Tron Legacy Premiere - A Light Session

Radical!!!

Tron Legacy Premiere - A Light Session from ENESS on Vimeo.

you tube - year in review

projection mapping shhhhhhh

while we are talking about projection mapping.........

HP ePrint & TRON: Legacy projection mapping - complete animation

Spectactular projection mapping in the build up to one of the years hottest releases.

HP ePrint & TRON: Legacy projection mapping - complete animation (angle 2) from Guided Collective on Vimeo.

Crossover

Awesome animated piece by Fabian Grodde. All the insects are 3D elements and look amazingly real.

Crossover from Fabian Grodde on Vimeo.

Kraak & Smaak - Dynamite

Great song and video from the Dutch trio.

There's a Soldier In Everyone - Call of Duty: Black Ops

Awesome trailer for what looks like an awesome game.

Portugal. The Man "People Say"

Portugal. The Man "People Say" from Michael Ragen on Vimeo.

I am a Forest

Great little animation.

I am a Forest hq from Alex Schulz on Vimeo.

Broken Bells - The Ghost Inside

Broken Bells - The Ghost Inside from Southbank Centre on Vimeo.

MIZA feat. Flabba - SUPER HERO!

My Little Diary - Natasja Fourie

Natasja describes herself as impulsive, colourful and raw, and has been called “an ambitious dragon disguised as a butterfly”.

My Little Diary is a collection of some of her work. Yes guys there are quite a few breasts but try look beyond them and enjoy a brief glimpse through the eyes of a great talent.

WOMEN ARE HEROES - Trailer

"The Women project wants to underline their pivotal role and to highlight their dignity by shooting them in their daily lives and posting them on the walls of their country.

On the other hand, by posting the same images of these women in Western countries, the project allows everyone to feel concerned by their condition and connects, through art, the two different worlds."

Really intense and very moving.

Congrats are in order for JR who won the 2011 TED award.

to get more info take a look here

TRAILER " WOMEN ARE HEROES" from SOCIAL ANIMALS on Vimeo.

Coachelletta

Tilt-Shift magnificence. Basically a video summary of the event which featured our very own Die Antwoord

Coachelletta from Sam O'Hare on Vimeo.

Yeo Valley

This is pure awesomeness.

Creative Process Illustrated: Eric Kallman and Craig Allen of W+K

Mirage Boardshort 2 - Feature Video

Or as I'm calling it "Surfing the Matrix"

Great ad for Rip Curls Mirage board shorts.

Loving the bullet-time.

Gymkhana 3 - Ultimate Playground; l'Autodrome, France

Ken Block is back with his beast of a car. Still the same deal as the first 2 videos, loads of awesome car stunts, and some advertising from DC shoes. The thing is I am always in awe of how he handles the car, its like they are part of each other.

Purely for the thrills!!!

DARK SIDE OF THE LENS

Renowned photographer and body boarder Mickey Smith shares his experience as a true waterman. Breathtaking imagery and a down to earth voice over by Mickey, give us a glimpse into the life of a body boarding and photographic legend.

DARK SIDE OF THE LENS from Astray Films on Vimeo.

The Johnny Cash Project

"A unique communal work, a living portrait of the man in black."
Using an interactive website thousands of fans contributed drawings to be complied into a collaborative music video. Its absolutely awesome, and really captures the mood of his music and his life.

Cee Lo Green - F**k You

This is the coolest, funniest thing I have seen in a while. Totally made my morning.

Cee Lo Green - F**k You from Matthew Stawski on Vimeo.

（Genki Sudo）- WORLD ORDER

LCD Soundsystem - "Home"

LCD Soundsystem "Home" from FUNWUNCE on Vimeo.

Yelp (With Apologies to Allen Ginsberg)

Sophocles once said, "nothing vast enters the life of mortals without a curse," and this couldn't be more true of technology.
Written by Tiffany Shlain & Ken Goldberg and directed by Tiffany Shlain
Ths short film has been shortlisted for YouTube Play

Pretty powerful stuff.

