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I’ve always loved mathematics, and graphics. But that the latter can be used to solve problems of the former in such a simple way as displayed in the following video (via gr8egypt and thinking blog) is somewhere between cool and freaky:

Like last week, a really cool video, content wise. Let’s improve it.

4 free improvements

• White balance - part of the beauty of this film is its simplicity. White should be white, not some orangish. Take a clean sheet of paper, fill the whole frame with it, put it out of focus, and do a manual white balance. Voilá, suddenly white actually looks white.
• Camera angle - again, to amplify the simplicity of this concept, point the camera directly downwards. Since most tripods cannot do that, you can always fake it by having the base tilted. That way you also get a comfortable writing position.
• Sound - a picture speaks a thousand words, but that doesn’t mean that a picture has to be silent. Use a sound that plays with the idea of simplicity. Maybe just the pen writiing. Maybe a simple piano tune. Maybe someone whistling. Use the freedom.
• Framing/composition - fill the whole frame with white paper, the upper edge only distracts. KISS.

BTW, a quick way of doing calculations in the web 2.0 age, is to just punch the equation into google. I.e. “367 * 873″ and enter. Voilá.