Comments on: VIDEO: Crazy_Arms

By: Rupert

Rupert — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:30:21 +0000

Have watched this several times in the last couple of days – and it’s only just occurred to me: this is like Eggleston! Video Eggleston!

By: Rupert

Rupert — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:01:37 +0000

God, I still love this video. Close to perfection.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:55:05 +0000

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful art…

By: Rupert

Rupert — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:44:24 +0000

Watched again. And again. And again.

By: joanna

joanna — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:52:33 +0000

whenever i think about putting copyrighted music on my videos (well, i always do) i think about the actual chances of getting sued.
i’ll probably regret this some day when i’m sitting in court, hahah (:
but thanks for the comment.
dylan’s grounded right now, but i plan on making many wonderful videos with her when her punishment is lifted….

By: B

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:41:20 +0000

Almost cried at work. At loss for words. Want more. Want to be that woman on the bike next to your car (and still want you in car next to bike). Want to see birds. Want to leave office now and film. Implied noun – I.

By: M a r y

M a r y — Thu, 31 May 2007 14:15:44 +0000

I agree. I want to use TLOM but I didn’t because the author doesn’t respond to emails, etc. So, I used music from the ‘free music project’ instead. TLOM (the law of miracles would have been so much better.)

By: Rafael Sahagun

Rafael Sahagun — Wed, 16 May 2007 03:04:51 +0000

Hello Jay, your videos make the ordinary look extraordinary. Keep it up ese!

By: Sergei Eisenstein

Sergei Eisenstein — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:06:25 +0000

Beatufifully shot, thoughtfully edited, lovely lyrical poem.
Congratulations.
I got here for the chicken vid which also was superb.

By: sull

sull — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 02:41:21 +0000

nice jay.
i’m a fan of starting with closeup shots myself… so i always enjoy those little surprises when others do it.
i’m going to make my next video with copyrighted music

By: quirk

quirk — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:07:01 +0000

For the discerning video entomologist:
http://www.insects.org/entophiles/index.html
You are good at making videos.

By: chuck

chuck — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:11:01 +0000

Love love love it.
I think this is my favorite kind of video.
Nice to see you making videos my friend.
Cat Power really makes it powerful… not hurting anybody.
I really want to make a single-take video with a classic Van Halen tune. Just need to find an old Chevy Nova, a guy with greasy 70′s hair and mirror shades.

By: Mike Moon

Mike Moon — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:32:35 +0000

Great work.
Podsafe music. It takes a little longer, but some fantastic artists out there.

By: ryanne

ryanne — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 19:56:09 +0000

p.s. i love the birds flying with the boat.
oh man that was cool in real life, also so cool to see it again months later.

By: aaron valdez

aaron valdez — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 19:20:42 +0000

yeah man. it’s all about the compositional contrast between each shot. the scale is all out of whack. little planes little ants. surfaces. ahh gahh gahh. freakin that xacti.

By: jay dedman

jay dedman — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:13:23 +0000

schlomo and ryanne….you are absolutely correct. I should not have put on that CC license on the end. Im taking it off now.
but also…it’s illegal for me to use this song without permission..but i want to!!!
Jeez…here I am taking part in a CC weekend at superhappyvloghouse…and now im breaking all the rules. shit.

By: Nelson

Nelson — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:50:34 +0000

I do love exploring Jay’s bug and texture fetish.
Definitely have a poetic eye, and I’ve always said
you should make more video, but then again, and I think
we’ve talked about it a little, that these videos might
not mean as much as they do, or have as much in them if
you did them every week. The images, time and life itself
compounds the power behind them.

By: Jan / The Faux Press

Jan / The Faux Press — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:37:03 +0000

Your simple complexity leaves much room for meaning. Thank you for not filling in all the blanks, Jay.

By: Kent Bye

Kent Bye — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:25:21 +0000

Beautiful little video poem there Jay.
Loved all of the close-ups that pan back to the wide world.
So many other great clips in there as well.
Thanks for sharing!
My favorite video from vbw07 so far.

By: Enric

Enric — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:19:23 +0000

The motion between shots (objects in frame, camera movement and zoom) is really nice.

By: cheryl

cheryl — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:19:04 +0000

I’m gonna assume that after shooting you helped the bee get out of the water.

By: schlomo

schlomo — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:12:15 +0000

Me likee!
Question though: when putting a CC license on this, what about the Cat Power song? I use copyrighted music often without any attibution to the creator (like your video), and wonder what exactly is CCed here?
Does CC really matter if we are just taking from others without attribution anyway?
This is classic Dedman video; really nice on a Wed morning.

By: tagami

tagami — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:51:40 +0000

The swimming bee has me mesmerized. The bike riders, the gulls, shadows… Moments in time. Wonderful!

By: juancarlosgonzalez

juancarlosgonzalez — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:48:25 +0000

delightfully sensual
& with little snipits of
haughnting climaxes
i love the way you jutoposition frames
my eyes widen, my eyebrows lift
i may let out a gasp then a sigh
for instance, arm waving shadow over
parallel white then you cut to
what looks like fleash burning
but is a hotdog
Briziiliant!
thanks for the ride
you’ve hit my reset button

By: Rupert

Rupert — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:26:20 +0000

i have been sitting here for about ten minutes trying to work out how to tell you why i loved this film, but i can’t. everything i say is either not enough or sounds like hyperbole/overexuberance, so fuck it:
your choice of moments is _______ the music choice is _______ the photography is _______ the editing is ______ and the combined effect of all of them together almost makes me ________ )))
thanks a lot

By: ryanne

ryanne — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:23:35 +0000

hurray for jay making videos!!
i love it.
i hope cat power is cc-ing her music now….
ah hem…

By: Clintus

Clintus — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:17:50 +0000

Love this kind of stuff. Seems like you and Ryanne do a lot of these. I need to bring my camera out more. I actually shot some stuff yesterday, totally thought of you two while I was shooting “moments”.