Science, High Tech and Nerd Oriented Videos, Movies and Animation

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"The Best of the Joy of Tech" Will Reboot Your Sense of Humor - This book is the Perfect present for your geeky relatives and friends

Do you like science fiction, space battles and weird alien beings?  Check out "New World" According to producer Peter John Ross. it's all about a time on Earth after aliens have invaded, a group of young upstarts begin to fight back against the insect-like Invaders. Click here to see the trailer or watch the entire 10 online chapters. It's sort of  like the old science fiction serials of the 1930's, but with home made special video FX of the 2000's. As of November 1, the last two chapters will be online  at Brownfish.com, MovieFlix and at Underground Film.
"New World" was shot with a Canon GL1 Mini DV, edited with Adobe Premiere 5.1c, and
composited with Adobe After Effects 4.1. 3D Animation by the Triple By-pass Cafe, 3D models by Dual P. Davidson, wireframe models and animation done in Caligari True Space 4.3, texture maps were done in Photoshop and added to models in 3D Studio Max. 3D Matte Paintings done by Don Drennan in Lightwave 7.0

Special - The Making of "New World"

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We'd like to introduce to you a young film maker who just may become the next Brian DePalma - or Steven Speilberg. Pedro Pizarro & his friends created this little flick called " Matrix Fight "  Pedro writes on his film blog " I tell everyone that my Matrix agent fight was all for fun and they all don't believe me, they think that we planned the fight for months and planned out every last punch, but the truth is we made it up on the spot, and we filmed it in one day." Perhaps it is a new trend for kids to make up their own "Matrix" movies.... there are several to be found on the net. Here is another we found that mixes original footage with their home video from some kids in Great Britain. Matrix 4D

In addition to using on-line video to make people laugh, educate and entertain, businesses can use streaming video to promote their gear and products. Check out the highly impressive DragonFlyer video from RCToys.com.  Canadian high-tech toy designer Zenon Dragan, the Draganflyer’s creator, has loaded his website with digital videos to show how it works. As seen on Ripley's Believe it or Not. This is something you just have to check out. It is quite a radical design. The site offers numerous clips and is very well presented. Dragan confesses that he has no experience in videography, "we just started making movies by coming up with skits and scenes and doing simple cuts in iMovie. We filmed one of our flying machines and transferred the video into iMovie. We learned iMovie in about an hour and a half. We finished editing the video later that day, compressed it in iMovie, posted it to our server, and hyperlinked the video to an eBay auction. That was all on the first day of getting a new video camera. It’s worked out phenomenally well". Another4Video selection!

And if you really like these radio controlled toys, check out this HPI Racing site - full of QuickTime movies of RC stuff!

Are you wondering just what will be in the latest version of Windows from Microsoft? You can get the inside scoop on "Whistler" just by watching Behind the Scenes at Microsoft This short animation, and many others, are hosted at Triggerstreet, possibly one of the most active of all online movie festival sites. If you can not access the video directly, just go to the Short Film Festival section at the Triggerstreet web site.

This is sort of spooky and extremely nerdy. Check out this ASCII movie based on "The Matrix". No video, no graphics, no music - no compression - just animated ASCII characters.

This is definitely a bit different than our typical video web site - submitted by the infamous Rob Pongi, the Juergen Specht Photographs site features a series of stills that features hundreds of  dedicated Japanese doing re-enactments of scenes from Matrix Re-Loaded - in Tokyo It is sort of alike a move but not really...

Want to create your own version of "The Matrix" or "Kung Fu Killers"? - You don't have any fancy cameras and tripods, can't afford big name start and you didn't go to Hollywood Film School. You can still create your own movie masterpiece. Check out Marum Fighting, an amateur film by Simen Ødegård. It's a big MPEG download (54 Mb) but it is worth it. The fight scenes are cool.

Are you using your Mac and the new iMovie3 to create movies? Check out this short clip "iMovie 3 - That dang Beach ball!" ....and who the heck is Ken Burns anyway? Why so many are going back to iMovie 2?

Directed, filmed and starring Craig Kuehne, The Highest Bidder is a great little short that demonstrates what happens when you take a wrong turn on the Net and connect to a auction site that is not quite right. Also, check out Craig's demo reel of far out special video effects.

