Tag: video

Tower Bridge The Night After The Jubilee River Pageant Flotilla

What: Tower Bridge The Night After The Jubilee River Pageant Flotilla

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When: June 4th, 2012

Where: Tower Bridge, London

Story: This Tower Bridge video was created by my friend Nick Smith to test his new Canon 5D Mark II. Not being a camera person I have no idea what that means, but what I can tell you is that this is an amazing video just for a ‘test’. Given that he is a professional cameraman this shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise, but I’m still blown away with many of the shots he gets. You can find out more about Nick’s work from his website: Newsworthy Vision.

Ever Wanted To Visit Every London Underground Station? Tim McCready’s Done It!

The video above shows Tim McCready (from Auckland, New Zealand) visiting every London Underground station on the network. While this does not include the DLR or Overground, visiting all 270 tube stations is no easy feat. Plus, he’s managed to choreograph himself, even though he filmed the stations out of order.

The only quibble tube purists might have about the video are the fact that he only includes one Hammersmith station (Circle and Hammersmith and City) and one Paddington station (Barkerloo, Circle and District) when there are in fact two of each. Still this is a very impressive achievement and one which I hope to match by walking between all the stations (overground). However, I still have a long way to go in my mission.

Found via this Reddit thread, where Tim explains how he went about filming himself at each station.

TUBE TUBE 5 – Ground Down – Tube Film Series

Ground Down is the fifth and last of the first batch of TUBE TUBE films to be released (don’t worry more are on their way over the next several weeks/months). At nearly 5 minutes it also the longest, which gives the characters a little bit more time to develop.

Ben Whybrow and James French play good friends discussing a recent mishap related to online dating. Since I don’t want to ruin the surprise, I won’t say anything more, but this instalment has the TUBE TUBE trademark of great dialogue that sounds like something you’d actually hear on the Tube. Director Ben A Williamns and producer Omar Kenawi are to be commended for their choice of actors in this and all previous TUBE TUBE episodes.

Finally, if you’d like to get in contact with them you can follow them on twitter @tubetubelondon, Like them on facebook and watch all their films on their YouTube channel. Also, you can read all my previous reviews of the TUBE TUBE series here.

So what did you think of this instalment? Leave your comments below:

TUBE TUBE 4 – Second First Date – Tube Film Series

Second First Date is the 4th film in the TUBE TUBE series. It brings back Nadine Lewington (TUBE TUBE 1 – Bonsai) and Timothy Knightley (TUBE TUBE 2 – Leave To Remain) and places them together in another awkward situation. Given the dialogue, I think it’s fairly safe to assume that each is reprising their respective characters from previous episodes.

Thus, this episode is both satisfying from the point of view of what happens to Timothy Knightley’s character and incredibly sad from the unexpectedly remorseful dialogue given by Nadine Lewington. Overall, another great episode that is made all the better by brining back previous characters.

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TUBE TUBE 3 – A Sunny Attitude – (Very) Short Film

This is the third instalment of the wonderful TUBE TUBE series. I won’t ruin what happens in this one, but if you’re in any way socially awkward (like me), you may see a secret fear confirmed.

As always you can watch all the TUBE TUBE videos on their YouTube channel and can also follow them on twitter @tubetubelondon and Like them on facebook.

What did you think of this instalement of the film? Love it, Hate it, let me know in the comment section below:

TUBE TUBE 2 – Leave To Remain – Tube Short Film Series

Leave To Remain is the second episode of the TUBE TUBE series. It is probably my favourite episode of the first five to have been released so far, and in some ways the most brutal. Timothy Knightley plays Lloyd an Aussie lothario who gets some great news and totally humiliates (intentionally or not) Mat Pinckney’s character (couldn’t catch a name I was informed by Mat via twitter that his character’s name was Paul) all in less than 2 minutes. Both are vying for Ruthie (played brilliantly by Natalie Hughes), but we already know what’s going to happen in the end.

Of course you’ll have to watch to find out for sure. Speaking of which, TUBE TUBE is a whole series of short films which you can watch on their YouTube channel. You can also follow them on Twitter @tubetubelondon and like their Facebook page. You can of course also stay up-to-date by subscribing to my blog through the various subscribe option on the right.

So what do you think of episode two? Better or worse than the first? Why?

New Short Film Series Set On The Tube – TUBE TUBE 1 – Bonsai

TUBE TUBE is a brand new short film series set entirely on the tube. In episode 1 Rob gives his theories about the types of women he meets from online dating in London. Overall, great acting and writing. You feel as though this is a conversation (well more monologue) that you could witness late at night on the tube. Although that being said, the main character is a bit more coherent than most after a few drinks.

I found the series via this post in reddit. Apparently the film is based off a true story in director Ben A Williams’ real life. Also, in case you’re wondering the crew did get rare special permission to film on the tube. This episode was also a finalist in Sundance London’s Short Film Competition.

You can stay up-to-date on the whole series by ‘liking’ TUBE TUBE on Facebook, following @tubetubelondon on twitter, and most importantly subscribing to their Youtube channel. I’m also going to be posting each one here so subscribe to my blog via the subscribe option on the right to stay up-to-date.

What did you think of the film?

Timeless – An Absolutely Stunning London Timelapse

Timeless is an absolutely stunning timelapse/slow motion short film of London by MB Films. It features most of the tourist/famous hot spots of central London including Piccadilly Circus, Chinatown, Palace of Westminster, London Eye and many more. The music is by Rael Jones and is a perfect accompaniment to the film. The one thing I did find amusing watching a film titled ‘Timeless’ is that I keep wondering when it was shot every time I got a glimpse of the Shard.

One of the greatest Timelapse videos I’ve seen of London, you can learn more about the technical specs and filming details on the MB Films blog post about the film.

New Video Featuring Area Around Waterloo And Canary Wharf

Hope you’re all having a great bank holiday weekend. I found this short video on reddit by user green_tito. It features some great random shots of London, primarily featuring the areas around Waterloo station (including Lower Marsh) and Canary Wharf. Do you notice how sunny everything looks in the video? Well that’s no accident as it was shot back in March, 2012 when we actually had a few weeks of nice weather.

London From A Whole New Angle – Amazing Video Flyover Video

London aerial 1 from JasonHawkes on Vimeo.

The video above has been making the rounds around the blogosphere recently and I thought I’d share it here too. It was made by Jason Hawkes, who also has some amazing nighttime photos of London on his website.

As you can see there are some really stunning night and day shots of central London, with the Shard in particular being the focus of a good portion of the video. Anyway you should probably stop reading this and watch the video, if you haven’t already.