Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Sagi alter and Reut Elad’s graduation film from Bezalel Academy of art & design, Jerusalem 2014. The film illustrates a day in the life of an Israeli soldier during his service, located in the Palestinian territory. A local boy dressed as a bunny starts a chase that blurs the line between the pursuer and the pursued, between reality and imagination. Reut Elad- http://bit.ly/1NUA4fK Sagi Alter- http://bit.ly/1QYqmPe Sound Desing- Sweetsound studio http://bit.ly/1NUA5QP


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@RobertClarkphoto Beetles are by far the largest order of insects, with 350,000–400,000 species, making up about 40% of all insect species described, and about 30% of all animals. The classification at a bit resolved, with about about 500 families. Scientist estimates between 850,000–4,000,000 species proposed which means that 70–95% of all beetle species remain undescribed. For example, the known beetle diversity of Australia is estimated at 23,000 species in 3265 genera and 121 families. While other predictions show there could be as many as 28,000 species in North America, including those currently undescribed, meaning the little studied Australian beetle fauna's true diversity could vary from 80,000 to 100,000. Although we often think of beetles as garden pests or garden protectors, many cultures use parts of dazzling, colorful beetles as prized jewelry. Just as structural color is responsible for the beautiful blue of Morpho butterflies, it is also responsible for the glistening iridescent colors of many tropical beetles. The outermost surface, of iridescent beetles is made of many stacks of slanting, plate-like layers, which are oriented in different directions. The layers bend, and then reflect the incoming light in the same way as the ridges of iridescent butterfly and moth scales. They produce structural colors by interference in the same way as butterfly w1ngs do. A layer of pigment below the refractive plates of beetles and the ridges of iridescent butterfly scales enhances the effect of the iridescence. In some species, thecolorful reflection diffraction grating to cause iridescence. The exact mechanism of the structural color for many species is an open topic of research. #evolution #darwin #thephotosociety by natgeo


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Páll Pálsson has been a man of the sea for 36 years. With a life of fishing, comes a life of little sleep. Research shows that nearly half of Icelandic fishermen suffer from sleep-related disorders such as chronic fatigue and apnea. Executive Producers: Kaylee King-Balentine, Steven Richardson Producers: Raquel Bubar, Rupert Savage Post Producer: Lauren Tyson Production Assistants: Jenna Haddaway, Sarah Thomas Fixer: Daddi Haraldur Director: Gregory Hackett Focus Puller: Jon England Camera Assistant: Carolina Salas Drone Operator: Ozzo Photography 1st Assistant Director: Steve Wingrove Photographer: Tristan Conor Holden Editor: Tim Swaby Grade: The Mill Composer: Rob Law Sound Designer: Martin Leitner, Wave Studios Produced by: T Brand Studio and Spindle Special Thanks: Páll Pálsson


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Monday, December 28, 2015

Photo by @pedromcbride // Snow or salt? The Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat sitting at 11,000 feet high in the #Andes of #Bolivia. I did a story on salt miners in this enchanted high altitude realm. Each worker scraped salt into piles for transport and wrote their initials for payment ($5 a day on average). Today, they are mining more than salt. Over 50% of the world's lithium reserves lie beneath this ancient salt lake — which helps power cellphone batteries and more. To see more wild places, #follow @pedromcbride. #altiplano #blue #nature #sal #salt #archive #petemcbride by natgeo


