This song has been cemented in my brain thanks to Forum’s F IT video. Recommended by Andy Sapp. It’s my selection for Video Of the Week.

Bathurst is an amazing circuit in New South Wales, Australia. It is home to the Bathurst 1000 and this year’s qualifying pole was won by Mark Winterbottom. This in-car run and helicopter chase footage give you a great sense of the elevation changes on Mt.Panorama. Plus the track’s high speed straights – especially running down the hill into the final 4 corners, narrow walled Esses, and its general “no room for mistakes” condition. Check out this video, and you’ll see why it’s my pick for Video Of the Week.

Video Of the Week – Something Good Can Work by Two Door Cinema Club. Pittsy, yes, thank you.

There are a few friends of mine who know my musical tastes and share a similar palette that recommend tracks for me. These friends are invaluable because music is constantly playing while I’m living my day. One of these such friends in Wes Pitts. Wes didn’t just recommend Two Door Cinema, he called me an insisted that I listen to them – because he had been listening to them for over a hour straight. An hour straight on his first listen to their music.

So immediately I shared them with those phsyically close to me. Hobo got an earful. Aya probably is sick of them by now.

Noni got an email and links.

Music travels by many means. Thanks Wes.

My pick for Video Of the Week is this Free Gold Watch’s Promo. Free Gold Watch is a personal favorite of mine. San Francisco based and always pumping out fresh designs. This video takes you through the process of designing, cutting, sewing, printing a transparency, burning a screen, washing out, lining up a planten, and screening a multi-color t-shirt print. Inspiring and very well done. In all regards.

Now I just need to get my own press and start printing some of my own gear.

Free Gold Watch

Bob Moczydlowsky directs  72 Musicians, a documentary about indepedent musicians and the struggles that come with persuing a love of performing and creating music. I’ve known Bob for the past 3 years through working at the Sundance Film Festival.

Here is the synopsis from IMDB:

One stage, one chair, four days, 20 bands, 72 musicians. All speaking with a single, anonymous voice about art, poverty, booze, lies, class, hardship, food and failure. Oh, and day care. And rock ‘n’ roll.

Through a curtain of cigarette smoke, close up shots of eyes, mouths, and hands – anonymous voices – form one collective story about what it means to be an indepedent musician. Its inspiring, eye-opening, heart wrentching, and funny – all while being very real. Authentic and entertaining.

Do yourself a favor and check out the site. download a copy. or buy the raw footage and make your own documentary!

Video Of the Week = Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – 40 Day Dream (live)

After listening to the album recording on repeat a few times I did a YouTube search for the song and found this live performance. Which totally blew my mind. This is my anthem for the week. Such a big sound. I love it.

The Hobo has done it again. My pick for Video Of the Week is Joshua Herron’s Formula Drift 2009. Excellent song selection and shots of the personalities that make FD great. Glad to see Josh is doing big things in 2010. The best part is that Hobo was able to assemble this edit without attending two of the seven events this season. Make a small bag of popcorn and enjoy!

Andy Sapp. Never seems to stop impressing me with his multitude of talents, the man is a: designer, driver, cinematographer, editor, MoGrapher, and lumberjack quality beard grower, to name a few. Andy just released this edit, which is a cut from my footage from DMGGMASD. Drift Mechanik’s Gossip Girl Marathon and Some Drifting was a private drift event that took place at Nashville Super Speedway in November 2008.

Andy had contacted me while I was at Rice Boy Tv about the event. He bought me a plane ticket and personally picked me up at Nashville airport for the event. Rad. Few people have that kind of dedication and more importantly – that kind of foresight and vision. DMGGMASD was an incredible event. Hopefully, I was able to document the driving, friendships, and enjoyment that happened that weekend. Andy’s edit makes me smile and feel like I was able to capture some of that magic. Here is my pick for Video Of the Week. Andy Sapp’s A Soiree in the Hamptons.

So thanks Andy for the invite! My calendar is marked for this November.

Video Of the Week, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Stop.

By the time I return to Los Angeles, I will have been on the road for over a month. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is a rock n roll band. Yes, Rock n Roll. They are one of the few. Most music that is labeled Rock n Roll is far from it. BRMC is a rock band, their sound is timeless and its not an act – they kick a lot of ass.

This video is all about cross country travel. Road tripping from the west coast to the east coast. Which over the course of the last 20 days and 2,500+ miles – I’ve just done. It has been awesome to work with a crew of 6 on the Nation of GO project. Six super-talented-easy-going folks who made the trip enjoyable from day one to day twenty.

Enjoy, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s Stop as my pick for Video Of the Week!

“I’m looking good, I’d hit on myself if I could…”

Jason Zada (nice reel and body of work – Digital Evangelist) directed this incredible one shot video for one of my favorite groups – Oakland native’s Wallpaper.

The ring light, time re-mapping, and color grading make this video an easy pick for Video Of the Week.

Wallpaper’s album DooDoo Face comes out September 22, 2009.

