Adrenaline is the hormone that gets the body ready for action. In this episode, our second shot in Mexico, we combine two subjects that always get our blood pumping: beauty and adventure. A beautiful new mariposa girl puts her life at risk to bring you a truly breathtaking experience: skydiving with our HD camera! For […]
The solar minimum has arrived. Sunspots have all but vanished. Solar flares are nonexistent. The sun is utterly quiet, like the quiet before storm. The next solar max is expected in 2010…Solar cycles have been tracked since 1755. The ancient Mesoamerican cultures that worshiped the sun predict a great change to humanity to come in […]
It was felix carvalho, a young man wise beyond his years, who once remarked, “we got everything”. Indeed, in this episode we truly have got it all: beautiful models, glamorous fashion shows, an exclusive polo match, and the biggest DJ in the world — all in perfect High Definition clarity.In this final chapter of our […]
It was Benito Juarez, a Zapotec Amerindian and Mexico’s first and only Native American president, who famously said, “Among individuals, as among nations, respect for the rights of others is peace.”It is the morning after the night before. For anyone who has been to Cancun, Mexico (where Americans go to get drunk and rowdy) it may […]
A very talented fella called ‘jimi‘ once said, “i see that we meet again“. After going our separate ways, ‘we meet again’ to embark on the second half of season 01 of mariposaHD. For this part of the season we depart Argentina and head across the Rio de la Plata to Uruguay.New Years Day is the start of summertime in […]
segment 1: casting Buenos Aires is the Hollywood of Latin America. Just like the real Hollywood, the city is full of aspiring young talent looking for that big break into a career in show business. When word gets out that a few foreigners are in town filming a new HDTV project, it doesn’t take long for the […]
segment 1: karo Karo is in town! Karo is a beautiful young model from Rosario, which is about a three hour drive up the Rio de la Plata from Buenos Aires (and supposedly home to the most lovely girls in Argentina). We choose the artsy/fashionable Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aires for a photoshooting. Graffiti covered walls, tree lined streets, and […]
segment 0: welcome to mariposaHD We wander down to the Buenos Aires Botanical Garden to welcome viewers to the future of television. After some video highlights of our first 6 months of filming with the new Sony HDV cameras, we discuss some of the ideas that went into the making of mariposaHD and some of […]