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)