September 2011
WatchWeekend Project - Summer’s End Vidblog Well Vimeo, there’s no denying it. Tomorrow October arrives, and from there on out it’s a steady slide into the belly of autumn. Summer is officially over, you guys! If you’re like us, you spent the majority of the warm months taking lots of video. Life is full of so many random, beautiful moments, and you’ve been collecting...
WatchWanna Live Forever? Become A Noun by NPR via Vimeo Staff Picks Joseph Guillotin, Henry Shrapnel and Jules Leotard became immortal — by entering the English language. But NPR’s Robert Krulwich and Adam Cole discover that when your entire life is reduced to a single definition, the results are sometimes upsetting.
WatchWe’ve all been there— in that sweaty, editing-induced fervor, down to the deadline with nothing left to do but add a soundtrack. Scrambling to find music for your project shouldn’t be painful, it should be fun! With this in mind, we created the handy Vimeo Music Store, a convenient new resource for finding, downloading and licensing high quality music for your videos. What makes...
WatchLove Does Grow on Trees by Bevan Walsh via The Vimeo HD Channel Ah, pre-internet innocence!
WatchZEWDU the street child. by Enrico Parenti, Takae film via The Vimeo HD Channel Zewdu is a street child that sells chewing gum and sleeps under a car in the city of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. After a rushing tourist mistakenly gives the boy a large sum of money, Zewdu decides to use it to fund a trip back to the village where his father lives. Unfortunately, a different destiny is in store.
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WatchThis Week in Vimeo! September 26th What’s the word, Vimeo? Monday is upon us, and it brings tidings of audio-visual awesomeness. Shake off those post-weekend blues and settle in for This Week in Vimeo! To start the party, we’d like to introduce you to Carlton Evans. Carlton is a long-time Vimean, and is the co-founder of The Disposable Film Festival, an event that celebrates the...
WatchLife Nature You by Myles Thompson via Vimeo Staff Picks As environmentalist David Orr once wrote, “When we heal the earth, we heal ourselves.”
Watchmoon by Björk via The Vimeo HD Channel Aha! We knew Björk was too awesome to be from planet Earth.
WatchVillagers - Cecelia & Her Selfhood by Domino Recording Co via Vimeo Staff Picks This dark, strange journey is bewitching and deeply felt. Allow yourself to get a little lost!
WatchIt’s safe to say that Koo is, without a doubt, an awesome dude. Winner of the Webby Award for Best Drama Series and one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Film, he is also the brains behind NoFilmSchool, a phenomenal resource for DIY filmmakers and indie creatives. Today is your last chance to help Koo fund his latest endeavor, Man-Child, a film that takes place in the...
WatchTHE COSMONAUT by Vinegar Hill via Vimeo Staff Picks Where are you going, why did you leave? This beautifully crafted narrative leaves just enough to the imagination.
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Vimeo Video School Round-Up!
A couple weeks ago we reached out to you, our knowledge-hungry pals, to see what you wanted us to tackle in future lessons over at the Vimeo Video School. You got back to us with tons of great ideas, which we’ll be drawing from as we move forward. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts! We also received a handful of suggestions for topics which we’ve already covered, so we thought...
WatchMusic From A Dry Cleaner by Diego Stocco via Vimeo Staff Picks Who knew that a puff iron, press and dry cleaning machines, a washer, clothes hangers, and a bucket full of soap could make for such a bangin’ musical explosion?
WatchTOKYO SLO-MODE by alex lee via Vimeo Staff Picks Hypnotizing! Isn’t it awesome to see a bustling metropolis slowed down to a nice, manageable pace?
WatchCrop factor might sound like some sort of agricultural term, but it’s actually an important topic to keep in mind when selecting both cameras and lenses. Crop factor is just a number really, but it has an important effect on how your camera and lenses interact. I know, I know, that’s kind of vague. Read on, my camera-loving comrades! In a previous lesson, we reviewed what image...
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WatchNeon Indian “Polish Girl” by Dot & Effects via The Vimeo HD Channel Dystopian and dismal, the future doesn’t seem so bright when we affix our relationships to wires and screens.
WatchThis Week in Vimeo! Sept. 13th The Vimeo is becoming a pretty big place these days, huh? So big that often it gets tough finding all those wonderful videos, users, channels, features and events that are hanging out around these parts. Thankfully, we’re here to bring you This Week in Vimeo, the creme de la creme of what is going on! First up is our long time user, Bill Newsinger. Bill...
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Groups are a great place to explore videos. Groups are communities within Vimeo that you can join and share videos with. There are TONS of Groups on Vimeo and we encourage you to join them to meet new people and find the great new videos. Joining a Group also means any video added will show up in our inbox so you can always see what’s fresh! Explore Groups!
WatchAlways a Family - StoryCorps 9/11 animation by Rauch Brothers Monique Ferrer remembers the last phone call she received from Michael Trinidad, who worked on the 103rd floor of the World Trade Center’s North Tower. StoryCorps aims to record at least one interview for each life lost in the September 11th attacks.
WatchDENIAL HITS THE FAN - Climate Reality Project by m ss ng p eces How is climate change affecting your life; where you live; people you know? Next Wednesday, The Climate Reality Project will livestream a global 24 hour event to reveal the full scope, scale and impact of the climate crisis. The point: it’s Reality.
Weekend Project - Teach Us A Lesson
Fellow Vimeans, lend me your eyes! It’s Friday, and that means it’s time to get psyched about a Weekend Project! If there’s one thing I know about you guys, it’s that you’re smart. Like, really smart. One of the most awe-inspiring things about our community is that, not only do we share our creative projects and inspire one another, we do an awful lot of...
Tips on how to shoot great video! By Andrea Allen →
You don’t have to be a professional videographer to put your videos on the Internet. Still, a lot of us are apprehensive and perhaps a little intimidated when it comes to shooting our own video and uploading it for the world to see. With all of the different gadgets that everyone can use to shoot video on, it’s time we all get a little more comfortable when we go to press record.
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WatchThis Week in Vimeo! Sept. 6th YO, it’s time for another rundown of This Week In Vimeo. Get at it. First, we’d like to introduce you to none other than Simon Guyomard. We had the pleasure of meeting him this morning when he stopped by the office. This guy’s strong love for Vimeo and filmmaking show through in his many awesome videos. We highly recommend his multi-frame piece...
Watch(Pr) Blake Whitman by Protein® In addition to being a gentleman explorer and cool dude all around, Blake is the VP of Creative Development here at Vimeo. He sat down with the folks at Protein to talk about new technologies and how they have transformed digital filmmaking. Check it!
WatchMonopod Mania Let’s chat about monopods. First off let’s break down the word itself. Mono means one and pod means foot. One foot. This concludes our lesson. Just kidding! Sometimes monopods are called unipods, but that’s probably only in some exclusive Bauhaus video club. Just kidding, yet again. I’ll stop with the jokes, I promise. Monopods are handy in lot of...
