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Defy trailer 2. // The Danny Harf project
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CINEMETRICS
Cinemetrics is the thesis project of: Frederic Brodbeck‘s: at the Royal Academy of Arts (KABK), Den Haag. It aims to: create a visual fingerprint for film using: the editing structure, color, speech and motion. Different: characteristics are analysed using: python and openCV, and data visualised using a custom Processing application. This allows films to be: interpreted or compared side by side.
Being someone who really enjoys movies and cinema, I always notice little things about the style of a movie, so film and its characteristics were an interesting starting point for this project. Furthermore my thesis is about generative / computational design and what role writing code plays regarding new approaches in (graphic) design. It was clear that for my graduation project I would use the methods I described in the thesis and that it would involve a certain amount of programming in order to visualize data. However, today there are already a lot of information graphics using:Â meta-data:Â related to film and cinema (budget, box office data, awards won, relationship between characters etc.). That`s why I wanted to use the movie itself as a source of data, to see what sort of information can be extracted from it, to find ways of visualizing it and to create the necessary tools to do this.
Tools for disassembling video files into their components (video, audio, subtitles, etc.) and processing them (shot detection, average shot length, motion measuring, color palettes), as well as an interactive application to generate and compare different movie fingerprints are all available as:Â code here.
To accompany the analysis, poster series show the most important steps of the process. They explains where the data comes from and what techniques have been used.
CAPTURED // ABOUT THE PROJECT
"Captured – a Homage to Light and Air" was a temporary installation that I've realised in May 2011 together with my brother the graphic designer Sven Völker at MADE Space in Berlin.
More at:Â
nilsvoelker.com
svenvoelker.com
made-blog.com
iCufflinks – v1.0 // ACCESSORIES
This is a new type of product for Adafruit, we want to create wearable electronics that are subtle, fun to wear and look classy. We're starting with cufflinks and soon we will have a necklace version shortly.
The cufflinks are CNC machined from the finest 6 series aluminum for durability and beauty. The iCufflinks are a remarkable accessory. Machined with a "screw in backing". Each iCufflink contains a circuit board with pulsating LED and battery.
Reverse engineered
The "pulsing" is similar to the "breathing" LED pattern on many laptop and computer systems. The default pattern is reverse engineered from the Apple "breathing" LED on Macs, MacBooks, iMacs, etc.
Open source
Cufflinks are completely open source. The source code, circuit board files, schematics and CAD files are posted on GitHub. Mod & Hack away! Cufflinks can be reprogrammed to any pattern you'd like!
Ready to go
Before your fancy event, just pop the battery in, screw the backing and your iCufflinks will gently pulsate for up to 24 hours. Each order comes with 2 sets of batteries, simply replace them when the LED is too dim to see. We sell replacement batteries as well.
Designed and made in North America
Cufflinks are lovingly machined in Toronto, Canda by Ross + Doell, assembled in New York, New York USA. Created by Mike Doell, Limor Fried and Phillip Torrone.
Purchase here: http://www.adafruit.com/products/379
NIGHT SURFING // SPEECHLESS
What a great Idea - what a great movie guess I also love it cause of the surf:Â
Image is beautiful and SURFING ROCKS. As I used to say when I was younger ... Rip it up!:Â
Director: Iker Elorrieta.
Producer: Sergio Villalba, Sam McIntosh.
Camera operator: Iker Elorrieta.
Music composer: Nico Casal.
Surfers: Adam Melling, Julian Wilson, Kolohe Andino.
Special thanks: Stab magazine, Oakley, Siam Park (Tenerife)
Post producer: Iker Elorrieta.
Production company: Pantoma
LARK // SLEEP BETTER
Silent Un-Alarm Clock Wake like never before – gently, naturally. And without disturbing your sleeping partner. Sure-thing wristband vibrates at the set time regardless if your phone dies. Composer-created audio back-up wakes you in case wristband battery dies or you … Continue reading
THE OONA // GREAT FOR ANYTHING
The Oona is a collaboration between Brad Leong, Danny Fukuba, and Sam Gordon.
All three of us grew up together in the Bay Area. After college, we were split up- Sam moved to New York, Brad moved to Los Angeles and Danny is in San Francisco. Even though we aren't close by, we are always in contact, skyping, texting, bouncing design and product ideas off each other. The Oona represents our first official collaboration, of which we hope there are many to come.
check it out here: http://theoona.com/about.html
CONTOUR VIEWFINDER // APP INFO
WHO WE ARE
Contour, formerly known as VholdR, is the market leader in hands-free video cameras and adventure storytelling tools that enable modern day explorers to tell their stories of action, adventure and travel through video. Leading the way in making action video easy to shoot and share, Contour is dedicated to creating simple tools that enable hands-free capture and effortless sharing of video online with the world.
OUR STORY
The vision for Contour began in 2003 out of the University of Washington business plan competition when two undergraduate students and avid skiers, Marc Barros and Jason Green, devised a simple helmet camera to record their exploits. The duo wanted to share video of the thrills and spills of their downhill skiing adventures with their friends and family, but they couldn't. The frozen mountaintop was a grueling and unforgiving environment for video camcorders. Besides, when you're zooming downhill, crashing through trees with ski poles in your hands, it's just not possible to hold a camera.
After winning third place in the competition and enough money to afford the rent on a chilly warehouse, the two friends began building and selling the Twenty20 Helmet Camera. Over the years Contour has introduced a series of innovations to make storytelling easier for outdoor enthusiasts.
Twenty20 Helmet Camera V1 - The first CMOS sensor helmet camera and the first to be powered by a 9-volt battery pack, capturing 16 hours of power (all competing cameras on the market required 4-8 AA batteries).
Twenty20 Helmet Camera V2 – A brand new CMOS image sensor was introduced with a single wiring harness so users had one power button and one cable running from the lens to the camcorder.
VholdR – The company introduced the first shoot and share wearable camcorder. The award-winning VholdR (2008 CES Innovations Award and 2008 Business Week IDEA Bronze Medal) introduced recording to a microSD memory card, an iconic single button to record, lasers for alignment, a click to share online experience, and an online international adventure sports community.
ContourHD – The Company introduced the worlds first HD and 1080p hands-free video cameras in 2009. The ability to capture video in High Definition, record 8 hours of HD video on a single memory card, shoot video with a wide angle lens, and use software to share HD video, was again leading the market.
ContourGPS - Contour is again leading the hands-free camera market with the introduction of ContourGPS, the first hands-free video camera to incorporate real-time GPS data while shooting high-definition, 1080p video. To complement this new GPS camera, Contour is launching a unique location-based video community that allows users to share their stories, track adventures and discover new places.
GADGETS
Wireless
Viewfinder
Interchangeable
Lens
The WVIL camera is a concept camera envisioned by Artefact's award-winning design team. It answers the question: what`s next for camera design?
The patent-pending WVIL system takes the connectivity and application platform capabilities of today's smart phones and wirelessly connects them with interchangeable full SLR-quality optics:Â
More information at:: artefactgroup.com/​wvil/​
Music by Keith Kenniff |:Â unseen-music.com
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