Trevor Gerzen's Blog

The beautiful @gerzc (at Barrio Starr)

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:09:52 -0700

The beautiful @gerzc (at Barrio Starr)

#AccidentalAmpersand (at The Gillispie School)

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:05:32 -0700

#AccidentalAmpersand (at The Gillispie School)

photojojo: In what has to be most precise photography project...

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:13:15 -0700

photojojo:

In what has to be most precise photography project ever, Harvard fellow Wim Noorduin used salt and silicon to create microscopic flowers on the surface of a penny.

Microscopic Flowers Photographed on a Single Penny

via CollabCubed

I don’t know that there’s anything I need to add to this…

London in 1927 from Tim Sparke on Vimeo.Incredible colour...

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:20:53 -0700

London in 1927 from Tim Sparke on Vimeo.

Incredible colour footage of 1920s London shot by an early British pioneer of film named Claude Frisse-Greene, who made a series of travelogues using the colour process his father William - a noted cinematographer - was experimenting with. It’s like a beautifully dusty old postcard you’d find in a junk store, but moving.

Music by Jonquil and Yann Tiersen.

Look at all those screen sizes!

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:50:36 -0700

Look at all those screen sizes!:

One could go mad looking at this list! It makes me laugh thinking of friends who can’t believe how much I can charge to “make a website”. It’d be easy they said!

Device screen resolutions ordered by OS

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:46:15 -0700

dstorey:

Its often a chore to track down what screen resolutions are supported by the various operating systems and devices that are commonly used on the Web. Vendor sites and developer guidelines are often helpful, but it means hunting down information across many sites and documents. Sites like GSM Arena are great, but it often means checking devices one at a time, and useful information for web developers are lost amongst the densely packed information that is of limited concern to us. As I was researching this information anyway, and I’m a bit of a data nerd, I thought I may as well catalogue the information on my blog for easy access at a later date. If the information is of use to anyone else, then all the better.

I’ve grouped the data by operating system, version, and device type, as I wanted to see what resolutions needed to be supported to broadly cover a particular OS. Not surprisingly, some of the more closed operating systems have tighter control and consistency potentially making them easier to support, while more open operating systems have a plethora of different resolutions and aspect ratios.

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Happened to come across a couple of these today so if anyone is looking for a list of screen rez by OS this looks pretty solid.

The tale of a Rando from Markus on Vimeo.A promo for Rando - an...

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:31:58 -0700

The tale of a Rando from Markus on Vimeo.

A promo for Rando - an anonymous photo sharing platform.

Credit list:
Design and direction: Markus Magnusson
Animation: Markus Magnusson, Raoul Alpkut
Soundtrack: Ergo Phizmiz - Tillys Punctured Romancer
Sound design: Markus Magnusson with some help from freesfx.co.uk

Ps. Try the app!
iOS - itunes.apple.com/gb/app/rando/id588683021?mt=8
Android - play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ustwo.rando

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera - Market from John Brawley Tests...

Wed, 01 May 2013 15:46:58 -0700

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera - Market from John Brawley Tests on Vimeo.

So it’s time to look at some footage from the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera.

ADDED ** For ungraded look at vimeo.com/64944847

This footage was shot over about an hour at my local market on Sunday morning. So yeah, it’s just home movies. I was literally grabbing shots where I could whilst I was shopping ! But, you do get to see what one man can do with a pocket cinema camera and a 12-35 Panasonic m4/3 zoom. I guess for those that like to shoot discretely, guerrilla or documentary style, this will give you a good sense of what you’re going to get. The same great DR and look has been inherited from the BMCC.

All this footage was shot using the FILM look. I set my exposure by ETTR and using the 100% zebra to indicate clipping. I had IS on all the time. I had a Hoya ND16 on as well to keep me at a slightly nicer stop. I set the rear monitor to VIDEO and then used focus peaking all the time.

There are plans afoot to create something that’s more *finished* in the way of demo footage in a more formal and drama / narrative style, but for now this should whet your appetite.

Its rough and ready, and really it was just something I threw together very quickly. Interestingly, I had one guy actually recognise that it was a BMCC pocket and several others stopped me to ask what the camera was !

I cut the footage using FCPx and used my colleague Captain Hook for the grade. He’s made some fantastic LUT’s for Resolve as donation-ware to make grading BMCC footage even easier. I encourage those of you who work with BMCC footage to check out these great LUT’s. There’s some great before and after examples there as well.

Enjoy !

MōVI from Vincent Laforet on Vimeo.This short was shot with the...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:03:55 -0700

MōVI from Vincent Laforet on Vimeo.

