Here’s another video I’ve worked on recently — a short study about a local architectural landmark, the Miradouro hotel and restaurant, which is the highest spot in Porto (we don’t have many impressive or tall buildings around here). I did the camera work and the post-production for my architect friend Alexandra Areia, and I’m happy to report the video is one of the finalists at the creative video contest we submitted it to.

Video & Film Logos of the 1970s & 1980s: Cool and horrid in equal measures.

The Found Objects Pummelvision, which is as neat as is useless. Anyway, this made me think it’s almost ten years since I started blogging in this space (Tumblr people: I mean here). This would be a nice celebration video, if only it contained pre-2007 content.

“How many ‘likes’ will satisfy your need of consolation?”

That is one of the core questions of Peer-to-Peer. The video above includes images of the first presentation of our performance piece, that took place June 4th. Next presentation will be June 26th at Maus Hábitos, so pay us a visit if you’re in Porto that weekend!

An HD slow-motion clip of the Apollo 11 Saturn V launch. Nice.

Toby*spark’s Live Cinema Documentary. An amazing intro to cinema as live performance (way past VJing). (via CDM)

Alex Roman’s The Third & The Seventh. This video shows what really matters in CG: even though the long shots may not be the very best architectural renderings I’ve seen (the textures look rather flat sometimes), the lighting, the camera moves and the small details (specks of dust, etc) make for one really engaging piece.

All done by a single person using a desktop computer — this is what William Gibson meant when he coined the expression “Garage Kubrick”.

A two-minute minidocumentary about the Big Bang. Personally, it’s thrilling to see the short-form science doc evolve. But seriously: magenta?

One Hundred Years of Visual Effects.

Loved this video: Artificial Paradise, Inc by Jean-Paul Frenay. I found it reminiscent of some of Chris Cunningham’s music videos. (via CDM)