Self Portrait With Lab

Here's my first little editing project for my documentary film class. A day in the lab, but much much faster paced.

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I love it! I want to use it in a ScienceBlogs commercial!

Hey, you didn't balance your centrifuge!!/snark

Great job!

That's great! It reminds me of the musical group Stomp in the way they create music from everyday activities (see their Kitchen scene here). At first I thought you were doing a Tarantino/Guy Ritchie approach to the way they focus on the details of loading guns (extreme close ups and rapid fire editing). Nice work on this.

Now, this is what I call "lab automation"!

So I just discovered your blog and reading your CV I see that you used to work in the Crews Lab as an undergrad? Cool! I'm currently a second year there, who did you work with while you were there?

omg, so good!!!!

this is soo cool!!!! i allways wanted to do a real lab not the ones like school do they not that interesating like this one. but one day i will have the oportunity to do one.

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