The following 2-minute video, courtesy of Sandy Hook Promise, a non-profit organisation founded and run by several people whose family members were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012, is an advert tackling […]
Videos
Jeff Buckley’s Final Recorded Performance Of “Hallelujah” (Live In Chicago 1995)
The following video, which was recorded in May 1995 at Chicago’s Metro venue, is Jeff Buckley’s last-known recorded performance of his version of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”, a song that was made much more famous by Buckley on […]
Brandon McConnell’s 1-Minute Spray Painting
In the following clip, Brandon McConnell, a prominent street artist from San Diego, California, who hones his craft while conducting live demonstrations of his work in public, shows his superlative spray-painting talents by producing a work of art — […]
Matrix-Style Flipbook Animation
The following video, which was a TV advert entitled Flipbook for the LG Viewty mobile phone in South Korea, shows a flipbook animation — a book of pictures creating the illusion of movement when pages are flipped quickly — which is played out in the […]
The Largest Great White Shark Ever Recorded: “Deep Blue”
In November 2013, during a deep-sea dive off the coast of Guadalupe Island, Mexico, shark expert Mauricio Hoyos Padilla recorded what is believed to be the largest great white shark ever captured on camera. Nicknamed “Deep Blue”, the […]
Google Tilt Brush: Painting In 3D Space Using Virtual Reality
The following 1-minute video demonstrates the sheer possibilities of Tilt Brush, Google’s virtual reality (VR) app which allows the user to create works of art in three-dimensional space using HTC’s Vive headset and hand controllers. Using […]
Woman Rampages At McDonald’s Drive-Thru Because Chicken Nuggets Aren’t Available
(Warning: Strong language/mild violence) In January 2010, Melodi Dushane, a 24-year-old woman from Ohio, attacked a member of staff and smashed a window at a McDonald’s drive-thru in Toledo in protest over chicken nuggets not […]
Volkswagen Phaeton Advert: “Isn’t It Beautiful What Hands Can Do?”
The following 1-minute television advert, entitled “Galanty Show”, a term which refers to a story performed through the casting of shadows of miniature figures on a wall or screen, was created for Volkswagen’s Phaeton in the mid-2000s. […]
Guinness Advert: “Surfer” (Dir. Jonathan Glazer)
In 1999, Guinness, the hugely popular Irish dry stout, released an advert entitled Surfer. The advert, which was directed by Jonathan Glazer, whose film credits include Sexy Beast, Under the Skin, and Birth, and who has directed […]
News Reporter Is Interrupted By Woman In Unicorn Mask And Tutu
In March 2014, during a live news broadcast for Good Morning Jacksonville, WLTV’s David Williams, while reporting at the scene of a minor fire in Florida, is photobombed by a woman wearing a unicorn mask and […]