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Daniel Hayek September 4th, 2009

A lot of people will tell you that humans can't levitate. Those people are naysayers who don't believe in magic or unicorns.

This weekend your assignment is simple and fun- create a video showing people or objects floating around. This afternoon Andrea, Steve, and myself took some time to create a few simple examples. These were really fun to do and took us very little time.

Andrea shot her movie with a video camera, and I made mine with a regular photo camera.

The most interesting, creative, and overall awesome video will get you 250MB more upload space or 5,000 HD embeds (for Plus users). The runner-up will receive 100MB more upload space or 1,000 HD embeds (for Plus users).

Make sure you add your videos to the Weekend Project Group.

Your videos are due on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 by midnight (EST).

Have a great weekend, and remember, have fun with this!

UPDATE-

Thanks for all your killer submissions. The winner this week is illdog with the submissionWe Believe You can Fly: Morning Dance.

The runner up is Nathan Balli with the video Lifted.

Thanks for all your hard work everyone, these were very fun to watch.
- Chrizzle 3 months ago
  
  Yes! Yes, yes, yes. Thank you for giving me a reason to dust off my camera :)
  Ily, Vimeo.
- Andy Mellon Makes Things 3 months ago
  
  I get so excited when I see new weekend project posts!
- Daniel Hayek 3 months ago
  
  Glad to hear, we love thinking them up and seeing what the community creates.
- Michael Chavez 3 months ago
  
  i like vimeo better than youtube now
- Andrea Allen 3 months ago
  
  Hell Yeah!
- Brian Kasnick 3 months ago
  
  how could you not?
- ABOVE 3 months ago
  
  Get ready and keep your head up for floating arrows spinning around European countries. see the video here >vimeo.com/1058936
- Nilz 3 months ago
  
  Maybe I will make a video of Daniel Hayek's missing shirt floating around.
- Daniel Hayek 3 months ago
  
  I was born shirtless.
- Andrea Allen 3 months ago
  
  Nilz, I LOLd at that.
- Nilz 3 months ago
  
  :)
- Diego Lorenzo F. Jose 3 months ago
  
  Wow this Vimeo community is real awesome with the projects etc, a real sense of community. I'm so glad I'm now part of it!
- Stephen Niebauer 3 months ago
  
  Welcome!
- emmagination 3 months ago
  
  Vimeo's fun. I upgraded to Plus not long after trying it out. I think i'll try one of these projects someday when i'm better with video.
- bartleby 3 months ago
  
  having seen your efforts I'm quite awed but hopefully will be able to give it a go.
- Piotr Bargiel 3 months ago
  
  Awesome! If you call those 'simple examples' I can hardly wait to see the real mindblowers popping up... :D
- STEEL5000 3 months ago
  
  I have question.... Last week I happened to make a video that totally defies gravity. Can I enter it? or does it have to be a video made this weekend. I did make it in 2 days... so it's not like I had more time or anything. thank you.
- Daniel Hayek 3 months ago
  
  Unfortunately, it won't be eligible for the contest but you are welcome to submit it nonetheless. Thanks for asking.
- ailatanotos 3 months ago
  
  A volar se ha dicho!!
- Barry McMahon 3 months ago
  
  I have clay birds flying in my video but it took me a really long time to do it so I wouldn't count me into the contest but I agree with Diego Lorenzo F. Jose. Vimeo is awesome. I just watched about ten videos in animation that were really fun to watch!
- Paul Treacy 3 months ago
  
  Just posted mine at vimeo.com/6447987
- Daniel Hayek 3 months ago
  
  Cool, add it to the weekend project group linked in the post above.
- Sam McCready 3 months ago
  
  CooL
  I´m on my way!
- Juliana 3 months ago
  
  Can we use dolls and paper to make it?
  Or real things are better accepted? =x
- Daniel Hayek 3 months ago
  
  Objects are fine.
- Brian Kasnick 3 months ago
  
  I just posted my weekend project. It's animated so check it out.
  
  vimeo.com/6480246
- BZL (es Dipi) 3 months ago
  
  Hey! I made an animation too!! But i cant seem to add it to the weekend project group :(...
  
  vimeo.com/6479443
- Daniel Hayek 3 months ago
  
  have you joined the group?
- BZL (es Dipi) 3 months ago
  
  yep. i've even commented on a group video.
  
  is says "pending" when i click on the group at the add tab.
- Daniel Hayek 3 months ago
  
  oh yea we have to approve them before they get added, if not we get a ton of unrelated videos from folks hungry for views.
- BZL (es Dipi) 3 months ago
  
  oh! i didn't know that! hehe
  
  thanks a lot then!! :D
- illdog 3 months ago
  
  that was fun! still trying to add my video to the group though!!
  
  vimeo.com/6486503
- Daniel Hayek 3 months ago
  
  hmm, have you joined the group?
- illdog 3 months ago
  
  oh yeah, since long time ago.. guess it was just doing cue for approval:)
- Brian Kasnick 3 months ago
  
  I like these projects because as an animator they force you to be creative and make something on a very small time schedule. It's a nice test of creativity under pressure.
- Juliana 3 months ago
  
  Mine is converting right now. This was so much fun. Thank you guys for making this.
  I'll make sure to participate in the others!
  
  vimeo.com/6495262
- paratiger 3 months ago
  
  Come on! You want to see real flying vimeo.com/paragliding
  
  :)
- Blake Whitman 3 months ago
  
  we love than channel!
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