Archive for the ‘creative cuts’ Category

October 22, 2011 0

Are You Typical?

By in creative cuts, motion graphics, Video

According to Nat Geo, I’m the opposite of ‘typical,’ but it’s all relative. The video is an ad for Nat Geo’s year-long series on global population, but it reeled me in from the beginning. Who knew demographics could be so cool looking? I watched the entire clip and I learned a thing or two. Mission [...]

October 12, 2011 0

The History of Motion Design

By in creative cuts, motion design, Video

“Although this art form has now existed for more than a century, it has literally exploded in the past 15 years thanks to the digital revolution.” This is why I’m excited about journalism. What is motion design? This video produced for the Motion + Design project breaks it down. (Editor’s note: Watch it in full [...]

September 16, 2011 0

Light-Paint Piano Woman

By in creative cuts, music

Light-Paint Piano Player from Ryan Cashman on Vimeo. Whenever I fell into a funk growing up, I would sit at my piano for hours and slam the clefs off of Chopin or Liszt. Obsessively repeating lines of music, slightly perspiring, escaping my thoughts and zeroing in on the music. Playing the piano was my release. [...]