Video inspiration
Once in a while there are some video’s out there which are really inspirational. Sit back for a couple of minutes and enjoy.
Flight 404
On vimeo I saw an artist working with processing, making audio visualisations. I think he did an amazing job. Not the standard strangely behaving ribbons or pixels, but organic shapes ‘dancing’ on the music. If only Flash would allow this kind of quality output, but the concepts he is using are very inspirational.
Made with Processing. Audio by The Flashbulb (’Warren’ off the album These Open Fields).
With this one flight 404 inserts lyrics in a really cool way:
Solar, with lyrics. from flight404 on Vimeo.
Laika
This cool stop-motion video is full of little details that just adds to the coolness… Check the depth of field lift of, or the volume slider. Details like that make it stand out.
LAÏKA (SHORT VERSION) from Guillaume Blanchet on Vimeo.
Misha Shyukin
This video is actually quit simple in terms of technique I think. I can make a prototype in Papervision3d of this kind of easily. But when I see stuff like this, I am aware of the quality difference between a rendered vid like this and real-time flash. And I think it keeps reminding me that this is the quality we want to see, and as a Flash Developer I think we need to get every trick out there to reach for this quality.
pia from misha shyukin on Vimeo.
Daniel Franke
From this video I get lots of inspiration. It combines first of all two really cool concepts; a ribbon like animation and blurrrrr! I love blurs… But my inspiration is actually the movement of the camera. It reacts to the music/sounds, and I really want to bring that concept to Papervision3d after seeing this. Making a cool demo demonstrating this. To be continued…
SOUND SCULPTURES from Daniel Franke on Vimeo.
Misc
And just ending with some really cool vids:
Cool concept, very well executed. The cool thing being that in the end you see how it is made. A bit surprising, kind of working with flash. Just push the technology with different kind of tricks to keep performance decent.
http://www.favoritecolor.tv/work/bda09001/
Miniature city. I just love tilt-shifting 
And just because it’s cool…
Tags: 3d, blur, flash, inspiration, motion graphics, papervision3d, video