I Chume Immer Z'spät by Play Patrik

«I Chume Immer Z'spät» is an ode to the legendary slowness of the Bernese folks by local musician Play Patrik.
After seeing a documentary on how to create moving images from still-photos I decided to give this technique a try to capture the spirit of the song. The video was created on a budget of nine free-range eggs and three polystyrene eggs, so basically on a shoestring, for a song, for the love of it, for fun.
Maybe the slowness of this clip can help you relax in these stressful times. The song is available on iTunes.

Videos for Summer

Formidable De Vous Avoir Là from Steven Götz on Vimeo.


Parfaite from Steven Götz on Vimeo.


La Vie Est Une Plage from Steven Götz on Vimeo.


Waschmaschine from Steven Götz on Vimeo.


One Life? from Steven Götz on Vimeo.


Back To The Roots from Steven Götz on Vimeo.

It's summer and so hot, it's not easy to be productive. So for others feeling equally passive, that would like to at least watch something, here's the videos I did over the last couple of years.

Invisible Motion in Video

Scientists from the MIT have amazed me once again.
They have developed a method to amplify minute movements and colour changes in videos, to reveal literally a new world of information. Unfortunately it wasn't possible to embed the video, but if you klick here, this will take you to the full article with the film on the New York Times Blog.
At the website of Quanta Research Cambridge you can upload your own video to be enhanced by the team.

Making of «One Life?»

Patrik Zeller has just posted a making of video for our project «One Life?» on his blog.

«One Life?» Video for Kaleidoscope String Quartet

I just completed this video a couple of days ago. It is for a track called «One Life?» by the Kaleidoscope String Quartet. In it's original version it is purely strings. This video is for the remix by Patrik Zeller, who brought in some drums and electronic noodlings.

The epic scope of the sound inspired me to try timelapse photography for the first time. Little did I know, how much time this technique requires. For one minute of video you need 60 times 25 pictures, which makes 1500 individual photos. For a video of about six minutes length this means 9000 images. Considering you cannot use all the material and you need some room to play during editing, i reckon I must have taken between 15'000 and 20'000 photos for this project. Mind you, I'm very pleased with the result.

One Life? from Steven Götz on Vimeo.

Kessler Timefest 2011

Have you ever wondered how some of the amazing time-lapse videos are made? Films of passing clouds, the changing sky at night, etc? This documentary follows a group of professionals at the Kessler Timefest, where they try new equipment and share tips. Fascinating stuff.

Splitscreen

Simple ideas are the best. See the making of this video by JW Griffiths shot entirely on a NOKIA N8 here.

Splitscreen: A Love Story from JW Griffiths on Vimeo.

Amon Tobins new Live Show «ISAM»

This video shows the story of the live-show for Brazilian musician Amon Tobins latest album ISAM. Projections on 3D surfaces have been around for a couple of years now, but they still never seize to amaze me. One of the things I'd love to try out one day.

This however was done by the visual effects company Leviathan.

Formidable De Vous Avoir Là by Play>Patrik

«Formidable de vous avoir là» is a new song by Play>Patrik. We shot the video late last year around Bern and I put it together over the last few weeks. I'm coming to realize that good editing is an art unto itself. If you keep the movements flowing, then the audience doesn't notice the suspended logic of a space and of the actions. Fun to make, but a lot of work!