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Fire and Ice — the Story of Comet LoveJoy

clinton waller — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:52:13 +0000

In December of 2011 a large comet named LoveJoy plunged toward the Sun and certain destruction; however, the truth ended up being stranger than fiction and comet LoveJoy survived its close encounter with our fiery star..

The nature scenes of ice waterfalls from the Nelson BC Canada area in the Kootenays seemed to me an interesting parallel to the ice comet named LoveJoy.

The music is a mixture of Blue Rock Creek, a Euphoric binaural beat frequency and me banging away on some crystal bowls; try using headphones and see what happens to you.

How to Win Castle Wars 2 – a strategy guide

clinton waller — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:34:51 +0000

Here is a quick strategy guide on how to win Castle Wars 2:

HD Video and Original Music Soundtrack by Clinton Waller

The key to winning Castle Wars 2 is to dominate resource production and deny your opponent resources. This is done by playing resource production cards on your own castle, resource destructive cards on your enemy’s castle, and of course everyone’s favourite: The Thief. Another trick is to play with a small deck so that your favourite cards come up more often. I use a 77 card deck with great success.

The background audio was created by me.. it contains an electric guitar synth, some flowing water from a fresh mountain stream, and a binaural beat frequency intended to heal relationships.

Good luck and have fun!

ps.. I finally figured out how to adjust the tint over time and you can see this subtle effect in action on the watery background flowing behind the game panel.

Spirit Serenade over Loki’s Peak — timelapse clouds over Kootenay Lake

clinton waller — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:25:47 +0000

The longer I live in the Kootenays, the more I love it. Here are some views of winter coming down the mountains and the secret dealings of spirits over Loki’s peak from my hidden beach on Kootenay Lake.

Music is “Dreamy Cybernetic” by the artist ‘Re-Horakhty’ from the album ‘Under the Moss”.

FAQ:

Q.] how fast are the clouds?
A.] all the cloud scenes are 20x timelapse

Red maple leaf tree Glows like Fire in the autumn Sun

clinton waller — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:11:43 +0000

this is my passion..

why does a wise sage burn his books?

Vesta Spins to the Dawn Chorus (views from outer space)

clinton waller — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:54:57 +0000

There is a special folder I use to save bits of historical footage you probably never saw. Every once in a rare while, I make a random movie out of this black detritus and today you get to take a spin on Vesta to the Dawn Chorus..

Music is “Dawn Chorus” by Boards of Canada

This movie contains footage from four different films:

1.) a flight over Vesta by the Dawn Mission probe in the asteroid belt
2.) weather balloon explodes in slow motion at high earth altitude
3.) the Sun spits plasma from a series of sunspots
4.) the International Space Station flies over Earth during a solar storm

My favourite part is the view of Earth’s green energy shield at 2:22

Gratitude to NASA, SpaceWeather.com and Boards of Canada.

Wassabi Collective Dirty Bass Grunge-step Jam Session

clinton waller — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:06:56 +0000

The Wassabi Collective lays down some extra rich dirty bass in this grunge-step jam session in Nelson BC:

Click here to learn more about the Wassabi Collective.

Gratitude to the random stranger in the bagman fight scene — we think his name was Glen. We found him on Jam Factory Lane.

Technical Notes:

Most of this video was filmed using the Panasonic AG-HMC150P high definition camera at 1080p using a tripod with fluid head for smooth, steady shots.

In the scene where a car can be seen driving away from Gisto (the bagman) I used a Sony HDR-XR200 HandyCam mounted to the exterior of the car using a vacuum mount — a little risky but worth the effort to yield this unique view.

The audio was recorded live using a R0DE shotgun mic with the input levels turned down low to prevent clipping which rendered a full, rich loud sound with minimal distortion.

The final video was assembled, edited, and composited using Final Cut Express and some filters from FxFactory Pro.

Crazy Shaman Hikes the Pulpit Rock Trail in Nelson BC Canada (deep delta binaural)

clinton waller — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:54:15 +0000

I have climbed the Pulpit Rock and I have no sermon for you.

Technical Notes:

I shot these photos using a Nikon D5000 and a zoom lens. Selected photos were shined up and exported as an origami photo slideshow using Aperture 3.

Next I created a simple harmony chord track with a few little twists using GarageBand 11 and an M-AUDIO KeyRig 49. I exported my audio creation at CD quality to generate an .aif file.

iMovie 11 was used to merge the Aperture 3 photo slideshow, GarageBand 11 .aif audio track, and a tri-thalmic binaural beat frequency, said to stimulate the third eye.

The red headphones are new.. I finally found a good stock image and purchased some reprint rights and I feel good about this — supporting artists and keeping copyright content legit. I’ll let you wonder how I made that video effect but will let you know it can be done using only iMovie 11 and Mac OSX Snow Leopard’s Preview program.

May you be blessed..