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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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01
alex-lawrence

amazing

02
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.

03
kevincoffey

Epic 24 failnews

04
davidwatts1978

I love it.. a nice tag would be ‘the day today’

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K9_mQ9sGBQ

05
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.

06
preshaa

Adam Buxton did something similar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4pY3QtiGyo

07
{ typolicious }

Absolutely awesome

08
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.

09
davidwatts1978

no way yours is far better, its has greater suspense and engagement, your music is perfect and your titles are genius

10
Ti.mo

Nicely done. The “Adam Buxton” vide is from Time Trumpet.

11
Marc Johns

Wow - this is oddly amazing.

12
ario_j

Hi, I’m an admin for a group called Information Anxiety, and we’d love to have this added to the group!

13
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.

14
Dv0rsky

OMG

This is just amazing!

15
djloche

this is incredible!

16
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.

17
GriLLo

I liked your better … GENIUS

18
MattFM

This was originally done on a BBC Two comedy series called Broken News. This is really well executed though.

19
Christopher Chan

Very cool !

— Seen on netvibes.com (?)

20
4braham

Awesome!

21
metkere

Good news!

22
markschoneveld

Beautiful.

23
tfilter

holy cow incredible

24
joetomczak

If only. Well done.

25
yuri_g_laz

Really, really creepy.

26
damienvanachter

love it !

27
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.

28
jonrawlinson

nice music

29
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.

30
duruk

This is amazing. Soo gloomy

31
sonnyg80

Awesome - a case of fantasy that we all wish happened now n then.

32
Espressobuzz

Brilliant!!!! Wish it went on longer.

33
hkos

very cool!

i’d also wish there was a downloadable (maybe higher res) version :)

34
tysonwilliams.com

Awesome !

35
rohit.nair

Amazing!! Brilliant work!

36
yhancik

Wonderful !

you should love this www.davidtinapple.com/video/debatebreath/debatebreath.mov

from www.davidtinapple.com/

37
Garrulus

Very good. Thanks.

38
deadrobot

Creepy, beautiful and thoughtful. Nice crawl graphics too!

39
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.

40
fo.ol

Cool stuff… see also… www.davidtinapple.com/video/debatebreath/debatebreath.mov

41
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!

42
the idle hour

No news is good news.

Especially good in this case.

43
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.

44
minilobo

Excellent !

45
gblakeman

really cool

46
maximm

great video piece world in satory thanks!

47
rosewal

positively stunning. thanks for making and sharing

48
8ofspades

This is so eerie, I love it!

49
Zlatko Unger

pretty cool

— Seen on reddit.com (?)

50
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.”

51
fensterleben

This profoundly moved me. What if? What if?

52
end.paradox

Really fantastic. Really, really well done. The music fits perfectly, as well.

It makes one think. A lot.

53
Binder.donedat

Brilliant. Goes to favorites!

54
mauskov

This reminds me a lot of Koyaanisqatsi … very cool stuff.

55
friedmandesigns

yes, yes, and yes. thank you for the creating.

56
Gargz

amazing

57
ConstantineD

Brilliant!!!

58
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.”

59
techno-politics

fabulous.

60
davidmccabe

The music, the scrolling, and the suspended animation gave me a flashback of SimCity with the game paused. Anyways, superb.

61
foxtwofoxtwo

the best news I’ve heard all week.

62
mohamedn

oh how i wish it was true…

63
Mckirkus

Magical. The awkwardness is deafening.

64
carianoff

Fantastic.

65
freshclaws

well done, Ben

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