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A new film in our maker series. Ben Harris is a traditional wooden boat builder based in Cornwall, UK. This film documents Ben Harris’ love of wood work and boat building, how he acquired his skills, and how incredible it is to be able to take something that you’ve built with your own hands out onto the water and sail it across the sea. Who is Ben Harris? Ben has always loved wood. His mother said that his first word was ‘log’. He has been working with wood throughout the UK since the age of 15. First as an assistant to a cabinet maker, where he started by sharpening the tools and clearing up. He then developed his skills in furniture making and his passion for wood and forestry by working in broadleaf woodlands. Later he tuned his skills in bespoke oak-framed carpentry and went on to establish a sawmill and oak framing business in Scotland, sourcing timber from the local estates. In 2005 Ben moved to Cornwall to study boatbuilding. He has been building boats and sailing them ever since. Shooting from timber to tide We spent three days with Ben, staying with him in the idyllic handbuilt wooden cabin he lives in, in Constantine, Cornwall. When we arrived Wednesday, late afternoon, the plan was to make pumpkin soup and couldn’t believe our luck when we discovered the open fire cooking area in the garden. Within an hour after arriving we were already shooting some lovely material. The next day we covered the area around the house, the two workshops, the woods and recorded the voice-over. The real treat came on Friday morning when we took his self-built sailing yacht Alva out on Falmouth’s waters. First we covered the beautiful yacht from a motor boat with skipper Matthew Dale and dog Ruben, before we stepped on board ourselves and got close to the action. What a great experience. Credits and technical information Directed by Remco Merbis and Fern Scott. Cinematography, grade and edit by Remco Merbis. Sound recorded by Fern Scott. Music by Jonny Pryor. http://bit.ly/1YJDIDq Thanks to Ben Harris, Jack Adair Bevan, Jacob Dodd and Matthew Dale. Sony PXW-FS7 Metabones Speedbooster Ultra Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM Lens Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 II USM Lens Manfrotto 546GBK with 504HD head tripod DJI Ronin Chinese Lantern Shot at 25 and 50 fps at 1080p and 4K. Graded in DaVinci Resolve, using Osiris cinematic film emulation 3D LUTs at 1080p HD with added 35mm film grain.


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Sunday, December 27, 2015

Photograph by George Steinmetz @geosteinmetz / @thephotosociety When I got a phone call that there had been a rare snowfall on the Great Wall, I was waist deep in field of yellow flowers in the southern province Yunnan. So we hastily packed and drove for hours to the airport, catching the last flight to Beijing and arriving well past midnight. I changed out of my tropical clothes in the back of the taxi, and then broke trail up the icy stone steps in by moonlight to catch this view of the wall at sunrise. Much of photography is about being in the right place at the right time, and in this case, bringing a good pair of boots! For more lucky shots from here and there, go to @geosteinmetz by natgeo


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Photo by @BrianSkerry A large Tiger Shark swims with bar jacks off her nose within a shallow water region in The Bahamas that researchers believe might be a ‘maternity ward’ where pregnant females spend time before pupping. Despite a reputation as one of the most adaptable predators in the ocean, life for tiger sharks is not always easy. Over fishing and climate change can effect the abundance of their prey, making some years rather lean. Photographed on assignment for @natgeo. #Sharks #Bahamas #predators #nature #sharklove by natgeo


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A montage assembled of scenes from an unreleased project shot in the summer of 2014. Music by Cliff Dweller (http://bit.ly/1RMLFmQ) Director: David M. Helman Director of Photography: Benoit Soler Original Editor: Paul O'Reilly Colorist: Derek Hansen @ MPC VFX: Ruffian Post Filmed in Snowdonia, Wales.


