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Showing posts with label Geek Stuff. Show all posts
Complete Star Wars Saga on Blu-ray
“The most anticipated Blu-ray release ever” begins the press release announcing the impending availability of the complete Star Wars Saga on Blu-ray.
Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray will feature all six live-action Star Wars feature films utilizing the highest possible picture and audio presentation, along with three additional discs and more than 30 hours of extensive special features including never-before-seen deleted and alternate scenes, an exploration of the exclusive Star Wars archives, and much more.Save up to $50 off the MSRP if you pre-order now via Amazon (Prequel Trilogy set; Original Trilogy set; The Complete Saga). Ship date: September 2011.
VFX Breakdowns Boardwalk Empire
Brainstorm Digital reveals the man behind the curtain with detailed before and after VFX breakdowns of scenes from the first season of HBO’s period drama Boardwalk Empire.
Eve Incursion
I dont play video games
but the concept of this looks interesting...
turn down speakers, music is annoying
Need a Sentry Here!
Valve shows off the latest addition to their lobby’s waiting area:
A full-scale level 1 sentry gun constructed
by New Zealand-based SFX/prop company WETA Workshop.
Yogi Bear Parody: "Booboo Kills Yogi" ending
I am not sure how this guy is getting away with doing this but... animator Edmund Earle, working in his spare time over the course of two months, put together this alternate ending to the upcoming live-action/CGI-hybrid adaptation of The Yogi Bear Show.
**This is an independently made parody with no association to Warner Brothers or the producers and actors of the 2010 "Yogi Bear" film. This is a parody meant for adult viewing only as it may be disturbing to children.
ICT at USC
I have been working at the Institute of CreativeTtechnologies for the past 6 months. It has beeny interesting working with virtual humans and interactive technologie,s again. Plus, it feels good to be working on something that might help someone out there. Previous to joining the group, I had no idea what ICT was. There are many application for CG outside of movies, games and commercials.
A story in today's Times features the institute, and much of the work is used by the military for purposes including training fighters to combat insurgents and calming nerves of weary soldiers. ICT’s wide-ranging technologies are now found on 65 military sites across the country.Above is a video explaining what ICT is and shows some of the various projects in production.
Flux
commissioned by Plato Art Space (Plato collage of higher education)
Just a fun 4 minutes to break up your day...
Massive Attack-Atlas Air
I wasn't expecting it to move
but it made me say "whoah" like Keanu Reeves at :24
I love how animation has come to means so many things
and create so many styles today.
Artist: Massive Attack ‘Atlas Air’
Directed by Edouard Salier
Produced by: Edouard Salier, Svana Gisla and David Danesi
Production Company: Black Dog Films and Digital District Paris
CGI: Jean Lamoureux, Emilie Caudroit, Rémi Gamiette, Kevin Monthureux, Jimmy Cavé, Romuald Caudroit and Thomas Marquet.
2D: David Sapyyapy, Lou Menais, Vladimir Mavounia-Kouka.
Art & Compositing: Julien Michel, Xavier Reye and Damien Martin.
Record Company: Virgin Records
Commissioner: Svana Gisla
Special thanks to Henrique Vale, Aymeric Vin-Ramarony,
Filipe Jardim, Amandine Moulinet and Olivier Gajan.
Directed by Edouard Salier
Produced by: Edouard Salier, Svana Gisla and David Danesi
Production Company: Black Dog Films and Digital District Paris
CGI: Jean Lamoureux, Emilie Caudroit, Rémi Gamiette, Kevin Monthureux, Jimmy Cavé, Romuald Caudroit and Thomas Marquet.
2D: David Sapyyapy, Lou Menais, Vladimir Mavounia-Kouka.
Art & Compositing: Julien Michel, Xavier Reye and Damien Martin.
Record Company: Virgin Records
Commissioner: Svana Gisla
Special thanks to Henrique Vale, Aymeric Vin-Ramarony,
Filipe Jardim, Amandine Moulinet and Olivier Gajan.
Animation Schools
Here is a list:
Animation Mentor was created by three professional animators who were working at Pixar and Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). They founded the school on the principle of teaching only the pure essence of character animation and doing it in a production-style learning environment taught by professional working animators. Students get an intensely focused program of structured assignments that teach students work flow, planning, and the principles of animation, and prepares them to succeed as a working animator in just 18 months.
There is a new online animation school set to debut in November called AnimSchool.
