Animated Short: Le Gouffre (The Gulf)

Photo Courtesy to Lightning Boy Studio

Le Gouffre is the first animated short film produced and directed by Lightning Boy Studio, a young creative team based in Montreal. The film tells the story of two spirited travelers who come across an incredibly wide chasm on their journey and decide to build a bridge to cross it. Released in February 2015, the project had first gained a lot of attention following the huge success of its Kickstarter campaign, which allowed the creators to finance the movie’s post-production. Many were impressed by the passion and determination of the small team of three animators, who spent more than two full years creating the 10-minute film.

As of now, Le Gouffre has been selected in more than 60 festivals around the world and won nine awards, four of them for “Best Animated Short”. For the complete list of selections and awards, please head over to the Awards page.

Watch the animated film below

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The Team

Lightning Boy Studio was born in 2012 out of a shared passion: to tell great stories. The three founders met in animation school in 2009 and have dreamed ever since to be able to work together on projects of their own. Le Gouffre was the result of their first collaboration.

Photo Courtesy to Lightning Boy Studio

WEBSITE: http://legouffre.com/
Facebook: filmlegouffre (CLICK HERE)
Kickstarter Page: CLICK HERE
Vimeo Page: Legouffre (CLICK HERE)

 Watch the behind the scenes

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Reference: (I came to know about the film from the below)

THE CGBros

Website: https://thecgbros.com/

The CGBros: CLICK HERE

Youtube Page: CLICK HERE

The above animated film on Youtube Link: CLICK HERE (Courtesy to Lightning Studio)

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Twitter: TheCGBros (CLICK HERE)

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Tumble: CLICK HERE

OMELETO

Website: http://omeleto.com/

Youtube Page: CLICK HERE

The above animated film on Youtube Link: CLICK HERE (Courtesy to Lightning Studio)

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Snapchat: http://snapchat.com/add/omeletocom

Newletter: http://omeleto.com/join

Submit a film for consideration: http://omeleto.com/submit/

The next in GoPro - 6

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GoPro brings us another set of amazing features and products with their latest release (28/09/2017). The more 2x performance Hero6 along with features like 4K60 and advanced stabilization, better image quality, more fun with slow motion and introducing Touch Zoom. The major upgrade comes in the QuikStories which helps in making Story using the GoPro app which automatically edits the footage that has been sent to the phone from the Hero6 (upgrades to the sharing have also taken place).  The QuikStory creates an epic video with music and effects using GPS location, time stamps, faces, audio and accelerometers to make a well coordinated story line. #QuikStories is the hashtag to check out already created content.

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The other beautiful thing that comes out is FUSION. It captures immersive 360° videos in 5.2K to play back as VR. As the saying goes FUSION - Relive Reality. This will bring us a step closer to reality in VR. Experiencing adventures in VR is a whole new feel and closeness one can get.

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The launch of Fusion should make some amazing 360° videos that upload to Social media (Like Facebook, Youtube and others) an amazing experience as most current cameras on the market just capture HD or around that. The amazing experience with Fusion is, to forget pointing the camera at a particular direction and just spending the time experiencing the adventure. This freedom will help in producing some amazing videos. See the below video in 360°.

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The images that one captures from the Dual cameras on the Fusion and amazing feature like OverCapture which helps in creating awesome traditional videos from the spherical footages that Fusion captures. This will bring amazing set of videos as Fusion will not only feature 360° videos but any part or any detail out of the the 360° video that can be made into a traditional video. The below OverCapture video is of the same 360 video above and one can tell the amazing features of OverCapture.

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Fusion in a few words as per GoPro - Seamless VR Stitching, Amazing gimbal-like stabilization, OverCapture for transforming your best spherical clips into traditional videos. Relive reality  and see what makes Fusion the most versatile GoPro ever. #GoProFusion - Has Voice Commands and connects to GoPro App - It is a GoPro through and through. You get effects like Angel View, Little Planet, Canoe flow and Time shift.

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The GoPro Karma which was introduced a year back has also got some more new upgrades with follow me and camera movements.