This short was shot with the The “MōVI” - a digital 3-axis gyro-stabilized handheld camera gimbal. The completely silent device weighs under 3.5 pounds bare and can be operated solo, or with the help of a second “gimbal” operator with a joystick to pull off some incredible moves. To read more about it go to: wp.me/pjtZ0-2a4 The BTS Video is at: vimeo.com/63357898

To download extra features go to: vimeo.com/ondemand/movi

All proceeds from the “Tip Jar” and Vimeo on Demand will benefit the Lollipop theater network lollipoptheater.org/ - a nonprofit organization that arranges showings of first-run movies to children confined to hospitals.

This short was shot ENTIRELY handheld with the MōVI, a Canon EOS 1DC (at 4K) and a Canon 24mm 1.3 Cine Prime (and a Zeiss 18mm CP.2 for the aerial shots.)

Building Invisible Walls: Making Labyrinth from Howard Berry on...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:41:43 -0700

Building Invisible Walls: Making Labyrinth from Howard Berry on Vimeo.

Building Invisible Walls is a collection of stories about the making of Labyrinth by the people who helped to make it. Those interviewed are listed below.

The stories are extracts from full-length interviews with each of the contributors about their careers working at studios in Elstree and Borehamwood, and form part of “The Elstree Project” - a collaboration between Elstree Screen Heritage and Howard Berry of the University of Hertfordshire. This work has been done on a voluntary basis with student volunteers and staff giving up their own time to help preserve the legacy of the “British Hollywood”.

Contributors to this film are:
Martin Baker - Producer,
Ken Baker - First Assistant Director,
and Barry Wilkinson - Props Master.

To find out more about the project, visit: theelstreeproject.org

Made By Hand for Wallpaper* from Anthony Burrill on...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:36:45 -0700

Made By Hand for Wallpaper* from Anthony Burrill on Vimeo.

Woodblock print for Wallpaper* Handmade 2012

Diego Stocco - Transformed Rain from Diego Stocco on Vimeo.Few...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:35:02 -0700

Diego Stocco - Transformed Rain from Diego Stocco on Vimeo.

Few days ago I was working on a new instrument and needed to pick up some tools from my work table outside.
It was a rainy day.

While I was sorting through the tools, I started hearing a faint tonal rhythm that reminded me of ethnic percussions and wondered where it was coming from. It was the rain hitting a metallic trash bin that I had left upside down in front of the working table.
I stopped for a moment and focused my attention on the sound.

Besides the percussive noise of the rain, I started hearing some overtones, so I got inspired to create a piece by expanding the tonal resonances present within that sound. No additional instruments or samples. I hope you’ll enjoy it!

MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:33:41 -0700

MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage… all to turn 3 ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food ….into 3 beautiful and hopefully compelling short films…..

= a trip of a lifetime.

move, eat, learn

Rick Mereki : Director, producer, additional camera and editing
Tim White : DOP, producer, primary editing, sound
Andrew Lees : Actor, mover, groover

These films were commissioned by STA Travel Australia: youtube.com/watch?v=-BrDlrytgm8

Thanks heaps to Adam Fyfe, Brendan, Simon and Crissy at STA.

All Music composed and performed by Kelsey James (kelseyanne.james@gmail.com)
Soundtrack available here:
itunes.apple.com/au/album/play-on-move-soundtrack-single/id456257170

Music Recorded and mixed by Jake Phillips

Colour Grade : Edel Rafferty and Roslyn Di Sisto
Online Edit : Peter Mirecki

Assistance in titles and production design : Lee Gingold, Jason Milden, Rohan Newman

Big Ups to Michelle, Kiri, Renee, Hana, Andre, Ross, Bernie & Julie for your patience and support and awesomeness…..

Huge Thanks to :
Marco, Juliana and Julio at GAP Argentina and Peru
Ariana Cardenas, Toni Figuera and cooltra scooters in Barcelona,
Abete Zanetti Glass blowing school, Murano, Venice (abatezanetti.it)
Annabel, Rosario and Carolina (Pitu) in France
Juane and Andrea from the Princeca Insolenta hostel in Chile

Thank you all for your kind words and encouragement. The response has been phenomenal and overwhelming. We never thought this little project would reach out to so many people. x

Stop Drawing Dead Fish from Bret Victor on Vimeo.People are...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:43:35 -0700

Stop Drawing Dead Fish from Bret Victor on Vimeo.