UNPLUG!!!

OK GO - White Knuckles

7D 1000 fps

7D 1000 fps from Oton Bačar on Vimeo.

Save The Kimberley - Your Help Is Needed

As we all know the world is in a pretty sorry state, and the blame can only be pinned on us. Michael Fletcher on Vimeo has compiled some beautiful images and video footage to highlight the beauty of The Kimberly in Western Australia. Tis area is under threat of major industrialisation.

Have a peek at this and check out the video's blurb here.

Definitely worth some support.

Save The Kimberley - Your Help Is Needed from Michael Fletcher on Vimeo.

Deftones | Sextape

Great new video for the Deftones song "Sextape" Wonderful visuals and oh so colourful with a catchy beat, so nothing at all like real sextapes then :)

Deftones | Sextape from ZF FILMS on Vimeo.

Being a Dickhead's cool! - The Grand Spectacular

Well yeah I dunno about that, but I am thoroughly enjoying this video. Funny, and oh so true.

Animal Kingdom - Chalk Stars by Thomas Hicks

Found this amazing video on Vimeo which I am sure you have noticed is where most of the videos I post come from. Looking through his previous work has turned out to be quite a treat. Thought I'd post this on the blog, and let you check out some of his other stuff here.

AK Chalk Stars from Thomas Hicks on Vimeo.

Most Viral Brands of 2010

Viral this viral that, viral viral viral. Yes everyones talking about viral marketing and the new media wave... errr tsunami. Its big and its here to stay.

Take a look at the most viral brands of 2010 (so far) as compiled by Rubber Republics Viral

Ad Network.

Banksy's First Interview

Banksy is a graffiti/street artist who has been adding his own brand of art to London and Bristol since the early 90's. Although his works are illegal they have garnered an immense amount of interest from the public, and the art world. A wall featuring one of his stenciled works sold for 200,000 in 2008. Alway very secretive, his real identity remains unconfirmed to this day.

Here are a few of his works, and a link to this first ever interview

Words By Daniel Mercadante & Will Hoffman

Very beautiful video about word association. Simple yet effective.

WORDS from Everynone on Vimeo.

Kanye West - POWER

Kanye West's new music video is quite impressive. He moves away from the stereotypical rap/hip-hop video, and brings us something breathtakingly beautiful.

I highly recommend watching it in HD on Vimeo.

Kanye West - POWER from littlesk on Vimeo.

Vintage Internet

Brazilian ad agency Moma created these wonderful ads for the Maxi Midia media seminars 2010.
Absolutely brilliant!

Advertising Agency: Moma, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Creative Director: Rodolfo Sampaio
Art Director: Marco Martins
Copywriter: Adriano Matos
Illustrator: 6B Studio
Published: July 2010

Röyksopp's Adventures in Barbieland

Röyksopp have been working hard promoting their much anticipated new album "Senior" (out Sept 13th) Its the follow up to the crittically acclaimed "Junior" that was released last year. The two albums were recorded at the same time and as Röyksopp explain they are meant to compliment each other
The two albums (’Junior’ and ‘Senior’) have a kinship, in that they represent Röyksopp’s two very different artistic expressions. ‘Junior’ – with emphasis on vocals, accessible melodies and harmonies, has the energy, the inquisitive temper and confident “hey-ho, let’s go!”-attitude of youth, whereas ‘Senior’ is the introverted, dwelling and sometimes graceful counterpart – brimfull with dark secrets and distorted memories, insisting “I’m old, I’ve got experince…”. Senior’ is furthermore an album about age, horses and being subdued – with devils breathing down your neck.
On that note I present Röyksopp's Adventures in Barbieland - A short film/music video in anticipation of their album launch. Its basically 10 minutes of bizarre Norwegian film making, but expertly done none the less, and with a catchy electronic sound.

Röyksopp's Adventures in Barbieland from Röyksopp on Vimeo.

Heres their first release Eple, just because I love the video and song so much.
They certainly do know how to create a catchy tune.

