The folks behind the Red camera break down the techniques that cameras use to compress color data in this explanation of Chroma Subsampling. This became a central motivation behind early forms of analog and digital compression. Video signals would be separated into a lightness or “luma” component and two color or “chroma” components, similar to how images Read MoreRead More
Critic Marshall Fine explains why appealing to the masses should not in itself be a bad thing. I recall a while back that a fellow critic took offense when I referred to Noah Baumbach’s “Greenberg” as “not an audience-friendly film.” He felt that I was using the term pejoratively – as though I was saying there was Read MoreRead More
Throughout his ISS mission, CSA Astronaut Chris Hadfield has been taking some of the most incredible photos of Earth ever seen. In this video, the Station Commander takes us to the best seat in the house to gaze at the visual splendour of the Earth. He shares his techniques and his passion for capturing the Read MoreRead More
Peter Bart offers a slice of Gatsby history in the run up to Baz Luhrman’s latest retelling of the Fitzgerald tome. Luhrmann is a brilliant filmmaker and I’m eager to see his lavish 3D re-telling of the classic jazz age saga (it opens wide on May 10). I’m also curious to discover how Warner Bros’ Read MoreRead More
Critic Hulk of the Badass Digest has an interesting take on the whole Film School question. WHILE MOST PEOPLE CAN SENSE THAT FILM SCHOOL OBVIOUSLY HAS SOME FORM OF WORTH, THE ACTUAL, QUANTIFIABLE WORTH FOR YOU MAY SEEM SOMEWHAT NEBULOUS. AND WHILE HULK THINKS THE VALUE OF FILM SCHOOL ITSELF CAN ACTUALLY BE DEFINED IN A PRETTY TANGIBLE WAY, Read MoreRead More
Dan Chung of News Shooter leads a panel discussion at the Teradeck booth asking a panel of documentary filmmakers (Jared Abrams – Wide Open Camera, Yi Han – Visible Panda,,Andrea Allen – Vimeo, Steve Weiss – Zacuto,,Jem Schofield – theC47) on how to make the business work.Read More
Dove had a forensic sketch artist draw women describing their own face and compared those sketches to ones made based on a stranger’s description to prove that how we see ourselves is not what others perceive.Read More
This video essay utilizes an interview with Quentin Tarantino recorded at KCRW where he talks the role food plays in his scripts.Read More
A Jimmy Kimmel appearance turns ugly when an old acquaintance shows up.Read More
The Budding Filmmaker offers some advice to the wannabe filmmaker that complain that they don’t get any support from their parents.Read More
The January 2013 Portland/Creative Mornings features Andy Baio, writer and coder who loves making things most famous for Kind of Bloop, an 8bit remix Miles Davis’ best known album. The global theme for this month was “Reuse,” and Andy spoke about remix culture: “Cut, copy, paste. The ability to reuse and remix is so deeply Read MoreRead More
Badass Digest’s Devin Faraci takes on “one of the most underrated movies of the last 20 years”… Galaxy Quest! Staring Sigourney Weaver, Tim Allen, Alan Rickman Sam Rockwell and Tony Shalhoub, Galaxy Quest is an awesome spoof on Star Trek and Star Wars-esq fandom.Read More
