Hey Everyone,

If for some reason you've been hiding under a rock on Vimeo for the past few months and you still haven't heard about The Story Beyond the Still contest sponsored by Canon, then you should definitely pay attention because it's awesome. Canon and Vimeo have teamed up to offer anyone with an HD camera the ability to enter an incredibly unique and collaborative filmmaking contest for a chance to win some great Canon prizes and have your work seen by a group of top Hollywood producers and cinematographers.

Basically, the contest is a continually evolving series of seven total chapters that begin and end on a still photograph, with each round beginning with the still image from the previous chapter winner. If you're a little confused, not to worry, we explain it more in depth on our first blog post including the contest rules. The contest already kicked off with a bang for the first round where user Runner Runner saw beyond the still of the first chapter, Vincent Laforet's film "The Cabbie". The winning entry for the first round can be seen below:



Now we're nearing the deadline for chapter three (due March 22nd at midnight) and hopefully lots of you are already working on your entries! If not, that's cool, but you can still participate by watching the entries and voting on your favorites starting March 31st on the contest page.

We encourage you all to enter the next round if you aren't already working on your entry right now, and I speak for all the judges when I say we are very excited to watch your interpretations and see where the story goes!

Have fun and be creative,

Blake

Posté le jeudi 18 mars à 17h51

What's up Vimeans,

I hope you had a chill weekend and you're feeling ready to explore the visual playground that is Vimeo. This week I'd like to call your attention to Vimeo user, Flash Rosenberg.



I had the pleasure of meeting Flash in person last year and I've been a big fan of her work ever since. Flash is an artist that does these amazing animations that are shot while she's drawing and edited to the speed of the narration. It's hard to explain, but watch a few of her videos, and you'll get it!


As you may have heard, Canon released a firmware update for the 5DMarkii. I'm really looking forward to seeing what people add to the 5D Group.



And the Channel I'd like to highlight is called My Room. One of my favorite things when I'm invited to someone's home is to see what's in their room. As Karen, the Channel's creator says, "Our rooms say a lot about us." Give Karen a link to your room video in the shoutbox and she'll be sure to add it.




Truly,
Andrea

Posté le mardi 16 mars à 15h37

Hey Everyone,

As we're a part of one of the most creative communities on the Internet, it's great to think about where all this creativity originates. One place we can look for inspiration is our dreams.

Long-time user, ErickC started the Dream Project just over three years ago. I dug through the Vimeo Project Forum vaults and found a link to his original video!

To participate, go to sleep with your camera by your bedside. Right when you wake up, grab your camera and record yourself recounting your dream in as much detail as possible. When you're finished, upload it and submit your video to the Weekend Project Group. The goal is to capture that moment after waking when you are in between dreaming and starting your day. I find it easiest to remember and talk about dreams if I don't sit or stand up. That's why it's important to keep that camera close! Deadline for submissions is 11:59 EST on Tuesday, March 16.

The Community Staff will watch the entries and decide on a winner. First prize is a Plus account (for Basic users) or 25,000 HD Embeds (for Plus members). The runner-up gets an extra 1 GB of upload capacity (for Basic users) or 10,000 HD Embeds (for Plus members). Make sure you only submit videos made specifically for this weekend project!

See you in your dreams!
Andrea

Posté le vendredi 12 mars à 15h31

Hi Everyone!

I hope everyone had a great weekend and is excited it is Monday!




The featured Vimeo user this week is Danny Jelinek! Hailing from LA, Danny joined Vimeo in July 2007 and has uploaded more than 60 videos since! His videos are always good for a laugh. Check out his Everything series starting with this one.


Many of you are probably familiar with Vimeo long portraits, but maybe you haven't seen the channel yet! Long portraits were started by Clayton Cubitt and have become quite popular on the site. Check some out and make your own!

Also, check out this Graffiti group . As you may have guessed it uploads videos that have to do with graffiti. There are some great ones by Blu as well as some other great artists. Definitely worth looking at.

Well, that is everything for this week! Happy Monday everyone!

<3,
Julia

Posté le lundi 8 mars à 15h41

Today we are releasing Plus Stats, one of the most requested features by you, the Vimeo community.

