How blood pressure works - Wilfred Manzano

source: TED-Ed      2015年7月23日
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-blood-p...
If you lined up all the blood vessels in your body, they’d be 60 thousand miles long. And every day, they carry the equivalent of over two thousand gallons of blood to the body’s tissues. What effect does this pressure have on the walls of the blood vessels? Wilfred Manzano gives the facts on blood pressure.
Lesson by Wilfred Manzano, animation by Fox Animation Domination High-Def.

Inside the minds of animals - Bryan B Rasmussen

source:TED-Ed     2015年7月14日
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/inside-the-...
Do animals think? It’s a question that has intrigued scientists for thousands of years, inspiring them to come up with different methods and criteria to measure the intelligence of animals. Bryan B Rasmussen navigates through this controversial question, showing how determining intelligence often says more about how humans think than about anything else.
Lesson by Bryan B Rasmussen, animation by Mike Schell.

The Akune brothers: Siblings on opposite sides of war - Wendell Oshiro

source: TED-Ed     2015年7月21日
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-akune-b...
There are many stories that can be told about World War II, from the tragic to the inspiring. But perhaps one of the most heart-rending experiences was that of the Akune family, divided by the war against each other, and against their own identities. Wendell Oshiro tells the surprising story of this family split apart by war.
Lesson by Wendell Oshiro, animation by Brandon Denmark.

Ken Robinson on Creativity at University

source: The RSA     2015年7月21日
Internationally influential thinker on education and creativity, Sir Ken Robinson considers how higher education institutions might play a greater role in developing the creative capacities of their students. His RSA Animate ‘Changing Educational Paradigms’ galvanised thinking about the role that creativity plays in schools: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFc...
In this excerpt from the event 'What's the Point of Creativity at University', Sir Ken Robinson discusses the global imperative for creativity and creative thinking.
Watch the full replay: https://youtu.be/iwlhZmVXHww
Listen to the full podcast: https://www.thersa.org/discover/audio...

Filmmaker IQ Courses

# playlist (click the upper-left icon of the video)

source: Filmmaker IQ   

The Science of Rendering Photorealistic CGI 17:23
How a Director Stages and Blocks a Scene 26:05
Focusing on Depth of Field and Lens Equivalents 17:50
The Properties of Camera Lenses 20:51
The History and Science of Lenses 25:28
The Science of Camera Sensors 13:06
A Bit of History on Data 19:36
How Do We Measure an Audience? 21:09
The Origins of Acting and "The Method" 28:37
The Origins of Auteur Theory 17:38
The History of Frame Rate for Film 15:21
The Curious Copyright Case of "It's A Wonderful Life" 21:38
Introduction to Foley and Sound Effects for Film 15:40
Introduction to Automated Dialogue Replacement (ADR) 12:25
The Basics of Recording Audio for Digital Video 21:05
The Fundamentals of Sound in Post Production 15:26
The Science and Engineering of Sound 17:31
The History of Sound at the Movies 33:20
The History of Horror 28:47
The History of the Movie Trailer 15:00
The History of Cutting - The Soviet Theory of Montage 14:07
The History of Cutting - The Birth of Cinema and Continuity Editing 14:08
The History of Hollywood Censorship and the Ratings System 15:15
The Science & History of Popcorn - The Snack that Saved the Movies 12:44
The Psychology of Scary Movies 14:05
The Evolution of Home Theater - Big Tech of the Small Screen 16:46
Introduction to Color in Digital Filmmaking 19:49
The History and Science of Color Film: From Isaac Newton to the Coen Brothers 21:13
The History and Science of the Slit Scan Effect used in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey 15:27
How To Create Bizarre Slit Scan Video using After Effects 6:34
5 Elements of Great Chromakey 10:10
Hollywoods History of Faking It | The Evolution of Greenscreen Compositing 17:31
Composition Techniques for Widescreen Aspect Ratios 10:09
The Changing Shape of Cinema: The History of Aspect Ratio 18:16
The Origins and Formatting of Modern Screenplays 14:41
Origins of Film Noir 17:40
The History and Science of Color Temperature 11:30
The Journey to Non-Linear Editing (Part 2) 20:54
The Journey to Modern Non-Linear Editing (Part 1) 19:02
The Basics of Lighting for Film Noir 6:26
Mastering the Art of The Dolly Zoom 6:52

The scientific origins of the Minotaur - Matt Kaplan

source: TED-Ed      2015年7月20日
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-scienti...
The myth of the Minotaur tells the story of an enraged beast forever wandering the corridors of a damp labyrinth, filled with a rage so intense that its deafening roar shakes the earth. But is this story just fiction, or an attempt of our early ancestors to make sense of the natural world? Matt Kaplan examines the myth for its scientific roots.
Lesson by Matt Kaplan, animation by Artrake Studio.

Who Owns The Moon?

source: Vsauce     2015年7月3日
music by http://www.youtube.com/JakeChudnow
bossa nova music from: http://www.audionetwork.com/
namely:
"Mars Bar" by Mat Andasun
"Girl on the Beach" by Alexander L'Estrange
"Bossa Continua" by Tim Garland