This was shot on June 28, 2015 in an area of San Diego County called the Tijuana Slough. It is the most southwestern corner of the continental U.S. where the U.S. meets Baja Mexico. The landmass in the bottom left of the frame is a neighborhood of Tijuana called Playas de Tijuana and just before that is the international border. The area is historically rich and politically complex. During the 80s and 90s the border exchanges, of Mexican workers, drugs and sewage became central topics in heated local and national debates that continue today. In the national dialog the border is always depicted as a simple binary system but this is not at all the case. The exchange between the environments, the communities and economies has always been nuanced. Any dialog that reduces the relationship to simple “us and them” is very suspect. Is this a metaphor about the complexity of the border? No. I’m just trying to make something I’ve never seen before that says something about the region. I injured my shoulder last summer and couldn’t surf or swim all year so I started flying kites at the beach for fun, that’s the source of the idea. In the previous videos I looked for large scale events but for this one I was curious to see what could emerge from something really simple. We shot at the border because it has predictable wind and the area doesn’t attract crowds, so it’s serendipity that I made a video about hidden complexity in a place with an enormous amount of hidden complexity. A note on the gray sky, these weather conditions are called June gloom by Californians. Throughout late spring, low altitude stratus clouds are produced over the ocean and brought inland, usually late at night, by prevailing winds. For people from more intense climates, these weather conditions are very mild but for many southern Californians it’s like deep winter and there’s an art to complaining about it. The clouds are a sign that our waters are cool, not warm like much of the east coast. The cool waters make it impossible for hurricanes to reach us and produce an incredibly stable climate, for now. Tech notes, the video was shot on a BMCC camera in 2.5k RAW with an 80mm full frame lens and cut in After Effects. The kite separations were done with a combination of the Alpha Key, key framed mattes and the Soft Matte effect to clean up the edges. The most difficult tech problem was finding the right shutter angle to balance strobing and motion blur. For this particular kite speed we found a shutter angle of 72 degrees (1/120) at 24fps worked best. In the near future, you will be able to make a video like this with computer vision. You’ll just tell the computer to separate the red kite while you eat a sandwich. If I were you, I would wait till then to make one cause they take forever my way. A film by Cy Kuckenbaker Camera by Alex Graham The San Diego Studies is a series of short videos that collapse time to reveal otherwise unobservable rhythms and movement in the city. There are no CG elements, these are all real kites that have been separated from their original shots and compiled together. The rest of the San Diego Studies videos are here: San Diego Study #1 vimeo.com/54658957 San Diego Study #2: vimeo.com/58240175 San Diego Study #3: vimeo.com/82038912 San Diego Study #4: vimeo.com/95867186 San Diego Study #5: http://bit.ly/1NccJXw To request permission for distribution and licensing contact: cysfilm@gmail.com Connect with me: cysfilm.com, @cysfilm on twitter and instagram copyright © 2015 Cy Kuckenbaker To see some amazing flocking videos take a look at Dennis Hlynsky’s work, it’ll blow your mind: http://bit.ly/1MS61Ic