Attack of the nerds - in late May, thousands of nerds and IT geeks leave their ozone ridden, air conditioned warrens to trek across the US to participate in a yearly Las Vegas trade show called Internet + Interop. At this show, numerous things occur - some of which cannot be discussed. However, Network Magazine puts on its annual "Well Connected Awards." In conjunction with that, they create nerd enhanced entertainment. Here is a link to the Well Connected Awards Streaming Video.

Ever had problems with relatives calling and asking about computer problems.  Just because you have been on the net for years, they figure you know everything abut anything? Check out this short cartoon "Dad and AOL" from MacBoy.com. So true....

Looking for funny and nerdy Flash animations? Check out SmilePop The bits are a lot of fun and they are short. Great for viral dissemination to your friends, lovers and enemies. Among the cute and silly animations on the site, are two that really stick out for us nerdy web oriented folk. Check out Gotta Be Updated, a goofy little ditty sung to to the tune of a classic Ramones song. Another cool computer related flash bit is "Internet Soapbox" a short educational piece about classic Internet legends and hoaxes. Send this Flash animation to that person who pesters with dumb email messages.

Playing With Time is a cool and fun science oriented web site with a Gallery section that features amazing short movies that demonstrate the changing world around us. You can a walk on the sliding scales of time, or go on an in-depth exploration of a place in time and find out what's happening behind the scenes. 

ISPs are turning in their customers who illegally download MP3s - Napter is shut down; the music business is getting more bold in its attacks. Are you ready for MP3 The Movie? Produced by Joseph and Dylan Conner, and hosted at the Filmwave website, this is the story of how, in the year 2002, the government has outlawed MP3s and any related material including Napster. The FBI has created a department called the MP3 Task Force to help combat illegal MP3s, the Task Force are two former musicians, Agent Farley, and Agent Hopkins, together they will infiltrate the MP3 black market and put an end to MP3s forever.

 2001: A Space Oddity - this space shuttle landing was produced as a training exercise for a new group of animators who had joined Atomic Visual Effects. They used the animators and friends as extras and shot the whole thing on mini DV. The animation was done in Lightwave, the camera tracking in Real Viz - Matchmover and the compositing in combustion. The concept revolves around the self appointed parking attendants who litter South African streets." --Simon Hansen, Atomic Visual Effects

There's a war on...every day we do battle.. every time we go online or check our email - there it is, SPAM. Checkout this hilarious trailer from Trailervision - Operation Unsubscribe. There is hope for us all. While you are there, check out the other TrailerVision trailers, Some are free, some ain't. 

What do you get when you mix sex and and Apples? Religion or Computers? I don't know but click here to visit SleeplessKnights.com, the home of the original Quicktime commercials for the amazing iBrator. Each of the ads is an accurate parodies of Apple Computer's amazing and clever iMac commercials. You may have seen their infamous Colors commercial before. We were really impressed by i4, their take on what maybe the most awesome commercial of all time. 

I must confess this is a bit nerdy...well a  lot nerdy. After you given up on Macs and Windows, there is only one thing left to do...switch to Linux. Check out this animation hosted at ubergeek.tv. There's a bunch of other fun stuff there as well. Of course, if you are true Mac believer, check out this iBook switch ad. And if you don't really care which way to switch to, check out this Switch animation.

Are you in the IT business? Are you a consultant or have ever been visited by one? Check out this cool IT info animation titled My Day..

  "Good Luck, Mr. Grosky" is a very well produced and well shot short film about the true meaning of space flight and what it meant to some average citizens on the American mid-west.  Excellent.

Here are some great short high tech cartoons for your viewing pleasure. Checkout the Fox Moon Hoax that shows us what really happened behind the scenes during the moon landing many years ago. If you are a fan of Microsoft and Bill Gates, you are sure to appreciate "The Best is Yet to Come - Microsoft Commercial. Of course, for you tech heads, you probably really want to know all about the Segway, formerly known as Ginger. All these, and more, are at Idleworm's Tech Section..

Apple Computer has been running a series of TV commercials urging people to switch from Windows computers to Macintosh. Check out this rebuttal video...Here is a very cool collection of QuickTime moves inspired by Apple's Switch Ads, MacRumors users competed in a contest to make their own "Switch" ads to be judged by other members of the MacRumors community. Check it out - 1st Place Monkey Switch Ad. 2nd Place Grow-Up....With a Mac Switch Ad.   These were also pretty cool -   Lego Switch Switch Ad . 

