Very slick concept for an agency site from german based Neteye.
The projects are floating around in an interactive 3d space, detailed case studies are presented as a showreel.
Interesting Video Ad, reminds me of the “Animator vs. Animation” Flash-Movies, but much more appealing and catchy with real video instead of vector animation. Though it’s quite heavy to load, I think it’s one of the best uses of streaming video in online advertising around today.
(More Advertising formats, with and without video at bannerblog).
Sort-of non-linear video of car-driving at night (cockpit view) is used to create a sort-of driving-game. The obvious lack of interactivity is compensated by an interesting narration and the cinematographic look.
www.cicatriz.se has been released!
This is the first broadband project by www.mocoro.com
Cicatriz web shop showcases Cicatriz Clothing spring collection using a LO-FI video interface, minimal sounds and a Mac friendly mouse wheel “jump-to-product” / scrubbing feature.
Cicatriz products are displayed using entirely video. Click “View details” to get a higher resolution video with product close-ups.
The shopping interface comes on top of each product’s video, making the add-to-cart process very intuitive. The web shop has been fully developed in Flash and PHP, delivering an integrated solution and avoiding external links such as PayPal.
Finally, I would like to mention the great sound design by Olle Cornéer, www.dibaba.com & www.dadalife.com
Ever felt lost at Youtube?
You’ve surfed the site for hours but found nothing different than some funny clips?
Well, that millions of internet videos need editorial selection is no secret. That’s probably the reason why everyone is talking about Joost these days. But until this big player leaves the beta status and opens up the doors for public, you can check some independent WEB TV stations.
Neave.tv
Simple interface, content in five categories (Short Film, Technology, Subversive, Music, Weird).
Specialten.tv - curating the web
Very good content - Music Videos, Short films and documentaries. The have a top ten list and send you a newsletter with their top selections
OH! - Video Magazine
It’s more a magazine than a TV station. They choose videos twice a year and publish them in 6 categories (Video Art, Short Film, Music Video, Animation, Interview and Documentation)
QOOB - broadcasting ideas
QOOB is a community driven approach. You can become a member and upload videos, the editorial staff will choose whether your video is shown or not. They try to push the community idea by featuring different contests.
So what do you think about editorial driven Web TV stations?
Axe has a new Interactive Video Website online.
It’s beuatifully shot (very raw, digital) and has a very nice fullscreen option. But as many video sites these days it lacks real interactivity. The only choice for the user is to click on “Let the game continue” once in a while. Therefore he story gets boring, because the plot gets repepitive (boy meets girl). What rescues the site from being odd is the very ironic tone know from all Axe campaings.
Nice idea for a video e-card!
I recognized a new trend for product websites latletly - many companies present there product range in a very ironic way. The trend started with last year’s award-winning ShaveEverywhere, where a charming host in a white bathrobe introduces you to the stunning features of a new type of shaver. Followers have been the Friends of Bright, telling you that a whitening gum helps you to step on the bright side of life, or the Great Pockets campaign, which offers you a whole fashion line with huge pockets to carry all your digital devices, just to tell you that you don’t need those clothes, if you have all devices in one Nokia mobile phone.
Almost bringing it to the absurd is the new site Save the Monkeys. (Slogan: “You must stop eating bananas - bananas are for monkeys. Save the monkey - save the world!”) The promoted product is a protein drink - got the connection?
The remaining question is, if the visitor always has the attention and patience to get the connection between the ironic campaign and the product. What do you think about it?
Yugop developed the Eye Project for japanese telecom company KDDI. Customers can send videos or pictures from their mobile phones to the website, where they become integrated into a moving mosaic.
In the Archive section, they used Papervision 3d to map the mosaic onto a threedimensional shape. Papervision 3d is a open source 3d engine for Flash.
“Exploring the digital medium as a means for creating compositions through the logic of code and a little playful imagination. ”
Eric Natzke works on the intersection of design and technology. He uses Flash and advanced coding to generate beautiful still images and movies. See his Flickr accout, too.