Video of The Week

Music Video: When All Else Fails

by Xube451 on October 3, 2011 · 0 comments

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Xube has been experimenting with new HD camera technology and one of our recent tests involved making a music video for a song by James McKean & The Blueberry Moon called “When All Else Fails”. We wanted to achieve a simple aesthetic through the use of one location and a (mainly) locked-off camera. We felt [...]

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Give me my FREE Vimeo App now!

by Richard Woolfenden on April 1, 2011 · 0 comments

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This week’s VOTW (Video of the Week) is an advert for a great thing. Thanks to one of my favourite filmmaking sites for letting me know about the Vimeo iPhone App which was launched this week. We use Vimeo a lot at Xube. It is a site where filmmakers can share work and know that [...]

Tagged as: App, creativity, DIY, editing, iPhone, iphone app, mac, social media, video, Vimeo

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The Olympic site gains an orbit

March 11, 2011
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At Xube we have been dumbfounded to discover how many people in east London have, as yet, not bothered to visit the Olympic site. Shame on you all. How can you fail to be excited by this ‘once in a lifetime’ event? Anyway, for those from further afield, we thought it might be worth recording [...]

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Spaghetti Sequence

February 25, 2011
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This week’s VOTW is probably the greatest opening film sequence I have ever seen. This sequence comes from Once upon a time in the West and although I’ve yet to see True Grit, it was the reviews of this film that made me re-visit this masterpiece of spaghetti westerns. At nearly quarter of an hour [...]

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Big Vinny

February 18, 2011
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Stumbling across great films on the web is something that Xube gets a big kick from. When we stumbled on ‘Big Vinny’, Jeremy and I both thought this film was a visual treat and a carefully crafted character profile. The subject of the film is Rich Lieberman, a renowned Californian secondhand car dealer, who describes [...]

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Project E-Type Photomotion

February 11, 2011
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This week’s Video of the Week is a photomotion film with the E-Type Jaguar playing the lead role. This stunning car is 50 years old, and to celebrate its half century The Design Museum has used its tank on the South Bank to display this design classic. They also have a page on their website [...]

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What are the most significant differences and similarities between Englishmen and Scotsmen? – Parts 1,2 & 3

February 4, 2011
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In the unlikely event that you have not had the chance to hear these three podcasts, Xube decided that one blog entry with all three sections could be the ultimate solution. Using the Soundcloud player adds a visual excitement to this aural pleasure – if we don’t say so ourselves. Part 1 Part 2 Part [...]

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This timelapse more than any other timelapse

February 4, 2011
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This may be the time to put away your intervalometers. Philip Bloom is well travelled to be sure and wherever he lays his hat a timelapse is sure to follow. This clip brings together his greatest examples of the genre and undoubtedly Saint-Saens would have been delighted to have been attached to this project. Watch, [...]

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Life in a Day released on YouTube

January 28, 2011
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Here at Xube HQ we have been discussing the changing nature  of production and the vastly improved access everyone has to high quality technology. Should companies be making films themselves rather than hiring production expertise? I think it is easy to imagine where we stand on this, but that does not mean that this question [...]

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What are the most significant differences and similarities between Englishmen and Scotsmen? – Part 3

January 27, 2011
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Who can resist Part 3? Will we finally get the complete answer to this vital question? To find out, get listening. Click here to play Part 3

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