People are alive — they behave and respond. Creations within the computer can also live, behave, and respond… if they are allowed to. The message of this talk is that computer-based art tools should embrace both forms of life — artists behaving through real-time performance, and art behaving through real-time simulation. Everything we draw should be alive by default.

Part 1 talks about the potential of the computer as a new visual art medium. I show a collaboration between art and artist, with the art behaving through simulation, the artist behaving through performance, and the two of them working together, responding to each other.

Part 2 demonstrates a tool for “programming” how art should behave and respond. The artist directly manipulates art objects on the canvas, the way that visual art has always been created since the time of cave paintings. The tool is based around direct, geometric construction rather than indirect, algebraic “code”.

Part 3 is a short performance.

This talk was originally presented to SF SIGGRAPH on May 16 2012, and was recorded at the Exploratorium on November 27 2012.

Driving Google Street View with Leap Motion from Teehan+Lax Labs...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:32:08 -0700

Driving Google Street View with Leap Motion from Teehan+Lax Labs on Vimeo.

Music Credit: Andrew Bayer - Farnsworth Court
anjunabeats.com/andrew-bayer-if-it-were-you-wed-never-leave/

We were lucky enough to receive some Leap Motion (leapmotion.com) units. Naturally, the first thing we tried was integrating it with Google Street View using the same engine we used on Hyperlapse (hyperlapse.tllabs.io). The app is entirely written in Javascript using LeapJS (github.com/leapmotion/leapjs) and a hacked version of Hyperlapse.js (github.com/TeehanLax/Hyperlapse.js). Panoramic points are spidered out from a single latitude/longitude in all linked directions. The examples in this video had 300 panoramic points.

Us: tllabs.io

Introducing Briefs from MartianCraft on Vimeo.Briefs for the Mac...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:59:48 -0700

Introducing Briefs from MartianCraft on Vimeo.

Briefs for the Mac and Briefscase for iOS is coming May 1st.
Sign up for our mailing list at giveabrief.com

Consider following us at @briefsapp on Twitter.

KAIROS Trailer from Studio La Cachette on Vimeo.Réalisation...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:07:27 -0700

KAIROS Trailer from Studio La Cachette on Vimeo.

Réalisation & Production
Studio La Cachette

Idée Originale & Direction Artistique
Ulysse Malassagne

Storyboard
Oussama Bouacheria

Dévelopement Visuel
Nuno Alves Rodrigues
Alice Dieudonné
Julien Chheng
Ulysse Malassagne
Rémi Salmon

Animation
Nuno Alves Rodrigues
Oussama Bouacheria
Alice Bissonnet
Julien Chheng
Hanne Galvez
Rachid Guendouze
Sandrine Han Jin Kuang
Ulysse Malassagne
Stéphanie Mercier
Bung Nguyen
Stéphanie Pavoine
Julien Perron

Décors
Alice Dieudonné
Ulysse Malassagne

Compositing
Ulysse Malassagne

Design Sonore et Mixage
Florian Calmer

Musique
X-Ray Dog

OBLIVION GFX Montage from GMUNK on Vimeo.The mighty Joseph...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:16:15 -0700

OBLIVION GFX Montage from GMUNK on Vimeo.

The mighty Joseph Kosinski invited Munkowitz to the GFX party once again, this time for his spring blockbuster feature film OBLIVION™… Predictably, the list of graphic assets to be created was obscene, so munko assembled and led another super team of GFX mercenaries and descended into the lovely confines of Crater Lake Productions to generate the aforementioned fuckload of graphic content… Working with Joseph always brings out the best in Munk and Company, and this time around was certainly no exception… OBLIVION © Universal Pictures, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

GFX METHODOLOGY

The briefing for the Graphic Language stressed functionality and minimalism while utilizing a bright, unified color palette that would appear equally well on both a dark or bright backdrop… The function was to reflect the modernized sensibilities of the TET Mainframe computer and would assist the characters with the key components of their duties on earth; be it the monitoring of all Vitals on the ground using Vika’s Light Table, or the various diagnostics in the air using the Jack’s Bubbleship… For good measure, the team also designed and animated all of the HUD UI for the various machines and weaponry in the film cuz they could, establishing a consistent graphic language that rendered all the interfaces with a loverly cohesion rarely seen in them massive-budget Sci-Fi productions…

