I know, I know, I’m late to this party. But I really didn’t want to spent $5 to buy it on iTunes. Turns out you can stream Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog from Hulu. Thanks Hulu!

If you’re a Neil Patrick Harris fan (like me), or a Joss Whedon fan (like these people), or in search of funny musicals(?), you’ll love this.

I’m trying a creative experiment. I’ve been impressed with photographers I’ve seen who have done “a picture a day” and decided to give it a try myself. The basic idea is to take and post one image each day that represents something about that day. Some people go very hard core and only allow themselves to snap the shutter once each day – I’m taking a different approach and have made my own rules:

I have the first six days done! Check it out at www.anirama.com/apadblog.

The Police – “Wrapped Around Your Finger”
Music videos have made interesting use of varying camera speeds to create unusual effects. The Police used it in “Wrapped Around Your Finger” – by running the camera at 200% speed and a sound track for the band to sync to during the shoot at 2x, they created the effect of Sting and the boys moving curiously slow, but in time with the music.

U2 “With or Without You”
Due to low lighting on the set of U2′s “With or Without You” they were having problems getting the shots in focus. The director, Meirt Avis, suggested shooting at 6.25 fps (1/4 the standard 25fps in Britain) to get 2 stops more light and thus more depth of field. The finished footage was then printed with 4 frames for each original frame, bringing the final frame rate back to 25 fps. The end result was a stylized slo-mo/regular speed effect.

A great interview with Daniel Pearl, the cinematographer of both these videos, can be found here:
http://www.cinematography.net/Pages%20DW/Candle_Effect.htm