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Stonehenge at the Summer Solstice 2009
Jul 22nd
It’s just over a month since the summer solstice, and, if you have never spent the night at Stonehenge with 35,000 other people, this short film should hopefully give you a hint of the sights, sounds and atmosphere.
The film starts in the evening as the sun sets, through to partying in the dark of the stones, a cloudy sunrise, and is rounded off with morris dancers and a very early bus.
Video: The water of Chalice Well Gardens, Glastonbury
May 27th
While at Chalice Well Gardens in Glastonbury, back in April, I captured some video of the water that flows out of the well on video. Visit the film on Vimeo to watch it in HD.
The water of Chalice Well Gardens, Glastonbury from Tom Goskar on Vimeo.
Public Acts of Surrealism
Feb 1st
Frozen Grand Central:
Frozen Grand Central from ImprovEverywhere on Vimeo.
[tags]surreal, video, freeze, ImprovEverywhere[/tags]
BBC Flash iPlayer
Dec 14th
The BBC have just launched a Flash-based version of the iPlayer. You can’t download programmes yet, but at least you can watch them in your browser. Being a Mac user, I’m pleased that at least we have something!
HD Video Sharing
Oct 22nd
Tired of those tiny video offerings on YouTube? 320×240 video at 15 frames per second is starting to look a bit tired on large screen resolutions. At work I’m lucky enough to have a new iMac with a 24″ screen running at 1920×1200, and trust me, YouTube starts to look a little… inadequate… on my screen.
Vimeo, an alternative to YouTube, has always offered, IMHO, better quality videos (they’ve been 460px wide and seem to be encoded at a higher bit rate). A few days ago, they announced the introduction of HD (720p).
To find out why this is a Good Thing, this example sums it all up rather simply (then view it directly on the Vimeo page, and switch to full screen):
HD Explained! from dalas verdugo on Vimeo.
At the time of writing the Vimeo website is running a little slower (why on earth might that be, hmm?) than usual, but run some of the movies full screen to see the difference this makes.
