In Your Arms

Check out this sweet song/video combo:


Even better is the behind the scenes video. JELLY BELLYS. Seriously, so cool.

iMovie

So remember when I said I was working on a stop-motion video? (If you don't, refresh your memory here.) Well, I gave up on that, for two reasons:

1) My tripod broke. It is very hard to make a stop-motion movie without a tripod.
2) iMovie frustrates me to no end. When I used it in grade 10, it was awesome and super easy to use. The new version that I have on my MacBook makes me want to punch through walls. It's not particularly user-friendly, and I'm not so invested in making any movie that I want to spend a few hours learning how to use it. Also, I might be bad with computers.

So anyways, that's what's happening there. To make up for it, you should watch recent interviews of Charlie Sheen. That quote I mentioned before is just a small sample of some of the best interviews I have ever seen. They're seriously unbelievable. And hilarious. I highly recommend watching at least one interview (perhaps the one where he says that he's not 'bi-polar,' but maybe 'bi-winning.' You can check it out HERE), and, if you're really bored, some of the remixes, because those are always fun.

Ah! This is you on Charlie Sheen.

Finally, I am aware I need to stop mentioning Erase Me by Kid Cudi, but here's a sweet acoustic cover:
>> Erase Me (Acoustic Kid Cudi Cover)

Stop motion

Here is a (very brief) clip of something I'm kind of working on on the the side. Yes, I know... Am I a productive student or what? I've done one stop motion before, for a school project, and I've always been a little fascinated with them. Despite the fact that they are pretty time-consuming, and a mistake or two can ruin an entire clip and send your patience/sanity spiraling into a deep dark hole of frustration and face-palming, they can be pretty fun to play with as well. The one I'm working on right now is for a song that runs for about 3 1/2 minutes, and I've finished about 38 seconds. The translates into roughly 3+ hours of (slightly sloppy) work. Fun, right? 

Anyways, the one I'm doing now is done all on my Nikon D60, so it's not exactly ideal, and very rough, but it's working out alright so far. The one below was done entirely on my old point and shoot camera, which had a stop motion movie maker setting, which was extremely convenient, and looks a bit nicer. 

Gone Going by Jack Johnson (stop motion)

Hopefully I'll finish this current one soon this month eventually. Meanwhile, I hope you enjoyed this video, and the new semester isn't kicking your butt too hard already.

P.S. Don't forget to check out the movie page in the side bar (if you like movies and stuff), as I've seen a few more in the last week. :)