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Location: Cambridge UK
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Filmed with: DV camera
Spinning for 2 years on/off (1 year seriously)
Props: staff (singles and doubles)
Edited: yes
Fire: no
I want feedback on my spinning: yes
I want feedback on technicalities of video making; yes
The first staff only vid I've made. Very sloppy planes in a lot of it, but I've been trying to add some character to my spinning: let me know what you think!
Lazy Contact Staff
Filmed with: digital camera
Spinning for 3 years-ish
Props: poi
Edited: not much
Fire: yes
I want feedback on my spinning: yes
I want feedback on technicalities of video making; no
personal notes:
the turning antispin same direction flowers suck, btb planes are well dodgy, as is split time butterfly turns with left hand,stalls look rubbish, timing comes and goes and not nearly enough movement:
on the other hand, some variation between 2-4petal flowers is quite nice, longarm pirouettes are pretty nice, and it was only the second time I'd played with fire in a long while (+ the second time I'd done spiral wraps) so not too bad considering
LazyAngel spinning in China
facebook vid from a mates camera phone quite entertaining commentary, quality not so bad for a phone
A result of Durbs' video challenge:
A brief documentary on the nature of poi
'Warm night, Lazy Fire' - recorded 9/6/06 this is footage from a couple of burns spliced together. No fancy angles or anything, just some footage that wasn't helped by autofocus. A bit of experimentation 'isolating' moves and with hand and arm positions at the end. Anyway I hope you like it, all feedback appreciated!
18.1MB/5min 17secs
google video link
savefile link
'Dirty sox and Lazy spinning pt1' - I finally got round to making a sock vid. Some of it I really like, some of it I quite like, but there's still some bits and pieces to tighten up. Visibility is a bit poor but I'm still searching for a decent location. Hope you enjoy!
25MB/5min40s
savefile link
FireLazy.avi available on request
20MB/ 5mins 48secs
happened to record this the other day, so I thought, why not post it anyway.
Nothing special in there, just a fire spin with lots of things to get nice and clean (especially timing)
Also featured:
me setting my arm on fire a little bit at the start (kinda distracted me from the pendulums a bit)
pretty much invisible attempts at cheese: the spiral wraps at the end all had fingers pointing at the camera.
and one or two random experimental body movements
EDITED_BY: LazyAngel (1191309324)
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Location: Bristol UK
That was nice
I like the way you were spinning behind what looked like a dead bush...
Also made me aware of some things that I need to practice...
Cheers Guy!
One tip I can offer, Is with your Buzzsaw fountains. Move it around more, and try to get more rotations in there... You looked very stationary as you did it, try to change the level of your body as you take the circle round instead of just moving a buzzsaw from side to side...
Or maybe what I'm trying to explain is for you to take the buzzsaw higher bofre Changing sides... 
all this poi terminology nowadays... 
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Empty your mind. Be formless, Shapeless, like Water.
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Water can flow, or it can Crash.
Be Water My Friend.
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Cambridge UK
Ed: Thanks for the comments!
Actually that makes a lot of sense! I actually think I need to do both those things with buzzsaw fountains. I also think I need to practise with my chains unlit a lot more, it's biased all my moves with regard to socks as I take them *everywhere*
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Still wiggling
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Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Nice work
I demand more wiggling, however
Getting to the other side 
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Cambridge UK
I'm working on it Clare!
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Still wiggling
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Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Wiggle, wiggle...
You nearly did it... at the start.
Lots of deep stances and movement.
Then you stopped. Behind a tree (or small twig-like thing)
But apart from that... nice one
Getting to the other side
Carpal \'Tunnel
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I know, I know, I got distracted by a plate glass window and then just stood there like a rabbit in the headlights going 'oooh, pretty...'
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Still wiggling
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Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Hahahahahahah...
Damn distractions
Getting to the other side
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Wow - i loved that, you've got a really cool style
Nice and lazy
in a chilled out way Come forth and thou shalt win enternal happiness. but he came fifth so he won an electric toatser.
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he does have quite a...hypnotic style, v nice video man, i like it
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lol I thought it looked like you where looking in a mirror or something you had that look about you
. I even said so to my mum who was watching over my shoulder lolnice vid nice improve by the twig
.ps stop making vids I'm supposed to be doing uni work dam you all
before i met those lot i thought they'd be a bunch of dreadlocked hippies that smoked, set things on fire ,and drank a lot of tea but then when i met them....oh wait (PyroWill)
Geek-enviro-hippy priest
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Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Very nice
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Cambridge UK
thanks for all your kind comments guys EDITED_BY: LazyAngel (1137501430)
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Location: Oregon, USA
More Light!! :P
Nice vid, very nice patterns, a lovely watch..
Banco De Gaia! yay!
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Location: UK
Great stuff as always m8, was gonna post when i downloaded it last night but it was getting a bit late.
Does get a little dark, especially towards the end though.
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Cambridge UK
yeah I was out in Ben's back garden, we did have the lights on at the back, but he has a small patio bordered by plants (the famous twig is part of that) so I could only get so close to the light.
I think I need to get a better camera. Or a spotlight. Or maybe wear brighter clothes.....