OBLIVION LIGHT TABLE UI

One of the most widely seen Graphic elements was Vika’s Light Table, which allowed her to guide Jack Harper through his tasks as a Drone repair man in the field of duty… The table itself was built practically, so most of the visuals were captured in-camera, lending a beautiful optical touch to the design ( thx Joe & Claudio )… The table consisted of four screens: A main map that Vika used to monitor the Bubbleship, Drone, and Scav positioning, a Drone Monitor which tracked all their key vitals and fuel status, A Hydro Rig monitor that displayed the collection progress for the large resource gatherers over the ocean, and finally a Weather Screen which showed the Tet’s online status and also key vitals of the ever-changing weather systems… A couple extra tasks had the team designing another Map Diagnostic screen on a milky-white breakfast table top and a few key standalone windows that were analyzing Rogue Signal feeds that were key story points in the film…

OBLIVION BUBBLESHIP UI

Jack’s helicopter, a remarkable Daniel Simon creation called the Bubbleship, was Jack’s paramount vehicle in the film… The UI appeared as a hologram embedded within the spherical glass cockpit, done to perfection by the lovely folks at Pixomondo, and functioned to assist Jack in his flight and combat duties throughout the film… The team researched a grip of Flight simulator and Helicopter Combat interfaces and sought to modernize the aesthetic while still delivering key functionality that would mimic real-world flight tools… And of course the team didn’t want to fuck up Simon’s baby with ugly UI, the German wrath was implanted deep within and ultimately, the Bubbleship UI was by far the most researched and pampered graphic task…

OBLIVION HUD GFX

The team also designed all of the Machinery HUDs and various Gauges in the film, be it the Drone Machine Vision, Jack’s Gun HUD, all the Scav equipment and some of Jack’s smaller vehicles… The interfaces again stressed functionality over excess, keeping the Greeble under control and communicating key story points throughout the film.. All of these graphic elements were ingested by the VFX Vendors and ultimately integrated seamlessly into the live-action plates; many thanks mighty peoples…

OBLVN Light Table UI Credit list

Production Facility: Crater Lake Productions
Oblivion Director: Joseph Kosinski
Oblivion Producer: Steve Gaubs
Oblivion Assistant Producer: David Feinblserbr

Graphics Design Director: Bradley G Munkowitz
Lead Graphic Designers: Bradley G Munkowitz, Jake Sargeant
Graphic Designers: Joseph Chanimal, Alexander Perry
Lead Graphics Animators: David Lewandowski, Joseph Chanimal
Graphics Animator: Alexander Perry

OBLVN Bubbleship UI Credit list

Graphics Design Director: Bradley G Munkowitz
Lead Graphic Designers: Bradley G Munkowitz, Joseph Chanimal
Lead Graphics Animator: Navarro Parker
Graphics Animator: Joseph Chanimal

OBLVN HUD GFX Credit list

Graphics Design Director: Bradley G Munkowitz
Lead Graphic Designers: Joseph Chanimal, Bradley G Munkowitz
Graphic Designer: Alexander Perry
Lead Graphics Animators: Navarro Parker, Alexander Perry
Graphics Animator: Joseph Chanimal

OBLVN Process Montage Credit list

Production Facility: Autofuss
Design Director: Bradley G Munkowitz
Lead Editor: Ian Colon
Director of Photography: Ian Colon

Walk on the beach with the wife #nofilter with Catherine at...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:48:44 -0700

Walk on the beach with the wife #nofilter with Catherine at Dunes Beach / Park – View on Path.

Land of Sciacchetra’ from Larry A Burns Jr on Vimeo.This...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:34:57 -0700

Land of Sciacchetra’ from Larry A Burns Jr on Vimeo.

This is a trailer for a (Larry A Burns Jr) feature length documentary film, shot in Le Cinque Terre, Italy, about the lives and lineage of the producers of a passito specialty dessert wine called Sciacchetra’, that is only produced and sold in Cinque Terre and the struggles and hardships that they endure working this rugged trecherous terrain. This wine is thought to have been made since before the time of Jesus Christ. Around 90% of the vineyards are being maintained by a generation that is in their 60’s. For the most part, their children, which are now adults, have chosen technical jobs, renting out rooms and tending bar over continuing their heritage.

If this younger generation does not step up to take over the family vineyards, will the way of life that their forefathers have built for over 25 generations be sustained? Or will it become a fading memory and a bedtime story told to their grandchildren and their grandchildren after them?

With the arrest of the park president of Parco Nazionale delle Cinque Terre and eleven other officials that were fighting in possibly unscrupulous or unorthodox ways, to save this precious legacy, and with the state of Cinque Terre in complete dismay, how will life change and how will life be the same ever again? Is there still hope?

Follow us as we take you through this beautiful and heart-tugging story of a way of life in peril.