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The ultimate video that GoPro takes out at the launch from footage from Hero6, Fusion and Karma is listed below.

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CLICK HERE to check out my previous post on the launch of GoPro 5.

CLICK HERE to check out my previous post on the launch of GoPro 4.

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The next in GoPro - 5

Hero5 Family - HERO 5 & Session. Photo Courtesy to GoPro

GoPro has been bringing their A game in portable high definition cameras. Their latest upgrades have not been disappointing. Examples: Waterproofing for certain depth which helps a lot during surfing, kayaking, swimming, jet-skiing and others. Another amazing feature of their Hero5 is the LCD which was missing previously due to their compact size and power backup. They have maintained their quality and upped their game in the video features also. The latest addition to the GoPro is Karma - flying drone with stabilizer. Have a look at the amazing video which was completely shot on GoPro Hero5.

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By the way the music is by Jai Wolf "Indian Summer"

Link to buy: goo.gl/BVQz3c

Hero5 Family - Karma. Photo Courtesy to GoPro

GoPro entering the drone game with Karma puts up another angle to an amazing development in drone technology. Along with other amazing drone technology companies, the prices, features, weight reductions, stabilizers, size reductions and sound reductions will keep getting better and better as time moves on.

GoPro Hero5 Black Introduction

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GoPro has also worked at the software angle with putting out GoPro Plus which has been updated and upgraded with some more better features for the desktop and mobile devices.

Hero5 Family - Plus. Photo Courtesy to GoPro

GoPro: Introduciong Karma

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GoPro: Introducing HERO Session

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GoPro: The new GoPro Experience

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CLICK HERE to see the previous post on GoPro HERO 4 and below is the video which was entirely shot using GoPro 4. Have a look at the amazing set of images captured by GoPro cameras across the world.

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Animated Shorts: Jinxy Jenkins, Lucky Lou

Lucky Lou - Photo Courtesy to Michelle Kwon & Michael Bidinger

What happens when the lives of two people cross each other, especially of two people from opposite fate. Lucky Lou and Jinxy Jenkins cross each others path one day leading to a set of unexpected but adventurous events. Have a look at the video below. All Copyrights belong to the Michelle Kwon & Michael Bidinger (2014).

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The CGI animated Award Winner Short Film featured on CG Meetup. Unlucky boy meets lucky girl, A film by Mike Bidinger and Michelle Kwon from Ringling College of Art and Design. When the chaotically misfortunate Jenkins and the monotonously lucky Lou run into each other one morning, they find a thrilling and fulfilling change of pace as they hurtle down the hills of San Francisco in an ice cream cart.

Lucky Lou - Photo Courtesy to Michelle Kwon & Michael Bidinger

Sources:

CLICK HERE to see the Tumblr Page of Jinky Jenkins and Lucky Lou

CLICK HERE to check the video on Vimeo

CLICK HERE to check the video out at CG Meetup. CLICK HERE for the article

CLICK HERE to check the video out at Catchy Animations

Lucky Lou - Photo Courtesy to Michelle Kwon & Michael Bidinger

Man on the Moon - John Lewis Retailer - Parody also

Photo Courtesy of John Lewis - Man on the moon

With Christmas around the corner, the advertisements have started to kick in. U.K. Retailer 'John Lewis' came out with an advertisement themed 'Man on the Moon'. Have a look at the video below

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Only if the story had ended there, one of the earliest parody of the advertisement was up and about within hours. 'The Poke' came up with a Man on the moon - Star wars parody and uploaded it on Youtube which was taken down in 3 hours time and then again after clearing the fair usage policy stating that they did not offend either John Lewis fans or Star Wars fan was able to get video back online(Also no profits are being made from the video). (CLICK HERE to see the video on Vimeo)

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Photo Courtesy to John Lewis - Man on the Moon.

