The Day There Was No News
Today there was no news. And here is the proof.
Music: Ben Frost - Theory of Machines
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(I'm also well aware that Time Trumpet did a very similar concept, but I had never seen it or knew of its existence until you wonderful folks drew my attention to it. A tip of the hat to Adam Buxton and Armando Ianucci for being first!)
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Michael Surtees, NYBetty_Finds, kevincoffey, Adam Bognar, and 929 other people added this video to their favorites.
milkybrain (50 months ago | reply)
Interesting. Makes me think of what really is classed as news. And also in what way this could happen. Maybe if all forms of modern communication was down for a day, phone,internet etc. A communication black out. So the presenters would have to talk about what happen to them today.
kevincoffey (50 months ago | reply)
Epic 24 failnews
davidwatts1978 (50 months ago | reply)
I love it.. a nice tag would be 'the day today'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K9_mQ9sGBQ
Ethan Bodnar (50 months ago | reply)
Personally, I am so intrigued by the concept of this visual moving imagery. Along with possessing an aesthetic appeal accompanied with the perfect music, the meaning is deep. When the news anchors look straight into the camera with nothing to say, it almost has a feeling of relief.
preshaa (50 months ago | reply)
Adam Buxton did something similar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4pY3QtiGyo
{typolicious} [deleted] (49 months ago | reply)
Absolutely awesome
Jason Arber (49 months ago | reply)
Ha! Never seen Adam Buxton's video before! He's clearly as fascinated by the blankness newscasters exude when they're not reading the news as I am. His video is better than mine, however, godammit.
davidwatts1978 (49 months ago | reply)
no way yours is far better, its has greater suspense and engagement, your music is perfect and your titles are genius
Ti.mo (49 months ago | reply)
Nicely done. The "Adam Buxton" vide is from Time Trumpet.
Marc Johns (49 months ago | reply)
Wow - this is oddly amazing.
ario_ (49 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Information Anxiety, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
waxpancake (49 months ago | reply)
A day without news would be hugely newsworthy. "Nobody Died" and "There Is No War" alone would be top stories, and all the news stations would go on a 24-hour No News Watch.
Dv0rsky (49 months ago | reply)
OMG
This is just amazing!
djloche (49 months ago | reply)
this is incredible!
combray (49 months ago | reply)
The saddest thing about this video is that there's never a day without news... how many wars are going on right now? How many Mugabes or Kim Jong Ils are out there doing things and we don't bother to report on it? I know this is a commentary on crap that they put on the TV but still, what they don't say is probably way more important.
GriLLo (49 months ago | reply)
I liked your better ... GENIUS
MattFM (49 months ago | reply)
This was originally done on a BBC Two comedy series called Broken News. This is really well executed though.
Christopher Chan (49 months ago | reply)
Very cool !
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abraham.williams (49 months ago | reply)
Awesome!
metkere (49 months ago | reply)
Good news!
yvynyl (49 months ago | reply)
Beautiful.
tfilterold [deleted] (49 months ago | reply)
holy cow incredible
joetomczak (49 months ago | reply)
If only. Well done.
yuri_g_laz (49 months ago | reply)
Really, really creepy.
damienvanachter (49 months ago | reply)
love it !
Horatio Nelson (49 months ago | reply)
Superb ! Can someone send me the actual file...? Can't download from here but would love to have a copy. Will be credited ! Thanks.
jonrawlinson (49 months ago | reply)
nice music
theantibride (49 months ago | reply)
powerful stuff here. great music, as well. i'd love a way to download this or embed it, if at all possible, and would most certainly credit you! this is really fantastic.
cduruk (49 months ago | reply)
This is amazing. Soo gloomy
sonnyg80 (49 months ago | reply)
Awesome - a case of fantasy that we all wish happened now n then.
EspressoBuzz (49 months ago | reply)
Brilliant!!!!
Wish it went on longer.
hkos (49 months ago | reply)
very cool!
i'd also wish there was a downloadable (maybe higher res) version :)
tysonwilliams.com (49 months ago | reply)
Awesome !
rowhith (49 months ago | reply)
Amazing!! Brilliant work!
yhancik (49 months ago | reply)
Wonderful !
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f_r_e [deleted] (49 months ago | reply)
Very good. Thanks.
deadrobot (49 months ago | reply)
Creepy, beautiful and thoughtful. Nice crawl graphics too!
MattFM (49 months ago | reply)
@deadrobot You should have seen the graphics these replaced only a few weeks ago. These are hideous in comparison. They're hideous on their own in my opinion.
fo.ol (49 months ago | reply)
Cool stuff... see also... www.davidtinapple.com/video/debatebreath/deba tebreath.mov
Chris Nixon (49 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Video Central, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Awesome video. Love it!
the idle hour (49 months ago | reply)
No news is good news.
Especially good in this case.
Smitty1276 (49 months ago | reply)
I think this speaks to a particularly sensationalist, pessimistic mindset. The fact that it didn't even occur to you that maybe people would like to hear some positive reporting on the world around them speaks volumes, I think.
No terrorist attacks, therefore reporters have nothing to talk about. What a sad commentary on the media.
minilobo (49 months ago | reply)
Excellent !
gblakeman (49 months ago | reply)
really cool
maximm (49 months ago | reply)
great video piece
world in satory
thanks!
rosewal (49 months ago | reply)
positively stunning. thanks for making and sharing
8ofspades (49 months ago | reply)
This is so eerie, I love it!
Zlatko Unger (49 months ago | reply)
pretty cool
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dsprankle (49 months ago | reply)
@pixelsurgeon: No really, this is better than the other attempt. You somehow manage to infuse this desperation into your piece. At first, it's great, it's clever, but then you realize what this entails--nothing good happened, but nothing bad happened either. The expression of blankness manages to both calm you and make you uncomfortable.
I especially like the string "There is no war [...] There are no funny stories."
fensterleben (49 months ago | reply)
This profoundly moved me. What if? What if?