Inglourious Slate

We should slate our shots more often.

Solving a problem.

I don't know what to make of this other than to say, wow. Still processing.

Astoria Scum River Bridge from Jason Eppink on Vimeo.

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Watching the Shadows

This is an interesting and short video on the use of spare lighting to create a mood.

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/03/19/movies/1247467401724/watching-the-shadows.html

Above, a studio scene from "How to Train Your Dragon." Below, a night scene from "The Village."

iPhone as iEditorial photographer

Pretty dang cool.


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Reconsidering vertical video

From The Unofficial Apple Weblog:

"Jesse Rosten, a director in Northern California, asked himself what a magazine cover on the iPad should look like. He came up with the incredibly sweet Sunset Magazine mock up above. Jesse notes that until now, books and magazines have been traditionally portrait in orientation and film and TV has been landscape in orientation. He says with the iPad there's no longer a strict landscape limitation for video. "Maybe you want your vid to appear full screen in portrait mode? Maybe you need a long, tall video banner-ad on the side of a digital magazine page? I think we're going to start seeing a lot more vertically shot video soon," Jesse wrote on his website.

Sunset magazine on the iPad (concept)

iPad Sunset Mag Cover Spec from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.

Beach Verticals from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.

Personally, I think Jesse's right.

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Would you like to play a game?

Great way to deal with the necessity of a long download.



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The next Camera Sensor tech

I thought that this was interesting. This article talks about the next Camera sensor technology. They claim that it will make your camera phone take pictures to rival what professional cameras can do today. However I doubt that after carrying even a professional camera in your pocket, like you do with your phone, would help the image quality. Also the lenses make a huge difference. But what this could do for professional cameras would be pretty amazing. Anyway check out:
Quantum Film