YouTube description: He was inside Jabba the Hut in “Return of the Jedi,” helped make “The Muppets” come alive and has been pulling the strings on Yoda since he was 19 years old. Meet Dave Barclay,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 month ago • 180 views • 3:12

Without neutrons, harnessing nuclear energy would be impossible. Try Audible free for 30 days: http://audible.com/veritasium I have a new documentary coming out in a few months - sign up here to be... continue reading

posted by b4rringt0n 1 month 2 weeks ago • 484 views • 7:38

nerdwriter analyses Goya's scary ass painting. I wonder if this has anything to do with the painting popping up in Altered Carbon? (it appears in a key characters appartment)

posted by ChaosEngine 3 months 2 weeks ago • 697 views • 8:47

Computers store text (or, at least, English text) as eight bits per character. There are plenty of more efficient ways that could work: so why don't we use them? And how can we fit more text into less... continue reading

This weekend we're welcoming back the show that has the monopoly on lurid violence, epic battles, and wholly unnecessary nudity: Game of Thrones. George R.R. Martin's ability to describe the crunching... continue reading

posted by Mekanikal 11 months 1 week ago • 103 views • 8:59

YouTube: The person we may find it hardest to be kind and sympathetic to is, surprisingly, ourselves. Yet being a friend to ourselves provides the only viable basis for living an emotionally fulfilled life.

posted by PlayhousePals 1 year 2 months 4 weeks ago • 157 views • 4:11

A scene in which nothing happens can be very important. Many great scenes are about what the characters are not saying. Here's one.

YouTube description: Animators had a few tricks up their slee...err gloves.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 4 months 2 weeks ago • 201 views • 4:57

What people consume in a movie says a lot about their character, but what does it mean when they drink milk? Let's take a look.

YouTube: Being polite isn't enough to win one friends. One needs also to learn the art of being warm: this begins with having the right sort of relationship to our own weaknesses and foibles

posted by PlayhousePals 1 year 5 months 4 weeks ago • 78 views • 4:32

"... In this episode we take a look at some facts, secrets, and history of Luigi. Luigi is was by Nintendo veteran Shigeru Miyamoto, and is portrayed as the fraternal twin brother of Mario. Luigi first... continue reading

posted by ant 1 year 9 months 3 weeks ago • 8 views • 7:36

YouTube description: Special Effects Makeup Artist Howard Berger ("The Chronicles of Narnia") reveals how he creates movie monsters. In this movie makeup tutorial, he demonstrates the process he... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 11 months ago • 23 views • 4:06

YouTube description: Pixar says Hank the Octopus wasn't possible with the technology available 13 years ago for "Finding Nemo." Find out how he came to life in "Finding Dory." (via digg)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years ago • 1,174 views • 3:54

An analysis of how Jake Gyllenhaal puts extreme detail into the eyes of his characters to better portray them on screen.

posted by blacklotus90 2 years 1 month 1 week ago • 144 views • 4:39

In case you were confused about who these characters are.

posted by nock 2 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 165 views • 4:58

Egads ... it's frightening how many of these internet 'sensations' I recognize! I need a life. YouTube: We see you’re on the Internet. That’s great, because we made a safety video starring the Internet.... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 3 years 3 weeks ago • 783 views • 6:08

A dissection of dialogue scenes from a few movies to illustrate the importance of framing and creating geometric shapes when filming multiple characters. The narrator focuses on The Bad Sleep Well (1960,... continue reading

posted by blacklotus90 3 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 946 views • 3:11

Please excuse any mistakes in the translation. Neither of the languages is my native one. :) "In China you don't have letters when writing. Instead you use characters, and each character is a word.... continue reading

posted by WaterDweller 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 171 views • 2:00

YouTube Description: For foreigners, learning to speak Chinese is a hard task. But learning to read the beautiful, often complex characters of the Chinese written language may be less difficult. ShaoLan... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 weeks ago • 658 views • 6:11