The head lamps moving up the mountain faces are my favorite.
Comet Lemmon →
Have a good weekend everyone.
Every back issue of Cinefex on your iPad. It’s now possible. →
Ian Failes:
The Kickstarter campaign will allow supporters to pre-order the whole Cinefex Classic Collection – 126 issues! You can also pledge for collections of issues such as Star Wars or Star Trek-related Cinefex coverage.
Yes, Please. This would be great. I'm going to need a bigger iPad thou. The issues are huge.
The Aspect Ratios and Cinematographers →
Neat, thanks for sharing.
DuctTake →
Ok here's the problem.
Nobody knows that the take is bad til it is shot. It's not til you are watching the cut that you realize it. You never do a spitscreen if the take is perfect. The director says while in post production,
"Wow I'd love to use her from take 3 and him from take 13".
This never happens on the day. Ok maybe it does but not in this capacity. The only planned spilt screens I have done are explosions or animal comps.
This is why they call it fix it in post. If you knew the talent was going to screw it up. You would just do another take. If you want to impress me do it to shots already shot and need fixing. Also notice that most of the shots they are demoing are lock offs. Not a good sign.
The Foundry has had a tool called Rig Removal for years. It has worked 3 times. Those 3 times required a huge amount of clean up.
Love the name.
The State of Rendering – Part 2 →
Mike Seymour:
In Part 1 of The State of Rendering, we looked at the latest trends in the visual effects industry including the move to physically plausible shading and lighting. Part 2 explores the major players in the current VFX and animation rendering markets and also looks at the future of rendering tech.
The State of Rendering – Part 1 →
Its reads like a Siracusa Mac OS X essay. Thanks Mike. A great read.
I can finally show what I spent my last few months... →
oddernod:
I would go to war for my director after that.
You don't hear that anymore. Good to see a positive experience in visual effects. Our job is to help directors tell there stories. Im glad some feel the same way.
Nvizible to Provide VFX for Our Robot Overlords →
By Jennifer Wolfe:
The Nvizible VFX team, supervised by Paddy Eason and with Gill James producing, is currently on location in Isle of Man. The work includes fully CG animated robots, flying vehicles, a spitfire plane, environments and explosions.
Another small shop doing big things. If you can, find a small place to start working at. Put in sometime there. The smaller places just might be the future.
Saving
Recently the company I work for decided to take the month of July off. Which for me is awesome. It can only be awesome if I am prepared for it.
Being prepared for time off makes it so great. No stress. No worrying about where the next job will come from. The idea of time off is to spend time doing all the things that you don't get to do while working. Some if not all will cost money. Don't go into time off thinking you'll just not spend money. That type of thinking will drive you nuts. Even if you are single. You need money. You need food, gas, you need to have fun. If you have a family the money has to be there. You have no choice. You need money for activities. You need money for school stuff. You always need money for extras. Maybe your child needs speech work or that swim or gym class.
I have to say this was not something I was thinking about when I first started. This is something I learned from the senior artists. This is something I needed to learn. Most have a hard time saving money. But if you don't your time off will be horrible and more stressful than when your working. Figure out what you need to live for a week, then save, save, save.
I hope everyone is having a great summer.