Inside The White House: Letters to the President

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Every day, President Obama reads ten letters from the public in order to stay in tune with America's issues and concerns. "Letters to the President" is an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the process of how those ten letters make it to the President's desk from among the tens of thousands of letters, faxes, and e-mails that flood the White House each day.
August 3, 2009. (public domain)

[Shot with Canon 5D Mark II and Sony EX-3]

The Falcon

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The Falcon is a steampunk stop-motion film starring Professor Weston (ISO 50), Silly Patty (+2/-2 EV) and 'Howell' the Owl (f/256) during the Age of Argus as they journey throughout the Focal Kingdom.

Composed entirely of macro-photographed hardware pieces from disassembled vintage/antique cameras, 'The Falcon' features music from eslmusic.com artist Thunderball with sound design by Bret Johnson.

From A.gfa to Z.eiss, and whatever your (small, medium or large) format, The Falcon has a perspective for everyone. Visit thefalcon.tv for the full story/synopsis.

Special appearance by: the Aperturians; Howell's wife Bell.

Partial list of parts: Falcon Minette, Argus AF & C3, Mercury II, Yashica TL, assorted Weston Light Meters, various Polaroid Land Cameras.

The Dog and the Butcher

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Produced at Ringling College of Art and Design for Jonathan Holt's senior thesis. Opinions always welcomed! Hope you enjoy!

Blog: rsadstudent.blogspot.com
Porfoltio: JonathanHolt.blogspot.com
Website: ringling.edu/~jholt1

Week.in.Rab

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These are few shots that were taken on the island of Rab, at Croatian coast. Marko Butrakovic was shooting a music video over there and was left with over 200GB of files that nobody will ever see. NOT. 3hrs edit and here is why you should come to Croatia sometimes ...

Shadowplay

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Stop-motion film, written, animated, & directed by Dan Blank. Winner of Los Angeles Film Festival (Best Short, 2002), 2002 Student Academy Award (Bronze) & 2003 Student Emmy Award (Gold).

danmation.com/home.html

Produced by Dan Blank & Cynthia Allen
Cast: Jennifer Kato, Takeo Matsushita, Jun Kim, Ako.
Music: Ryan Shore

The Seafarers - Sea of Love

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Elevated high above the tumultuous Sea of Love stands the home of this world's foremost collector of exotic sea creatures, the gajillionaire Old Man Cruikshank. Cruikshank had sent a special invitation to the three bravest sailors known in whisper and legend, The Seafarers. And an invitation from Old Man Cruikshank is not something one turns down...and so the Seafarers' adventure began.

Animated by Jim Dirschberger
Artwork by Ferris Plock & Kelly Tunstall
Written by Jim Dirschberger, Ferris Plock, Kelly Tunstall and Adam Wroblewski
Narrated by Richard Enriquez

EightyFourFilms.com
FerrisPlock.com
KellyTunstall.com

I'd like to be

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Stop Frame animated film David Firth made in 2005 but didn't edit until 2007. Abstract but with a sort of plot. A man leaves his wife and kids and buries himself. Music by LOOM.