What I like about this post is the challenge for all of us to make something we can “own” intellectually and be proud of, instead of ripping others off for the sake of financial or personal gain.

The framing I disagree on. There’s a big difference between the two as one is pretty extreme close-up and the other is as wide as you could possibly get it without it being an arm. In one the camera keeps the subject centered, where the other allows it to meander around.

Both have profile side shots with with similar posturing but given the environment I think that’s the best and easiest way to present the narrative (i think after initial tests the vast majority of directors would do it this way)

The posturing is similar for sure, but again that could be due to the fact that theres only so many ways to personify a hand. Both move in one direction to establish a seamless background. I would say that if you were to change directions in either piece and it would break flow. As for the skating shot I agree with Simon. You have to come up with so many activities that you can do with just your hands and it’s by no means a stretch to have those similarities.

You may be right, but I wouldn’t say it’s any more likely than you being completely wrong.

While the concept is nothing new (fingers acting like a person), 180Amsterdam’s camera framing and direction of the hand-talent is nearly *identical* to the Cornelius vid. It’s seems as though they were referring to the Cornelius vid when they were developing their boards and planning their shots. I mean, c’mon, it’s a straight-on side view, with the fingers taking up the same amount of the frame, consistently moving in one direction (albeit in an opposite direction).

It’s also incredibly odd that both have an ice-skating sequence in which the hand behaves almost exactly the same way.

That fact that I still haven’t heard back from 180Amsterdam on this project only raises my suspicions a little further.

From my eyes theres no actual evidence that there is at all. It may or may not have been inspired by. In both pieces it’s a pretty clear stream of consciousness about a simple concept (that everyone has done in their life) that used the techniques and technology that is available in our field. Similarities arise because the concept is the same… The concept is the same because it’s relevant and we’ve all walked our fingers across something before which makes it a universal concept.

If this post was presented as Look at this spot and hey, look at some more fun with hands then there wouldn’t be this tone of controversy about it.

Pretty common stuff to mess around with of course.
An experiment I did like 2 years ago…