"EMI has sued video site Vimeo for copyright infringement, alleging that the company goads users to post video clips of themselves lip-synching songs by musicians like Billy Idol and KT Tunstall."posted by ericb at 1:17 PM on December 18, 2009 [3 favorites]
If what they say is "nothing is forever",Or do you just hate that "rap" junk?
Then what makes love the exception?
So why are we so in denial
When we know we're not happy here?
...Y'all don't wanna hear me, you just wanna dance.
peeedro: Two questions:I think you're missing the point. The cameraman walked forwards not to make it easy on him, but because it was easier to do that, and lip sync in reverse, than to have the rest of the student body repeatedly violate the basic laws of physics by doing things like causing randomly strewn cards to leap off the floor and into their hands. For example.
1) Why doesn't the camera man ever walk backwards? The actors/lip dubbers could preform more naturally like this and make a better video.
peeedro: Two questions:"
1) Why doesn't the camera man ever walk backwards? The actors/lip dubbers could preform more naturally like this and make a better video.
potch: gah <em> failBut again, he isn't (except in one segment, I think). He mostly walks forwards, the lipsyncer in focus is walking backwards and lipsyncing backwards. When played in reverse, the lipsyncer appears to be walking forwards while the cameraman backpeddles. Again, this is done so that the lipsyncer appears to be just moseying through the hallways while magi and djinn perform their nefarious black arts behind him or her.
the cameraman is walking backwards...
“OutKast fans like to ‘shake it like a Polaroid picture,’ but the instant camera maker is warning consumers that taking the advice of the hip-hop stars could ruin your snapshots.posted by ericb at 8:01 AM on December 19, 2009
OutKast's number one hit ‘Hey Ya’ includes the ‘shake it’ line as a reference to the motion that amateur photographers use to help along the self-developing film.
But in the ‘answers’ section on the Polaroid Web site, the company says that shaking photos, which once helped them to dry, is not necessary since the modern version of Polaroid film dries behind a clear plastic window.
The image ‘never touches air, so shaking or waving has no effect,’ the company said on its site. ‘In fact, shaking or waving can actually damage the image. Rapid movement during development can cause portions of the film to separate prematurely, or can cause 'blobs' in the picture.’
A Polaroid spokesman added: ‘Almost everybody does it, thinking that shaking accelerates the development process, but if you shake it too vigorously you could distort the image. A casual shake typically doesn't affect it.’
Polaroid said its film should be laid on a flat surface and shielded from the wind, and that users should avoid bending or twisting their pictures. Of course, ‘lay it on a flat surface like a Polaroid picture,’ doesn't sound nearly as cool.”
"At the end of the video is a message: 'Try and beat that Shorecrest!'posted by ericb at 8:40 AM on December 19, 2009
Game on. Shorecrest says it's already planning its response, but the students aren't ready to give away what that is.
What makes this rivalry more special is the video teachers for each school. Shorecrest's Trent Mitchell and Shorewood's Marty Ballew are childhood friends."*
"When Javier Cáceres walks the halls of Shorewood High School, he is greeted as a rock star, a conquering hero … the guy who engineered the defending blow against Seattle rival Shorecrest....Did you know that if you simply sing words in reverse, your mouth won’t match the words, making your video look like a badly dubbed Godzilla movie? Cáceres spent hours filming himself singing 'You Make My Dreams Come True' in reverse, adjusting the lyrics phonetically so they’d sync when played backwards....In the end, even rival alumni Rainn Wilson gave Shorewood begrudging props, posting a link to the new video in this Twitter post: 'Ok, it's on. Shorewood (idiot losers) have issued a video response to Shorecrest's awesome "Hey Ya!" vid — u decide'" ... [more].posted by ericb at 6:59 AM on December 22, 2009
"So Ashton Kutcher and Ben Stiller were tweeting the other day. You know. Down in Hollywood.posted by ericb at 6:08 AM on December 25, 2009 [1 favorite]
Ashton says to Ben: Wish YouTube existed when I was in high school.'
And Ben says, 'We are all going to be working for Javier Caceres in five years.'
Javier Caceres. You know. The filmmaker. [more].
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