David Neal
Vertical Video - A Retrospective (WIP Draft)
In what may well be my swan song on Vertical Video, I am drafting a retrospective of the best/earliest/most popular/award winning vertical videos that I have found on the web. This piece has links and embeds of all the videos so you can watch them inline/fullscreen or in their host environment/app (mostly YouTube or Vimeo.) Obviously it will look best on a phone or tablet, but I have tried to make it the best possible experience on a desktop or laptop too. (I do ask you to resize your browser window on such "legacy systems" for best results.) I would appreciate any comments on the draft, contact me on one of the social channels above (Twitter preferred.) Here is the link.
Gunfight at the VV Corral
The shootout over vertical video
In June 2016 I did a guest post on the online journalism blog describing the (mostlty video) "conversation" about vertical video. Here is the link.
Who Does Vertical Video Best?
The press in mid-2015 has been quite interested in Vertical Video based on announcements by Snapchat and YouTube in particular. To test the pronouncements, I have uploaded short vertical videos to several platforms. More platforms to come (hopefully) when they actually allow me to upload my videos!
Alicewinks Wonderland Flashlight Game
Alice's Adventures in the Dark! Try the Flashlight Game. This Javascript based game currently contains Chapters 1-10 (of 12) of Alice's Adventures with three levels of play in each chapter. The last two chapters may follow, or not, who knows.
Short Fiction:
Don't Find Me, I'm not Yours A massively hyperlinked, choose your path, interactive parody of Find Me I'm Yours.
Lewis Carroll
2015: Celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the publication of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland all year!
For everything on the net about Lewis Carroll, see the wonderful Lewis Carroll Home Page.
Early 20th Century illustrators of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Selections from my 1996 multimedia CD of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (no longer available for sale).
Alicewinks
Visit Alicewinks.com Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 150th Anniversary Animated Edition.
Alicewinks iBook now available! All the graphics from my site and more at 150dpi plus the video!
Also known as Alicewinks on Google or AlicewinksLite on Amazon (Some people insert a space, i.e. Alice winks!)
The soundtrack of Alicewinks is available from Audible.com
Walrus & Carpenter Productions LLC presents:
Alicewinks: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The 150th Anniversary Animated Edition for Tablet Computers
19th Century Fantasy, 20th Century Imagery, 21st Century Technology
As of May 12, 2016, the Alicewinks video is available through Vimeo on Demand, both as a download (buy) or streaming (rent).
Alicewinks: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland from David Neal on Vimeo.
View the complete Chapter IV and other pieces on Vimeo for free.
View 30 second clips on YouTube!
As of Dec. 1, 2015, no longer available in mp4 format from distrify.com
Vertical Video Papers (with Miriam Ruth Ross)
Vertical Media documents the workshop held in Nov. 2013 at Victoria University of Wellington.
Vertical Film 2014 describes the state of vertical filmmaking in 2014.
Vertical 2015 describes the state of vertical in 2015.
Vertical 2016 (Draft) describes the state of vertical in 2016 YTD.