Stats is a project that has been in the works for a long time here at Vimeo- we knew how important this was to you and we wanted to make sure we got it just right! The new statistics backend has been collecting data for many months now (at a current rate of 175M+ data points a day and growing!) and the end result is a beautiful, intuitive set of analytics like nobody has ever seen. We've built a system that can slice and dice every metric we record on your video: you can easily visualize video loads, plays and finishes, what quality viewers are watching in (SD vs HD), what web sites videos appear on, which countries they are viewed in and played from, who likes or comments on your videos the most, and a whole lot more! You can also look at any of these stats on your WHOLE video collection. How many times have your videos been played in Sweden? It's not a secret anymore!

Plus Stats: Advanced Statistics for Vimeo Plus from Vimeo Staff on Vimeo.

Posté le mardi 2 mars à 14h09

Yo Vimeo!

For my first blog post in a little while, I have the distinct pleasure of presenting you with the latest installment of This Week in Vimeo, our weekly showcase of great people, places and things to check out on Vimeo.

Meet Benoit Millot.




Benoit hails from Paris, France where he works for the production company, Le Potager, which turned a lot of heads recently with the video, A day in PARIS. His video Onirique is also worth checking out. Aside from posting some great content, Benoit watches a ton of videos on Vimeo and I highly recommend adding him as a contact or subscribing to his likes.



Now Id like to make a special mention to the channel dedicated to my hometown, New York City. For anyone in search of the Big Apple in full HD glory, look no further: New York City HD is the next best thing to actually being there.



Wed also like to give some love to our skating community here on Vimeo and specifically a big shout out to the group, We Heart Downhill, an amazing collection of downhill skateboarding videos. This should be an Olympic sport if it isnt already.

Lastly, Ryan Hefner, one our developers has put together a really impressive piece of Flash video that I trust you all will appreciate. Push play, sit back and let this video melt your mind like some nacho cheese beneath a hot Mexican sun.

Have a great week everybody!

Sam

Posté le lundi 1 mars à 18h14

Hey everyone,

Vimeo Offline events have been on a slight hiatus lately since our beloved venue in Brooklyn closed down. Not to worry, we'll be back up and running again soon here in NYC, but before we are, we're heading to the west coast for another Offline event in San Francisco!

We're very excited to be returning to the lovely Bay Area and we've got an awesome line-up of new videos we're dying to show everyone. The playlist isn't solidified yet, so if any of you Bar Area filmmakers have work you think is awesome and want to see on the big screen, just post a link here and we'll check it out! Dan and Blake from the community team will be there to meet and greet everyone who wants chat. Bring the family, bring your friends, bring your imaginary friends and we'll see you there.

Posté le jeudi 25 février à 18h30

Howdy everyone,

The first round of the Canon Beyond the Still Contest is coming to a close soon. We received over 100 great interpretations of Vincent Laforet's final still image and the contest judges have chosen the 5 finalists for the community to vote on. If you haven't already, watch Vincent Laforet's short film that kicked off the contest, and then choose which of the five finalists you think fits best as the next chapter of the story. You only have until 11:59 EST tonight to vote, so go check 'em out!

Cheers,

Blake

Posté le mercredi 24 février à 10h59

Hello Vimeo World!

How are my favorite internet people doing? Great, glad to hear it.



This week we will be featuring a very special Vimeo user. You may know her as
Loonachic, but she also goes by Michelle. She has been on Vimeo for almost five years and has more than 300 videos. Two of my favorites include
How Very Much I Tried and Beyond Talent. We got the opportunity to meet Michelle today because she is visiting NYC and was nice enough to stop by the office. She is just as awesome IRL as she is on Vimeo. Here are some photos of her in a helmet.




Since this past weekend was so nice in NYC I spent the majority of it outside. I even went to Central Park, which piqued my interest in parks so I thought I would feature the National Park HD channel. The title pretty much says it all.


As for a group this week I'd like to feature the Original Storytelling group. This is the home to many wonderful and creative videos from our community. Be sure to check it out for some innovative video fun.

Also, for any New York Vimeans, take a look at this After Effects NYC group. They are having a free meeting this month and giving away tons of free stuff (last year I won a ticket to the F5 conference). Here is their page and here is their Vimeo.

Well, that is it for this week. Enjoy!

