Taken by Jason Arber.
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!)
Comments
alex-lawrence
amazing
milkybrain
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
Epic 24 failnews
davidwatts1978
I love it.. a nice tag would be ‘the day today’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K9_mQ9sGBQ
Ethan Bodnar
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
Adam Buxton did something similar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4pY3QtiGyo
{ typolicious }
Absolutely awesome
Pixelsurgeon
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
no way yours is far better, its has greater suspense and engagement, your music is perfect and your titles are genius
Ti.mo
Nicely done. The “Adam Buxton” vide is from Time Trumpet.
Marc Johns
Wow - this is oddly amazing.
ario_j
Hi, I’m an admin for a group called Information Anxiety, and we’d love to have this added to the group!
waxpancake
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
OMG
This is just amazing!
djloche
this is incredible!
combray
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
I liked your better … GENIUS
MattFM
This was originally done on a BBC Two comedy series called Broken News. This is really well executed though.
Christopher Chan
Very cool !
— Seen on netvibes.com (?)
4braham
Awesome!
metkere
Good news!
markschoneveld
Beautiful.
tfilter
holy cow incredible
joetomczak
If only. Well done.
yuri_g_laz
Really, really creepy.
damienvanachter
love it !
Horatio Nelson
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
nice music
theantibride
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.
duruk
This is amazing. Soo gloomy
sonnyg80
Awesome - a case of fantasy that we all wish happened now n then.
Espressobuzz
Brilliant!!!! Wish it went on longer.
hkos
very cool!
i’d also wish there was a downloadable (maybe higher res) version :)
tysonwilliams.com
Awesome !
rohit.nair
Amazing!! Brilliant work!
yhancik
Wonderful !
you should love this www.davidtinapple.com/video/debatebreath/debatebreath.mov
from www.davidtinapple.com/
Garrulus
Very good. Thanks.
deadrobot
Creepy, beautiful and thoughtful. Nice crawl graphics too!
MattFM
@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
Cool stuff… see also… www.davidtinapple.com/video/debatebreath/debatebreath.mov
Chris Nixon
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
No news is good news.
Especially good in this case.
Smitty1276
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
Excellent !
gblakeman
really cool
maximm
great video piece world in satory thanks!
rosewal
positively stunning. thanks for making and sharing
8ofspades
This is so eerie, I love it!
Zlatko Unger
pretty cool
— Seen on reddit.com (?)
dsprankle
@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
This profoundly moved me. What if? What if?
end.paradox
Really fantastic. Really, really well done. The music fits perfectly, as well.
It makes one think. A lot.
Binder.donedat
Brilliant. Goes to favorites!
mauskov
This reminds me a lot of Koyaanisqatsi … very cool stuff.
friedmandesigns
yes, yes, and yes. thank you for the creating.
Gargz
amazing
ConstantineD
Brilliant!!!
MarkDM
Great work, but c’mon - no cute baby animals? Anywhere? Totally unrealistic. ;)
Also, it reminds me of an old TV show (Mary Tyler Moore, maybe) in which the weatherman was pissed off about something or other. His report consisted of a single line: “There is no weather, anywhere in the world, to report today.”
techno-politics
fabulous.
davidmccabe
The music, the scrolling, and the suspended animation gave me a flashback of SimCity with the game paused. Anyways, superb.
foxtwofoxtwo
the best news I’ve heard all week.
mohamedn
oh how i wish it was true…
Mckirkus
Magical. The awkwardness is deafening.
carianoff
Fantastic.
freshclaws
well done, Ben