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In 2009, The Cinemart (www.thecinemart.com) traveled to Wynwood, Miami with the late Urban Visionary Tony Goldman to document his efforts to re-invent the Neighborhood with Street Art and Entrepreneurial Innovation. The result was Here Comes The Neighborhood (http://bit.ly/1ZvLAp8) After the Series premiered in 2011, the team continued to work with the Goldman Family and Artists from around the World to document this remarkable transformation: from a dormant industrial quarter into the global Mecca of Street Art and one of the fastest nieghborhood revitalizations in American history. Over six years in the making, “Walls of Change” taps into a deep film and photo archive, featuring over 25 of the World’s biggest names in Street Art and Graffiti and exclusive photographs from legendary documentarian Martha Cooper. For more visit: Wynwood Walls Official (http://bit.ly/1RMzw1kwww.thecinemart.com) traveled to Wynwood, Miami with the late Urban Visionary Tony Goldman to document his efforts to re-invent the Neighborhood with Street Art and Entrepreneurial Innovation. The result was Here Comes The Neighborhood (http://bit.ly/1ZvLAp8) After the Series premiered in 2011, the team continued to work with the Goldman Family and Artists from around the World to document this remarkable transformation: from a dormant industrial quarter into the global Mecca of Street Art and one of the fastest nieghborhood revitalizations in American history. Over six years in the making, “Walls of Change” taps into a deep film and photo archive, featuring over 25 of the World’s biggest names in Street Art and Graffiti and exclusive photographs from legendary documentarian Martha Cooper. For more visit: Wynwood Walls Official (http://bit.ly/1RMzw1k) Directed by: Jenner Furst Produced by: Ben Solomon & Julia Nason Executive Produced by: Jessica Goldman Srebnick Joey Goldman Janet Goldman & Jenner Furst Cinematography By: Julia Nason Daniel B. Levin Thuan Tran Sebastian Jimenez Michael Beach Nichols Nick Castle Edited By: Jenner Furst Christopher Kyle Walker Co-Produced by: Meagan Rodriguez Daniel B. Levin Coordinating Producers: Meghan Coleman Medvin Sobio Stacey Sequeira Troy Kelly Marite Iglesias


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Saturday, December 26, 2015

Directed by Scott Cudmore Produced by Rory Halsall Photography by Christopher Lew Steadicam Operator Alan Kelly Choreography by Addy Chan Production Design by Jessica Jerome Casting by Ashley Hallihan Edited by Scott Cudmore Styling by Muska Zurmati Hair & Makeup by Cait Mizzi Visual FX by Jake Owens Colour by Clinton Homuth at Alter Ego Production Manager Marielle La Rue Executive Producer Richard Cureton Executive Producer Richard Cureton 1st AD Jason Bourke 1st AC Michael Narimella 2nd AC Anita Toth 3rd AC/DIT Tiago De Sousa Gaffer Anya Shor Best Boy Electric Danny Luizinho 3rd Electric Simona Analte 4th Electric Christian McKendrick Key Grip Tony Ranieri Best Boy Grip Rohan Painter Commissioner Caroline Clayton Director’s Rep Chloe Page Label: Ministry of Sound Production Company: Revolver Films CAST Dancer 1 CAROLINE TORTI Dancer 2 SAMMY VASSEL Dancer 3 BRITTANY GUDMUNSON Dancer 4 JUSTIN DAVID Aerobics Girl 1 ELMA BEGOVIC Aerobics Girl 2 CHRISTINA ROUGE Aerobics Girl 3 BROOKE HUTCHISON News Commentator DIZZEE RASCAL Blue-Hair Woman KRISTA MURRAY Husband QUINTON NEWFELDT Wife KATE FENTON Daughter LYRIC ABBOTT BOURKE Son EMERSON BAILEY Biker 1 AARON Biker 2 DOROTHY JEAN MULLIGAN Biker 3 DEBORAH LEE GOODWIN Detective 1 TONY CAUCH Detective 2 DAVE BARKER Detective 3 EMILY DICKINSON Sergeant BEN BESSONG Criminal 1 JACOB LeFRANCE Criminal 2 JAMES LANDRY Defence Lawyer CLAUDIO DELAURENTIS Prosecutor JANE POKOU


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Every night in December people in a small suburb of Philadelphia flock to a holiday light show. They drive at a snails pace through the 2 mile stretch of beautiful light displays, listening to holiday music, soaking up the Christmas spirt. But at the end of each night one man drives the stretch alone, turning off all of the lights, ending the joy day after day. This is his story. A film by James P. Gannon Starring James D. Cochran Music by Low, Yo La Tengo, Paul Whiteman, Robert Gayler, & Vientian Trio A Pocket Storms Production www.pocketstorms.com www.jamespgannon.com


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