This is just a simple campfire, not too much resources have been used.
Hope you liked it!

Music: Broken Clock - Armos Roddy

https://findracepace.com/

#running #trailrunning #ultrarunning

Music Comments (art):
This song is in a ABCBA structure. I ended trying to express how it feels to take a moment out of the day to imagine a better world. The first A section is just the usual grind, offices, paper, deadlines. The first B section is somewhat about the steps taken to improve things: cooking, community, serving, cleaning, organizing. The middle section of the song is a peaceful happy world. Sitting on a hill watching the sunset with good company, and knowing that everyone is taken care of. Then back to picturing what needs to be done in the second B section. This time with a renewed motivation. Lastly, the final A section is like the first one, but a new melody is there. Hopefully the quiet new melody is more enticing than the dominant melody.

Music Comments (technical):
I was really trying to game the AirWindows meter for this one. It was a fun exercise. This may not be my favorite piece I ever made, but I did learn what the AirWindows meter likes lol. I've got AA ratings for a lot of this song.

How did I get it to look like that?
This is a whole mix. One of the shots is darkfield with light from only one side, and the rest are lighter versions of that with rheinberg illumination.

This video and the music are entirely or majority created by me, and you can use both however you'd like without attribution.

[Video Specs]
Microscope : Used Scope from Ebay similar to the BS200
Objectives: Plan 10x
Camera: AmScope MD1200A 12 MegaPixel USB 2.0 20Fps
Editing Software: kdenlive
Recording Software: OBS

[Instruments]
Drums: The usual https://samples.kb6.de/downloads.php

Bass Guitar: Black and Blue basses: Babyblue All SFZ

Bass Synth: SurgeXT (Classic Saw Oscillator) compressed, distorted with AirWindows Mackity, then filtered with AirWindows Pear2

String Pluck Synth: SurgeXT (String Oscillator) distorted with AirWindows Dirt, then filtered with AirWindows Pear2

Rythmic High Synth: SurgeXT (Saw Oscillator) distorted with AirWindows Edge, Flanged w/ LSP Flanger

Lead 1: SurgeXT (Saw Oscillator w/ K35 highpass and lowpass) distorted with AirWindows Dirt

Lead 2: SurgeXT (Saw Oscillator w/ 2 OB-Xd 12db filters set in a sorta faux formant configuration) distorted with AirWindows Dirt

[Audio Specs]
DAW: Ardour
VST Plugins: AirWindows Plugins, LSP Plugins
Microphone: Blue Bluebird SL
Audio Interface: Behringer UMC404HD

📌Estamos programados para procurar padrões que confirmem as nossas crenças, em vez de as questionar. Também estamos mais inclinados a MANTER AS NOSSAS DECISÕES, mesmo quando surgem NOVAS EVIDÊNCIAS CONTRADITÓRIAS.
Algumas pessoas vivem toda a sua vida alheias a isto, outras aprendem a superar-se e outras ainda tiram partido disso.

📌De acordo com o estudo marcante da psicóloga Maria Konnikova sobre o assunto, existe uma coreografia que os vigaristas aperfeiçoaram ao longo dos séculos: A "Abordagem" identifica a vítima. A "Representação" é quando se constrói uma ligação emocional, espelhando os valores da vítima e ganhando a sua confiança.

📌O "Jogo da Confiança" recorre frequentemente a participantes falsos, conhecidos como «shills» ('planta'), para criar a ilusão de prova social — se outras pessoas estiverem a participar, tudo parece mais legítimo. As pessoas tendem a juntar-se ao que parece ser a equipa vencedora.

📌Mas não é preciso ser estúpido para cair no golpe: estudos demonstram que as vítimas são frequentemente pessoas bem-sucedidas e altamente instruídas.

📌Quanto mais inteligente for a vítima, mais complexas serão as razões que ela inventa para ignorar os sinais de alerta. As pessoas mais SUSCEPTÍVEIS DE SEREM VÍTIMAS do esquema são aquelas que estão a passar por situações de stress, solidão e isolamento.

📌O mentor de Donald Trump, Roy Cohn, compreendia isto melhor do que a maioria.

📌Quando sob pressão, a mente humana prefere um alvo a quem culpar a uma explicação complexa. E assim, a busca de bodes expiatórios não só direcciona a raiva para o alvo desejado, como também proporciona alívio às pessoas, porque já não precisam de pensar, o que as leva a celebrar crueldades que, de outra forma, considerariam impensáveis.

👉Mark Twain afirmou famosamente:

«É mais fácil enganar as pessoas do que convencê-las de que foram enganadas.»

Título Original: Roy Cohn and the Orange Colored Con Man

Fonte: Greg Reese

Legendado em Português Portugal

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📌The “Trust Game,” commonly known as the “scam game,” is based on exploiting trust, hope, ego, and emotions, and is one of the oldest and most effective forms of deception known to humanity.

📌We are programmed to look for patterns that confirm our beliefs, rather than question them. We are also more inclined to STICK TO OUR DECISIONS, even when NEW CONTRADICTORY EVIDENCE emerges.
Some people go through life oblivious to this, others learn to overcome it, and still others take advantage of it.

📌According to psychologist Maria Konnikova’s groundbreaking study on the subject, there is a choreography that con artists have perfected over the centuries: The “Approach” identifies the victim. The “Performance” is when an emotional connection is built, mirroring the victim’s values and gaining their trust.

📌The “Trust Game” often uses fake participants, known as “complicators,” to create the illusion of social proof—if other people are participating, everything seems more legitimate. People tend to join what appears to be the winning team.

📌But you don’t have to be stupid to fall for the scam: studies show that victims are often successful, highly educated people.

Software: Blender, Inkscape, Kdenlive, Synfig Studio
Fork: Originally posted on 30th April, 2025

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Software: Blender, Inkscape, Kdenlive, Synfig Studio
Fork: Originally posted on 2nd April, 2025

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Software: Blender, Inkscape, Kdenlive
Fork: Originally posted on 29th January, 2025

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In this video:
00:08 Introduction
01:04 Your Samples
03:28 Project Introduction
04:57 Drums Group
08:13 Bass Group
09:23 Synth Group
14:03 Scenes
15:07 Studio Improvements
16:50 Attempt (and failure) to integrate some more of your samples…
30:34 Conclusion and outlook

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