January in Japan from Scott Gold on Vimeo. Wife and I went to Japan in January, it’s a beautiful place and a beautiful culture. Music: Daughters by Tony Anderson. The Music Bed: http://www.themusicbed.com/#!/artist/Tony-Anderson-7054/ iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/finding-home-original-soundtrack/id779764998 Places visited: Tokyo Kyoto Yudanaka What you’ll see: Tsukiji Fish Market Gion District Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Tournament Shibuya Crossing Shinkansen Bullet Trains Yudanaka Outdoor Onsen Jigokudani Snow Monkeys Traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony Tokyo Skytree Fushimi Inari Shrine/Gates Nijō Castle Ninomaru Palace Details: Camera: Canon 5DMK3 with Magic Lantern firmware and LightForm Cinema C preset, shot mostly at 60p. Lenses: Canon 24-105mm 4.0 IS and the Canon 50mm 1.4 Edited on: Premiere CC Color correction: Colorista II and Film Convert Pro 2

Gunkanjima – Google Maps Street View of Battleship Island from augment5 Inc. on Vimeo.

Client : Google

Producer : Hidetaka Ino
Director+Cam+Edit : Yasuhito Tsuge
Assistant : Yu Aoki
Composer : Yasuhiro Nakashima
yasuhironakashima.com/
Aerial Shoot : Jun Ikeda , Hisashi Tamoto（Aozora Eizo）
aozoraeizo.com/

Production : augment5 Inc.
augment5.com/

– Release 2013/06/28
googlejapan.blogspot.jp/2013/06/blog-post_28.html

– Detail about This Project (from designtaxi.com)
designtaxi.com/news/358943/Explore-Japan-s-Abandoned-Battleship-Island-With-Google-Maps/

In the recent James Bond movie ‘Skyfall’, the villain’s secret hideout was located on a deserted island filled with derelict buildings. That location was actually based on Hashima, also known as Battleship Island, an island off the coast of Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.

Google Maps has mapped the uninhabited island using Google Trekker, allowing anyone to explore the area on their desktop.

Hashima was populated from the late 19th century to the 1970s as a coal mining facility. The island was then completely abandoned, only opening up to the public again in 2009.

However, many parts of the island are off limits to tourists as it is unsafe; strong winds have been known to cause parts of buildings to collapse, due to the deteriorating condition.

Google, with the assistance of Nagasaki City, was able to “collect imagery with the Google Trekker beyond the cordoned-off areas for tourists and into off-limits paths around the island”. They were also able to use their ‘Business Photos’ technology to give a glimpse into the “abandoned buildings, complete with ancient black-and-white TVs and discarded soda bottles”.

NHDK from victor enrich on Vimeo.
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NH Deutscher Kaiser Hotel, Munich.
Stills on victorenrich.com/?page_id=4001

Making The Leadenhall Building from Paul Raftery and Dan Lowe on Vimeo.

Balmorhea – Pyrakantha [official] from Colin Kennedy on Vimeo.

Shot at twilight over the course of 42 days from November 2012 – February 2013.
The video for "Pyrakantha" by Balmorhea { balmorheamusic.com } follows professional skateboarder Danny Garcia as he navigates Los Angeles in the final moments of daylight.

Balmorhea’s latest album "Stranger" is out now on westernvinyl.com

Director/Camera/Edit | Colin Kennedy
Skateboarder | Danny Garcia { habitatfootwear.com }
Colorist | Michael Mintz for Margarita Mix Hollywood { LAstudios.com }
Sound Mix | Michelle Garuik for Grind Music + Sound Inc. { Grindinc.com }
Production Assistants | Johnny Franck, Dayla Kennedy, Zach Driscoll, Ryan Dearth
Production Company | Yearbook

Special Thanks to everyone who waited patiently with me as the sun went down.