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Extraction

Here is my newest short film Extraction I created for DSLR Cinema's "One Shot One Kill" contest.  If I get enough interest, I'll be creating a "Making of" video to accompany this one that will explain how we created the helmet-cam as well as other little tricks we used to film this.  Please support your local filmmakers by facebooking, blogging and tweeting this if you can.

Alex Horne

Alex Horne's beatboxing is surprisingly strange and compelling, and totally not what you'd expect.  It's also funny which you don't normally associate with beatboxing.  He's also British.  I don't know what that has to do with anything but I just thought I'd mention it.

Address is Approximate

This beautiful film by The Theory uses Google Street View to follow the nighttime journeys of a small toy and his comrades.  It looks to be a mixture of stop-motion animation of the characters (as well as the actual Street View being animated on the computer screen) and live-action footage.  The expressions on the toy really add to the films overall mood.

Quantum Levitation

Nowadays we are doing things with science that only a few years ago, many people would have thought impossible.  This presentation demonstrates quantum trapping which was a new concept to me, then again, I'm not a scientist.  All the more reason to let an actual one explain how it works.  Amazing.

Amazing Volleyball Rally

I'm willing to bet most of you out there don't watch volleyball regularly, and neither do I, but I think you'll still appreciate this unbelievable rally between two Chinese teams.  It literally gets to the point where you start to think there's no way this can go on for any longer.  There are so many amazing saves back to back that it may take you more than one viewing to realize how mind-boggling this really is.

Battlefield 4: Co-op

It appears as though peoples obsession with first-person action films cannot be quelled.  Freddie W. and Brandon's newest video puts a unique twist on the idea by making it a co-op style game of "Battlefield 4".  This is definitely one of their coolest videos, chocked full of badassery filmed on GoPro2 HD cameras.  They even included a cameo of Corridor Digital's newest video at 2:17.

Shit Black Girls Say

While the Shit Girls Say video is making its rounds about the internet, this hilarious video titled Shit Black Girls Say may actually be the more accurate, and hilarious, of the two.  This comedian is so convincing that even with a goatee, by the end of the video, you start to forget he's not most black girls you know (no offense).  You know I love ya'll.  "Girl look at her shoes."

araabMUZIK Live Dubstep

A lot of people get good at things, but every once in a while, someone gets so good at something that it begins to look as if what they're doing is impossible.  Enter, araabMUZIK.  His hands move at the speed of a beat making, DJing superhero.  How he's able to process what movements to make next so quickly whilst keeping it very much on beat is beyond me.  You know someone's mastered something when they can blow your mind while keeping a straight face and appearing to not even try.

Freddie W. Battlefield 3 Commercial

When EA asked them to make a new Battlefield 3 commercial, Freddie W. and Brandon teamed up with Sam and Niko from Corridor Digital to make the badassery that follows.  If this doesn't get you in the mood to play Battlefield, I'm not sure what will.

Billy Morgan - Triple Backside Rodeo

I'm just starting to learn how to snowboard so I almost wish I hadn't seen this.  It basically makes me think, "Why do I even try?"  Billy Morgan, if you can't tell by the video, is a ridiculously awesome British snowboarder capable of pulling feats like this triple backside rodeo - that's three backflips followed by a 180.  Sick.  My second favorite part is when the dude clearly beefs right before Billy lands it.  Via Front Magazine.

Bipedal Cycling Robot

I love robots.  It may sound cliche, but I believe they are the future.  Anyone who doesn't is just silly.  Masahiko Yamaguchi created this breathtaking bicycling robot which can balance, steer and correct itself.  The possibilities for this kind of technology are immense.  Imagine a future where newspaper and mail delivery people are all replaced with this technology, and that's just scratching the surface.  Yamaguchi's next step is to make his robot direct itself without the use of a remote control.  Did you know Japan owns over half of the worlds robots?  They have created them out of a necessity to maintain their economic and social system on the island.

Kung Fu Cooking Girls

This is a short animated film about two girls who own food stands in a busy city, fighting over a starving potential customer.  The fight sequences in this are unbelievable and are better than much of the stuff you'd usually see coming out of huge Japanese studios.  For some reason, YouTube had a problem with one, ridiculous part of this video and took it down originally so Wolf Smoke (the creators) had to re-upload it with "edits".  You can still see the "unedited" version though in higher quality here.

Sid Sriram - We All Try - Frank Ocean Cover

Over the course of the previous year, Frank Ocean has proved time and again why he's my favorite new artist by creating amazing and compelling songs like the one above.  That said, this video featuring Sid Sriram covering "We All Try" really blew me away.  The kid sings like his life depends on it.  If you're not moved by this piece, perhaps you should reevaluate your taste in music.

Fox Snow Dive

If there's one thing BBC has mastered, it's the art of the documentary.  I didn't even know foxes did this.  This is graceful and wonderful feat of agility accompanied by a faint and wonderful orchestral piece to really illustrate the beauty of witnessing such an event.  Beautiful.

The Dark Knight Rises

I don't have to say anything about this.  See you kids in theaters opening day.

Mr. Chow's Symphony

If you wish to become a master at anything I believe this video will make your day.  Mr. Chow uses his unprecedented restaurant success as insight into his thought process and beliefs on how to become great.  He also speaks about how he feels about the subject of celebrity.  Via Nowness.

The Gift

These are some of the most impressive special effects you're likely to have seen in a short film.  That, along with the fact that the entire film is brilliantly shot and unbelievably well done in every way makes it an absolute must see.  Amazing.

Danger 5

Along with Shot by Kern, I feel like this is the best web series out there.  This hilarious and uniquely stylized play on the '60s spy genre gets it right down to the details.  They even go through the trouble of showing the wires holding up planes and building fake miniature sets to blow up.  I feel like they made this show especially for me.  Watch it on their YouTube channel dinosaurworldwide.

Hylophobia Part 2 Trailer

Hylophobia Part 2 is coming.  Stay out of the woods.  Directed by Stephen Martin.