve Ellington 4 months ago
    Thanks for the tip!
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  • dave knop 4 months ago
    Does the Iphone video record have a 'pause' function? to allow you to record multiple shots without creating a new video clip each time?
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  • Steve Ellington 4 months ago
    No it doesn't. Hopefully a third party developer can provide this function. It would be cool to make a completely in-camera linear edit movie.
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  • maczter 4 months ago
    Nice work.
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  • dave knop 4 months ago
    Sweet thanks. Yeah it's weird I found the 'pause' function on my generic 2yr old LG phone and i love it.. but having the iphone quality along with 'trim' functions.. would be AWESOME! thanks for the info!
  • Steve Ellington 4 months ago
    My old nokia 3650 had that function back in 2003. It was fun to play around with old school in-camera tricks like making someone disappear. I can't wait to see what third parties do with video apps for the 3GS.
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  • Andrew Howe plus 4 months ago
    Nice work! How did you do the low shots? I presume you weren't scrabbling along on your knees or there would have been a lot more commuters stopping or running in the opposite direction ;)

    Also looking forward to what the Apps store produces. I have heard Apple is going to change it so trims are not destructive but nothing about other edit functions.
  • Steve Ellington 4 months ago
    You presume wrong sir :) I'm not sure why I didn't draw more attention. They probably just thought I was crazy!
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  • Alfred Williams 4 months ago
    awesome video:) the depth of field on some of the shots was amazing!
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  • `DNA` 4 months ago
    I don't think you were the 1st...though I could be wrong. It would be interesting to know who was..

    boingboing.net/2009/07/06/first-music-video-sh-1.html
  • Steve Ellington 4 months ago
    Check the publish dates (mine June 23, the other July 1). Boing Boing is wrong. It bums me out that the other one is getting the credit from such a big source :(
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  • 3to1 Studios plus 2 months ago
    Well done.
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  • David C. Hill plus 1 month ago
    Very cool Video, Living in the Silicon Valley this really hit home. How did you get the great depth of field?
  • Steve Ellington 1 month ago
    Thanks. I guess I will reveal my secret :) I have the clarifi case from griffin which makes the minimum focus distance go from 10cm to about 5cm. Cheers
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  • David C. Hill plus 1 month ago
    Thanks for sharing your secret:) I watched the video again, its just so clever. Look forward to seeing more of your work.
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