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“A Day in India” a short film by Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine

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(A Day in India from The Perennial Plate on Vimeo)

India has got to be one of the most sensory-overloaded places I have ever visited. In the short film “A Day in India,” Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine compressed their three week stay in India into one very fast-paced day. Given that . . . → Read More: “A Day in India” a short film by Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine

A time-lapse video of the construction of the San Francisco Bay Bridge 2009-2012

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(Bay Bridge Construction Time-Lapse, 2009-2012)

For the past three years I have been crisscrossing the SF Bay Bridge. Whenever I head West towards SF, I peer out of my car hoping for a view of the enormous construction effort underway to build the new eastern span. A glimpse here. A fraction-of-a-second look there. Nothing . . . → Read More: A time-lapse video of the construction of the San Francisco Bay Bridge 2009-2012

“Moonwalk” an amazing video of Dean Potter walking a highline across Cathedral Peak in Yosemite

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(Moonwalk from Bryan Smith on Vimeo)

American free climber Dean Potter walks a highline across two peaks at Yosemite while the sun is setting and the moon is rising. Unbelievable.

Adventure filmmaker Bryan Smith shot this from over 1 mile away. The highline was placed at Cathedral Peak, which is part of the Cathedral . . . → Read More: “Moonwalk” an amazing video of Dean Potter walking a highline across Cathedral Peak in Yosemite

“Tokyo Living” a time-lapse video by Masaya Sugimura

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Tokyo Living from MasayaSugimura on Vimeo.

Tokyo. A mixture of the young/old, modern/traditional, East/West. And it all flows together seamlessly in this time-lapse video by Masaya Sugimura. Enjoy!

“2012. 366 days. 366 seconds.” a video made from one second of every day in 2012

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2012. 366 days. 366 seconds. from Jonathan Britnell on Vimeo.

Jonathan Britnell filmed one second of every day in 2012 to create this video. Lovely!

A time-lapse video of planes landing at the San Diego International Airport

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(Landings at San Diego Int Airport Nov 23, 2012 from Cy Kuckenbaker on Vimeo)

This video reminds me of a scene from Alfred Hitchock’s movie “The Birds.” At first you see a few birds ominously flying overhead, then before you know it, the sky is packed with them. But this is real-life, and . . . → Read More: A time-lapse video of planes landing at the San Diego International Airport

“Drivelapse Route 66″ a time lapse video from Chicago to LA by Brian DeFrees

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A delightful video of Brian DeFrees‘ road trip down the entire length of Route 66 (The Mother Road) from Chicago to Los Angeles in August 2012. DeFrees compresses 22 days over 9,188 miles into 3 minutes.

See more trip videos by DeFrees (of Defrees Productions) here.

. . . → Read More: “Drivelapse Route 66″ a time lapse video from Chicago to LA by Brian DeFrees

Video of a crocheted octopus

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This is a lovely music video for Wax Tailor featuring a crochet quadropus (a four-legged octopus). The Australian firm Oh Yeah Wow spent over three months moving the crocheted creature by hand using stop-motion techniques. Charming!

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“Eurolapse” a time lapse video of a summer spent in Europe

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(EuroLapse from David Kosmos Smith on Vimeo)

Last summer Atlanta, Georgia based photographer David Smith had the good fortune to be able to roam through and between the major cities of Europe. London, Paris, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Helsinki, and others. Smith captured them in over 30,000 photos. He says, “It ended up taking me . . . → Read More: “Eurolapse” a time lapse video of a summer spent in Europe

“Belly” a short film by Julia Pott

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“Belly” is a lovely poignant short film by Julia Pott, a British animator living in Brooklyn. Recently completing a successful run on the festival circuit, including screenings at Sundance, Animafest Zagreb, the Holland Animation Film Festival, the Hiroshima International Animation Festival, and many others, “Belly” has been released on the web. Potts writes on . . . → Read More: “Belly” a short film by Julia Pott