The Making of the Leica M9-P

Just watched this lovely 'making of' film for Leica via @hutchyaaronJust overwhelming craftsmanship on show - with a beautiful end product. This is why Steve Jobs would always refer to a Leica camera as a benchmark of beautiful design, fit and finish.

I love the way it's been shot too - just a series of simple close ups, very unassuming. Just showing in (extreme) detail each and every element coming together. Craftsmanship porn.

Watch the making of the Leica M9-P »Edition Hermès« – Série Limitée Jean-Louis Dumas, introduced in Berlin at the "LEICA - DAS WESENTLICHE" on May 10, 2012. This limited edition is a celebration of the friendship and collaboration between Jean-Louis Dumas, the former president of Hermès, who died in May 2010, and Leica Camera AG.

Everynone - Ball

Great new piece from Everynone, about anything round shaped, or more specifically ball shaped.

Directed by Daniel Mercadante Music: J.S. Bach - "Nun Freut Euch" Performed by: Grigory Sokolov (Most images found via Google Image Search) http://www.everynone.com http://www.danielmercadante.com

I don't know what's more impressive - the feat of researching, collating and editing all the images together so beautifully or the gorgeous sound design, seamlessly moving through all the sonic landscapes that are associated with these shapes.

Awesome Channel Idents!

Animade, an animation company I'm a big fan of, just brought out some very cool idents for a Ukranian children's TV channel. Just so simple, cute, funny and a real sense of playfulness. I wish I could watch that kids tv channel!

Favourite Batman sign?

I have to wait a few more weeks to see The Dark Knight Rises, so Batman is playing on my mind.

Here's a great little collection of some of the best Batman signs, nicely laid out too.

ᔥ Via Reddit

And here's a little animation I saw a while back showing how they've evolved through time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKR_4kRDR9s

The Master - Official Trailer

Here's the first official trailer (after the two insanely great teasers) of The Master, from Paul Thomas Anderson.

Subscribe to FilmTrailerZone: http://ow.ly/adpvg Like us on Facebook: http://ow.ly/rduc2 Follow us on Twitter: http://ow.ly/ay0gU The Master - Official Trailer (2012) Release Date: September 14, 2012 Studio: The Weinstein Company Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Screenwriter: Paul Thomas Anderson Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Jesse Plemons, David Warshofsky, Amy Adams, Rami Malek Genre: Drama Plot Summary: Set in America in the years following World War II, a charismatic intellectual (Philip Seymour Hoffman) launches a faith-based organization and taps a young drifter (Joaquin Phoenix) as his right-hand man.

This looks brilliant, but I can't help feel that this full trailer doesn't live up to the first teaser. That individual scene with a confused and almost naive Joaquin Phoenix being interviewed/interrogated was so visceral, generating so much mood with so little, was just breathtaking. It was always going to be hard to live up to that.