maart 2015 – michaëlr

Begin en einde

Het eerste en laatste shot van 55 films, naast elkaar.

What can we learn by examining only the first and final shot of a film? This video plays the opening and closing shots of 55 films side-by-side. Some of the opening shots are strikingly similar to the final shots, while others are vastly different–both serving a purpose in communicating various themes. Some show progress, some show decline, and some are simply impactful images used to begin and end a film.

Muziek: “Any Other Name” van Thomas Newman

00:00	The Tree of Life	02:42	Before Sunrise
00:09	The Master	02:47	Nebraska
00:15	Brokeback Mountain	02:54	Frank
00:23	No Country for Old Men	03:01	Cast Away
00:27	Her	3:06	Somewhere
00:30	Blue Valentine	03:11	Melancholia
00:34	Birdman	03:18	Morvern Callar
00:41	Black Swan	03:21	Take this Waltz
00:47	Gone Girl	03:25	Buried
00:53	Kill Bill Vol. 2	03:32	Lord of War
00:59	Punch-Drunk Love	03:38	Cape Fear
01:06	Silver Linings Playbook	03:45	12 Monkeys
01:11	Taxi Driver	03:50	The World According to Garp
01:20	Shutter Island	03:57	Saving Private Ryan
01:27	Children of Men	4:02	Poetry
01:33	We Need to Talk About Kevin	04:05	Solaris (1972)
01:41	Funny Games (2007)	04:11	Dr. Strangelove
01:47	Fight Club	04:16	The Astronaut Farmer
01:54	12 Years a Slave	04:21	The Piano
01:59	There Will be Blood	04:26	Inception
02:05	The Godfather Part II	04:31	Boyhood
02:10	Shame	04:37	Whiplash
02:17	Never Let Me Go	04:43	Cloud Atlas
02:21	The Road	04:47	Under the Skin
02:27	Hunger	04:51	2001: A Space Odyssey
02:31	Raging Bull	04:57	Gravity
02:36	Cabaret	05:03	The Searchers
		05:23	The Usual Suspects

Mentale microben

De voortreffelijke CGP Grey over mentale microben en hygiëne. Naar aanleiding van deze video gunt hij je ook een blik achter de schermen, en heeft hij het over het verzamel, schrijf- en schrapwerk dat aan het maken van de video vooraf gaat. Hij telt dertig à vijftig versies om te komen tot het finale script van deze video.

Zijn Humans Need Not Apply en The Lord of The Rings Mythology Explained Deel 1 en Deel 2 zijn ook de moeite.

Tim Minchin

Nine life lessons by Tim Minchins, de volledige tekst staat op zijn site, hieronder samengevat door Lamazone.

1. You Don’t Have To Have A Dream.
Be micro-ambitious. Put your head down and work with pride on whatever is in front of you… you never know where you might end up.

2. Don’t Seek Happiness
Keep busy and aim to make someone else happy, and you might find you get some as a side effect.

3. Remember, It’s All Luck
Understanding that you can’t truly take credit for your successes, nor truly blame others for their failures will humble you and make you more compassionate

4. Exercise
Play a sport, do yoga, pump iron, run… whatever… but take care of your body. You’re going to need it.

5. Be Hard On Your Opinions
Most of society’s arguments are kept alive by a failure to acknowledge nuance.

6. Be a teacher
Even if you’re not a Teacher, be a teacher. Share your ideas.

7. Define Yourself By What You Love
Be demonstrative and generous in your praise of those you admire.

8. Respect People With Less Power Than You.
I don’t care if you’re the most powerful cat in the room, I will judge you on how you treat the least powerful.

9. Don’t Rush
Life is best filled by learning as much as you can about as much as you can, taking pride in whatever you’re doing, having compassion, sharing ideas, running(!), being enthusiastic.
It’s an incredibly exciting thing, this one, meaningless life of yours. Good luck.