The Friday Videos

We’re at the halfway point of June, and the final Friday before Summer.

We can do this!

It’s also video time…

LEGO Car Factory (red car)

A mostly modular, fully automated car assembly line made completely out of Lego.

Mind-blowing.

Cyclo Knitter by George Barratt-Jones

“I decided on making waiting for your train in the winter more enjoyable.

“By making a man-powered machine that creates scarfs in 5 minutes.”

Pretty great. The expressions on the peoples’ faces when they create their own scarf is kinda great.

Making-of gallery here.

KITKAT Online Factory Tour

This is actually a four part video playlist that tours the KitKat factory in Kasumigaura, Japan.

The Japanese really, really love KitKat, and make a bizarre range of flavors of them including Green Tea.

How to Make Donuts Vending Machine from Cardboard

No joke. A functional donut vending machine. Using the correct coins and everything. From cardboard.

Amazing.

Cat Explorer

A 3D VR demo that examines the insides of a cartoon cat.

Pretty well done! Created by Leap Motion, who have been making strides in the VR space for a while.

Note: may seem gross to some people. Your mileage may vary. Void where prohibited.

Have a lovely weekend everybody.

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It is, once again, Friday.

At last.

And it’s video time! Here we go…

Europe in March, 1939 Color Home Movies

Footage taken from a 1939 cruise on the SS Normandie. Not much else is known.

It’s super clear! Kind of amazing.

Smooth Criminal But Every Other Beat is Missing

[self explanatory]

What a weird concept. It sounds vaguely experimental. And decidedly is a “march” now.

See also Toto’s Africa with the same treatment.

Robert DeLong – Favorite Color Is Blue ft. K.Flay

An odd song but I like it, and a really glitchy, 80’s inspired video.

Well done.

shin shinrashinge

An action scene created with paper and pencil, and an iphone.

Pretty well done!

The only description text in Japanese translates to “It is a shot”. And… yeah I guess it is. 🙂

And there we go! Friday! And Videos! And Friday Videos!

Have a great, great weekend.

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Happy Friday! Happy June. Happy almost Summer.

Video time!!

KEYSCAPE – Greg Phillinganes: Electric Piano Hits!

This video is one of a series that demo keyboard emulation software made by SpectraSonics.

But this particular one features Greg Phillinganes, who has sessioned on more #1’s from the 70s, 80s and 90s than nearly anyone. His range is incredible. Plus: he’s funny.

STAR WARS 4.7: Skywalker vs Starkiller. Movie Mashup.

Combining footage from the first Star Wars and newer ones to create an epic dogfight sequence.

Editing. It’s a thing!

While Darwin Sleeps

“More than three thousand insects appear in this film each for a single frame. As the colours glow and change across their bodies and wings it seems that the genetic programme of millions of years is taking place in a few minutes.”

Beautifully shot. Meditative.

Ink – Written by Hand

“Not long ago, handwriting was taken for granted as something anyone could generally do well. Today, children are taught how to type on tablets – putting pen to paper is an afterthought.”

This is calligrapher / photographer Tanja Tiziana, from Toronto.

Hipsters and their old timey pen-and-ink skills… 😉

Beautiful work.

That’s what I’ve got.

Happy Friday folks!

Have a great weekend.

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Welcome to Friday again!

Hopefully it is seasonably warm where you are.

It’s time for Friday Videos!

Neo Hides from Lumbergh

A pretty funny mashup of The Matrix and Office Space.

A Visual History of Light

Created by The Atlantic and animated by Atthar Mirza.

A beautiful video essay on human discovery and use of light.

The 50 State Nightmares

By Neil Cicierega.

“Colorado: You find a tiny dead human body inside a vacuum bag.”

Funny / Odd, which is to be expected.

Inside A Warehouse Where Thousands Of Robots Pack Groceries

This is a real warehouse for the UK online grocer Ocado.

It’s not a super informative video but it’s fascinating (even soothing?) to watch.

Only in the UK, for now.

And that’s that!

Have a lovely weekend everybody.

See you in a week.

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Heyyyy youuuuu guyyyyyyys!

Welcome to Friday.

Video time go go go let’s go…

ThunderJump!

Bill McKlintock mashes up two massive rock hits into one… hit?

I liked it.

Sent in by Jennifer R.

History of The Universe in 13,799 Dominoes

“If you set up a row of dominoes as a timeline of history from the Big Bang to now, and had each domino represent 1 million years it would stretch over 300 meters long. I know because thats what I did for this video. The universe is very old.”

Fantastic! And pretty complicated. I wonder how many takes this took.

GoPro Hero4 in a Cannon Ball

“The Cannon Project – 7th Grade Science Fair Project. What does a girl do? Lets mount a GoPro to a Bowling Ball and send it flying. ”

Cheap video technology leads to some interesting experimentation. I love the number of high schools that have launched gopros into orbit (for example.) This is a new one though. Just great.

Note: spinning camera. Don’t hurl.

From Egg to Frog in 7 Weeks!

“The development of Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) eggs to froglets in 49 days, just 7 weeks!”

