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dy/dan » Blog Archive » Summer Cinema #1: 40th Anniversary — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:32:37 +0000

[…] took a familiar path. Several years ago I posted a photo montage that exists somewhere between 2D and 3D. The technique is […]

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Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:30:52 +0000

[…] perhaps with a great deal of overlap between the two, I invite you to be moved by Dan Meyer’s summer video project over at his blog Dy/Dan. Truly inspiring […]

By: Steven Nishida

Steven Nishida — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:20:33 +0000

A lot of people I respect keep leading me back to your blog, and I’m never disappointed. Really glad I followed Christian’s link to this video, and very appreciative that people as caring and talented as you are willing to share with strangers who will invariably benefit from your creations and ideas. Thanks for the honesty and generosity. I’ll be following along from now on:-)

Otsukaresama!

By: dan

dan — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:32:08 +0000

First song was “My List,” by The Killers.

Second was “Brother,” by The Annuals.

Both great. Thanks for the interest, everyone.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:44:30 +0000

Very very cool! It makes me want to find a copy of After Effects and learn to use it to try something like this myself.

What are the songs that you used?

By: Graham Wegner

Graham Wegner — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:13:54 +0000

Very cool – unless you are a super fast editor, that would have been hours and hours of work. After all, I can sweat over a Photoshop image incessantly for lengthy periods of time and still miss basic details – but you are at the deep end of the design talent pool and I’m in the wading section. Nice to see the Open Educator badge displayed – notice that the designer forgot to create it on a transparent background??!!? Seriously, Dan, I loved it and there’s no such thing as summer camp down under and you made me feel like there was a gap in my life because of it.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:21:03 +0000

This is so amazing. Even not knowing any of the people involved, it’s powerful…can’t imagine the impact for them (and you). What an incredible piece of personal history.

By: dan

dan — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:55:38 +0000

Yeah, definitely. Drop me an e-mail at dan [at] mrmeyer [dot] com and let me know what delivery format you need. I’ll see if I can ftp something.

By: DK

DK — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:11:07 +0000

Simply awesome!

Sailed in from Christian’s blog post about this – thank for sharing Dan.

And would love to explore featuring half of the film in a MediaSnackers vodcast if you’re game?

Peace

By: Dean Shareski

Dean Shareski — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:29:06 +0000

Just a quick comment.

Stripping down the elements to its purest, digital storytelling is about emotionally conveying an idea with imagery and audio. You’ve done this.

What the use of After Effects does is add a depth and meaning to images that evoke additional responses. It reminds a bit of the first time I used pan and zoom. It’s difficult now to create a story with photos that don’t use it in some ways. It’s just too powerful to ignore.

Now that I’ve seen the use of After Effects, I’m compelled to take the time to learn.

It’s still at its core a story borne out of experience and yours was obviously a rich one told well.