friday mornings with Joel

did everyone see the mr robot finale last night?

this article provides some great insight into why it looks the way it does. por ejemplo:

Fitting for a show about those occupying society’s technological substrata, Mr. Robot’s characters are often placed at the very bottom of the frame. This leaves massive amounts of headroom that suggests a great weight hanging over their heads, and echoes their isolation: When they’re talking right to each other, they seem alone. In more conventional filmmaking, conversations are cut with the characters looking at each other from opposite ends of the frame, leaving what’s known as “leading room” between their faces that helps convey the physical space they occupy. Mr. Robot inverses the norm by “shortsighting” the characters, positioning their faces at the edge of the frame closest toward the person to whom they're speaking.

“Shortsighting is unnerving,” Campbell explains. “It further accentuates how fucked-up Elliot’s world is. The idea was to convey the loneliness. That's the internal dialogue I had with myself: How do we tell that story? How do you get Elliot across?”

The effect goes a long way in selling audiences on the mounting paranoia and dissociation of the show’s main character, hacker Elliot Alderson (Malek). Without the usual pattern to help us intuit spatial relationships, these scenes create the sense that the characters don’t know where they stand in relation to one another.

Cooper's got tricks!

Here's Cooper. He's got tricks!

want more? me too, here's part two:

your turn rascal!

CATFISH

This about as good a team goal as you will see, and should be a rival of the goal of the tournament. It’s so good in fact it almost looks faked, an uncanny valley of brilliant football from by the reigning world champions, Japan. Though Mizhuo Sakaguchi’s wonderful curled shot would be worthy of any highlight reel on its own, the build up—a back-heel, a perfectly timed feint, and then the one touch finish—transforms this into something else. (via)

more good news

there's a gif recap of yesterday's llama chase.

this is my favorite one.

magic for dogs

and homework for melissa / isabellagetdown.


thx matt and ktv!

backwards wheelie wed

bike trickz are one thing, but these are all done on a road bike! backwards downhill wheelie begins at 3:43

dogs having the MOST fun

IRL carrie trailer

Engineered and executed by Sony, "Telekinetic Coffee Shop Surprise" is, in reality, a promotion for the upcoming Carrie adaptation starring Chloë Moretz and Julianne Moore. (via)

your fortnightly boat

parbuckling maneuver : complete!

mi llamo kylie y este es mi DREAM BEAR.

i cant get this bear video to embed BUT YOU HAVE TO CLICK IT RIGHT NOW!!!

(his hands at 2:14 are proof that it's DJV in a bear suit.)

success / failure

(via)

charlie is a good doggie

with a special trick

GURL!

you must watch this.

brace yourself.

you'll never believe what this puppy can do.

kimmel trix

these acrobatic puppies won America's Got Talent last night

handstands, crawling, rolling, backflips, wheelbarrow races... isabella you're up

i love this stuff.

jimmy kimmel is back with more kid-pranking.

this isn't cute at all.

it's just a stupid otter who's too dumb to stack some cups.

srsly, it's skippable.

practice makes puppy perfect

thx flim.