A Boy and His Kite
The video above is a cinematic proof of the Unreal 4 game engine, which is being used to drive so much more than games these days. For more on what the Unreal engine makes possible, be sure to check out this article from FXGuide.
Billy Joel proves “It never hurts to ask”
Often, fear is the our greatest obstacle. Sometimes, it can pay to throw caution to the wind and go for it. You never know. Billy Joel just might say “Yeah.”
Eric Cheng on DIY Drone Videography
Check out this great piece from MAKE Magazine which features Eric Cheng of Lytro & WetPixel discussing his growing passion and skill for drone videography. Eric and friends blog about drone videography over at RotorPixel, which is well worth following.
“The Awareness”, An Amazing Sci-Fi Short
Last week, I shared Craft Truck’s interview with Gordon Willis. One of Willis’ core tenets is “simplicity” and “The Awareness” is powerful in it’s use of this principle. The core idea is very simple, but not simplistic. The cinematography establishes a brooding, contemplative tone that carries through the film’s 17:37 run time. Again, the cinematography…
Hominid: An intriguing and unsettling animation
Beautiful in it’s stripped down simplicity. Disturbing it’s realistic movement.
PLAYLIST: Talent Skills
Recently, Peter Hurley has posted two videos designed to help folks look better when they step in front of the camera. Once I watched them, I realized I have watched a lot of great videos like this over the years. So, I took a few moments to collect them in a YouTube playlist called “Talent…
The Dragons of “Game of Thrones”
Mike Seymour and the teams a FXGuide and Wired provide a nice “behind the scenes” (BTS) look at integrating dragons into “Game of Thrones”.
The Art of Visual Story Telling with Alex Buono
Yesterday, I attended Alex Buono‘s seminar … The Art of Visual StoryTelling. Buono, DOP for SNL Films, is responsible for some of the best short film and parodies in recent memory. Nothing that comes out of SNL Films looks like it was made for television; everything looks and reads like film. Clearly, Buono was someone…