Mitchell McKenna - tagged with stop http://mitchmckenna.com/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LifePress mitchellmckenna@gmail.com Ninjas Unbox the Nexus One http://mitchmckenna.com/post/5930/ninjas-unboxing

This is – hands down – the best unboxing I’ve ever seen in my life:

]]> Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:57:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/5930/ninjas-unboxing/ninjas-unboxing French Students Make Amazing Stop-Motion Video http://mitchmckenna.com/post/5617/the-escp-europe-human-experience

This stop-motion video, made by 300 French students for the ESCP Business School, is in fact amazing. Regardless of what the actual assignment was, we can only assume they passed with flying colors.

]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:30:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/5617/the-escp-europe-human-experience/the-escp-europe-human-experience Lego Matrix Side by Side Comparison http://mitchmckenna.com/post/5235/lego-matrix-trinity-help-side-by-side-comparison

The creators took all of the video frames from that part of the movie (nearly 900 frames for just 44 seconds of footage) and reproduced them all in Lego. Time-consuming to say the least, it took the creators 440 hours to make the completed movie.

]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:25:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/5235/lego-matrix-trinity-help-side-by-side-comparison/lego-matrix-trinity-help-side-by-side-comparison Visual Effects: 100 Years of Inspiration http://mitchmckenna.com/post/4125/visual-effects-100-years-of-inspiration

A "5th-grader-friendly" collection of clips and making-of footage from notable visual effects films of the past century. Originally intended for educational use as an introduction to a classroom lecture. The music track is "Rods and Cones" from the album "Audio" by Blue Man Group.

1900 - The Enchanted Drawing 1903 - The Great Train Robbery 1923 - The Ten Commandments (Silent) 1927 - Sunrise 1933 - King Kong 1939 - The Wizard of Oz 1940 - The Thief of Bagdad 1954 - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1956 - Forbidden Planet 1963 - Jason and the Argonauts 1964 - Mary Poppins 1977 - Star Wars 1982 - Tron 1985 - Back to the Future 1988 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1989 - The Abyss 1991 - Terminator 2: Judgement Day 1992 - The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 1993 - Jurassic Park 2004 - Spider-Man 2 2005 - King Kong 2006 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2007 - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 2007 - The Golden Compass 2008 - The Spiderwick Chronicles 2008 - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

]]> Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:42:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/4125/visual-effects-100-years-of-inspiration/visual-effects-100-years-of-inspiration Iron Man vs Bruce Lee http://mitchmckenna.com/post/1755/iron-man-vs-bruce-lee Iron Man fights Bruce Lee in stop motion... ]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:37:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/1755/iron-man-vs-bruce-lee/iron-man-vs-bruce-lee