Formula D Las Vegas “All In” from Joshua Herron on Vimeo.

In case you have been absent from the internet for the past week- Hobo Herron’s video has been doing all the right things. That is why it’s my pick for Video Of the Week Joshua Herron‘s Formula Drift Las Vegas “All In”.

Set to Bloc Party’s “Banquet”, Josh does an excellent job of capturing the “high impact” moments from Formula Drift Las Vegas. Josh is in all the right locations – at all the right times. From Vaughn Gittin Jr’s smash to Ryan Tuerck’s bunny hop. Josh’s edit has the moments that made Formula Drift Las Vegas exciting to watch. Set to Bloc Party, the video has more amplitude and is faster paced then my edit to the Strangler’s “Golden Brown”. It could be the heroin and girl induced theme of the Strangler’s song- but Banquet is a far more energetic choice for the action depicted in Josh’s compilation.

Josh also does an excellent job of juxtaposing Pro Am footage with Pro footage. Capturing Forrest Wang’s nasty initiations and bumper rips on the outside clipping point to Justin Pawlak’s taillight exploding on contact with the barrier. The diversity in cars, drivers, and shots make for a strong edit.

Here is my score card:

• Cinematography: 4.5/5
• Edit: 4/5
• Music: 4.5/5
• Color Grading: 5/5
• Overall: 4.5/5

Cinematography, for being entirely hand-held was super smooth. One of Josh’s strengths. His ability to shoot hand-held is second to none. Editing, I feel like the pacing of the song and the edit don’t match. The edit is strong, but could have been faster paced. It might be my ADD calling, because I have a difficult time watching videos for more than a few seconds- my own videos included. Faster cuts for faster BPM. Music, superb choice with Bloc Party. Good energy. Dramatic changes in tempo and feel – great for a powerful edit. Grading is where this edit shines for me personally. Josh used Colorista and Looks to make an unobtrusive grade that is tasteful and is not over-done like our New Jersey edits. Which were intensely over-graded. Too good effect, but not for every video. Josh proves his versatility by making another solid edit from a parking lot drift course. Similar to his powerful edit from D1GP Anaheim. I don’t feel like this is Josh’s best video to date, considering the course, environment, and the action – the video is a huge success. Josh’s Las Vegas edit is better than my edit, which intentionally contains little drifting and is a humanistic study of the driver.

I wondered how viewers would react to my change in content and focus on driver over action. What do you think of Josh’s edit?

FIA GT3 VIDEO BATTLE from The SpeedHunters on Vimeo.

Rod Chong and Riley over at EA/Speedhunters have cut together a great edit of the footage we aquired in Italy at Adria Race Way.

Here is my pick for video of the week. With camera work by Rod Chong, Tripp Rhame, and myself. Enjoy.

My Video Of the Week pick is here. Joshua Herron’s Long Beach 2009 edit. Great song by RJD2 , dupa smooth dolly shots, nice tilts, pans, super smooth camera control- which fits well with the car control exhibited between the walls off Long Beach. Josh has really stepped his game up with this edit. 

Not bad for a dude that has been sleeping on my couch. 

Stay up for big things from Joshua Herron for the rest of 2009. 

Dax made an excellent post on Activision’s Tony Hawk series falling to the new Skate franchise series of skateboarding video games. In the spirit of video games and Activision titles – here is the commercial for the first video game I ever played. River Raid. My parents owned an Atari/Coleco Vision console and this along with Donkey Kong were my two favorite games. River Raid lets you fly down a narrowing river while taking out enemy planes, helicopters, ships, bridges, and other obstacles- while minding your jet’s fuel. Pretty intense. So is this amazing commercial! My pick for Video Of the Week.

Joshua Herron along with Patrick Mordaunt went to Tokyo, Japan for a week during Tokyo Auto Salon. He made this edit with his Panasonic DVX-100b (ps). Its a very cool edit. Enjoy my pick for Video Of the Week. 

This video caught my attention because my good friends the Adams are aeronautic enthusiasts. Nate owns a wingsuit and has a ton of sky diving jumps under his belt. This clip has been re-used and I’ve seen the road scene on YouTube as an individual clip. The opener with the ski jump base jump is downright amazing. Hopefully you find this video as incredible as I do- its bananas! 

Norwegian electronic duo, Royksopp, released their full-length debut album Melody AM in 2001. Melody AM, is one of those incredible albums that can be listened to straight through. Every track is solid. There is no pressing next or skipping ahead. Their downtempo electronic songs are beautiful and have been utilized by many television commercials. The video for Remind Me, won the 2002 MTV European Music Award for Best Video. No small feat, the video is a motion graphic nerd’s dream. Its use of animated infographics is captivating and exciting to watch. It also reminds me of Stephan Biesty cross section books I used to read in elementary school. So Remind Me reminds me of cross section infographics and is set to one of my favorite songs – sounds like a well deserved Video Of the Week.