Posted on January 27, 2012 in Editing | No Comments
The filmmakers at our favorite underwater film production, The Underwater Realm, talk about what it takes to put together a 16 terabyte media server running on Infiniband to safely store and stream Red Epic Raw files for a fraction of the cost of an enterprise grade server.
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Posted on January 27, 2012 in Digital Effects | No Comments
This video from Motion Design Plus takes a look at the growth of Motion Design throughout the century with the ultimate aim of creating the First exhibition center dedicated to Motion Design in Paris, France.
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Posted on January 27, 2012 in Interviews | No Comments
Douglas Trumbull is no stranger to special effects in big movies… And we’re talking big big movies: “2001 Space Odyssey” Big. With visual effects credits on 2001 (as mentioned), Blade Runner, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Tree of Life, Douglas Trumbull sees a bright but complex future for digital filmmakers.
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Posted on January 26, 2012 in Effects and Stunts | 1 Comment
Yes this is a real gun. It’s the ultimate AK Zombie gun made by DoubleStar Corp with a chainsaw, drum mag and aimpoint red dot. I’m not sure how well it would work against zombies, but I hear it is the current frontrunner in the Republican Presidential Primary.
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Posted on January 26, 2012 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
The rules are simple, but the possibilities are endless! The video must be composed of five 5-second clips and use original sound (no music). You can find more 5 Vignettes at the 5×5 Vimeo Group.
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Posted on January 26, 2012 in 3D Graphics, Off Topic | No Comments
This is a demonstration video showcasing Artist Scott Garne’s interactive still life project. It involves a motion-senstive frame that feeds realtime tilt data to a 3D scene.
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Posted on January 26, 2012 in Cinematography | No Comments
In this video, by Caleb Pike, he shows you how to build a simple yet efficient handle rig for your DSLR camera.
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Posted on January 26, 2012 in 3D Graphics | No Comments
Ray Liotta, Michael Bay & Jon Favreau talk about the future of CGI with motion capture experts, Paul Scheer & Rob Huebel in this Funny or Die video.
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Posted on January 25, 2012 in Digital Effects, Effects and Stunts, Featured | No Comments
Television Programs have grown to become major cultural events in our culture. And with the availability of technological magic, visual effects for the original “boob-tube” can now match almost anything being seen on the silver screen.
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Posted on January 25, 2012 in Lighting | No Comments
The Oregon Filmmaker, Tim Cash, demonstrates how to make a light board to spice up your backgrounds using a peg board and those Christmas Lights you’ve hopefully taken down off the house by now…
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Posted on January 25, 2012 in Cinematography | 1 Comment
Kellie Sigler and her husband have spent the last two years developing a low priced helicopter platform for aerial photography. Launching through Kickstarter, the basic 6-blade hexacopter with 24lbs of thrust can be yours for a cost of just shy of a grand.
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Posted on January 25, 2012 in General Screenwriting | 2 Comments
In this tongue-in-cheek guide, “Pappy Crappy” outlines some easy steps to ensure that no one ever reads your script.
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Posted on January 24, 2012 in Interviews | No Comments
In a interview with the Paris Review in 1996, Billy Wilder opens up about getting started as German Immigrant, flops, collaboration and why it seemed so many east coast novelists couldn’t make it in Hollywood.
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Posted on January 24, 2012 in Cinematography, Lighting | No Comments
In a follow-up to 3 Rules for Shooting Outdoors, Chris Weaver gives 3 Simple Tips for shooting better footage when the action moves inside.
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Posted on January 24, 2012 in Editing, Off Topic | No Comments
In the 90s, colorizing old cartoons seemed like a no-brainer, what could distract little tykes better than a swatchful of color? In 1992, Ted Turner, on his colorization bender took a batch of old black and whites, shipped them to South Korea where they were hand traced, colored in and reshot.
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