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Wellington City, NZ – “Reset” Mute Math – Canon XH-A1

admin — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:49:15 +0000

Three words… I LOVE WELLINGTON.
This is the product of an idea thats been churning away in my mind for over a year now, and I have finally had the opportunity to bring it to light. I heard “Reset” once, and I knew for certain that I would make a video which discovers the city I love.

You are welcome to view this in high definition at: http://www.vimeo.com/902059

This was created as part of our individual music video projects for The Film School in Newtown, Wellington. The aim of the exercise was to discover, plan, shoot and manipulate ways in which music can be put with visual media to produce something that explores and idea, or tells a short story.

I have always been intruiged by the nightlife of Wellington City, and my appreciation for it has grown mostly within the last year, after basing my NCEA L3 Photography portfolio on a static/still version of this music video. It has definitely been a very, very fun project to delve into, as many nights have been spent shooting and editing. I’ve learnt so much about the Canon XH-A1, and like I say in the video log at the end, I am amazed at its low-light capabilities. Likewise, I have learnt a lot more about the Adobe After Effects editing system for compositing. AE is something that I would like to get to use more often. Thank-you to Andrew Kramer, video tutorialist from: http://www.videocopilot.net
Your tutorials have helped me learn the basics of AE incredibly quickly.

As mentioned in my vlog at the end as well, Mike Krumlauf, a young lad with a passion for art-film, from Chicago IL, has inspired many features of my work in this video. I would encourage you check out his work for yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/michaelkrumlauf
Thank-you Mike, your work is brilliant and I have always enjoyed your continually inspiring short/experimental films.

Thank-you to the partnership between YouTube and Warner Bros, which allows me to use this track, “Reset” by Mute Math, legally on YouTube. I became familiar with Mute Math more than 2 years ago, and I love their music. They are amazing, and different, and I’d push for making more music videos using their craft: http://www.myspace.com/mutemath

This video may also double as an advertising piece for the “Have A Love Affair With Wellington” Wellington City Council website. Thank-you WCC for your continual work to help keep Wellington exciting, new and an awesome place to live:
http://www.WellingtonNZ.co.nz

Anyway, I truely hope you’ve enjoyed this, I sure did, and hopefully it has come to serve as inspiration for other film-makers, as advertising for WCC, and as a showreel for the capabilities of the Canon XH-A1.

Cheers,
Andrew
http://www.bebo.com/aspiringphotographer

Duration : 0:8:47

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Dj: Isfan – Chicago Old School Classics pt.2

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:41:04 +0000

One of my old mixtapes cut up into parts with pics of vinyl. (check out the mash-up of Ralphi Rosario’s two cuts starting at 2:39 of “In the night” & “I want you” before they were called “mash-ups”) i did this mix over 15 years ago. you can DL it from djisfan dot com. Thanks 4 checking it out.

Duration : 0:9:56

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Capital Crime First show at Chicago Pizza

admin — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:48:16 +0000

New band Capital Crime. First show at Chicago Pizza. Just a bunch of br00t4l kids making noise in your hood.

Duration : 0:10:0

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Chicago House mix-old school

admin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:47:27 +0000

Old school mix w/ old school pics.

Tracklist:

1.Two Without Hats-Try Yazz
2.White Knight-Gonna Jack
3.Pink Noise-Give Me Energy
4.*Robin Wants Revenge or Well(Franklie)My Son
5.Jungle Crew-Elektric Dance
6.Steve “Silk” Hurley-Work It Out
7.Journey Into Sound feat. M.C. X-Pump It Up ( Yeah Baby)
8.J.M. Silk-I Can’t Turn Around
9.Mario Diaz feat. Mr. Lee-Can You Feel It
10.Fast Eddie-Can U Still Dance
11.The It-Donnie(acapella)
12.Liaz-House Sensation

*track 4 on my bootleg(Larry Sherman’s Record Review)says the song is Robin Wants Revenge but Discogs.com says the name is Well (Franklie) My Son.I’m not sure which is correct.If you know let me know.Thanks dawg.

Duration : 0:10:39

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Public Enemies HD Trailer Dethroned music – Johnny Depp as John Dillinger

admin — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:41:16 +0000

No one could stop John Dillinger and his gang. No jail could hold him. His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyone — from his girlfriend Billie Frechette to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression. But while the adventures of Dillinger’ gang — later including Baby Face Nelson and Alvin Karpis — thrilled many, J. Edgar Hoover made Dillinger America’s first Public Enemy Number One and sent in Melvin Purvis, the dashing “Clark Gable of the FBI.” However, Dillinger and his gang outwitted and outgunned Purvis’ men in wild chases and shootouts. Only after importing a crew of Western ex-lawmen (newly baptized as agents) and orchestrating epic betrayals — from the infamous “Lady in Red” to the chicago crime boss Frank Nitti — were Purvis, the FBI and their new crew of gunfighters able to close in on Dillinger.