Minesweeper Super Challenge

Photo Courtesy to Cinemassive - Minesweeper Super Challenge

Nostalgia is something this game brings back. Once you understand how this worked, the game gets you hooked trying to detect all the mines and then the time challenge. Ofcourse, then the size of the challenge. Starting with

• Beginner : 10 mines (9 x 9 tile grid)
• Intermediate : 40 mines (16 x 16 tile grid)
• Advanced : 99  mines (16 x 30 tile grid)

There are more advance version available online and one such was solved and uploaded on Youtube. The game contained 1412 mines with a tile grid of 58 x 118 board. It took the user 59 mins 48 seconds to complete. The Time lapse video below is of 6:14 mins.

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Then the question arises - What next? Looks like the people at Cinemassive are creative and also lovers of this game. They brought in something to make this more challenging. One of their impressive products are the Video Wall which contain an array of HD monitors or TV screens seemlessly connected to each other. They have gone and made a challenge of minesweeper which is epic due to its size, thus naming it the Minesweeper Super Challenge.

38,799 mines across 16 x HD video Wall.

Time limit 12 hours

3 attempts per user

Only 10 participants.

Minesweeper Super Challenge from CineMassive on Vimeo.

The Challenge video shown above is on 24 x HD video wall which was tested out by team that developed it and had a hard time doing so. Therefore the challenge has been put up. Read the conditions on their site. CLICK HERE (I will mention them below also)

Minesweeper Video Wall Challenge: Terms & Conditions

1. The Minesweeper Super Challenge is not a contest or a sweepstakes and CineMassive cannot offer a prize or reward of any kind to any participant. The Minesweeper Super Challenge is intended for entertainment purposes only.

2. Requests to play the Minesweeper Super Challenge game can be made by completing the contact form found on this page.

3. CineMassive will offer playing time to a total of 10 people. If for any reason CineMassive is not able to run the game as planned, CineMassive may cancel, terminate, modify or suspend playing time for any or all participants.

4. Submitting a request to play the Minesweeper Super Challenge does not guarantee that you will be offered playing time, nor does it guarantee any kind of response from CineMassive. CineMassive reserves the right to refuse playing time requests from any participant at its own discretion.

5. If you are chosen, CineMassive will reach out to you via email to discuss all necessary details, including scheduling and login information to play the game.

6. The Minesweeper game will be played on a 16xHD video wall.

7. Each player is limited to three attempts at the game. Total playing time is limited to no more than 12 hours per individual.

8. If for any reason the game is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, disruption of internet connectivity, unauthorized intervention, or technical failures of any sort, CineMassive may cancel, terminate, modify or suspend playing time for any or all participants.

9. By submitting a contact form, you agree to release CineMassive from any liability resulting from, or related to using the Minesweeper Super Challenge game.

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(Be one of the Lucky 10 and let the world know)

Sources

• CLICK HERE for the article in Wonderful Engineering
• CLICK HERE for the article in Tech Times
• CLICK HERE for the article in Gizmag
• CLICK HERE for the article in Toyland - Gizmodo
• CLICK HERE for the article in BoingBoing

Photo Courtesy to Cinemassive - Look at the size of the video Wall when compared to a man standing in front of the Video Wall

Edge of Stability

Amazing time lapse footage from places across the planet. The video was uploaded on 10/07/2015.

Photo Courtesy to Jeff Boyce (All right reserved by him)

Jeff Boyce quotes in his vimeo site

A result of over 70,000 individual high resolution photos and nearly 20,000 miles of driving, "Edge of Stability" highlights some of the most unique, awe-inspiring, and incredibly strange sights on the planet. Recorded entirely over Spring of 2015, scenes include storm chasing adventures across 15 US states, displays of the Milky Way over desert landscapes, and the amazing Aurora Borealis over Canada.

The equipment I used includes two Canon 6D's, paired usually with a Rokinon 14mm f/2.8, Rokinon 24mm f/1.4, and a Tamron 24-70mm f/2.8.

Edge of Stability from Jeff Boyce on Vimeo.

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I first came to know about this on Twitter by Klogs - Kuwait Blogs.
which directed me to this video from blog Q8allinone. CLICK HERE to see his post.