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Walking Wellies Stop-Motion Animation

There is so much you can do with phone apps these days I am constantly thinking "What if this had been around when I was a kid?"

No way to answer that but these tools are around now and I have a phone so here we go: a stop-motion film test that took me about 45 minutes to shoot, process and share with the world, all using a self-contained video system whose primary function is something else entirely. Still no jetpacks, but I'm pretty sure we're in the future. Here's the link to the full-size video.

Mar 28, 2012 10:58:26 AM

The Hunger Games Music Video by Zoe

Several months ago Zoe had to do some projects related to the book they were reading in her reading group - The Hunger Games. One project was this song and video. She wrote the lyrics and worked out a rough tune, which my brother helped her lay down in Garage Band. Then she dubbed in her vocals. Later, we shot the video mostly in the backyard and a bit up the street and she edited it iMovie.

Consider it a supplement to your official movie-viewing!

Mar 26, 2012 2:40:00 PM

Autotune the Guide to the Galaxy

Songify is a fun little free phone app that autotunes whatever you say and drops in your choice of backing soundtrack, autotune-the-news style. Thinking of what text to test it with, I could think of no better source than my copy of the original Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio scripts. The results:

Deep Thought pontificates:

Deep Thought Speaks

The Guide on Dolphins:

The Dolphins

The Guide Talks About Robots:

Defines a Robot

Jan 27, 2012 3:03:00 PM

Snow Bike & Bike NYC

It has been a mild winter overall - good for biking, not so good for skiing. In the last week we've had some snow and some cold weather come together at last so the snow stuck around for a bit. We're headed up to the 40s tomorrow, so it will be slush city soon enough.