very cool

haha! Its actually milk in water! I rotated the image 180 so the milk is going up.

Super clever!

I have once used methyleen powder to create this kind of effect back in 2003...
Because it is a powder, it wil resolve very slowly and will only sink to bottom of jar when it starts to resolve, resulting in a very special effect. (I shot it with a very old sony minidv cam)
You really should experiment with it ;)
You can see the effect in this video near the end... (Vimeo still converting)
vimeo.com/976392

Very cool!

What is methyleen powder?

Thanks for sharing how you did the 'smoke'. I really did think it was smoke not milk. Very cool.

Ya definitely. I'm holding out for the EX3! I shot this in about 6 hours - its mostly just wandering around the city for a day and shooting whatever looks interesting.

Thanks! Its actually not smoke. Its milk in water! I poured the milk into a clear jug filled with water. Then I simply flipped the video 180. The key is to have a solid dark background.

Wow. I never thought of using milk!! I always had stupid problems with reflections and lightning. You should have seen the set up we had. We taped white paper all around a fish tank and placed a light underneath a glass table with the living room lights off. We never did get any usable footage because the middle of the water was not settled, and the ink would float away making it look too cheesy when composited into video. It was fun though!

Thanks so much!

Sadly scourist died a couple years back. Thanks for watching!

Thanks for the comment! Ya I think its the song that makes it feel sad.

Thanks! The milk was the most fun to shoot!