The JRA Webinar / Live Animation Demo will be a virtual classroom where we'll all get together 12 times a year, once a month for 2 hours. I will be taking "Animation Master Classes" and showing how I approach developing these ideas into dynamic sequences for either a showreel piece or a short film. I will be doing story boards, flipbook leica reels and animation performance solving in flipbook. You will log in to this "virtual classroom" and see my full desktop and hear me talk as I develop shots and solve animation. Included in the 2 hours will be a full half hour devoted to Q&A where you can ask me questions directly and I can explain with the aid of drawings how I approach these problem areas. The whole event will be recorded and available for download to both students that attend the webinars and for students in time zones that may miss the live event. The resulting shots of the class (not the full recording) will also be posted for anyone to see what the classes are all about
Script Swell
My friend Jay has a great blog where he
posts scripting and other goodies that are very helpful!
He has gotten me out of a bind with his scripts many times.
He has gotten me out of a bind with his scripts many times.
Overtime Vs Productivity
This article is a good read. I feel very fortunate to be working for the government at the moment where Over Time is not even allowed. I do not miss 60-70 hour weeks. I also dig the positive nature of this guy's blog. We have too many whiners in VFX hiding behind monikers as they complain and offer no solutions. You know who I am talking about. Kudos to Allan McKay.
Dot. The making of.
Nokia N8: 'The World's Smallest Stop-Motion Animation
Holy schnikes!
Below, is the whole film...
Below, is the whole film...
For the Geeks
It could have been so different. From the archives of Paramount we have a memo - written in April of 1987 to the studio's Head of Network TV - detailing the acting talent then being considered for various roles in Star Trek: The Next Generation; a programme that would begin to grace the small screen just five months later. A few observations: at this juncture, Patrick Stewart was already a favourite for Picard, alongside Patrick Bauchau; Brent Spiner wasn't even being considered for the role he eventually took, as Data; a young man by the name of Wesley Snipes was in the running for the part of Geordi, a role ultimately filled by LeVar Burton but seemingly close to being taken by Reggie Jackson; Jenny Agutter at least read for the part of Beverly, and there was, as of yet, no sign of a certain Wil Wheaton, the youngster who eventually played her son, Wesley Crusher.
Transcript follows. Memo found at Slice of SciFi.
Transcript
TO: JOHN PIKE
DATE: APRIL 13, 1987
FROM: JOHN FERRARO
SUBJECT: STAR TREK/Casting
Per your request, following is a list of actors who are being considered for their respective roles in STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.
Picard
Patrick Stewart
Mitch Ryan
Roy Thinnes
Yaphet Kotto
Patrick Bauchau
Tasha
Lianne Langland
Julia Nickson
Rosalind Chao
Leah Ayers
Bunty Bailey
Data
Mark Lindsay Chapman
Eric Menyuk
Kevin Peter Hall (also for Geordi)
Kelvin Han Yee
Ryker
Michael O'Gorman
Gregg Marx
Jonathan Frakes
Ben Murphy
Geordi
LeVar Burton
Reggie Jackson
Tim Russ
Wesley Snipes
Victor Love
Chip McCallister
Clarence Gilyard Jr.
Kevin Peter Hall
Beverly
Anne Twomey
Jenny Augutter
Cheryl McFadden
Troi
Denise Crosby
Wesley
J.D. Roth
The above actors will be brought in to read for Gene Roddenberry starting next week. However, Patrick Bauchau did come in to read for Gene today for the role of "Picard." His reading was well received; he and Patrick Stewart seem to be the favorites for the role of "Picard."
For the role of "Ryker," Michael O'Gorman seems to be a favorite. He's sort of an atypical choice for the role, however, a good one.
Denise Crosby seems to be the only possibility for the role of "Troi" at this point; the same for J.D. Roth for the role of "Wesley."
There are several contenders for "Tasha," "Geordi," and "Data." However, Rosalind Chao seems to be a favorite for "Tasha"; Reggie Jackson for "Geordi"; and Mark Lindsay Chapman for "Data."
For the role of "Beverly," Cheryl McFadden is the favorite. However, her schedule may pose a problem. She's currently performing in a play in San Diego.
General reading sessions are continuing; our next one is on April 14.
cc: Jeff Hayes
New Auto Retopo Feature - 3D Coat
New Auto_Retopo Feature: the Orc from Don Nash on Vimeo.
...could this mean no more bad topology - ever?
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