I think I'll start posting a video every Thursday (it says I posted this on Wednesday, but in fact it's Thursday, for whatever reason my blog thinks I live in California). I'll come up with a better title than "Thursday video post" later, just deal with it for now.
Beached II from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
Metal Heart from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
Bathtub II from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
I first saw still images skewed to create an effect of a small scale set a few years ago in a photo magazine called Contact Sheet. These still images struck me immediately, they forced me to question what I was seeing--had I not read the blurb at the beginning of the magazine I would have no doubt thought they were small scale reproductions--and they just simply looked fucking cool. Earlier this year I saw a video in Wholphin Magazine that used the same effect with film. Then I found Keith Loutit's Vimeo site; I'm not sure if he's the guy from the two magazines, but his videos are super cool (he uses a variety of techniques including tilt-shift and time-lapse photography). Personally, I don't think there's much more to these videos than what you see, a refreshing look at normal landscapes, but they are fun to watch.
My favorite is Metal Heart, it brings back memories of being five years old in Michigan and obsessing over monster trucks. Watching them on TV, playing with mini versions of the trucks, and imagining crushing other smaller lesser cars with them. I think I still have some Bigfoot kids books buried deep in my parent's basement.
-Choo-Choo
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