Eple from Röyksopp on Vimeo.

Black Bones

This is old and I have referenced it many times but still a CLASSIC!!

Black Bones from Rhett Dashwood on Vimeo.

The Damage Done - Rainfall Films

A great western short by Rainfall Films.

I just love the way it was shot.

Won 1st place at Westfest 2010.

The Damage Done from Rainfall Films on Vimeo.

Tempus II

I have always been fascinated with high speed cameras. The beauty of objects in motion is often unseen to the naked eye at regular speeds, but with the help of the latest technology we can glimpse things at a fraction of the speed, often leading to mind blowing visuals and beautiful chaos.

Sit back enjoy this wonderful clip from Phillip Heron and James Adair.

Tempus II from Philip Heron on Vimeo.

Accumulonimbus

A meditation on motion and the life cycle of matter. The medium was clay on glass.

I cant help agree with one of the comments; "I've never seen clay look so elegant!"

Accumulonimbus from andy kennedy on Vimeo.

Broken Social Scene - Meet Me In The Basement

Broken Social Scene - Meet Me In The Basement from Arts & Crafts on Vimeo.

Piano Stairs

Kid Cudi - Pursuit Of Happiness

Kid Cudi - Pursuit Of Happiness from sista noes on Vimeo.

Dancing Pigeons - Ritalin

Dancing Pigeons - Ritalin from Blink on Vimeo.

The Kleptones - Come Again

Mavelous mash-up featuring The Beatles vs the Rest of the World in this Kleptones mash from Uptime / Downtime - includes Boston, Cypress Hill, Daft Punk, Beasties, Criminal Element Orchestra, Freeez and many many more in this epic extravaganza of a 1,000 dancers by video artists Crumbs Chief.
ENJOY!

Kleptones - Come Again (Beatles vs Rare Earth vs Beaties vs Daft Punk vs Cypress Hill vs Boston) Video by Crumbs Chief from The Videotones on Vimeo.

Walk on water (Liquid Mountaineering)

A great viral ad for Hi-Tec shoes. A tad old, but still awesome.

35mm

How many of the 35 films in this animation can you recognise?

35mm from Pascal Monaco on Vimeo.

Wax On, F*ck Off

Wax On, F*ck Off with Ralph Macchio from Ralph Macchio

The Black Keys - Next Girl

The Black Keys - Next Girl - Frank Version from Chris Marrs Piliero on Vimeo.

The Black Keys - Tighten Up

The Black Keys - Tighten Up - Official Video from Chris Marrs Piliero on Vimeo.

Agan Harahap - Superheroes

Some very clever photography. Mosey on over to his online portfolio on Flikr to see some more amazing pics.

flakjakt’s Cascades by Marty Martin – first iPhone 4 music vid?

First Official iPhone 4 Music Video - flakjakt "Cascades" from Marty Martin. themartymartin.com on Vimeo.

The Apple Museum - 30 years in 2 minutes

Exit Calm - Hearts and Minds

Exit Calm - Hearts And Minds from The Progress Film Company on Vimeo.

Pendulum - Witchcraft

Great song and video from the Australian electronica act, that has been hailed as the most important influence on the genre after The Prodigy.

Turn up the volume and enjoy!!!

Pendulum / Witchcraft from Murat Pak on Vimeo.

Adidas – Fast Vs. Fast

Adidas - Fast Vs. Fast from Gary Shore on Vimeo.

Small Worlds Project

Yes its another tilt-shift video, this time by Keith Loutit. He seems to have a knack for the art. Enjoy some of his ongoing project: Small Worlds.

You can visit www.keithloutit.com to find out more about it.


Small Worlds Project: undefined. Pause while a clip is playing to share it.
Tilt Shift Video by Keith Loutit | Twitter | Facebook

Temper Trap, "Love Lost"

Temper Trap, "Love Lost" (Dougal Wilson) from Rotten Rabbit on Vimeo.

Tame Impala - Solitude is Bliss

Solitude Is Bliss - Tame Impala from caleigh o'callaghan on Vimeo.

