moray’s praxinoscopes

Check out this amazing music video using old school Praxinoscopes that production company Blinkink did for musician Moray McLaren. 2D Animation done by director David Wilson.

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Using both praxinoscopes and the technique of matching up the frame rate of the spinning record to that of the camera, no computer super-imposing was used; what you see is what rolled off the camera. The transitions between each section of animation was created by simply cutting or wiping between the bits of footage.

Praxinoscopes were the forerunner of the more well known Zoetropes. Both of which are the proud parents of modern animation.

LINK: Blinkink

LINK: Moray McLaren

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Moray McLaren is a Scottish singer-songwriter, born and raised in Edinburgh. When a disk of Moray’s rough recordings fell into the hands of producer Jonathan Shakhovskoy (U2, Patrick Wolf), he suggested they make an album together. The pair are currently in the studio recording. Moray’s debut album will be released on Lash Records this summer.

singin’ in the rain

Scattered thunderstorms make this video of the day all the more appropriate.

Enjoy!

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Song: Singin’ In The Rain by Mint Royale

house of cards

Q: What do you get when you mix real-time LIDAR point recording with the heady British band, Radiohead?

A: This really stunning tech savy music video…

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Here’s the synopsis of the process that the band posted on their Google code page. Which by the way is a really cool open source project hosting service.

Radiohead just released a new video for its song “House of Cards” from the album “In Rainbows”.

No cameras or lights were used. Instead two technologies were used to capture 3D images: Geometric Informatics and Velodyne LIDAR. Geometric Informatics scanning systems produce structured light to capture 3D images at close proximity, while a Velodyne Lidar system that uses multiple lasers is used to capture large environments such as landscapes. In this video, 64 lasers rotating and shooting in a 360 degree radius 900 times per minute produced all the exterior scenes.

And here’s the making of they posted as well…really cool stuff.

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Now if that wasn’t enough for ya, they also posted a 3D viewer of the point data they captured. Giving you the ability and pan, zoom, and tilt your way through point cloud goodness. Click the image below to be taken to the page…

LINK: Radiohead / House of Cards – Google Code Page

LINK: Radiohead / House of Cards – 3D Point Cloud Viewer

LINK: Radiohead music video shot with lasers

THE latest music video from rock band Radiohead, shot using lasers instead of cameras, has been released on Google overnight.

The music video for House Of Cards, from the band’s 2007 album In Rainbows, was shot entirely by scanning systems that use lasers instead of lenses to capture the image.

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Now if all that doesn’t make you want to go out and buy the album on iTunes, then I don’t know what will!