Nic Cage Losing His Shit

Is Brilliant! This clip offically saved my day.



GO TO:
>>> http://www.pajiba.com/guides/nicolas-cage-losing-his-sht-the-video.php

Stop motion Animation !

Easy!


With these you can:
# 1 Disney's 12 principles of Animation
# 2 Get a folder and a stabler + thinner printing paper (around 80 mg or something)
# 3 pens & pencils
# 4 camera + some free simple stopmotion software



Done with doubles (see > Animation Glossary
or Timing For Animation excerpt)

Star Wars - The Solo Adventure

Created by Dave School students. Can't press how brilliant this is. Quality: thru-and-trhu and the ending: priceless!

The Solo Adventures 2D from Daniel L Smith on Vimeo.

the Happening drinking game

RULE

Take a sip every time there's a camera-drive into a close-up of Mark Wahlberg looking puzzled. Or just a close-up looking puzzled. Or just looking puzzled.

Good article about Criticism & Hyping Movies

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Everybody’s a Critic of the Critics’ Rabid Critics
excerpts from A.O. Scott

.."It also, serendipitously, set the table for “Inception” by rehearsing some important terms of debate: Do certain directors inspire unreflecting loyalty from both professional critics and passionate movie fans? Does the perception of this kind of bias plant seeds of skepticism that blossom into overstated negative reactions? What role does expectation (or hype, if you prefer) play in the audience’s experience of a movie?"

.."As soon as the July Fourth weekend was over, these questions began to swirl around “Inception.” Warner Brothers, having screened the movie for select journalists the previous Friday, relaxed its embargo — the standard, routinely flouted prohibition on publishing reviews before opening day — and a burst of raves went up all over the Internet. The name of Stanley Kubrick was duly invoked, and the word “masterpiece” sounded like a trumpet through the blogosphere. The early score on Rottentomatoes.com was a perfect 100. "

.."What seemed to provoke the most ire was that these critics had shown the temerity to mention what other critics had written, and to respond to the aggressive marketing and the early effusions. "

.."Nonetheless, over the first weekend of the release of “Inception,” I braced myself for brickbats for both sides. Either I had been suckered by the Hollywood publicity machine, or else I was blind to the visionary genius of a great artist. "

.."Maybe my memory is fuzzy, or maybe I’m dreaming, but I think it used to be that “masterpiece” was the last word, the end of the discussion, rather than the starting point. "

Source: (read the whole thing there)
International Herald Tribune

The HAIR of NICOLAS CAGE (a tribute to)

Maybe it was somewhere on the lines when a couple of his movies didn't make that big a success when people started paying more attention to his hair. But this ought to be not taken wrong -people evidently like him and were just disappointed they weren't seeing the best of him.

#1 Lenght


#2 Hairstyles

+ resolved:


#3 Joblo Top 10
Part 1: Nicolas Cage Hairstyles 1/2
Part 2 : Nicolas Cage Hairstyles 2/2

Werevolves, as they should be..

.See, has actually some canine in it:




THANK YOU, True Blood!


(A reference to earlier post: Where the world has gone? )
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Ricky Jay - Cards as Weapons

If you have any idea who Ricky Jay is, this is something you have to -at least- skim trough!

>> Scribd. Cards as Weapons << (you can also download the pdf-book for free) One page example:

It was Picard Day Yesterday!

Why didn't anybody tell me! Anyhow, to make things up I will post this picture today:



See more at: > http://picardday.wordpress.com/

Kirk the Captivating

So much so that you really don't care what he is talking about. You just get stuck listening. Yup, this month's scifi content fullfilled.

(relatively) New Tv series Justified

With a Cowboy attitude. Worth checking I say.
Here's the rap: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1489428/

Reminds very vaguely of Due South. If you like Olyphant or great characters, Kentucky/Southern feeling and good plotline, then you might like this one too.

> Promo & Official site here.

Things that make a movie: Color grading

(from http://www.dreamfield.se/2009/06/drmfld-movie-color%E2%84%A2/)

As I am interested in what makes the movie look like a movie (vs. home made video) I try to pick up things here and there. Of course proper lightning is one. But here's a thing most propably might not immeadiately think of:

COLOR GRADING.


Here's a comprehensive list of links to get the idea:

#1 Mike Jone's Digital Basin: Concepts and paradigms


Shorter, straight-to-the point links:

#2 A short demonstration with pics about the dramatic difference: http://prolost.com/blog/2007/7/11/color-makes-the-movie.html

#3 Another
http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2009/07/23/the-power-of-color-grading/

#4 Excellent Video (click 'Introduction' and fast-forward to 3:13)
http://www.autodesk.com/us/lustre/tutorial-2007-01-23/

Did you know that on averge about 300 hours (a very approximate approximate number) can be used to color grade a movie (US)? In Finland the number is more to 100 hours.

Why, It's Renny Harlin!

The likeness is uncanny.

Excellent Branded Entertainment from Philips!

Good usage of cgi: check. Good usage of branded entertainment: check. Excellent plots: check!

Head to:
> http://www.cinema.philips.com/

or where the whole-lot are found (aka all the shorts):
> http://www.facebook.com/philipscinema

The Perfect example of everything wrong in a movie

Perfect (actually the rest are better than the first):

(What is wrong, parts: 1.Everything 2. The audience is expected to accept too many things that we are and are not told)

The rest:
Part 2/9
(3. The Plot 4. Love and marriage 5. Send in the clones)
Part 3/9
(6. Bright lights, dumb city)
Part 4/9
(7. Tell me you love me)
Part 5/9
Part 6/9
(8. Why is Samuel L. Jackson in Star Wars movie?)
Part 7/9
(9. George Lucas ruins the light saber and the force all in one scene)
Part 8/9
(10. The dissolution of tension: bigger is not always betterer 11. Big dumb ending)
Part 9/9
(12. Oh, George)

Cool site worth visiting

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It's all about traditional and digital effects. Be sure to check out!

> http://makingfx.net/

Why I rather don't watch Oscars

A Trailer for Every Academy Award Winning Movie Ever
(powered by Cracked.com)

However, I was pleased to notice the day after that Waltz & Jeff had been given the award.

Spartacus: Blood and Sand and Abs and..

It's so ridiculously silly. You've got blood. Slo-motion fights. Then Abs. Then Boobs. Then Sex and..




then some More! and..



then some MORE! and..



then some MORE! and..



then, EVEN MORE!! *whip* It never ends.


It works.
So silly, so ridiculously silly. Mushy brains. Very mushy.

To read an actual (but hilarious) review, go for >>
Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Adventures in Pay-Cable Skirt Fights

The Usefulness of Styrofoam Heads - cheap Special Effects

Cut the long story short I had an epiphany today about styrofoam heads. They are cheap!

What can you do with them?
1. Fake heads
2. Masks (see picture below)
3. And of course, this (from instructibles)

How to do..?
1. Fake Heads
- buy a styrofoam head from a shop and colour it
2. Masks
- make papermass/pulp/papier-mâché (very cheap, only adhesive will pay) to build contours


The Above Head
(Brian Penikas, the Creeps head in the making)
Of course, the above head is a bit advanced and not made from pulp, obviously. But pulp molds well and can be coloured easily so it's not a bad choice at all for zero budget productions!


Have fun!