Merge is a short film for the fashion industry demonstrating the RED's ability to shoot stills and motion pictures.
Shot on RED Epic-M
A 2012 Showdown Visual Production
www.showdownvisual.com
Merge is a short film for the fashion industry demonstrating the RED's ability to shoot stills and motion pictures.
Shot on RED Epic-M
A 2012 Showdown Visual Production
www.showdownvisual.com
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Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked in an interview with TIME magazine, "What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?" This is his answer.
Special thanks to:
Reid Gower http://saganseries.com/
Michael Marantz http://vimeo.com/2822787
Carl Sagan http://www.hulu.com/cosmos
Neil deGrasse Tyson http://www.facebook.com/neiltyson
NASA http://www.nasa.gov/
...for their inspiration.
CREDITS
Narration: TIME Magazine's "10 Questions for Neil Degrasse Tyson"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiOwqDmacJo
Music: "To Build a Home" by the Cinematic Orchestra feat. Patrick Watson
http://www.cinematicorchestra.com
Video (in order of appearance):
IMAX: Hubble 3D (Orion)
http://www.imax.com/hubble/
Animal Planet: Safari
http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Animal_Planet_Safari_The_Last_Lion_of_Liuwa/70153174?trkid=438403
Yellowstone: Battle for Life (Waterfall)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jcdml…
This film was shot over two days in Chicago, Illinois on the RED Epic & Canon 5D.
The first day Karen, Austin & I spent timelapsing at various locations around the city.
On the second day Joel, Karen, Austin, Eric & I filmed up and down Michigan Avenue (and a few other locations).
The narration was created by Karen Abad http://www.karenabad.com and voiced by Ruby Carr (MediaVoice, Nova Scotia, Canada).
Camera equipment provided by Eric Kessler http://www.kesslercrane.com.
Music Track licensed from The Music Bed http://www.themusicbed.com.
(The Candlepark Stars - We Give and We Get - Tucker and the Night Sky)
The featured dancer in the video was David Fishel, who runs a blog called Davey Dance Blog http://daveydanceblog.com. His project started while traveling Europe during Spring 2007. Armed only with an ipod and a Canon, Davey picks a location and a pop song.
A try to visualize the flow of the famous painting "Starry Night" of Vincent Van Gogh.
The user can interact with the animation. Also, the sound responds to the flow.
Made with openframeworks.
[ UPDATE - feb 20, 2012 ]
Thank you so much for your positive feedback! :)
Due to large number of requests, I am currently working on porting this application to iPad and android.
[ UPDATE - mar 28, 2012 ]
The iPad2 version is ready! You can watch it here: http://vimeo.com/39353818
Available on the app store: itunes.apple.com/us/app/starry-night-interactive-animation/id511943282
Just think about it… What if you were trapped under something heavy and the mouse was out of your reach? Scary, right? That's exactly why we have these keyboard shortcuts so you can still use Vimeo until the help arrives.
