Hello 2nd years, Bob Cotton will be at AUCB for tutorials with all 2nd years on PPRD unit – come a talk to him about your work, your plans, your progress etc. He will be available 10am till 4pm in the staff office, next to Phil. I’ll try to see everone, but if you can’t be in college, please mail me instead…
at bobcotton@mac.com
This looks like a really interesting play on the old Bolex film camera now brought up to date with a top digital spec. With a retro film camera look it can shoot RAW footage with a resolution of 2048 x 1152 (Super 16mm mode) + 1920 x 1080 pixels (16mm mode).
Click on the image above for more info.
Here’s an exciting new Ted Talk for you to watch.
This is an interesting piece by Marshmallowlaserfeast that uses 3D mapping and the Playstation Move controller to allow the viewer to move around the space without breaking the perspective of the projections .
“No SFX, no post production, no cuts, everything you see here is 100% for real.”
“In the past, projection mapping worked only from a single, static view point, and thus was very limited. By attaching the PlayStation Move to the camera, we can track projections to screens in real time, enhancing the effect of spatial deformation and false perspective on the projections and allowing viewers to look round (virtual) corners, bend walls, create a hole in the wall, or remove the walls altogether to reveal vast expanses of virtual worlds.”
You can find more of these videos on their website as well as some photos documenting the creation process of the project here.
Converse’s 3 Artist, 1 Song project, brings together musicians from different disciplines and asks them to work together to create a single music track. Below is the video for the collaboration between the Gorillaz, Andre 3000, and James Murphy for the track “DoYaThing”. The video does a great job of mixing the colourful 3D characters from the Gorillaz with real world environments.
There’s also a short behind the scenes clip that shows some of the processes and post production techniques involved in making the video.
Microsofts applied science group have come up with an Interesting prototype that uses the Kinects depth sensing abilities to create a 3D desktop that you can can manipulate using your hands.
It is just a prototype at this stage so it looks a little rough but it is interesting to think how it could potentially change the way we interact with our computers in the future.
Every now and again something comes along that completely changes the way that things have always been done before. This new audio mixer from Mackie is a traditional 16 input 8 output mixer but all the mixing is done by an iPad which clips on to the front. This on its own is great, making good use of the iPads touch interface.
The REALLY clever thing with this though is it works wirelssly. So traditionally for live shows you have your mixer situated half way back in the auditorium, all the mics and instruments are connected by a huge multicore cable to the mixer then cables from the mixer are run back to the stage to drive the PA amplifiers. This is the way it has always been up until now. With the iPad controller the mixer can stay on stage, you don’t have to run long cables out into the auditorium so there is no signal loss with long cables and you can mix the show from any seat in the audience with the iPad. You can move around the auditorium and check the sound from multiple positions and get the best sound. Up to 10 people can mix from different locations. Cost, about £900
The iPad continues to change peoples perceptions of its capabilities.
“This film explores playful uses for the increasingly ubiquitous ‘glowing rectangles’ that inhabit the world.
We use photographic and animation techniques that were developed to draw moving 3-dimensional typography and objects with an iPad. In dark environments, we play movies on the surface of the iPad that extrude 3-d light forms as they move through the exposure. Multiple exposures with slightly different movies make up the stop-frame animation.”
Here’s a great piece of 3D Mapping. “On Monday 28th November Nokia Lumia 800 with Windows phone brought deadmau5 and the world’s most advanced 4D technology together and created an amazing free light show at Millbank Tower, London.”
Please find below an ‘introduction to directing’ workshop running in Poole as part of the Cultural Olympiad’s Filmnation scheme.
This is a 1 day hands-on workshop for any 19-25s interested in directing for film or TV and the idea is that it inspires them to make their own short film for the Film Nation competition: http://www.filmnation.org.uk/
What? An ‘Introduction to Directing’ workshop with an experienced director and actors
When? Wednesday 7th March, 10am – 4pm (lunch is provided)
Where? Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre For The Arts, 21 Kingland Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 1UG
Who for? 19-25s
Cost FREE!
How? To book please email info@104films.com. It’s first come first served!