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Weekend experiment

Elmine Wijnia — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:26:36 +0000

I created a little movie for the international fencing tournament my club organizes every year. Recognize its style?

Something to learn: animation

Elmine Wijnia — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:25:44 +0000

I have this idea in my mind, and it’s waiting to get out into the world, but before it can land its feet on solid ground I have to learn stuff about animation. I’ve been experimenting with stop-motion videos before (flogging the horse, Happy Easter, SHiFT-DIY) and I want to take it a step further: adding Motion to the mix.

Last week Lee, of Common Craft, posted a wonderful video of Terry Gilliam (Monty Python) explaining his work flow.

This inspired me to make something for the 40th edition of the fencing tournament my club organizes in 2 weeks time. Here’s the result of my weekend project:

Warmest Easter Ever

Elmine Wijnia — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 07:21:11 +0000

Happy Easter from Elmine Wijnia on Vimeo.

I can’t remember having such a warm Easter Holiday. All I can remember is the chilly version when, as a child, I couldn’t wear my new spring outfit bought the week before. Today it’s Summer, though. Skirts galore! Pleasant, not normal (I hope).

Happy Easter everyone!

Burying The Dead Horse

Elmine Wijnia — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:50:33 +0000

In the past few weeks I’ve been working hard to get a team I’m working with motivated again. They’ve been dealing with plenty turmoil in their organization and they had little energy left for the cool project we’re working on. They were fed up with ‘Flogging a dead horse’ (in Dutch the expression is ‘aan een dood paard trekken’ which translates into ‘pulling a dead horse’) and together we decided to focus on the people and themes that gives us energy, rather than costs us energy. To mark this moment I symbolically buried The Dead Horse so we can’t flog/pull it any longer:

Begraaf het dode paard from Elmine Wijnia on Vimeo.

Fablab Enschede is finally here

Elmine Wijnia — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:49:19 +0000

(Warning: contains Dutch )

Fablab in Enschede! from Elmine Wijnia on Vimeo.

So glad I have a Fablab nearby now!

Berlin, Berlin!

Elmine Wijnia — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:52:11 +0000

Snapshot Berlin: concert in the U-bahn from Elmine Wijnia on Vimeo.

What a difference music makes. Watch the woman in the white enjoy herself.

Ton and I spent a week in Berlin, for both work and fun. I’ve never been to Berlin before, so at last I got to know this city. I absolutely loved it and want to go back there.

I just bought a new camera (Canon 60D) and have been experimenting with it during this trip. Lots of material to review, but for now I just wanted to share this short snapshot with you. I love it when proper musicians play at unexpected places. So much better than the average ’street artist’.

iPad game for cats

Elmine Wijnia — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:38:30 +0000

Addictive stress: a game for cats from Elmine Wijnia on Vimeo.

Watch one of my cats play Game for Cats on my iPad. A strange mix of enthusiasm and stress over failed attempts to catch something. Still, she often looks at or touches my screen to hunt for mice. Know what you get yourself into

Filmed with my neighbour’s Nikon D7000, using my own 18-200mm Nikkor lens.

Music: café connection by morgantj

Starting a new project

Elmine Wijnia — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:25:03 +0000

Charging cameras from Elmine Wijnia on Vimeo.

And it’s all about handing out 16 camera’s to employees who can start filming as soon as I’ve charged them.

Creating awesome video: find your story

Elmine Wijnia — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:06:00 +0000

As a user of the video platform Vimeo I come across the most awesome video’s, using the most beautiful imagery and the most interesting shots. But when I take a closer look at the ones I really like the most, it’s not just about the most beautiful camera shots, it’s about the story that is being told.

A man tells about his obsession for his ex-girlfriend using pictures:

Thrush from Gabriel Bisset-Smith on Vimeo.

A staff secretary at the White House tells about the President’s Pens, a detail about the White House I loved to learn about:

All the President’s Pens from The White House on Vimeo.

And a video doesn’t always have to include the story. A data visualization of the disrupted airspace after the volcano Eyjafjallajökull erupted in March this year. The imagery speaks for itself:

Airspace Rebooted CO2 from ItoWorld on Vimeo.

A good story is the basis of all wonderful videos. Just by using the most basic interview shots you can create some of the best videos, as long as you let people tell a story. Their story, the things that they want to tell you about, the things they are passionate about.

Like this man, who tells about his last hours with his dog, a dog that loved him despite his shortcomings and helped him through rough times.

Last Minutes with ODEN from phos pictures on Vimeo.

Now grab your camera, go outside and start hunting for your own story.

(Net2 Think Tank inspired me to write this post)

Escaping the heat

Elmine Wijnia — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:27:53 +0000

time to relax from Elmine Wijnia on Vimeo.

we spent a day on the island Schiermonnikoog to escape the heat and relax

music: “Give me Time” by maajonic: http://ccmixter.org/people/maajonic/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiermonnikoog