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Amazing stop-motion video

post #1 of 16
7/24/06 at 5:43am
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Check this out.

Very cool, and very impressive, with lots of cool videogame references.
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post #2 of 16
7/24/06 at 5:59am
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...how long do you think that took him to make!?

I like the bit at the end when all the consoles are pleading to be used, then he shows them the Atari game and they all sulk away !
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post #3 of 16
7/24/06 at 9:25am
I loved being able to see the time elapse during the tetris scene on the wall.
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post #4 of 16
7/24/06 at 10:49am
Very original. The part I liked the most was the cereal becoming that old-times tennis/brickwall game. Headphones shifting gears also nice, as well as the snakes and the tetris games. His floating/sliding on the floor and streets instead of walking is also pretty cool.

Didn't understand the part where he is thinking in the street, and hours later at night he leaves, and the camera is left pointing to a sign with the face of someone and "HEMA" next to it. Didn't get that or what that might be about.
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post #5 of 16
7/24/06 at 2:21pm
Wow, Cant imagine how much time he has invested in that. Very cool vid. Thanks for the linkage.

Tim
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post #6 of 16
7/24/06 at 3:20pm
Wow, this vid is amazing, with all the time of it's making.. i like the hair cutting and the tetris thing.. looks real. thanks so much for sharing
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post #7 of 16
7/24/06 at 3:20pm
That is impressive. Very cool. Thanks for the link.
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post #8 of 16
7/24/06 at 4:16pm
Interesting and cool vid, thanks for sharing.
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post #9 of 16
7/24/06 at 4:22pm
Very Cool!!! I love all the videogame references.
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post #10 of 16
7/24/06 at 7:33pm
Very good indeed. I wonder how many days he spent putting it together, a lot of work when into it.
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post #11 of 16
7/24/06 at 8:04pm
Someday this man will direct a music video....or something.
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post #12 of 16
7/24/06 at 8:33pm
As others already said, amazing stuff
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post #13 of 16
7/24/06 at 10:36pm
This one is cool also....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIqjHPSGaMI
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post #14 of 16
7/25/06 at 3:26am
It was okay. Technically very good, but not much going on otherwise. I tuned out after about two minutes. There wasn't anything to keep me watching. Kurt Vonnegut once made a very enlightening comment while teaching a writing class at the Univ. of Iowa writer's workshop. He said always give your character a purpose, even if it's just getting a drink of water. Think about this movie: we see this person get out of bed and begin his day, but is there any sense of anticipation created without him having a purpose that day? Why should I follow him throughout his day if there's no question that I'm waiting to see answered? e.g. What is going to happen? Just as a quick example, and I'm not saying it's an amazing idea, what if he had woken up and picked up a flyer on his nightstand that said "Band auditions tonight". That piece of information would have given the character a purpose (to get to the audition and, presumably, audition) and made the viewer keep watching to see what happened at the auditon. As the film stands now, there's no sense of purpose, no question waiting to be answered. Just a guy walking around without a goal.


And that, kiddies, is Intro to Filmmaking/writing/storytelling 101. Sorry to have bored you.
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post #15 of 16
7/25/06 at 6:28pm
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Originally Posted by chadbang
It was okay. Technically very good, but not much going on otherwise. I tuned out after about two minutes. There wasn't anything to keep me watching. Kurt Vonnegut once made a very enlightening comment while teaching a writing class at the Univ. of Iowa writer's workshop. He said always give your character a purpose, even if it's just getting a drink of water. Think about this movie: we see this person get out of bed and begin his day, but is there any sense of anticipation created without him having a purpose that day? Why should I follow him throughout his day if there's no question that I'm waiting to see answered? e.g. What is going to happen? Just as a quick example, and I'm not saying it's an amazing idea, what if he had woken up and picked up a flyer on his nightstand that said "Band auditions tonight". That piece of information would have given the character a purpose (to get to the audition and, presumably, audition) and made the viewer keep watching to see what happened at the auditon. As the film stands now, there's no sense of purpose, no question waiting to be answered. Just a guy walking around without a goal.


And that, kiddies, is Intro to Filmmaking/writing/storytelling 101. Sorry to have bored you.
Interesting analysis, I definately didn't think about any of that while I watched it. I just got mesmerized by the stop-motion effects, music, and video-games interspersed throughout. I guess if we knew from the beginning his purpose was to find a new videogame cartridge to feed his consoles, then it would have had a more engaging plot. Thanks for the free Intro course though .
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