Pixel Peepers and Camera Fanboys can’t get over the numbers but the ultimate success of a film or photograph is the content, not the technique. Russel Master illustrates the concept with a wedding photo that may have been trashed had it not been for that special expression. I have been taking pictures on a serious Read MoreRead More
Red Bull’s Kluge utilized 11 professional athletes and Syyn Labs to create a complicated mix of machinery that took 100 workers and 17 days to complete. Sure the video’s not one long take so there’s lots of opportunities to edit segments if they didn’t work, but that’s still a pretty intricate video. Check out the behind the scenes Read MoreRead More
Face Swapping is a fun (and often disturbing) internet meme of swapping people’s faces in an image. But to automate the process and do it with video? That’s what Harvard Computer Science graduate student Kevin Dale focused on in this research project with some really powerful results. We present a method for replacing facial performances Read MoreRead More
The history of photography is rich with chemical innovations and insights, producing hundreds of different processes to develop images in unique and often beautiful ways. But these historical images can be difficult to conserve, especially since each type of photograph requires a different preservation technique. While two photos could look very similar, they may differ Read MoreRead More
Watch Daniel Kleinman’s arresting and iconic Skyfall title sequence without the credits. By Rattlling Stick.Read More
After a personal tragedy, photographer Harry Taylor discovered a passion for the 150-year-old craft of tintype photography. By Filmmaker Matt Morris Morris had the sound of the film finished at Skywalker Ranch. You can read about his experience at Skywalker Ranch Here.Read More
It’s easy to jump from one creative pursuit to another, changing our passions as quickly as the wind. But how do you stick to an idea? How do you dedicate to something when everything is tugging you away? Sure, sometimes the well runs dry and we struggle to generate creative ideas, but more often, we Read MoreRead More
Photographer Stephen Wilkes does something both jarring and beautiful with photographs: He merges images from different times of day together to show the passage of time. Martha Teichner reports on Wilkes’ process to create stunning depictions of time.Read More
The Khan Academy took apart a cheap Vivitar camera to get a peek at it’s internal workings. http://youtu.be/Wul5ITdkpvERead More
Popular Science dug through it’s archives of over a hundred years and found articles of when science improved our movie going experience. After the use of narrative and orchestra music became integral to cinema, filmmakers devoted themselves to elevating movies from experimental form of entertainment into an art form. Not only were we there to Read MoreRead More
Zach Tropf collects 20 ratings and the bizarre reasons given by the MPAA. 1. Twister (1996): PG-13 Rating Reason: Rated PG-13 for intense depiction of very bad weather. Distributor: Warner Bros., A Division Of Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P. Let us start off with a true classic rating. No mention of airborne bovine, and they passed up Read MoreRead More