No one could stop Dillinger and his gang. No jail could hold him. His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyone—from his girlfriend Billie Frechette (Cotillard) to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression. But while the adventures of Dillingers gang—later including the sociopathic Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham) and Alvin Karpis (Giovanni Ribisi)—thrilled many, Hoover (Billy Crudup) hit on the idea of exploiting the outlaws capture as a way to elevate his Bureau of Investigation into the national police force that became the FBI.

He made Dillinger Americas first Public Enemy Number One and sent in Purvis, the dashing Clark Gable of the FBI. However, Dillinger and his gang outwitted and outgunned Purvis men in wild chases and shootouts. Only after importing a crew of Western ex-lawmen (newly baptized as agents) and orchestrating epic betrayals—from the infamous Lady in Red to the chicago crime boss Frank Nitti—were Purvis, the FBI and their new crew of gunfighters able to close in on Dillinger.

Duration : 0:1:26

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djisfan – Chicago Old School Classics Mix pt.6

admin — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:04:22 +0000

One of my old mixtapes cut up into parts with pics of vinyl. I did this mix over 15 years ago. you can DL it from djisfan dot com. Thanks 4 checking it out.

Duration : 0:9:42

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Walter Payton College Prep High School Choir, Chicago

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:28:59 +0000

Recorded 12 March, 2008. One of their last rehearsals before leaving for China to sing for the 2008 Summer Olympics programs. Song is “A City Called Heaven.” Jeffrey Weaver is the Music Department Chairman and Director of Choral Activities at Walter Payton. Duane Gray Video

Duration : 0:5:51

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Old school mix(Chicago House,Italo,etc.)

admin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:44:52 +0000

Intro to an old school mix.Different genres(mostly old Chicago House)

Tracklist:

Fast Eddie-Acid Thunder
Marshall Jefferson-Ride The Rhythm
No Name-Jason’s Revenge
Boomer T.-Sample This
Kraftwerk-It’s More Fun To Compute
Yellow House-Jack My Body
House Master Boyz-Thanks 4 The Trax You Lost
No Name-Living In The Darkside
Fingers Inc.-All Over
Steve Silk Hurley-Jack Your Body
Diva-Get Up
Fast Eddie&Sundance-Git On Up
Scrappy-Freeze
Farley Jackmaster Funk-Funkin’ With The Drums Again
House Master Boyz-House Nation
Stopp-I’m Hungry
House People-Godfather Of House
Face The Drums
T.H.-Don’t Forget To Buy This Record
Pierre’s Pfantasy Club-Fantasy Girl
Fresh-Dum Dum
Chip E.&K-Joy-Like This
10-Speed-Tour De France
Tyree-House Music Is My Life
Planet Patrol-Play At Your Own Risk(acapella)
Alisha-All Night Passion
Man Parrish-Boogie Down Bronx
Mickey Oliver-In-Ten-Si-T
Trancemission-No More Mind Games
Modern Romance-Salsa Rapsody
Mascara-Baja
Divine-Native Love

Video clips&pictures:Sears Tower,Train/el-Blue Line,Green Line,Pink Line,Wrigley Field(Chicago Cubs-free tickets),southside,U.S. Cellular Field(White Sox),old flyers(Mario “Liv It Up” Luna),Michigan Ave.,Dan Ryan expressway.

Duration : 0:10:14

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Sweet Home Chicago – Old Town School Of Folk Music Benefit

admin — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:56:05 +0000

Live at Auditorium theatre
Sorry for crappy quality, featuring many folk artists from the Chicago area
ft. David Bromberg, Bonnie Koloc, Bela Fleck, Abigail Washburn, Corky Siegel, Lonnie Brooks and many others

Duration : 0:1:5

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Dj Isfan – Chicago Old School Classics pt.1

admin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:26:06 +0000

One of my old mixtapes cut up into parts with pics of vinyl (sorry they repeat often). (a shameless excuse to show my records – hehe) i did this mix over 15 years ago. you can DL it from djisfan dot com. Thanks 4 checking it out.

Duration : 0:8:0

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