MakBak - "Macrogroove"

Short excerpt from MakBak's "Macrogroove" track from their EP, "33 on the 45." (check them at myspace.com/makbak/)

MakBak - "Polystyrene" / Seoul Cruising Bridges

Set to the music of MakBak's "Polystyrene," this is my second go at having fun with my 1000+ pictures of the Han River area in Seoul. I would have gone further with this video, but the computer program Motion kept quitting -- I guess, because my Macbook graphics card can't handle this kind of work. I do want to take this concept further once I get a faster computer.

Jet Echo - "Nizium"

This is still in progress.






Jet Echo - "Nizium" (in progress) on Vimeo

Jet Echo - "Drift Speaking"

This is still in progress, but have a look:






Jet Echo - "Drift Speaking" (in progress) on Vimeo

Wii Loop Machine Demo

Wii Loop Machine Demo on Vimeo


This is a video by the same creator:






I had the nicest dream. on Vimeo


His websites:

http://www.theamazingrolo.net./
http://www.theamazingrolo.blogspot.com/

Last Tree Standing

I have recently had the idea to film really mundane places, like suburban landscapes, and give them the same respect of camera that I would to a more conventionally beautiful place.






Suburban Sky on Vimeo

Bong Fire Mountain (updated)

I made a few adjustments and re-edits to the "Bong Fire Mountain" piece (a collaboration with Jet Echo and Jack Quin).
View the latest version on this blog entry:

http://efeele.blogspot.com/2007/01/bong-fire-mountain.html

Media Release Kamloops Art Gallery - Winner of Kami Short Video Competition

MEDIA RELEASE

For immediate release from

Kamloops Art Gallery

March 21, 2007

Newcomer wins first Kami

short video competition

DoAn Forest with Kami

The Kamloops Art Gallery is pleased to announce the winner of the
first Kami Short Video Competition. DoAn Forest, a newcomer to
Kamloops, won the competition for the best short video about "the
place where I live." After moving here from Korea in February 2007 and
learning about the Kami competition, Forest raced to complete a video
about his new hometown. His video was chosen as the best by the
audience attending the screening competition, and Forest took home the
coveted Kami People's Choice award. The video can be seen at
http://efeele.blogspot.com/2007/03/kamloops-new-arrival.html

The screening competition, held on Sunday, March 18, 2007, featured
six 5-minute videos by participants from Kamloops and the
Thompson-Nicola Regional District. Their interpretations of the theme
"the place where I live" varied from cowboy scenes to alien
perspectives. Fueled by hot popcorn and cold drinks, audience members
made their difficult decision after viewing all six videos.

Admission fee to the screening was a donation for the Kamloops Food
Bank. The Gallery thanks the audience for contributing 26 items of
food at this small but successful event. The Gallery also extends
thanks to the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce for permission to use the
Kami mascot image on the competition trophy.

-30-

Please direct all media inquiries to James Gordon, Marketing and
Communications Coordinator, Kamloops Art Gallery, (250) 377-2403, or
jgordon@kag.bc.ca

"Irregular Flow"

This is beautiful. (Starts with several seconds of black screen.)






irregular flow on Vimeo

Mobile Performance Group Promo

Cool video of people doing VJ visual performances from their car:






Mobile Performance Group Promo on Vimeo

Clip uploaded by:

http://www.whoisbenhustis.com/

Video from Flight404

Short Royksopp experiment on Vimeo

Found this at vimeo. The person's user name is Flight404. They're doing some clips with some really beautiful graphics. Too bad the one above ends so abruptly.

Here's another:






Plusses on Vimeo



Links:

http://www.flight404.com
http://www.flight404.com/blog

Funky Forest

Watched Funky Forest.
One of the most entertaining and deep movies I've ever seen. Like a way more wacked out version of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Also, based on the four years I've lived in Japan, this movie says far more about life in Japan than a lot of less zany movies that come from Japan.

Details about actors and director here:



http://www.twitchfilm.net/archives/003712.html

Pictures:

Flowfest 2006 - "Irie Days"

I finished re-editing the Flowfest 2006 re-cap video. Hopefully, I'm truly finished now. I've backdated the blog post to June 4th, 2006, when it was made.

View it on this blog post:

MIchida by DoAn Forest

My contribution to internet lip synching.






Michida on Vimeo

JChap: Tokyo Foreigner

I stumbled across this guy Jchap's videos today, while searching through videos on vimeo.com ...

Jchap has some great Japan videos. It looks like he's arrived in Japan recently, and his videos have all that fresh, adrenaline-pumping energy that a lot of "foreigners" experience when they're new to Tokyo. Actually, most newcomers to Tokyo don't do very interesting work, cause they all notice pretty much the same things (neon, crazy fashion, crowds, signs with English mistakes, strange foods). But Jchap pulls it off really well though, cause he's just got charisma and knows how to select the truly funny and cool stuff. With any luck, he'll be on Japanese TV.

Filming in Tokyo and Japan is different than in most other places. I find, when filming in Canadian streets, there's always some person who waves to the camera. In Korea, people get curious or visibly uncomfortable about being filmed. But people in Japan pretty much ignore the camera ... and even ignore the "foreigner"'s crazy actions (unless they cross some line of acceptability).

I'll feature two of my favorite videos of Jchaps here that I really like (and then put links to a few more good videos below.


gnippikS






gnippikS - Tokyo on Vimeo



Jeremy Pretending to Fall Asleep Deeply on Tokyo Train






Me Pretending to Fall Deeply Asleep on a Train. on Vimeo


Jeremy Goes To Japan episode 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGXUlzZx-OM

Jeremy Goes To Japan episode 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqHcNdFVpwY


Check out his funny t-shirts at:
http://www.cafepress.com/chapcrap

Kamloops New Arrival

Kamloops New Arrival on Vimeo

I made this in late February 2007, three weeks after beginning life in Kamloops, BC, Canada. The video has been submitted into a video contest at the Kamloops Art Gallery with the theme, "The Place Where I Live."

UPDATE: Happily, I ended up winning the contest that I submitted this video to (Mar. 18th, 2007). I also met some really good people at the event, including a few fine arts professors at the local university and various art gallery staff. A very good experience. Perhaps, it's the first thing I've ever won since I won a drawing contest at a Cornwall seaside hotel resort when I was eight years old. I love the handmade, one-of-a-kind wall-plaque I got as a prize.