Hugs and Kisses,
Julia

Posté le lundi 22 février à 15h59

Hey folks,

We all spend so much time trying to define ourselves by the future and what we are going to do that we rarely look back at the moments in life that truly define who we already are. This weekend I'd like you to get into interview mode and take part in Vimeo user Zack McTee's project called First Memories.

"First Memories was inspired the same way a lot of ideas are inspired. Beer," said Zack. "It's evolved since the original video I shot, though. Now I ask people what is their first memory, and who else's first memory would they like to see?

First Memories are shot in documentary/interview film style and allow you to get a really intimate insight into the subject's life. By seeing them actively recall the events, it opens their personalities up to the camera. As you're shooting, it's also important to think of your location. Everybody's story is going to be unique, but what will make your video visually interesting? Zack has done an amazing job of choosing beautiful locations, and capturing who these people are in the context of their environment.

Watch a few of of Zack's videos on his Your First Memory Channel for some inspiration and then think about who you'd like to interview. Upload and submit your video to the Weekend Project Group by Tuesday (2/23) at 11:59PM (EST).

We'll go through the submissions and choose a winner based on a number of criteria -- not just the best story. The winner will get a Plus account (for Basic users) or 25,000 HD Embeds (for Plus members). The runner-up gets an extra 1 GB of upload capacity (for Basic users) or 10,000 HD Embeds (for Plus members). Make sure you only submit videos made specifically for this weekend project!

OVERDUE Update: The winner is Giancarlo Iannotta with his video: vimeo.com/9608551
The runner up is Caleb Heller with this video: vimeo.com/9570408

Congratulations to the winners and sorry it took so long for me to announce them!

Posté le vendredi 19 février à 13h41

Hi Guys & Gals,

The weekend is upon us and it's time for a video project. I know it's been a while, but we have a very cool weekend project idea that we really like, and think you will too! We want you to get a little experimental with this one and use multiple video frames! Basically, make a video that has multiple clips playing at once within the same screen, kind of what picture-in-picture on TV looks like.

Maybe you have a bunch of footage from a recent vacation, a ton of b-roll clips to supplement an interview you did, or a series of videos from a night out on the town with your friends. Whatever it is, we want you to show us in a fun multi-frame style. We think you'll find that multi-frames allow your viewer to take in loads of information at once while keeping them engaged in the material and also allowing you to really pick and choose what to highlight vs. what to use as background.

Most editing programs are capable of layered editing like this, although we cannot give you a tutorial for your specific editing program, a quick Google search will help you find many tutorials and guides to get you moving.

A great example is this video Isenseven - TIMES, made by Vincent Urban. There are a ton more to check out in the Split Screen Stuff channel! Here's a fun video tour of our new office! We used Final Cut Pro to edit and experimented with a few different split screen techniques.

A few things:
Try to keep your video under 3 minutes and make sure to submit your video to the Weekend Project Group.

The video with the best integrated multiple frames will get a Plus account (for Basic users) or 25,000 HD Embeds (for Plus members). The runner-up gets an extra 1 GB of upload capacity (for Basic users) or 10,000 HD Embeds (for Plus members). Make sure you only submit videos made specifically for this weekend project!

Submissions are due on Tuesday (2/16) at 11:59PM (EST).

Have fun, and we really look forward to what you guys put together!



UPDATE

Hey everybody! This past weekend's project videos were some of the best I've seen. It was super hard to choose with such a great variety.

With that being said, we have some multi-framed winners! Ji Won Shin's 3-framed piece called Bittersweet Moments has put her in the runner-up spot and has won her an extra 25,000 HD embeds! Be sure to check it out!

And our winner, with a brand new Plus account, is Travis Tindell for his epicly edited Winter Shots. So nice, I watched it more than twice.

Great job everyone! Have a good week.

Steve

Posté le vendredi 12 février à 15h53

Hey all you prospective winners,

We're getting close to the deadline for submitting your films for Chapter 2 of the Canon "Beyond The Still" video contest. As filmmakers, we're always scrambling until the last minute to perfect our work, but make sure you don't miss your chance to be included in this segment of the contest. Submissions are due February 11th at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time (actually one second before midnight, but don't push it). Now is the time to hustle!

