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Lost Hope

Why every American graduation plays the same song


We’re all familiar with Pomp & Circumstance, the graduation song that’s the official soundtrack of almost every commencement. But how did it get so big? In this episode of Vox’s Almanac, Phil Edwards investigates and finds diamonds, war, and Dame Clara Butt.

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Pomp & Circumstance has long been a graduation anthem. Part of Edward Elgar’s infamous military marches, the tune was composed in the midst of the Boer War, a conflict that expanded the British empire in search of diamonds and gold. When the song was used for Edward VII’s coronation, it was lent words that, even today, promote the British empire. That’s why the version with lyrics is known as “Land of Hope and Glory.”

The famous song was used when Elgar received an honorary degree at Yale and, quite simply, people liked how it sounded. It quickly spread and became a graduation anthem in America (and remained an unofficial national anthem in the UK). Today, we hear it everywhere — and it’s all thanks to Edward Elgar’s unique place in British culture.

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Red Pill – Stars


A traveling sword for hire finds himself in larger than life adventures. Unfortunately, the pay doesn’t measure up. An allegory for the freelance lifestyle. Directed & Animated by Eric Power www.ericpowerup.net twitter.com/ericpowerup instagram.com/ericpowerup Produced by Ill Poetic iTunes https://tinyurl.com/h6rhx6a Vinyl https://tinyurl.com/mn2z3wr CD https://tinyurl.com/luagvh2 Mello Music Group, 2017

Mothers Day


A day in the life of a mom and her curious daughter.

Allumette [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO] by Sam Arnold


Allumette! A music video I’ve directed for the unbelievably talented and all round good dude, Sam Arnold. A song ignited by lust and enveloped by the unknown, unsure if that someone wants you back…but by god you find them sexy?! Credits This was a project produced by Sam Arnold and Aran Quinn. Allumette, a song by Sam Arnold http://www.breakingtunes.com/samyel The song was recorded in Santa Cruz California, Produced with Jonathan de Roche, Mixed by Luke Vander Pol. Drums by Sam Halterman. A music video directed and designed by Aran Quinn. Animation by Aran Quinn Benjy Brooke www.benjybrooke.com Greg Lee http://greghahnlee.com/

A Taste of New York


This is the third episode of our independent „A Taste of …“ time lapse series. In September 2016 we visited this awesome city to try out some new time lapse stuff. It took us 10 days, a lot of burgers and one helicopter ride to produce this video. 10 days is very little time to discover this city of endless opportunities, so we hardly slept anything and shot day and night for this time lapse film. The city that never sleeps indeed! The Taxishot: Over the 10 days we took photos of yellow cabs whenever we had time to from as many different angles as possible. So we gathered 2000 (!) photos in total we had to sort afterwards and compile to a hyperlapse around a cab in post production. It took us 5 whole days in post production to get this one shot. Technical Details: In 10 days we shot 65.000 Photos taking up 2,6 TB of our hard drives. The final 3 minute video took 36h to render on the best equipped iMac available. Other “A Taste of …” Episodes: A Taste of Vienna (2016) http://vimeo.com/156161909 A Taste of Austria (2015) http://vimeo.com/121649600 Video by: Peter Jablonowski // Thomas Pöcksteiner // Lorenz Pritz http://filmspektakel.com Sounddesign by Alex Clement http://alexclement.at Equipment used: + Sony a7rII + Sony a6300 + 2x Canon 6D + Canon 11-24mm F4 + Canon 24-105mm F4 + Tamron 150-600mm + Tamron 24-70mm F2,8 + Zeiss 24-70mm F4 + Emotimo Spectrum + Pocketslider + Edelkrone SliderPlus + Came TV Single + several tripods from Sachtler, Manfrotto and Togopod _________________________________ Visit our website: http://filmspektakel.at Like us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/FilmSpektakel Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/FilmSpektakel Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/filmspektakel For licensing & inquires please contact us via email: info(at)filmspektakel.at All shots are available in 5K or more!

HOPPTORNET (TEN METER TOWER) by Axel Danielson & Maximilien Van Aertryck


Would you jump? Or would you chicken out? Our objective in making this film was something of a psychology experiment: We sought to capture people facing a difficult situation, to make a portrait of humans in doubt. We’ve all seen actors playing doubt in fiction films, but we have few true images of the feeling in documentaries. To make them, we decided to put people in a situation powerful enough not to need any classic narrative framework. A high dive seemed like the perfect scenario. Through an online advertisement, we found 67 people who had never been on a 10-meter (about 33 feet) diving tower before, and had never jumped from that high. We paid each of them the equivalent of about $30 to participate — which meant climbing up to the diving board and walking to its edge. We were as interested in the people who decided to climb back down as the ones jumping. We filmed it all with six cameras and several microphones. It was important for us not to conceal the fact that this was an arranged situation, and thus we chose to show the microphones within the frame. Ultimately, about 70 percent of those who climbed did jump. We noticed that the presence of the camera as well as the social pressure (from those awaiting their turn beside the pool) pushed some of the participants to jump, which made their behavior even more interesting. In our films, which we often call studies, we want to portray human behavior, rather than tell our own stories about it. We hope the result is a series of meaningful references, in the form of moving images. “Ten Meter Tower” may take place in Sweden, but we think it elucidates something essentially human, that transcends culture and origins. Overcoming our most cautious impulses with bravery unites all humankind. It’s something that has shaped us through the ages. — Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson are documentary filmmakers based in Gothenburg, Sweden, who have worked together since 2013. axel@plattformproduktion.se max@plattformproduktion.se

Dan Black feat. Kelis "Farewell"


Directed and produced by Chic & Artistic — Cinematographer: Bertrand Marin Monsters Designers: PYRN + MDM, Céline Peltier Choreographers: Cathy Ematchoua, Kyf Ekamé Monster Talents: Dan Black, Djibryl Denai Camera Assistant (1st): Vincent Flornoy Camera Assistant (2nd): Fabien Domingues Gaffer: Jérémy Bembaron Stage Manager: Alexandre Baudouin Studio Location: InVisu Studio — Editor: Nicolas Grendena, Editor Assistant: Julian Audic — Post Production: Chic & Artistic VFX: Philippe Manuel, Anaïs Guigue Colorist: Rémy de Vlieger

Two Ronnies – Four Candles


BBC Comedy classic, contact me if you need to download it.