Wow! This is so different. I'm in love (with piezoelectricity)

Loved it, made me consider the power of nature expressed in both the physical as well as spiritual realm. Only critique I have is it would have been better to substitute the 'intro to electricity' part with more visuals correlating the subtle nature of the power of love and the more mysterious and subtle forces of nature. This concept is definitely demonstrated in the short but a little more overt elaboration could increase the entertainment factor and help it flow a little better.

Great work!

BEAUTIFUL video, beautiful art direction, great explanation and storytelling on the subject of electricity and electromagnetism, thank for sharing this awesome project.

My video " having fun no matter what"

Andrea Garza

This is so very poetic and lets me forget all my nightmares about physics at school! thank you.

This is a very interesting and artistic video. I like the look you achieved with the overlaying animations. Good luck!

It looks like we both need 4 more ratings to get to the minimum of 10. I'll give you a rating, and if you could watch and rate mine it would be greatly appreciated. My video is "The Cool Physics of Refrigeration."

    Looks like we need to help each other out contestants!!! I have given your video a community vote!!! Please can you do the same for mine???http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2136

    It is called "convection? Heat transfer? Who cares?"....

    I hope that I can rely on you reciprocating the favour!!! Good luck!!

      We checked out your video and liked it a lot! Nidahl and I also left a comment if you're interested :) Good luck and best wishes for you, Kirsten!

      Hi Mark,

      we left you a comment and rated your video! Your feedback and vote is greatly appreciated and we hope to see more "Science Geek" videos! Best luck, Madeleine

      Madeleine and Nidahl,

      Great video... artistic, poetic and scientific at the same time! I love the hand drawn lines that make up your animations!

      I thought the second part about the piezoelectric effect itself was the most original part, and although I loved the rubbed cat at the beginning of the video, I felt that for the non-initiated, the fundamental difference between regular static electricity created by electron transfer (for example, between the amber and the cat) and piezoelectricity was not made explicit enough. What makes piezoelectricity special is that the crystal itself remains neutral, while opposite net charges appear on opposite faces.

      That said, I am really glad your video is doing well and will only need one more vote (after I've added mine) to reach 10 votes. I submitted 3 videos in this contest (the trilogy "This Is Physics") and although part 1 has already reached the 10 votes threshold, parts 2 and 3 are still in need of votes (I think a few people watched all 3 but only rated the first part). If you could take a look at my videos and leave me feedback, it would be quite appreciated. By the way, I have also tried to achieve a "hand-drawn" look by using chalk textures, but it is fake, since almost everything has been drawn by computer!

      Good luck in the contest!

      Marc

      Madeleine,

      You wrote in my video page "This is admirable and at times when I struggle with animation, illustration, drawing - things I love - I shall be reminded of the way you pursue your goal. "

      Know that, every time, in my struggle, I will have to make a video, I will think of you and your skills in animation...

      I did enjoy your video: the story telling, the minimal animation fused with the two real hands, the running cat that made me smile, the way you (and Nidhal) reminded me something that I had already forgotten from the times when I was a chemistry student.

      Lovely video ... I will rate it as it deserves, of course.

      Keep making videos, ok? [ I would love to have (both of) you on my team.]

      Sincerely

      Teresa

      11 days later

      Great job here to explain the phenomena of piezoelectricity... Keep it up!!

      Please go through my video also and rate it and give me your valuable suggestions... The topic of my video is - PHYSICS THE ODYSSEY...

      Regards

      Quirky and actually explanatory! Loved the mythological form, and I laughed out loud at the seriousness in the narrator's voice at the line "a cat was taken advantage of." That part of the story felt like a bit of a turn into left field, but also that was what made it work, somehow.

      Technical question: What program did you use for the overlaid animations? I've been wanting to try some similar things but haven't found a good platform.

      Anyways, good job; I'd love to see a whole series of these! If you feel like checking out and/or rating my videos, they're the A Capella Science ones.

      Cheers!

      -Tim

        This is a beautiful video. Great work. I loved the motion graphics work here.

        Super compelling. Just rated you 5 stars.

        If you'd like, please check out my video Tons of Fun (physics rap) and vote for it. We just need 2 more votes! Thank you.

        David G

        24 days later

        Hi Tim!

        Thanks for the comment! We did the animations "by hand" (on a wacom tablet in photoshop timeline window) and then used after effects to do additional animation from the original .png sequences. Here is simple tutorial with a similar workflow: http://benmarkus.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/tutorials-for-hand-drawn-and-organic-animation-techniques-part-1/

        Hope this helps! And good luck :)

        -Nidahl

        8 years later
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