May I collage video - short version

Just made a shorter & faster version of the 'making of' video on the "May I" collage, enjoy:


or see it in youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdgaaLfXn_E

And here is the original video & "May I" collage.

New collage - May I - with video

New collage! With video!!


or see the original scanned file on flickr (2302x1780 200dpi)

Title: May I ?
Analog Collage
Date: 2010 / 01 / 23
Size: 30x24 cm.
Magazines: National Geographic - Dec/2009 (0912) and Jan/2010 (1001) Editions.

And here's the time-lapse video (~10min) on how i did it:


or see it in youtube: Making the "May I ?" Collage or see it in vimeo

Music: silver mt zion - blown-out joy from heaven
Video software: gawker (time-lapse) & imovie09 (editing)

As you can see in the video, my cat Zumi helped me a lot... :-)

New Collages - Explorando & Trail 3

Yep, i'm hopefully back into collage/photomontage!!!
Here's what i've done:

EXPLORANDO



Title: Explorando.
Analog Collage by iuri kothe, made on 100108, size: 17x12 cm. Using only National Geographic - December 2009 (0912) Edition.

See the making off in Youtube:



and this:

TRAIL 3


Title: Trail 3.
Analog Collage by iuri kothe, made on 100108. size: 19x18 cm. Using only Attitude Magazine (may/jun 2007).

note: as always, just click on the images above so you can get it / see it bigger in Flickr.

Moondog - Spend dark night with you (musicvideo)

Moondog was the best musician/composer i've been introduced to in 2008 (via last.fm's recommendation engine).

Here's a musicvideo mix i did yesterday of Moondog's "Why spend the dark night with you" with a video i got from archive.org. Enjoy below or watch it in Youtube or in Vimeo:



Or download it (from Vimeo) 7.4MB.

Flying

My most beloved sports (or should i say 'the only ones i like') are Cycling and Climbing. In Rio i just cycled, mostly to work:



Here in Seattle i'm starting with both again (check this riding video). Hopefully i can manage them in rainy winter!

Now a new sport is coming into mind, flying. Yesterday i came across a basejumping video, which was (of course) an accident video (no, I won't link to it). I never found basejumping something very special. So much work and risk for just some seconds 'flying' didn't make sense. But the accidented guy (who broke a leg only) had a wingsuit, which gives you so more control to glide around. This wingsuit is something to consider!

Check this and tell me you won't like to fly:

The Lake Collage

I'm happy to announce that i've finally made another collage.
This one uses only images from National Geographic U.S. Ed. April 2007.

Here is a little video i did for the Making Off (in YouTube: Making Off - The Lake Collage):




I also took some photos during the process. Check it out here on flickr.

Goldsworthy and Murcof

I'm absolutely fascinated with the works of Andy Goldsworthy and Murcof's music.
So here is my humble homage to both, done on this shiny sunday afternoon:




Youtube link: Rivers Tides & Mes.

Ants helping ants video

Here's a little video i did this month in Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, checking out some Ants: Ants helping ants (YouTube link)

Ghiroma Last American Haiku Music Video

So here is the result of 2 days of Premier Pro workshop (video tutorial), the Music Video of "Ghiroma - Last American Haiku" (listen here). This is Ghiroma's (Folopo and I) first song, from 2004. The videos are all Betty Boop from archive.org. I called it "Drunk as a Dog" (yes, i'm no good at viral marketing).



See this in Youtube or in Vimeo or download it here.

a nonlinear rio sampa trip

A Nonlinear Rio Sampa Trip

view it in: youtube, google video.
download: highQuality .avi or iPod .mp4 version.

Filmed on March/09/2006 with my old (and dead) Canon PowerShot A300 digital camera, during a flight from Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo. I remember that i had a terrible hangover that day, almost stayed in bed. The song is Drala, from Glen Velez (i'm sure he don't mind that i used it : ).

And i edited it on Feb/13&14/2007 (yesterday and before, at night) with (the crappy) iMovie. Crappy because i realised during this edition that singleTrack editing is too limited. Example, the part that wents black (in 2min) is because i couldnt anchor the clips to the audio. So during the 'audio syncing' on the latter clips, it moved a little the backwards clip to the right, so i got a nice black gap there... terrible! Anyway, i'm trying to install Final Cut Pro here, hope it runs...

I used only the basic effects and transitions, and one that i specially love is the mirror effect. I've seen it many times, but one video that uses it the best (and yes, mine is a kind of homage to this) is the music video of Four Tet - She Moves She (see here or here). Mirror effect works very well for minimal music (i tried using other four tet, steve reich, but i preferred glen velez). Here is a screenshot of iMovie and its mirror effect:

This my first finished attempt to edit video and specially trying to sync it with the music. So i hope that with practice i can get my ideas into reality (and, of course, random beauties are also welcomed).

PS: Another related video i've made is Brasilia 360º (unedited but very nice).

Nature Shorts

Sometimes i think i should apply to a job at National Geographic...






Butterfly

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Tree Storm Fingers

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Palm Tree ByeBye

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Starfish (Estrela do Mar)
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Praying Mantis

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Walden Insect

About

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Namers in Terê video

On February 2005 i did a little short movie with my Namers friends.
Check it out: