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Direção e Roteiro: Alaska Agency: CCXP Estrelando: Gabriel Rouvier e Felipe Arrojo DOP: Pierre de Kerchove Arte: Pedro Bolo Figurino: Marina Vieira Produção executiva: Henrique Danieletto e Francesco Civita Diretor de produção: Fabinho Arisaka Coordenação: Greg, Bauer e Nath Ass de direção: Henrique Danieletto Montagem: Rami Pós produção: NashVFX Som: Satélite Áudio Finalização: Jacquelini LimaCast: Iconoclast Brazil

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Tue, 05 Dec 2017 02:51:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/18019/ccxp-battle-of-the-geeks-alaska/ccxp-battle-of-the-geeks-alaska
How Facebook Is Changing Your Internet http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17876/how-facebook-is-changing-your-internet

Behind the scenes, Facebook is involved in high-stakes diplomatic battles across the globe that have begun fragmenting the internet itself. Producers: Jonah Kessel Paul Mozer Senior Producer: Liz BaylenCast: The New York Times - Video

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Sun, 24 Sep 2017 21:36:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17876/how-facebook-is-changing-your-internet/how-facebook-is-changing-your-internet
FlightLapse #01 - MilkyWay http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17551/flightlapse-01-milkyway

Flying through the night, while the world beneath us is at sleep, is a pretty common thing as a longhaul pilot. Late evening departures lead to far distant destinations like Singapore, Hong Kong, Sao Paolo or J’burg. Depending on the direction of the flight the crew and the passengers either have a short night up ahead if flying eastbound or almost eternal darkness if headed westwards. Read the full article on: beyondclouds.ch/2017/04/05/vuelo-nocturno-the-magic-of-flying-at-night/Cast: SkyProductionTags: milky way, pilotsview, timelapse, flying, air, nightsky, travel, magic, epic, flightlapse and pilot

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Wed, 26 Apr 2017 17:47:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17551/flightlapse-01-milkyway/flightlapse-01-milkyway
How Nature Documentaries Are Fake http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17552/how-nature-documentaries-are-fake

Everyone loves BBC's Planet Earth, but how much of it is real? More videos: youtube.com/dslrguide Host and Creator - Simon Cade Assistant Editor - Jamie McKernan Graded with FilmConvert - 10% off: dslrguide.tv/filmconvert (I earn a commission from purchases ^^) WEBSITE: dslrguide.tv TWITTER: twitter.com/dslrguidance INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/cadevisuals CONTACT: simon@dslrguide.tvCast: DSLRguideTags: bbc planet earth, nature documentary, documentary fake, planet earth ii, filmmaking, techniques, planet earth 2, simon cade and dslrguide

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Tue, 25 Apr 2017 19:44:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17552/how-nature-documentaries-are-fake/how-nature-documentaries-are-fake
Rainbow Valley Documentary http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17531/rainbow-valley-documentary

Memories.

Rainbow Valley is a documentary about Prince Edward Island’s favourite amusement park. The Davison family opened Rainbow Valley in 1969 with the goal of providing Island families with an oasis of affordable family fun. Thirty-six years later it closed with very little warning, leaving a hole in PEI’s landscape and in its heart. This film explores what the amusement park meant to Islanders and what it means to them almost a decade after its closure. The documentary combines film and VHS home videos with 12 interviews with people that were involved with Rainbow Valley or those whose lives have been greatly affected by the amusement park.

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Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:30:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17531/rainbow-valley-documentary/rainbow-valley-documentary
"Yassin Falafel" http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17333/yassin-falafel

Touching story, currently very relevant as I assume was the purpose).

Yassin Terou fled Syria with a suitcase and a few hundred dollars. He knew no one in Knoxville, Tennessee, and he spoke no English, but he went there to rebuild his life and pursue his dream of perfect falafel anyway. Every business starts with a dream, and Square exists to serve them—every kind of dream. “Yassin Falafel” is our first short film chronicling our remarkable sellers and their tireless pursuit of their dreams.

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Wed, 01 Feb 2017 15:25:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17333/yassin-falafel/yassin-falafel
X-STORY http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17205/x-story

Vitaliy Shushko — art, story, directing (shushko.blogspot.ru/) Elena Volk — 2d/3d-animation, compositing (vimeo.com/xolotzintli) Pavel Mira — compositing, 3d-modeling, 3d-animation (facebook.com/pavel.andrushenko?fref=ts) Denis Pisarev — compositing, 3d-modeling (vimeo.com/user3263313) Timur Gibadulin — 3d-modeling (artstation.com/artist/gogigogigovich) Viktor Gullichsen — music (soundcloud.com/vstorm) Henri Keinala — music DZA — additional music (soundcloud.com/dza) Thomas Karagiannis — additional music (thomaskaragiannis.com) Juhana Vihervaara — sound design Tomas Ihonen — sound design Florian Calmer — additional sound design (hypnago.com) Special Thanks Vasili Zorin — (zorinvasili.tumblr.com/) Pavel Vasin — (pagatcha.deviantart.com/) Nadya Mira — (vimeo.com/nadyamira) Ilya Shekiladze — (shekiladze.tumblr.com/)Cast: Vitaliy Shushko, Elena Volk, Denis Borisovich, Nadya Mira, Shekiladze, Arctq17 and Florian Calmer

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Tue, 29 Nov 2016 17:37:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17205/x-story/x-story
Piper Disney Pixar 1080p http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17132/piper-disney-pixar-1080p

A mother bird tries to teach her little one how to find food by herself. In the process, she encounters a traumatic experience that she must overcome in order to survive. In Pixar Animation Studios' new short, "Piper," a hungry sandpiper hatchling discovers that finding food without mom’s help isn’t so easy. Piper is directed by Alan Barillaro (supervising animator "WALL•E," "Brave") and the short will debut in front of Finding Dory, in UK cinemas on July 29, 2016,Cast: Kashi SuraweeraTags: Piper, Pixar, Disney, HD, CG, 1080p and Animation

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Wed, 02 Nov 2016 19:34:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17132/piper-disney-pixar-1080p/piper-disney-pixar-1080p
HYPER-REALITY http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17090/hyper-reality

Hyper-Reality presents a provocative and kaleidoscopic new vision of the future, where physical and virtual realities have merged, and the city is saturated in media. If you are interested in supporting the project, sponsoring the next work or would like to find out more, please send a hello to info@km.cx by Keiichi Matsuda | km.cx more at hyper-reality.coCast: Keiichi Matsuda and Oswald SkillbardTags: hyper, reality, keiichi, matsuda, augmented, mixed, AR, VR, IoT, internet, future, city, Medellín, Colombia, Interface, kickstarter, Oculus and Magic Leap

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Mon, 17 Oct 2016 18:54:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17090/hyper-reality/hyper-reality
Planet Unknown http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17037/planet-unknown

At the end of 21st century, mankind were facing global resource depletion. Space Rovers were sent out to find potential inhabitable planets. Credits: Written & Directed by - Shawn Wang Modelling, Texturing, Animation, Compositing & Editing - Shawn Wang Music & Sound Design by - Echoic Audio Composer - Sam Foster Sound Design by - Tom Gilbert & David Johnston Special Thanks to - Evolutions Re-recording Mixer - Will Norie Faculty Producer - Xinyuan Huang Faculty Adviser - Yucheng Huang Special Thanks to System Advisers - Horizon Bian / Sicong Wang / Jiawei Cao Festivals: 01. Burbank International Film Festival - Best Animated Short 02. Korea Independent Animation Festival - Official Selection 03. Imaginaria Film Festival - Official Selection 04. LA Shorts Fest - Official Selection 05. Oaxaca Film Festival - Official Selection 06, Los Angeles CineFest - Official Selection 07. Lisbon International Film Festival - Official Selection 08. China Animation & Comic Competition Golden Dragon Award - Official Selection Links: Official Website: PlanetUnknownFilm.com Facebook Page: facebook.com/PlanetUnknownFilm IMDb: imdb.com/title/tt5850826 Echoic Audio: echoicaudio.com /* I had been working full time on Planet Unknown from July 2015 to June 2016. It was a passion project as well as my graduation thesis film at Communication University of China. This 11-month journey was very challenging, but it was a perfect learning opportunity as well. The idea started back in 2014 when Interstellar was released. I was deeply impressed by the movie and was inspired by the two robots TARS and CASE. The idea of intellectual robots exploring space developed from there. Other inspirations include Pixar movies like WALL-E and Toy Story, as well as CHAPPiE, NASA documentaries about Mars Rover Curiosity, and short films by individuals like Alex Roman’s The Third & The Seventh, Richard Mans’ Abiogenesis, Erik Wernquist’s Wanderers, Alf Lovvold’s Dawn of the Stuff, and so many more. Echoic Audio, one of the UK's leading music & sound design studios, joined this adventure with epic cinematic score and detailed sound design which catapulted the film to a new level that I had never imagined. This project pushed me to do what I never thought I could do. However, it also keeps punching me in the face and shows me how limited my skills are. There are still tons of problems in the making that I can't figure out even now. Thanks to everyone for the support along the way. The new adventure begins... */Cast: Shawn Wang and Echoic : Music and Sound DesignTags: cg, 3d, animation, rover, robots, space, robot, adventure, unknown, planet, explore, sci-fi, score, vfx, visual, effects, character, mars. curiosity and spirit

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Mon, 26 Sep 2016 17:44:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17037/planet-unknown/planet-unknown
Writing Your Own Test Doubles http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17038/writing-your-own-test-doubles

Adam Wathan screencast on creating your own test doubles.

Once in a while I run into a situation where trying to use a mocking library hurts the readability of my test. In this screencast, I walk through writing a custom fake to clean up the test and simplify my assertions.

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Wed, 21 Sep 2016 15:13:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17038/writing-your-own-test-doubles/writing-your-own-test-doubles
The Road Through Britain: Roger W. Smith http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17039/the-road-through-britain-roger-w-smith

In July of this year, HODINKEE embarked on a 12-day journey around Great Britain to explore all things British horology – from the current state of watchmaking to the depths of timekeeping history. European Editor Arthur Touchot and Senior Digital Producer/videographer Will Holloway, along with drone specialist Mauro Bellanova, logged over 1,400 miles, heading north from London to the Isle of Man and back, with a handful of stops along the way. This was all made possible in part through the support of Bentley Motors, which generously lent us a Flying Spur W12 for the journey. This is the first episode in a five-part series. Enjoy. For more, go to hodinkee.com/articles/episode-1-roger-w-smithCast: HODINKEE

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Tue, 20 Sep 2016 12:01:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17039/the-road-through-britain-roger-w-smith/the-road-through-britain-roger-w-smith
UNCANNY VALLEY http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17040/uncanny-valley

In the slums of the future, virtual reality junkies satisfy their violent impulses in online entertainment. An expert player discovers that the line between games and reality is starting to fade away. 3DAR’s latest short film explores the frightening potential of our next technological revolution. Artwork and process in 3dar.com Behind the scenes video: vimeo.com/148692811 WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY FEDERICO HELLER EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS GERMAN HELLER BRANDON MASEDA ANIMATION DIRECTOR FERNANDO MALDONADO VFX PRODUCTION DESIGNER JORGE TERESO LEAD VFX ARTIST FEDERICO CARLINI LEAD 3D ARTIST MARCO LOCOCO VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR FEDERICO HELLER DIGITAL ART DIRECTOR PABLO OLIVERA CGFX TD ALAN RINALDI PRODUCER FEDERICO HELLER VFX PRODUCTION COORDINATOR MARIA JOSE TABARES ASSISTANT DIRECTOR NAZARENO ALBA CELESTE LOIS DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY NICOLAS TROVATO FERNANDO LORENZALE ART DIRECTOR LOLA SOSA ORIGINAL SCORE CYRILLE MARCHESSEAU MUSIC MIX RODOLPHE GERVAIS AUDIO POST BY IMPOSSIBLE ACOUSTIC BRENDAN J. HOGAN JAMIE HUNSDALE Contact: info@3dar.comCast: 3DAR and Federico HellerTags: Buenos Aires, Virtual Reality, VR, Federico Heller, 3dar and Oculus

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Mon, 19 Sep 2016 17:37:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17040/uncanny-valley/uncanny-valley
Test Driven Laravel from Scratch http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17041/test-driven-laravel-from-scratch

One of the biggest hurdles in getting started with test driven development with a brand new application is knowing exactly what test to write first. In this screencast, I walk through using outside-in TDD to drive out a feature from scratch in a brand new untouched Laravel application.Cast: Adam Wathan

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Sun, 11 Sep 2016 17:45:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/17041/test-driven-laravel-from-scratch/test-driven-laravel-from-scratch
2016 AICP Sponsor Reel - Dir Cut http://mitchmckenna.com/post/16824/2016-aicp-sponsor-reel-dir-cut

Method Design was tapped by production company RSA to concept and create this year’s AICP Sponsor Reel. The AICP awards celebrate global creativity within commercial production. Method Design wanted to create an entertaining piece of design that encapsulates the innovative and prolific nature of this industry. Our aim was to showcase the AICP sponsors as various dancing avatars, which playfully reference the visual effects used throughout production. Motion capture, procedural animation and dynamic simulations combine to create a milieu of iconic pop dance moves that become an explosion of colorful fur, feathers, particles and more. Credits: Concept, Design & Direction: Method Design Production: Method Studios NY Director: Rupert Burton Creative Director: Jon Noorlander Producer: Adrienne Mitchell Art Director: Johnny Likens Houdini FX Artist: Tomas Slancik Houdini FX Artist: Vraja Parra Rigger: Ohad Bracha Motion Capture: House of Moves Client: RSA/AICP Motion Capture: House of Moves Music: Major Lazer - Light It Up (Remix) design.methodstudios.comCast: Method StudiosTags: houdini, aicp, motion capture, mocap, 3d, mantra, vfx, dance, drake, motion, rendering and animation

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Mon, 13 Jun 2016 18:18:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/16824/2016-aicp-sponsor-reel-dir-cut/2016-aicp-sponsor-reel-dir-cut
Tesla Unveils Model 3 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/16316/tesla-unveils-model-3

Cast: Tesla Motors

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Fri, 01 Apr 2016 04:00:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/16316/tesla-unveils-model-3/tesla-unveils-model-3
Paris / New York http://mitchmckenna.com/post/16308/paris-new-york

Paris & NY, like many large cities, have a lot in common ; transport, infrastructure, national monuments. I wanted to explore not only these comparisons but also the differences, in order to expose the beauty and individuality of each. What you cannot deny is the vibrancy and explosion of character each city has and I thought split-screen with timelapse would be a good way to help convey this. Created for OpenSkies, the french airline specialist on the Paris-New York route. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to collaborate with you and make this video. ba.com/openskiesus Shot with canon 5D mark III and edited with Lightroom, After Effects and Premiere Music is Tony Anderson - Further up, further in. Licensed by Music Bed musicbed.com/ Special thanks to all these people for featuring in the video : Wyndham New Yorker Hotel newyorkerhotel.com Jerome Faure iloverien.com Novar Excell excelleatery.com Sandwichbikes sandwichbikes.com/ Sued Ali cafegrumpy.com/ Cyril Muller for his generous moustache :) Rusianowski Anatoly Bertrand Rocourt Kennedy Dawson Charlotte Lambertini Cedric Chevalier "le barbu" © Tour Eiffel-Illuminations Pierre BideauCast: matelTags: openskies, openkieslife, paris, new york, airline, timelapse, matel, new york city, nyc, france, usa and splitscreen

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Wed, 30 Mar 2016 19:18:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/16308/paris-new-york/paris-new-york
London Day & Night http://mitchmckenna.com/post/16309/london-day-night

I wanted to make a video of London, a city where I lived a few years ago, and had the chance to go back in January. I wanted to continue exploring the diptych theme and thought day & night could make a nice comparison. Here is my previous splitscreen work of Paris & NY: vimeo.com/108552265 Shot on a Sony A7Rii and edited with Lightroom, After Effects and Premiere. It was a challenge to shoot in London with a tripod but managed most of the time :) Music by Tony Anderson Special thanks to Nathalie, Kirki Gini and Mathieu Roy for taking part and helping me with the project. For all licensing inquiries - please contact video@catersnews.comCast: matelTags: sony, Day, London, a7rii, Night, Big ben, timelapse, diptych, splitscreen, travel, uk, tower bridge, england, britain, london eye and video

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Wed, 30 Mar 2016 19:17:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/16309/london-day-night/london-day-night
AOL Alpha 360 VR App Demo http://mitchmckenna.com/post/16279/aol-alpha-360-vr-app-demo

This demo was created by an AOL Alpha designer. To read more about the designers first time experience designing and building using Unity3D check out: medium.com/aol-alphaCast: AOL AlphaTags: vr building, vr design, 360 video, design, virtual reality, AOL, AOL Alpha, tech and vr demo

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Wed, 23 Mar 2016 19:19:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/16279/aol-alpha-360-vr-app-demo/aol-alpha-360-vr-app-demo