Great Lake Swimmers - River's Edge

Great Lake Swimmers - River's Edge from Nir Ben Jacob on Vimeo.

Tame Impala - Half Full Glass of Wine

Wonderfully psychedelic video from a great band.

Tame Impala - Half Full Glass of Wine from Special Problems on Vimeo.

Wow

A rather beautiful project has been colouring the world these past couple of months. The Let's Colour Project launched by French paint company, Dulux Valentine, is a project to paint public places (starting in Rio, London, Jodhpur, Marseille and coming up Istanbul) with a mission to spread colour wherever they go. Working together with local communities across these cities they are painting streets, houses and squares. Click here to learn more.And yes this was all done in camera!

To anyone who has ever sat through a surf movie

...and yes if you have ever gone out with a surfer that would be you...this has to be the coolest surf movie yet. It has all the elements of all the other surf movies including stealing the locals waves, but it is done in stopmotion with playmobile. And apparently the surf moves are all completely authentic. (ahem... i married a surfer) Excuse the crappy editing though...

Ok Go - End Love - Official Music Video

Another awesome video from the kings of the music video, well in my opinion anyway.

Grizzly Bear - Ready, Able

grizzly bear- ready, able from homairaazimi on Vimeo.

Giant Coca Cola Man

Cratefan – designed for Coca-Cola by Porky Hefer of Animal Farm is made with 2500 standard Coke bottle crates.  It’s located in Newtown Joburg at the fan park and apparently Cape Town is due to get one as well.
Cratefan is a recycling initiative, created using a skeleton of scaffolding clad with around 2500 Coca-Cola crates. All the materials will be reused/recycled once he has finished celebrating.

Its a good question

Image from here

Star Wars™ Cantina 2010 / Adidas Originals

I thought this was pretty entertaining.

Star Wars™ Cantina 2010 / adidas Originals from Dominic Prevost on Vimeo.

Mr. Wind

Mutiny Bikes - "One Spring Day"

A great clip featuring some more tilt-shift photography (yes I'm a fan) Shot with the 5D mkII and the 7D which seem to make everything they shoot look amazing.

Mutiny Bikes - "One Spring Day" from Mutiny Bikes on Vimeo.

plan b - prayin

Plan B 'Prayin' - Director: Daniel Wolfe from Tom Lindsay on Vimeo.

Bugsy Malone - So You Wanna Be a boxer

Sony "Eye Candy"

Do yourself a favour and watch it in fullsrceen HD on vimeo - http://vimeo.com/10446351

Simply amazing

Sony "Eye Candy" from Süperfad on Vimeo.

I know it has nothing to do with film, but what a great football calendar

http://www.marca.com/deporte/futbol/mundial/sudafrica-2010/calendario-english.html

Waiting (feat. Jay Kauffman)

The Naked and the Famous - Young Blood

A Tribute to Dennis Hopper

Saturday the 29th of May 2010 saw the passing of one of one of the worlds greatest actors. Its only fitting that we here at Underground post a tribute to Dennis Hopper's life in film. One of Hollywood's more troubled souls, he never failed to captivate an audience, and delivered performances that left you craving more. May you rest in peace and give heaven hell.

Sleep well Easy Rider.

Thanks to chasefukuoka61 on youtube for the video.

This is why we blog

via madeitpretty

M.I.A. born free

M.I.A, Born Free from ROMAIN-GAVRAS on Vimeo.

Great Commercial!

Amazing World Cup commercial... Agency: Wieden + Kennedy, Amsterdam.

Tilt-Shift Photography

This is a great example of the effects that can be achieved using a technique called tilt-shift photography. This is achieved using lenses with a limited depth of field. Because the focus is limited to the focus of the subject it gives the impression that what is taking place is actually a miniature. The perception that the images are miniatures is reinforced by cutting down the frame rate, as well as incorporating vast landscapes.

Sit back and enjoy!

Toy Soldiers from Alta Media Productions on Vimeo.

Jack Parow - Fokken Dans