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Archive for September, 2008

Totally over-the-top foul-languaged but ringing-of-truth take on Microsoft’s Seinfeld ads

Posted in Microsoft, Web 2.0, cloud computing, cloud-centric computers on Sunday, 21 September 2008, 5:29 pm | 1 Comment »

I think this guy’s a little over-the-top (after all, it’s just an operating system) with his flowery and foul-mouthed analogies. But if you want to know how a large portion of the planet feels about Microsoft products, check out the venting by “Kirby” on comments on this page: http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1251-i-liked-microsoft-better-when-they-were-assholes No dream team of well-loved pop [...]

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Indie Director Dumps on Red, Claiming to be “Bull Buster”

Posted in 4K, Indie filmmaking, Red Camera, Red digital cinema, cameras, cinematography on Friday, 19 September 2008, 7:56 am | 2 Comments »

Indie director Rian Johnson has posted a nasty little attack on Red. Which Red bashers are beginning to seize upon as ammo. I think it’s a cheap shot filled with FUD-generating misinformation, as I’ve written on reduser.net here, here , here and here. Here’s a good response from Red’s Graeme Nattress. And here’s another good [...]

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Great A.C.E. Podcast on Red Basics for Editors, by PlasterCity Guys

Posted in 4K, A.C.E., Assimilate Scratch, Avid, DCP, DIT, Final Cut, Indie filmmaking, PlasterCity, Quicktime, R3D, REDCINE, Red Alert, Red Camera, Red digital cinema, Redcode RAW, backup, color correction, digital cinema, digital distribution, film editing, podcast, post-production on Thursday, 18 September 2008, 12:30 pm | Leave a Comment »

If you’re an editor or anyone interested in Red One camera post-production workflow, check out this excellent podcast, sponsored by the American Cinema Editors (A.C.E.): About 35 people assembled in the DI theater at PlasterCITY Digital Post in Hollywood on Tuesday, May 13, and were treated to a fantastic presentation on using the Red Camera [...]

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Good Red Insights from A.S.C. Member John Leonetti

Posted in Indie filmmaking, Red Camera, Red digital cinema, cinematography, digital cinema, high-definition on Monday, 15 September 2008, 11:51 pm | 2 Comments »

Check out this excellent 3-part interview with cinematographer and A.S.C. member John Leonetti entitled “Is the Future of Film Red” on HDFilmtools.com: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Films days are numbered, says this A.S.C. member, in a balanced way and with experience of a feature shoot (“Hybrid”) just under his belt.

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There Will Be Dischordant Music

Posted in movie review on Monday, 8 September 2008, 3:46 pm | Leave a Comment »

…that has no relationship to what’s going on on the screen. I watched “There Will Be Blood” in my home theater last night. I love Upton Sinclair (who wrote the book on which the movie is based), but not sure I liked the movie. While, on paper, it deals with very timely topics (about oil [...]

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Great article on Google’s new Chrome Browser: Business Week

Posted in Chrome, Google Docs, Net-tops, Web 2.0, cloud computing, google, netbooks, online office apps on Wednesday, 3 September 2008, 3:50 pm | Leave a Comment »

BusinessWeek has an excellent (best I’ve read so far) on the significance of Google’s newly announced browser, Chrome. Key paragraph: Google Chrome has faster JavaScript VM, better memory management, better Windows UI rendering, faster text layout and rendering, and intelligent page navigation in comparison with other more widely adopted browsers. When combined with Google Gears [...]

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BarCamp Coming to Hong Kong this Saturday (6 Sept 08)

Posted in Hong Kong, Web 2.0, conference, crowd sourcing on Tuesday, 2 September 2008, 11:07 am | 2 Comments »

Don’t ask me exactly what it is. I don’t know. They describe themselves as “an adhoc unconference”, which is a bit unhelpful and fuzzy. But seems that a bunch of folk related to Web 2.0 (and Web 1.0) will be aggregating and presenting and wired and Twittering–in Quarry Bay all day this Saturday, 6 Sept. [...]

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There’s a Lotta Luv: Red #1304 Shoots Maitreya in Mongkok

Posted in 4K, Indie filmmaking, Maitreya, Red Camera, blogs, music video on Monday, 1 September 2008, 10:18 am | Leave a Comment »

My Red was out last week shooting up-and-coming New Zealand hip-hop artist Maitreya‘s new music video, “Lotaluv”. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to make the shoot (DPed by Roman Baska of Salon Films and directed and produced by Digger T Mesch and his Dig Deep Entertainment). But looks like they did some great work, with my [...]

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