Fringe Fridays: State of Origin

In the olden days, we didn’t have digital cameras. Everything was shot on film. But even in today’s high-tech wonderland of CCDs, DLPs, and DVDs, some people still do things the old fashioned way. Among these proud anachronists is one Dunc c. He used a Super 8 camera to show “the contrasts of a home in the north of Australia & one in Sydney with Mt. Warning in between.” The result is a beautiful hyper-speed journey in colours and textures you just can’t get from digital.

State of Origin: Think of a Circle

-Kent, Yahoo! Video Team

Fringe Fridays: Freaky But True

Welcome, once again, to the off-kilter virtual curiosity shop I like to call Fringe Fridays, our nearly weekly look at animation and experimental web video. I’m excited to see the second episode of Freaky But True’s The Silent But Deadly Service has made its way to our port. There’s just something I like about the flat sitcom-like jokes in conjunction with the crew’s blasé acceptance of their strange underwater existence. And this episode ups both of those factors. If you haven’t seen episode one, you’ll want to click on the second video in the playlist and watch that one first.

Everything from these guys is pretty darn good, just check out the Diabolical Experiments series.

-Kent, Yahoo! Video Team

Fringe Fridays: Zune Arts

Zune Arts is putting out some pretty amazing stuff. Zune Arts is Microsoft’s campaign to out-artsy Apple in the music player wars. I’m not sure if it’s helping sell any more of the plastic players, but it is helping some pretty creative folks to collaborate and get their work out there. Here’s the latest, a puppet-powered take on Michael Jackson’s Thriller:

-Kent, Yahoo! Video Team