{"id":3061,"date":"2015-02-11T11:55:50","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T16:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=3061"},"modified":"2015-02-10T23:43:39","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T04:43:39","slug":"video-bethany-weimers-and-merlin-porter-winter-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2015\/02\/11\/video-bethany-weimers-and-merlin-porter-winter-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Bethany Weimers and Merlin Porter, Winter Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I always appreciate a good stop-motion video, and this one, for <i>Winter Heart<\/i> by <a href=\"http:\/\/bethanyweimers.com\/\">Bethany Weimers<\/a>, is especially delicious.  The best part: she and her artist partner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MerlinPorterArts\">Merlin Porter<\/a> created it with sets they built themselves, <i>in their living room,<\/i> and a borrowed camera. <\/p>\n<p>The final result is wistful, whimsical, and really quite lovely. I&#8217;ve watched it twice and I already feel a little less Grinchy about both snow and Valentine&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Bethany Weimers - Winter Heart [OFFICIAL VIDEO]\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_jvf_SKOE1hQ\"><div id=\"lyte_jvf_SKOE1hQ\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/jvf_SKOE1hQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Bethany Weimers - Winter Heart [OFFICIAL VIDEO]<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/jvf_SKOE1hQ\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/jvf_SKOE1hQ\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Bethany Weimers - Winter Heart [OFFICIAL VIDEO]\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I always appreciate a good stop-motion video, and this one, for Winter Heart by Bethany Weimers, is especially delicious. 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