So in film there is very little that can be described as objective, but the screenplay and screenplay format is one of them. What I think people don’t seem to understand is that the format and conventions of screenwriting are not without reason. A screenplay is at its core a functional document. There is a…Read more
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Lessons from the film festival 3: always put narrative over aesthetics
We live in a very visual world. People these days have been raised on a diet of visual content since birth, and we have an almost instinctual understanding of how visual compositions and editing is supposed to fit together. But we also live in a world with a rich history of different visual traditions, from…Read more
Lessons from the film festival 2: audio and sound design
True story time, buddies, circle up. Fun fact about myself, I do not handle ASMR-style audio well. The close-to-the-mic whispers, the tapping, plastic crinkles… no likey. It makes the underside of my skin itchy in a very real and very uncomfortable way. So, with that, let me set the scene: I am watching a festival…Read more
Vanity Fair’s Notes on a Scene: Naatu Naatu
This is such a wonderful scene and the song deserved all the praise. I was very interested to learn more about his process, and how he is very hands off with his cinematographer and set designer. It shows a great deal of trust in your team, and I wish I had that sort of easy…Read more
Public Domain Goodies: Miracle Mongers and Their Methods, by Harry Houdini
God bless Project Gutenberg, and all who maintain her. I’ve been doing some research for a project about fraud mediums and I came across a beautiful gem of a book. Harry Houdini wasn’t an outright skeptic in the internet, YouTube way that we think of today. He was open to being convinced of a life…Read more
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Aww, what an adorable horror beyond my understanding (ChatGPT produces some crochet patterns)
So ChatGPT was prompted to write crochet patterns and the result was interesting. And adorable. Honestly it looks like a plushy in a Cronenberg body horror. They did something similar with a neural net trained on knit patterns called SkyKnit but what I find most interesting is that the ChatGPT AI appears to be providing…Read more
Volume Sets
I am very interested in this write up on the limitations of volume sets like the one used on The Mandalorian. This technology is so new and innovative, I think headlines like this could give the wrong impression that this isn’t an incredible gift for creators. We are still understanding the limitations of this technology,…Read more
Weekly Links January 2-8, 2023
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Weekly post – 1/2-8
I didn’t get as much done as I wanted to this week. I’ve been finding in the last couple of months that things are getting tighter and tighter. My lease is up in May and I am hoping to get out of this unhealthy environment… but I want to stay in Orlando, which means something…Read more