So far the entries have been very impressive. Even if you're not going to enter this round, you should head over to the video gallery. We think you'll feel very proud of your fellow community members. There really is a tremendous amount of talent on this site.

If watching the videos inspires you, you should get prepared to make a film for Chapter 3 of the contest. That phase will begin February 26th.

Good luck to everyone!

Posté le mercredi 10 février à 14h33

Hello Vimeo World!

How was your weekend? Mine was great, thanks for asking.



This week I would like to feature Vimeo user Matthew K. (round of applause) Matt is an award winning director/animator who is "well-liked by his friends' parents and is often considered 'safe-enough looking' to be stopped on the streets by tourists in need of directions." Matt is an NYC local with great talent and I look forward to seeing more of his work. I would suggest checking out his video Tourist as well as My Stolen Ipod Touch Commercial.

In other news, I like cooking! But I am not very good at it, so I found this channel called The Vimeo Cooking Channel, which is "dedicated to providing informative and educational videos related to Cooking from the Vimeo Community." Check out this channel if you want to learn how to make hummus or grilled lamb chops or gourmet pizza tacos (yes, they exist).



Also, I'd like to introduce you to a group called Videos with DIY Music. This group features videos with homemade music in them. Vimeo is not only full of amazingly talented videographers but also musicians!

Finally, did you know that there was a football game yesterday (the "superbowl" I think it was)? One of our very own Vimeo users had a video played during it! Check it

Anyway, thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

xoxox,
Julia

(And remember, the Community Team is still looking for new apprentices!)

Posté le lundi 8 février à 16h49

Charlotte Gainsbourg + Beck "Heaven can wait" from Fluor Ink on Vimeo .

Posté le lundi 22 mars à 0h47

GALWAY, IRELAND--(Marketwire - March 21, 2010) - Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) -- Two windfarms with a combined capacity of up to 120 megawatts are being proposed for Brechfa Forest in Wales by RWE npower renewables (Swindon, England), part of German energy company RWE AG (PINKSHEETS:RWEOY) (Essen, Germany). RWE has just completed a year-long ...

Posté le dimanche 21 mars à 23h11

GALWAY, IRELAND--(Marketwire - 03/21/10) - Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) -- Two windfarms with a combined capacity of up to 120 megawatts are being proposed for Brechfa Forest in Wales by RWE npower renewables (Swindon, England), part of German energy company RWE AG (PINKSHEETS: RWEOY - News ) (Essen, Germany). RWE has just completed a year ...

Posté le dimanche 21 mars à 23h00

Apple's "Regional Content Review" clauses for content suppliers may prevent consumers from reading and viewing a large amount of material they've already paid for on their new iPads.

Posté le dimanche 21 mars à 17h28

Pandia takes a look at the next generation of online magazine publishing, including the iPad, and looks at the consequences for search.

Posté le dimanche 21 mars à 9h21

LOOSEWORLD x Waverly Films: Reggie Watts in F_CK SH_T STACK from LOOSEWORLD on Vimeo .

Posté le dimanche 21 mars à 0h02

A video clip which shows an office worker opening a Kit Kat chocolate bar and finding an orangutan's finger has been re-posted on video-sharing Web site YouTube, a day after it was removed at the request of food giant Nestlé.

Posté le samedi 20 mars à 11h07

AMC's 'Breaking Bad' Season 3 Premiere Event in Times Square NYC from Thomas Attila Lewis on Vimeo. We missed the "Breaking Bad" season 3 premiere event in LA on March 9th, which featured the "meth lab trailer" but we caught up with them today in Times Square in NYC where the team completed their cross country trip. We spoke with Aaron Paul ("Jesse Pinkman"), Bryan Cranston ("Walter White"), and ...

Posté le vendredi 19 mars à 19h51

Omar Sosa & NDR Bigband 's Llegada con Elegba, from the album Ceremony . Llegada con Elegba, Omar Sosa & NDR Bigband. from tom14 on Vimeo . [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Posté le vendredi 19 mars à 12h55

The truth has finally been told. Al Gore did not invent the Internet. Reed Hundt did. Hundt, an FCC chairman in the 1990s, recently delivered a gasconade at Columbia Business School that wouldve made Cassius Clay blush.

Posté le vendredi 19 mars à 10h04