Here are 4Video's pick of some of his favorite fan "Apple Switch" ads

Good Luck Ivan...

MacBoy even has Bill Gates switching -

http://www.macboy.com/cartoons/switch/gates/index.html

If you want to see the real Apple Switch ads, click here.

Check out this series of short Switch videos from Cloud10TV. Full of attitude... and funny. While you are there. don't forget to check out all the other cool videos and content found at the Cloud 10 TV site.  Speaking of Apple ads, check out Santa and Lawyers hosted at iFilm. . Starring Will Ferrell, he explains  why it's "Happy Holidays" now and not "Merry Christmas."

Are you an activist? Into changing the world? Check out the Phone Bashing web site - these guys hate cell phones and the people who yak on them in public spaces. They began by dressing up inside of a stolen mobile phone suit, and then grabbing phones from people using them. And then they recorded the thefts on tape. Check it out... 

Do you like westerns? Do you like bad Japanese dubbed films? Do you like Sci-Fi? Who cares....  For a great adventure in cool video making, you got to check out High Tech Noon. This is brilliant. Great concept, wonderful production values and it will make you laugh. It will also make you wonder, "how did they do that?". This is the broadband version. For less bandwidth intensive versions, and other great short funny films, make sure you visit the  Pirate Videos web site.

Have you ever wondered just where all the lost emails go? You know, you spent time carefully composing the right message, hit SEND and then it never gets where it was supposed to go? Did the spam filter get it? Check out "You Don't Got Mail" - hosted at www.alldaybreakfast.ca.

Check out "The New Arrival". It was the first narrative shot entirely with Be Here's immersive  iVideo technology. The 360 view allows you to take control of your viewing experience. To get the full effect of "The New Arrival" Click and drag your mouse in the window for viewer control. Your shift key zooms in and your Ctrl key zooms out. It is quite cool and different. Not only is the technology impressive but the script is excellent as well. 

Kimble Special Agent battles the demon forces of Bill Gates - at Kimble.org. - Dedicated to the creations and ruminations of the former Kim Schwartz, now known as the His Royal Highness, King Kimble the First, Ruler of the Kimpire. Visit Kimble.org and check out this very interesting site dedicated to the adventures of Kimble, international super spy. Pretty darn cool. On the Kimble Flash site you will find three very entertaining flash presentations - The Kimble Special Agent video is hilarious. While you are there, also check out the other cartoons 

Are you sick of those Apple computer ads yet? People whining about their Windows machines? Check out the Apple Ad spoof from Ellen Feiss hosted at iFilm.

Do computers get you hot and bothered? Check out this Microsoft Windows XP commercial that never got officially released. Can you say "reboot me baby"?

Are you a computer user who has ever had to call tech support? Are you an Avid user who has needed just a teeny bit of guidance during a project?  Well then check out Avid Confidential, a hilarious little flick that sheds a little light on the tech support - video editor relationship.

Apple user versus Windows user - which way do you swing. Are you tired of the platform wars. Check out this Apple movie to get a little humorous insight into what really happens when you switch from Windows to Apple...

Nerds are fun....?   Did you miss the last Network + InterOP Show in Las Vegas? Can you believe trade shows can be fun?  Check out this hilarious N+I video from Network World Magazine starring the indomitable Jason Meserve as he explores trade show booth babes, gimmicks and other ways to entrance the weary showgoer. Also check out this video of  InteropNet iLabs, a highlight of every NetWorld+Interop show, where products are tested to see if they can interoperate under a common standard.

Do you spend a lot of time watching late night TV. Have you ever wondered just what is going on with all these Psychic shows? Check out Darth Vader's Psychic Hotline - this short was created by  John E. Hudgens and features Claudia Christian from the Babylon 5 TV Show. We all could use a little love guidance from Mr. D.V.

Have you ever had one of those days when you were just about to call it quits? But something happens... check out this short video hosted at RadicalZoo.com. "The Day I Almost Resigned" is short and sweet and funny. You can watch it streaming in Windows Media or you can download and watch it over and over again in QuickTime.

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