Muualla noteerattua 1.07.2009 – 2.07.2009

Muualla noteerattua 30.06.2009 – 1.07.2009

  • Escalating VFX for New Transformers (VFXWorld) – "Even there, we were doing little odd things, like variation percentage of motion blur on the characters. I tell everyone to jump on the Harryhausen band wagon — that's what we've gotta do. People in computer graphics don't want to reduce motion blur, but the problem with the robots is that they have so many little pieces that they become artifacts with so many sharp things moving through the frame. I found it's better to reduce motion blur in certain moments, like when Bumblebee comes close or Starscream has moments in the forest fight and Optimus and Megatron, where we reduce motion blur to half, a third and an eighth."
  • Soderbergh/Damon: The Informant! (traileri) –
  • Kuuntele: Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse & David Lynch –

Muualla noteerattua 29.06.2009 – 30.06.2009

  • Watchmenin blurayn kommenttiraidalla nähdään Zack Snyder puhumassa leffasta – näyttää oikeastaan aika hauskalta
  • Iron Man origami –
  • ILM teki Transformers 2:n efektit IMAX:ia varten 4K-resoluutiolla – Nörtteilyn lisäksi ("During the height of production, ILM dedicated 80 percent of its total rendering capacity to Transformers 2, one time even hitting 83 percent. “We broke all the ILM records,” Smith says. “Everyone else squeezed into 17 percent.” How much is that? ILM’s render farm has 5700 core processors, the newest of which are dual processor and quad cores (eight cores per blade), with up to 32 GB of memory per blade. In addition, the render farm can access the 2000 core processors in the artists’ workstations, which ups the total core processors to 7700. As for data storage, the studio’s data center currently has 500 TB online. Transformers 2 sucked up 154 TB, more than seven times the 20 TB needed for 2007’s Transformers.") on kiinnostavaa se, miten IMAX:in käyttö efektikohtauksissa vaikuttaa kuvan kompositioon
  • Naururaidan historia – The concept actually goes back at least five hundred years. History tells us that there were audience “plants” in the crowds at Shakespearean performances in the 16th century. They spurred on audience reactions, including laughter and cheering—as well as jeers.
  • Verkkodigiboksi pysyy laillisena USA:ssa – The U.S. Supreme Court today refused to hear the appeal of a consortium of Hollywood studios looking to block the service. Cablevision said it plans to begin the roll out this summer. Cablevision’s remote storage DVR system will allow users to record and store programming on centralized servers owned by the New York-based cable operator.
  • Dna nappasi teräpiirtotelevision lähetysoikeudet – minullahan olisi yhdessä purkissa hd-viritin dvb-t-protokollaa varten, mutta eipä siitä ole hyötyä
  • Ryan, Oscar-lyhäri 2005 –

Triviaa: Big Lebowski ja poistettu tekopenis

Mary Zophres, Big Lebowskin pukusuunnittelija kertoo Jesus Quintanan vaatteista:

There was another element that we didn’t end up using, and that was a penis enhancement we made out of birdseed encased in a thin, stretchy fabric. It was in the shape of a penis. I had a mock-up of one for my meeting with John. He put it down there and really liked it because it helped boost the effect when he thrust his hips forward.

He wore it for the flashback scene, but when he had it on under his jumpsuit, Joel said, ’Jesus, this is really obscene.’ He felt that it might be the thing that tipped us over into NC-17, because the jumpsuit was so tight, it made the fake penis very visible. I’m glad he didn’t end up wearing it. It would have been too much.

Lähde: Robertson & Cooke: The Big Lebowski

Muualla noteerattua 26.06.2009 – 29.06.2009

  • Herzogin Fitzcarraldo-muistelmat käännettiin englanniksi (NY Times) – It’s always personal: fire ants rain down upon him spitefully. Hens treat him diffidently. A cobra stares him down.
  • What is Jeff Goldblum doing on Law & Order: Criminal Intent? (Slate) – For reasons unknown, Nichols generally eschews the customary overcoat in favor of—in one key episode—a ski parka over a leather jacket over a fleece over a tie over a shirt, performing a number of his civil duties with his arms hanging slightly out and down, like a 4-year-old bundled up for a snow fight. In warmer climes, he glides behind his colleagues with his hands stuck in his pockets and a wan, dubious grin imprinted on his face. Words are exchanged. The words are normal Law & Order words, but you wouldn't know it: Goldblum turns dialogue inside-out with stylized speech and a range of pregnant pauses, looping his eyes around the room with each caesura as if tracking an imagined hummingbird.
  • Fan-made Arrested Development documentary gets a trailer – oho wau jee