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- Revisiting Gordon Parks
Recently TCM played some of the Gordon Parks films, Shaft (1971) and The Super Cops (1974). Both held up very well and you could see many creative influences they had on other early 70’s movies like Dog Day Afternoon and French Connection. Among his other talents he also wrote songs and poetry. Like Stanley Kubrick he started as a photographer before becoming a director. That explains the great shots and cinematography in these movies. - The 30th anniversary of Jim Henson and Muppet*Vision 3D
Today is the 30th anniversary of the death of Jim Henson. I was working on Muppetvision 3D at Imagineering when he died. I was so excited that Disney was buying the Muppets. I think that Jim Henson was another Walt Disney - Here We Go Again: The Digital Cinema Revolution Begins
Happy Birthday to George Lucas! As we know George was a big proponent of the use of digital technology in cinema. When I worked at Sony in the 1990’s, we were on the cutting edge of using digital cameras for cinematography.
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What magic can teach us about the future of technology, according to an MIT magician
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At the computer graphics conference SIGGRAPH, Marco Tempest of Magic Lab and the MIT Media Lab explained how magic tricks can test people’s psychological responses to emerging technology, like drones and robots.August 25th
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New Europe Takes World on Latest from ‘Loving Vincent’ Animation Studio (EXCLUSIVE)
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Jan Naszewski’s Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales has acquired world sales rights for “The Peasants,” the latest feature from BreakThru Films, the animation studio behind Oscar nominee “Loving Vin…August 25th
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Recently TCM played some of the Gordon Parks films, Shaft (1971) and The Super Cops (1974). Both held up very well and you could see many creative influences they had on other early 70’s movies lik…June 19th
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Walt Disney Classified: The Layout Manual, Part 6 – Camera Ops |
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I can tell you from personal experience that one of the more fun aspects of creating visual effects animation, outside of actually animating, is enhancing that animation using camera operations. These operations can involve a simple double-exposure in which the film is exposed twice, usually creatin...May 20th
The 30th anniversary of Jim Henson and Muppet*Vision 3D
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Today is the 30th anniversary of the death of Jim Henson. I was working on Muppetvision 3D at Imagineering when he died. I was so excited that Disney was buying the Muppets. I think that Jim Henson…May 16th
Here We Go Again: The Digital Cinema Revolution Begins
Here We Go Again: The Digital Cinema Revolution Begins
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Happy Birthday to George Lucas! As we know George was a big proponent of the use of digital technology in cinema. When I worked at Sony in the 1990’s, we were on the cutting edge of using dig…May 15th