YouTube

[Bob Jefferson]

I was looking through some old video footage this morning and found this. Recognise any faces?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afJM-OAWG-M

(Remember to press that HQ button)
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[Scorpion]

A producer from Uruguay who uploaded a short film to YouTube in November
2009 has been offered a $30m (£18.6m) contract to make a Hollywood film.

The movie will be sponsored by director Sam Raimi, whose credits include
the Spiderman and Evil Dead films.

Fede Alvarez's short film "Ataque de Panico!" (Panic Attack!) featured
giant robots invading and destroying Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay.

It is 4 mins 48 seconds long and was made on a budget of $300 (£186).

So far it has had more than 1.5 million views on YouTube.

"I uploaded (Panic Attack!) on a Thursday and on Monday my inbox was
totally full of e-mails from Hollywood studios," he told the BBC's Latin
American service BBC Mundo.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8417789.stm
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Andy Knight

Fear knocks at the door, knowledge answers and finds nothing.

[Bob Jefferson]

I found this recently. It's a guy who in the name of 'urban exploration' crawls into storm drains, breaks into disused abattoirs etc and films his adventures for posterity . In this particular film, he crawls through the Figgate Burn tunnel at Rosefield Park, under the High Street to where it emerges in Bridge Street and meets the sea. It's something I've thought about doing myself, so I'm glad he has saved me the trouble!

In other films he explores the abandoned nuclear bomb bunker at Corstorphine, the Barnton Hotel and various other disused and derelict schools, hospitals, factories etc. Interesting stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq8w363vxWw
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[Bob Jefferson]

This was posted recently. It's pretty dull stuff, but it's interesting to see how the Promenade has changed over the last 20 years:

1990 Portobello






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