Some extremely patient camera work and editing here.

And there we go! Friday plus videos equals love, right?

Have a great Friday, and enjoy your weekend!

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Happy Friday!

What a week. (I dunno about you.)

I am super glad it’s Friday, and time for videos!

Bergen Street Sign Shop

“MTA New York City Transit’s Bergen Street Sign Shop creates 99,000 signs for the subway system every year.”

Lego Soap Bubbles Generator

[self explanatory]

A great idea. 🙂

Pilot Steps onto Moving Ship

In Hailuoto, Finland. In icy waters. Using nothing but a ladder and incredible balance and timing.

Cool.

Simone Giertz: Why you should make useless things

Simone got some awful, awful, news in the past couple of weeks. Then she gave this TED talk.

I have nothing but massive respect for this woman. So good.

And these have been your Friday Videos!

Have a great Friday, and a fantastic weekend.

See you next week.

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We arrive again at Friday.

Great to be back. Hopefully your day is going well.

Here are some videos!

Arrested Development: Star Wars with Ron Howard! | The Star Wars Show

“Solo: A Star Wars Story director Ron Howard narrates the story of Star Wars: A New Hope, Arrested Development style, in this sketch from The Star Wars Show.”

I really enjoyed this.

Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer [Emotion Picture]

“*EMOTION PICTURE (definition): a narrative film and accompanying musical album”

It’s Janelle Monae’s new album! In long-form video.

This is ambitious. This collection is already one of my favorite of the year.

Amazing.

Elton John Oven Manual Song

From September 1997, on Britain’s ITV program “An Audience With”.

More info here.

How a TV show gets made

A quick primer from Vox. Really well explained.

NASA ScienceCasts: New Science from Jupiter

I love these probe missions. They’re always toiling away in the background, and the science they’re uncovering every year is fascinating (to me.)

Happy Friday everybody!

See you next week. Enjoy your weekend.

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Well helloooooo Friday!

It is video time. Let’s go let’s go let’s go.

Ride A Bike 2018

“This an unbranded PSA for bike advocates and enthusiasts, content designed for anyone and everyone to share, remix, or tailor for their own purposes to promote cycling and transportation choices in their communities.”

It’s also a pretty bang-up job of editing.

Research at NVIDIA: AI Reconstructs Photos with Realistic Results

This is honestly an incredible demonstration. AI used to create features that are completely lost in a photograph. Or bits you don’t want there, replacing them naturally with what’s “behind” them.

Amazing.

It’s making the rounds.

RockyByun Balancing -making a square with bottles on the shaking frame

You know… “as one does”…

What an odd skill to have. I found this to be mesmerizing, and a little nausea-inducing. Pretty clever.

Sent in by Alison L.

Grocery Clerk Shows Cat Cuts of Meat at Deli Counter

This guy is far more choosy than my cat.

D’awww?

And there we go. Friday is all video’d up!

I hope your weekend is warm, and sunny, and good.

See you next week.

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It is Friday and there is nothing we can do about it. 🙂

Welcome! It’s time for your weekly video dosage.

Let’s begin…

Musicless Musicvideo / JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – Say Something

I love these. This is also part-“shred”.

Hilarious.

Sent in by Alison L.

Can this robot build an IKEA chair faster than you?

[self explantory]

A great idea!

1911 – A Trip Through New York City (speed corrected w/ added sound)

I wish more people had done this way, way earlier with very old silent footage. It changes completely how I perceive this film. People move like real people instead of the old-timey super-fast speed these have always been shown at.

It’s a lot of just “ordinary” footage, but at normal speed and with some clever sound effects editing, it really comes alive.

Now who’s going to colourize it? 😉

Seinfeld but instead of Jerry it’s Barry B. Benson

Barry being the lead character in Seinfeld’s 2007 animated feature “Bee Movie”.

Think of the effort this took.

Amazing.

1.000.000 Frames / Candice Drouet

One million individual frames from a variety of films.

Kind of fun to randomly pause.

Sent in by Emma S.

And there you have it. Friday Videos.

I hope your Friday is excellent, and warm, and relaxing.

See you in a week.

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Happy Friday! The thirteenth!

Tour of the Moon in 4K

“…thanks to data provided by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft.”

Some great footage and analysis here. Sent along by many, many subscribers.

This virtual stuntman could improve video game physics

“It can kick. Punch. And even flip.

“UC Berkeley researchers created a virtual stuntman

“that could make computer animated characters more lifelike.”

So fascinating. I love the segment where they show it trying to practise. It made me spit water. 🙂

Much more information here.

Couch Wisdom: Questlove on J Dilla’s sampling technique

This segment just covers a tiny, tiny portion of beats created by Dilla. If you’re a fan, or a beats nerd, the full interview is 2 hours and I recommend it.

Never Just A Car

“Cars are everywhere in the movies. Why are filmmakers so obsessed with automobiles?”

Sort of making the rounds. It’s an interesting little piece about the choices and motivations for putting a specific car in a specific scene.

Thanks for watching along at home, Friday peoples!

Have a lovely weekend!

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