If I ever get a socks video sorted, I promise all the light you could possibly want...
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Location: Bristol UK
Written by: LazyAngel
If I ever get a socks video sorted, I promise all the light you could possibly want...
Not too much light, though...
Empty your mind. Be formless, Shapeless, like Water.
Put Water into a cup, it becomes the cup, put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, put water into a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Water can flow, or it can Crash.
Be Water My Friend.
Watcher of 80s cartoons
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I liked this a lot Guy - some lovely stalls.
What I want to see next is a one poi throw-forward roll-whip catch with some more wiggles. I've never seen anyone do that before...
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You da superfly guy! Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
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Sweet dude
Music had my bum wiggling in the seat,
movin' to da funky beat
Omg that rhymed...
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Cambridge UK
stu: Cheers
you'll be lucky mate!Jo and Tink:
thanks! Think you guys should get together to write some poietry!! Because ActiveAngel sounds like a feminine deodorant
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hello guy... i've just found this, any chance you could re-post the link?
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Cambridge UK
Yup
yousendit link refresfed
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and video watched....
very nice spin, and kwality soundtrack (the warm tribal feel is nicely undermined by the hat an gloves). you look like a man who's watched a lot of dervishley yers if you don't mind me saying so.
very clean and lots of nice ideas with circles ('s what i like) and as claire says some good body movement... but as is usually the problem with fire it gets harder to see towards the end (as everyone's already reminded you)!my favourite bit has to be the antispin buzzsaw flower/fountain towards the end. that looked lovely and really nice keeping it to four points (i think i usually use 6 like a normal fountain). also liked the long arm/short rm stuff about the 2min mark... do you ever use the other arm on the other side to balance it out? marks also awarded for setting yourself on fire.. comedy, danger and dediction to the cause all in one!
you should come long to this kalahari thing in a couple of weeks for a fire spin to some real african percussion.... look forward to the next one...
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Cambridge UK
Thanks a lot dude! Yeah I have watched a lot of dervishley yers 
, but I think I actually get more out of nickwithfire. And also that workshop Nick did at Falmouth 4. As for thinking about the circles, well anyone I try explaining poi to usually gets an attempt at explaining the formation of pretty patterns with body movement, but it boils down 'It's all about the circles!' Been sketching lots of (very basic) circle based mandala style patterns which are helping me too understand the relation between normal and antispin a bit.
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also liked the long arm/short rm stuff about the 2min mark... do you ever use the other arm on the other side to balance it out?
I'm still working on moving the 'short' arm in the long/short stuff (trying to isolate with one arm while doing longarm with the other is a right chore) did you mean balanced more like in a flower pattern?
will look into this Kalahari thing...
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For some reason I hadn't seen this either . . until now
Liked the video alot dude very good . . . will have to catch up with you soon ....
As for vid , good performance by the bush . ..
Also liked the spinnage and jumper setting on fireness , should get your mum to patch it up for you ...
I liked the 4 beat buzzsaw was very cool, a different variation on the slower, fuller buzzsaw most people doo...
Good work , I like the long arm stuff too good work
Hope to see you soon buddy , Maybe I should visit cambridge at some point
Matt
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Cambridge UK
thanks dude. Actually, it didn't leave a hole, I think it was more a little bit of surface fluff that went up...Written by: Matty B
Hope to see you soon buddy , Maybe I should visit cambridge at some point
Matt
absolutely! you should come down for Sym's party! or you can come down for mine, which will be end of March/early April. Trying to work out the details of what to do for it at the moment...
Because ActiveAngel sounds like a feminine deodorant
Like sex, I'm much more interesting in real life than online.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Cambridge UK
New vid added: 'Dirty sox and Lazy spinning pt1'. All comments appreciated!
Because ActiveAngel sounds like a feminine deodorant
Like sex, I'm much more interesting in real life than online.
'Be the change you want to see in the world around you' - Ghandi
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Love the vid dude, excellent . . . You are defintely getting to grips with the hugs now, I like the way you are merging them into the TTN stuff nice... and the flowers are getting there too, liked the mixing one arm long with other doing flowers . .. sweet
and you almost nailed the splittime butterfly antispin flower thing (about 4.50), just need to drag the poi accross the centre more and you'll be sorted, it is gonna be good moving to cambridge see you next week ....
Also bonus streching person in the background....
It was a nice shot of the tree but would of prefered you to fill more of the shot...
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Cambridge UK
cheers man: glad you like the liked it. I know there was a bit too much tree and not enough of me in there, it's a side effect of using a camera on the ground with no one to shout 'move left/right a bit!'
looking forward to seeing you in Cambridge, have to have a jam when you get here!
Because ActiveAngel sounds like a feminine deodorant
Like sex, I'm much more interesting in real life than online.
'Be the change you want to see in the world around you' - Ghandi
Momma Bear
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Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
hey Guy i love the new video! the sunset is really nice, and the tree is also lovely, way to go Nature!! Towards the end of the video, there's someone doing stretches on the right of the screen in the background, who, i'm ashamed to admit, got some of my attention through mere curiosity!
Anyway, I really like your spinning style, very zen!
hope to see you this week! Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
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