“Issues of identity and prejudice are drawn out authentically…a perfectly scripted and played mood piece.” – Iris Prize Jury 2014 (Winner, Youth Award) Featured on Short of the Week: http://bit.ly/1KRkxO4 REGIONAL FINALIST – STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS 2013 WINNER – YOUTH AWARD, IRIS PRIZE 2014 WINNER – FIRST PRIZE, NYU FIRST RUN FILM FESTIVAL 2013 WINNER – BEST DIRECTOR , NYU FIRST RUN FILM FESTIVAL 2013 WINNER – BEST SCREENPLAY, NYU FIRST FUN FILM FESTIVAL 2013 WINNER – BEST FILM, FUSION FILM FESTIVAL 2013 WINNER – BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, FUSION FILM FESTIVAL 2013 HIGHLY COMMENDED (TOP 3 FILMS) – IRIS PRIZE 2014 FINALIST – NBC SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2014 OFFICIAL SELECTION – NANTUCKET FILM FESTIVAL 2013 OFFICIAL SELECTION – FRAMELINE FILM FESTIVAL 2014 OFFICIAL SELECTION – OUTFEST 2013 OFFICIAL SELECTION – NEWFEST 2013 OFFICIAL SELECTION – MIAMI GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2013 OFFICIAL SELECTION – MELBOURNE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL 2014 OFFICIAL SELECTION – OUT TAKES NEW ZEALAND 2014 OFFICIAL SELECTION – FUSION FILM FESTIVAL 2013 OFFICIAL SELECTION – FIRST RUN FILM FESTIVAL 2013 OFFICIAL SELECTION – OSLO SKEIVE FILMER FILM FESTIVAL 2014 OFFICIAL SELECTION – LONDON LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2014 OFFICIAL SELECTION – OUT FILM CT 2014 OFFICIAL SELECTION – BUSHWICK OPEN STUDIOS 2014 OFFICIAL SELECTION – NORTH CAROLINA GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2014 OFFICIAL SELECTION – TAWAIN INTERNATIONAL QUEER FILM FESTIVAL 2014 OFFICIAL SELECTION – OUTFLIX MEMPHIS 2014 OFFICIAL SELECTION – MILWAUKEE LGBT FILM/VIDEO FESTIVAL 2014 OFFICIAL SELECTION – DAYTON LGBT FILM FESTIVAL 2014 OFFICIAL SELECTION – LOUISVILLE LGBT FILM FESTIVAL 2014 OFFICIAL SELECTION – PINK PANORAMA FILM FESTIVAL LUZERN 2014 OFFICIAL SELECTION – REEL Q PITTSBURGH LGBT FILM FESTIVAL 2014 OFFICIAL SELECTION – SOUTHWEST GAY AND LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2014 OFFICIAL SELECTION – CARBORRO FILM FESTIVAL 2014 OFFICIAL SELECTION – PINK LIFE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL TURKEY 2015 OFFICIAL SELECTION – FLYING BROOM FILM FESTIVAL TURKEY 2015 OFFICIAL SELECTION – MIXBRASIL FILM FESTIVAL 2015 OFFICIAL SELECTION – LONDON SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2015 OFFICIAL SELECTION – HONOLULU RAINBOW FILM FESTIVAL 2015 OFFICIAL SELECTION – QUEER VISION FILM FESTIVAL BRISTOL 2015 OFFICIAL SELECTION – MIX MEXICO FILM FESTIVAL 2015 OFFICIAL SELECTION – REEL AFFIRMATIONS FILM FESTIVAL 2015 OFFICIAL SELECTION – PARIS INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN & FEMINIST FILM FESTIVAL 2015 Written, Directed, and Co-Produced by ERIN SANGER Starring SOFI CHOINSKI, LOGAN RILEY BRUNER, and SHANE NEPVUE Produced by PAUL WR PEREZ and SASHA VITELLI Cinematography by NATE HURTSELLERS Edited by EMA RYAN YAMAZAKI Production Design by JUSTIN BENEFIEL Original Score by ZACH SACCOMANO Sound Design by LOUIS GORDON http://bit.ly/1KRkv8Z

2015年8月15日（土）に代官山のUNITでライブがあります。 お越し頂けるなら感無量です。一緒に楽しめれば最高です。 クーラーもついてますので温度も適温かと存じます。 I LOVE YOU! We are NETWORKS!　日本のバンド http://bit.ly/1NanxVQ We are three close men loving music and all world.And we play the keyboards,the guitar and the drums. From HOT JAPAN!　 40℃ over! Absolute Extreme movie Final ROck! 100MEGA SHOOOCK! Mina Sama O-2-CARE-Sama Director / CG animator : YOSHINO Kohei CG animator : KANEKO Satoru Music : NETWORKS “ Sizq ” has been recorded in 2nd album “ Dynamic Nature ” . http://bit.ly/1NanxVQ “ NETWORKS × YOSHINO Kohei ” Live Performance, in Aug 15th 2015 at TOKYO Daikanyama UNIT ! http://bit.ly/1NanxVT

Capture and Narrative development by Steer Films / Steer Digital – steerdigitalmedia.com Sharks have fascinated both Joe Romeiro and Bill Fisher since childhood. They each learned to dive as a tool to experience the power and mystery of sharks first hand. After meeting on a shark diving expedition, they teamed up to form 333 Productions and produce films that help aid in the conservation of sharks and the marine environment. They want to use their experiences to help show others that many species of sharks are threatened, and some even face extinction. Joe and Bill portray sharks the way they see them, as beautiful and awe inspiring creatures that are an important and critical element of our oceans eco-system.