Friday, January 30, 2015

Push to ADD drama

Photo Courtesy to TNT - Turner Broadcasting System TBS
What does one do when they see a big red button placed in the middle of a town? To launch the high quality TV channel TNT in Belgium, a big red push button on an average Flemish square of an average Flemish town. A sign with the text "Push to add drama" invited people to use the button.
Photo Courtesy to TNT - Turner Broadcasting System TBS
Below is the video which was put up on their Youtube channel. CLICK HERE to go to the TNT Youtube channel. The video was uploaded on 11th April 2012 and went viral. The video has been view more than 52 million times till date.
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Continuing the similar trend, TNT made another video, this time in the Dutch shopping street of the Netherlands for the launch of their channel. This time the big red button was placed on an icy cold day. The above video was put up on 24th January 2013.
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The making of the above video was also put up. One can get a good idea about the well timed choreography of the series of event that take place and also gives an idea how the unsuspecting passers by are taking into the middle of the action.
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TNT Drama - Turner Broadcasting Company - Time Warner Company Logo

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Airways Safety Videos - Cute Kids

Photo Courtesy to Thomson Airways
Previously I had posted on another Air Safety video which went viral. The Air New Zealand safety video went viral as it utilized the Lord of the Rings theme. I had first time seen a cute kids air safety video few years back. This was made by Thomson Airways in 2009.
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Another safety video which caught my interest was by Air Arabia which also has kids starring in it. This video was released in 2012.
Photo Courtesy to Air Arabia
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There is a youtube channel which compiles various Air Safety Videos by different airlines from around the world. CLICK HERE to check the Youtube Channel.

UPDATE: 13/04/2015 - Fly Dubai collaborated with 3D Animated FREEJ to create their safety video. Below is the video.
Photo Courtesy to Fly Dubai - FREEJ
Photo Courtesy to Fly Dubai
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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Iron Baby and Dragon Baby

Photo Courtesy to Youtuber Patrick Boivin 
These Viral videos - Iron Baby and Dragon Baby are the creation of Film-maker Patrick Boivin (CLICK HERE for his Youtube Channel). He enjoys involving himself in the lighting, editing, animation, special effects and music in his productions. These two videos are amazing as the kids seen in the video are his own children. In Iron baby, his baby daughter had starring role and this video was released 4 years ago. For his next production, his son starred and it was released 2 years ago.
Photo Courtesy to Youtuber Patrick Boivin
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Sunday, January 18, 2015

Superman with a GoPro

Photo Courtesy to the http://thenewsresource.com/
An interesting video uploaded on Youtube with the age old concept of Superman flying around but this time with a GoPro on. So we get a First Person Point of View of Superman flying around saving a damsel in distress. (The video was released on 17th March 2014). The creators are Corridor Digital.
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They put up Behind the scenes of the above video. It gives an insight on how the flying and the actions are done along with other nice tips.
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Information on the video.
Superman played by Will Sterling: http://twitter.com/WillSterling_
Damsel in distress played by Karin Lee: https://twitter.com/karinsurance
Criminals played by the guys at Mars Rising films: https://twitter.com/marsrisingfilms
Give 'em a shout! They'd appreciate the love.
Help us bring our big ideas to life - http://patreon.com/corridordigital
Check out http://dronefly.com to learn more about drones!
Pegboard Nerds - Hero ft. Elizaveta http://monster.cat/1dbCj1x
A big thanks to Taylor Chien for the awesome drone work. You're an ace!
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Sunday, January 11, 2015

World Largest Treadmill Dance

Photo Courtesy to NordicTrack
NordicTrack created a Youtube video titled 'World Largest Treadmill Dance with over 40 Treadmills!'. The interesting fact is that many Youtubers participated in the dance. The dance was choreographed and done by professional dancers. So no one should try it at home. For more details one can read the details on their Youtube page.

NordicTrack Youtube Page
ABOUT THE VIDEO
This video was shot on location on Epic Red Dragon and 4k Sony f7 near Icon Health & Fitness Headquarters in Logan, UT. Twelve YouTube/Vine Stars attended from around the country and 40 dancers literally jog-danced on and off for 12 hours in high altitude.
The question arises whether this video will get the people on the treadmill?
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The above video was released on the Official Youtube page of NordicTrack on 5th January 2015. Below are the video of the making of the video.
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During the shoot which took place in Logan, Utah, USA, the Youtubers felt like to make a video for themselves once they finished the official youtube video for NordicTrack. Below is the video:
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Friday, January 9, 2015

Sharp View of Andromeda Galaxy

Photo Courtesy to NASA/ESA Hubble Telescope
SpaceTelescope.org
This image, captured with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is the largest and sharpest image ever taken of the Andromeda galaxy — otherwise known as M31.
This is a cropped version of the full image and has 1.5 billion pixels. You would need more than 600 HD television screens to display the whole image.
It is the biggest Hubble image ever released and shows over 100 million stars and thousands of star clusters embedded in a section of the galaxy’s pancake-shaped disc stretching across over 40 000 light-years.
The Actual size of the Image is 4.3 Gb and can be downloaded from the website for Space Enthusiasts. (CLICK HERE for the page on which the Links are provided)  The above image was released on 5th January 2015. The actual pixel size of the image is 69536 x 22230 pixels.

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The video was compiled and present by Daveachuk on his Youtube channel.