Old Dead Eye

Chris Unitt — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:35:56 +0000

Old Dead Eye is a filmmaker from Birmingham who’s been out and about with his Sony EX1, playing with ultra-slow and stop motion to make some really lovely work.

The first one is from Chinese New Year and was filmed around Hurst Street and the Arcadian Centre:

? from Old Dead Eye on Vimeo.

There’s also this one from last year’s Christmas Frankfurt Market which is probably the best advert for the next one (opening again 12 November) that you’re likely to see:

Geist der Weihnachtsvergangenheit from Old Dead Eye on Vimeo.

You’ll need to follow the links to get the best from these videos – HD is disabled on embedding – but I heartily recommend you do.

Old Dead Eye is Paul Demontez. Other than that I’ve no info but I’d be interested to know more.

Big thanks to Hank Kingsley who posted a link to the first vid on the FB spam board.

Geist der Weihnachtsvergangenheit

Kate Spragg — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:31:40 +0000

Now, I know Christmas is long gone and forgotten but I had to post this festive treat. Geist der Weihnachtsvergangenheit is loosely translated to ‘Spirit of Christmas past’, and is the title of this beautiful video shot at last year’s Christmas German market. It is shot by Vimeo user Old Dead Eye and shows the city at its cinematic best.

Geist der Weihnachtsvergangenheit from Old Dead Eye on Vimeo.

I could definitely see an edited down version of this being a great marketing tool for Birmingham. Vimeo doesn’t have any information about the film maker so please get in touch if you are him!