>> ^bareboards2:

http://videosift.com/video/Theo-Jansen-and-his-Sculpture-Babies-
Man-Makes-Life
There you go.
NOT A DUPE. Not even close to a dupe. An excerpt is not a dupe! @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://videosift.com/member/mxxcon" title="member since April 27th, 2009" class="profilelink">mxxcon, thanks for remembering the prior two versions of this man's work.

>> ^Kalle:
Great but too short..
and i want a closeup hehe



no, it's not this video. it was much longer. Theo showed different evolutionary designs of legs and how water pump system works in these devices. and it wasn't his TED talk either..

http://videosift.com/video/Theo-Jansen-and-his-Sculpture-Babies-Man-Makes-Life

There you go.

NOT A DUPE. Not even close to a dupe. An excerpt is not a dupe! @mxxcon, thanks for remembering the prior two versions of this man's work.



>> ^Kalle:

Great but too short..
and i want a closeup hehe

Great but too short..
and i want a closeup hehe

*isdupe

nothing in over an hour. A slice closeup does not constitute meaningful content.

...poll anyone?
>> ^Fusionaut:

I think it is a dupe. This one has excerpts of the other one but the audio seems lower or something. It's the same thing though. dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Foul-Ball-Spilled-Beer-Thrown-Pizza
But maybe a little discussion might be in order? hmmmmm?
>> ^Stingray:
Sorta dupish: http://videosift.com/video/Foul-Ball-Spilled-Beer-Thrown-Pizza

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>> ^grinter:

>> ^Friesian:
That has to be some of the worst editing and voiceover work I've seen. Shame though, because the spiders were pretty cool subject matter.

If biologist were paid what BBC producers were, then maybe it would make sense that you are complaining. As it is, I think this video is a pretty good value.
If you want cheesy, polished narration, check out the ABC version:
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3160792.htm


I never said I wanted cheesy, polished narration. Nor do I expect high quality swooping shots of glorious vistas, all edited together in a magical and breathtaking piece of art.

However, I would have liked something which didn't have varying background sound levels (it could easily have been muted or evened out during the closeups with voiceover). I would have also liked less shots of the same thing. "This female is watching carefully", followed by "And this one as well", followed by a third "Another female arrives on the scene", followed by 20 seconds of random shots of the females. There was no context to those shots - they could have been stock footage of unconnected females that was added into the film solely to pad it out. They didn't add anything to the purpose of the film, which was showcasing the mating behaviour, and they didn't really tie into the overall direction of the narration.

The video is indeed pretty good value, but I think it's a shame that there are several small things that could be improved without having to be ABC and without a massive time/money investment. No idea if I'm the only one, but while the content was very interesting I did not watch the whole 6.5 minute clip, which to me is indicative of the mistakes I mentioned.

watch it again and imagine yer the owl
(the closeup before the kick)
OWL: Damn, that hurt! Oh, hey, whats up dude. what are yo...SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT

>> ^solecist:

wait, what happened? did the gun behind him go off? fuck, break has terrible quality videos.


This one is a little better with a closeup as well.

That's how you know they are ready, it's like a meat thermometer, but for girls.

Upvode for gratuitous use of "closeups".>> ^raverman:

One solid fart and your undies fall off.

>> ^Kevlar:

The sift is really missing out - you've finally uncovered a video that fits asia, but not wtf!


the intense audio, lighting and closeups are still a little bit wtf

A lot of beautiful closeups. You could even see the pollen sticking to the legs and abdomens of the bees in some shots. Very nice.

Why thank you very much.

In reply to this comment by NicoleBee:
*doublepromote

>> ^grinter:

..sounds like they could have used some of that oil on the squeaky door behind them.
I figured someone was practicing making balloon animals.

I wouldn't, in all likelihood there will be a disaster in the direction I ran.

In reply to this comment by dannym3141:
With russia's past history of huge disasters i would be running very fast in the opposite direction.

Your video, Closeup view of MASSIVE oil tank explosion in Russia, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

>> ^Powel6016:

What were they really hauling?


Communism