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Thursday, 09 February 2012 14:23
Wings
I'm going to Film Forum tomorrow, 2/10/12 to see a restored digitally projected version of the 1927 William Wellman classic, Wings. For anyone unfamiliar, Wings is the first film to have ever won the Oscar for Best Picture. It also has the best air combat sequences ever seen in a motion picture, Top Gun and Star Wars included. The story follows two friends, Buddy Rodgers & William Arlen, from the American heartland to aerial battlefields over World War One France. Clara Bow also stars. More info at the Film Forum website: http://www.filmforum.org/movies/more/wings
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 17:05
Book review: "Out of Your Own Pocket: Making Your First Short Movie, Vol 1"
Written by Arnie SchlisselAndre Campbell's new book, "Out of Your Own Pocket: Making Your First Short Movie, Volume 1" is a breezy little pep talk for aspiring film makers filled with some very good advice on how to find a script, cast, crew, locations, equipment, etc.
Campbell does not give detailed advice on plot, lighting, sound recording, choice of camera, editing or any other in depth technical advice, but he does give a nice over view of the basic nuts & bolts of film making. There is a good primer, for example on coverage, and a nice explanation of the difference between tape-based and file-based cameras.
What the book does do, is tell you where to start, what to worry about, and what to plan for.
If you've never been involved in the making of any type of narrative film, this book would be a good place to begin your learning process.
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Wednesday, 16 November 2011 16:55
Web TV has blown my mind
Last month, I got a tour of an upstart web TV station, OnlyOneTV.com. With not much beyond a few cheap cameras and lights, some video switching software and a fast internet connection, these guys are hosting and creating a bunch of TV talk shows on a variety of topics. It reaffirms something that I first realized in the middle 1990s when I read Paul A. McKinley's memoir of his WWII service at his website, CruiserScout.com. "Traditional" media like over the air TV and radio, cable and satellite, printed newspapers and magazines, theatrical films, they all put a lot of effort…
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Monday, 10 October 2011 15:21
The Hidden Hand, 10/21, NYC Blood Center Auditorium
The Hidden Hand, for which I was colorist & online editor will be screened at the NYC Blood Center Auditorium at 310 E67th (off 2nd Ave) at 7PM on 10/21/2011. The Hidden Hand is a provocative documentary about alien contact with humans and the effects on the contactees.
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Monday, 10 October 2011 15:19
Liquid Sky, Anthology Film Archives 10/10
Liquid Sky, my client Slava Tsukerman's most famous film, will be shown at the Anthology Film Archive, 2nd Ave & 2nd St in Manhattan tonight, 10/10/2011. Made in 1982, Liquid Sky is a cinematic acid trip about punk rockers and love.
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Sunday, 25 September 2011 19:35
Hacked!
Around 4 or 4:30 AM Eastern time my web host, inmotionhosting.com, was hacked. Mine was one of many that were "defaced", displaying a crude message announcing that the site had been "HackeD By TiGER-M@TE", and displaying a handful of what I presume where the hackers' handles. My compliments to Inmotoion for resolving the problem for all of us in a timely manner. I have to say that I'm disappointed by the hackers, though. I feel that they should have put a little more, or any, effort into their graphics package. I suspect that they simply bought some prebuilt package of hacking software…
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Tuesday, 20 September 2011 22:59
Book review: "The Future of 3D Media"
In his new book, "The Future of 3D Media, Bringing Stereoscopic 3D to Consumers", Keith Fredericks manages to give a good, general overview of 3D displays without having to delve into the overly technical or the arcane. Mr. Fredericks makes a strong case that 3D in the home, whether by traditional cable TV or via the internet, will not become popular until glasses free displays with acceptable quality become commonplace, which he argues is not that far off. While it's not a technical primer or text, this book is a good read for anyone who wants to get a better,…
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Thursday, 08 September 2011 15:26
Tangent Devices Element is imminent
Tangent Devices is debuting its new Elements modular control panels for color grading software at the IBC trade show in Amsterdam. No word yet on pricing or when they will ship, but family of modular panels will be supported by Apple Color, Assimilate Scratch and SGO Mistika, among others. No word on Black Magic Designs' Davinci, but it would make little sense for BMD to support Avid's MC Color and Tangent's Wave but not the Element. http://www.tangentdevices.co.uk/products_element.asp
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Thursday, 08 September 2011 15:17
Mazel Tov, EditShare on Lighworks
Another announcement from IBC is that EditShare if reaching a milestone in its redevelopment of the Lightworks editing platform for a formal, non-beta release at the end of November. The first beta of its Linux and Mac versions will be available in mid December. Moving the code base into open source is still a goal and is progressing in parallel with the other goals in their development roadmap. http://www.lightworksbeta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=122&Itemid=263 The new release will include a free version of Lighworks with support for a limited set of codecs and a somewhat restricted feature set. An annual subscription of $60 per year ($30…
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Thursday, 08 September 2011 15:14
Holy shit! Adobe buys Iridias
Interesting announcements out of the IBC trade show in Amsterdam, today. The biggest may be the bombshell that Adobe is buying Iridias, who's two product lines are SpeedGrade and FrameCycler. From the announcement, SpeedGrade will be integrated into Adobe's Production Premium and Master Collection software suites. How, or if, it will effect pricing is not said. http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/201109/090811AdobeAcquiresIRIDASl.html The acquisition of SpeedGrade, and its integration into the Adobe Creative Suite bundles, is much like Apple's purchase of Silicon Color and their Final Touch product back around 2006, which became Apple Color. Apple put some, perhaps not enough, effort into developing and…
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