Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Color layering

A technique I've noticed in music videos--they take video of a performer, reduce it to a single color, and overlap several layers each reduced to its own color.

It can be done in a simple, synchronized way, as in The Veronicas' "Lolita":

Or in a much more sophisticated, unsynchronized way, as in androp's "Boohoo":

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Ice cream cookie

It's hard to describe this item of food, a Giant Caplico Cone:

Giant Caplico Ice-cream Cone

It tastes a lot like a wafer cookie, but in this case the wafer is in the form of an ice-cream cone and the filling is foamed and in the shape of ice-cream:

Caplico Cone unveiled

I can attest to the fact that it is highly edible:

Inside a Caplico Cone

Sunday, May 20, 2012

The Top Song

One way to save money on choreography is to have everyone sit in chairs.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Let's try to explain...

A Japanese music video:

A girl runs with toast in her mouth, late to a dance competition judged by an anthropomorphic onion. She desperately wants to win the competition as the prize is a huge pile of candy. Unfortunately, a dancing robot stands in her way. A pitched battle ensues, and the girl emerges victorious.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Friday, July 8, 2011