Deer. We've got bad deer problems where I come from.
It's gotten so bad the children are afraid to go to school.
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The practical res of 35 is 2k, 4k if you wish to be pedantic. Digital technology will pass this line soon enough, and then beyond. Film is dead. It was an amazing technology a century ago, but has failed to outrun the beast that is Moore's law.
The 2000's are gonna fucking rule. And, I'll be there to see them.;-)
This thing records MPEG-2 compressed video in a proprietary style to MiniDV tape. The jury is still out on whether HD at 25mbit/sec will be artifacted. It's still an amazing technological leap, though.
First, film is expensive. IMAX will never be a cost-effective format to shoot on. Secondly, IMAX provides a tremendous amount of data to the viewer. So much so that traditional filmmaking techniques fall apart. People look ugly when 50 feet tall. Imagine if every person in the audience could see each pore of your skin. In addition, the visual depth of IMAX makes it impossible for traditional camera moves and technique. And finally, money. There's not enough IMAX theatres to support anything other than the occasional (basically) port of the latest hot movie.
The Internet is to me information freebased. I am helpless without it.
I am looking forward to a future in which there is global continuous wireless connectivity. Then I can live in my shack in the woods and periodically wander in toward civilization to get supplies.
At $10k for a base station and $1k ($300 eventually) for the reciever, this tech is still a bit off. However, improvements like this will be what eventually let wireless give DSL/Cable monopolies a run for their money in the last-mile competition.
Bring it on. I'm tired of 56k. Anybody know the latency on one of these connects?
MS is fully aware of how to play the ends against each other for their own benefit. Many in the community are wary of this, for good reason.
Swimming with a very big shark is always guaranteed to be interesting, not necessarily good or bad. This is just throwing a few drops of blood in the water to spice things up.
Hollywood: Do you want to play our game? Pratchett: Go to hell. Hollywood: Likewise.
The game is always interesting. People get too focused on it and not the end project, though...this is what leads to movies without a soul.
C'est la vie. It continues every day, with new faces and different names, but always the same. Hollywood has been trying to put itself out of business for the past century, always accidentally succeeding when it needs to.
I really don't understand their logic. Why should one company try to make a quick buck/die instantly in the IPO game so that others can have a chance?
Google should do what is in google's best interests, not that of analysts. Too many people listen to them. They're just men with calculators, something people continually forget. If said analysts really knew how to make money in the business world, they'd be out there.
NetBSD runs on 17 or so processor architectures and 50+ platforms. A pretty impressive feat, especially when you consider all the massive changes that have made it into the industry in the past ten years.
Kudos to the Net and other BSD teams. Keep that code clean and portable!
I'm fan of hedge, but railroad ties also make good corners. Just remember to put some dry concrete in the hole so that it will 'set' properly. You don't want the thing getting loose once you start pulling the wire.
While we're on the subject, what's your opinion on barbed wire? I'm a member of the five-strand club, but a lot of people prefer the cheaper four-strand variation.
Well, I don't know much about Jackson's plans, but the only way to keep a big high-end VFX shop open is to be working 365/24/7. Unless Jackson starts working for other people (a la Lucas), he's gonna have to make some staff cuts eventually.
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The adage popular then was that students who got A's did the technical work, while people who managed only C's wound up running things.
That this adage may no longer hold true seems like progress.
After all those years of hard work, getting ready to rule the world, they switch the rules of the game just as I leave!
Deer. We've got bad deer problems where I come from.
It's gotten so bad the children are afraid to go to school.
The practical res of 35 is 2k, 4k if you wish to be pedantic. Digital technology will pass this line soon enough, and then beyond. Film is dead. It was an amazing technology a century ago, but has failed to outrun the beast that is Moore's law.
;-)
The 2000's are gonna fucking rule. And, I'll be there to see them.
This thing records MPEG-2 compressed video in a proprietary style to MiniDV tape. The jury is still out on whether HD at 25mbit/sec will be artifacted. It's still an amazing technological leap, though.
-Brett
All good points. I shouldn't smoke crack before noon.
;-)
70's used as an aquisition format. If the budget can handle its cost, it makes for a pretty master.
The 70 imax uses is a wierd format that is really expensive. The cameras and lenses required screw up traditional filmmaking.
70 theatres exist, but they're mostly operating off of equipment that's already been paid for.
I think the real push for imax-style cinema will come when digital aquisition makes it cost-effective to shoot at these resolutions.
-Brett
P.S. If I didn't know about Lawrence, I'd be a pretty bad film student.
They do, via donated film. That's why most everything you see on iMAX is science projects and other things produced by non-profit organizations.
It is an expensive format that needs to die. DLP, anyone?
-Brett
Problems:
First, film is expensive. IMAX will never be a cost-effective format to shoot on. Secondly, IMAX provides a tremendous amount of data to the viewer. So much so that traditional filmmaking techniques fall apart. People look ugly when 50 feet tall. Imagine if every person in the audience could see each pore of your skin. In addition, the visual depth of IMAX makes it impossible for traditional camera moves and technique. And finally, money. There's not enough IMAX theatres to support anything other than the occasional (basically) port of the latest hot movie.
70mm film runs roughly ten dollars a foot for a one-off. 180 feet will shoot you a second of screen time.
Or, in other words, shooting on 70 isn't really cost-feasible. It's done from time to time for ego projects.
Also note that I'm talking about film 70 and not imax 70, which is even worse.
-Brett
Mirroring. What a polite word for downloading and saving pictures of women in various states of undress. ;-)
There's plenty of good reasons for daylight savings time.
Not much, especially when your grandma's got two PHD's in the area.
Wait until it becomes an addiction. Then you'll understand the full meaning of the phrase '/. effect'.
The Internet is to me information freebased. I am helpless without it.
I am looking forward to a future in which there is global continuous wireless connectivity. Then I can live in my shack in the woods and periodically wander in toward civilization to get supplies.
-Brett
(typing this on somebody else's computer)
At $10k for a base station and $1k ($300 eventually) for the reciever, this tech is still a bit off. However, improvements like this will be what eventually let wireless give DSL/Cable monopolies a run for their money in the last-mile competition.
Bring it on. I'm tired of 56k. Anybody know the latency on one of these connects?
A little of both, I'd reckon.
MS is fully aware of how to play the ends against each other for their own benefit. Many in the community are wary of this, for good reason.
Swimming with a very big shark is always guaranteed to be interesting, not necessarily good or bad. This is just throwing a few drops of blood in the water to spice things up.
Translation:
Hollywood: Do you want to play our game?
Pratchett: Go to hell.
Hollywood: Likewise.
The game is always interesting. People get too focused on it and not the end project, though...this is what leads to movies without a soul.
C'est la vie. It continues every day, with new faces and different names, but always the same. Hollywood has been trying to put itself out of business for the past century, always accidentally succeeding when it needs to.
Go look at all the positive reviews which 'somehow' made their way into that board. Bloody industry.
1) /. server.
2) Claim inflated losses for each potential viewer lost * theoretical maximum recieved from each one.
3) Sue.
4) Profit!
Don't laugh. It's their real-world business model.
Exactly.
I really don't understand their logic. Why should one company try to make a quick buck/die instantly in the IPO game so that others can have a chance?
Google should do what is in google's best interests, not that of analysts. Too many people listen to them. They're just men with calculators, something people continually forget. If said analysts really knew how to make money in the business world, they'd be out there.
Peckinpah: Straw Dogs, Wild Bunch. (violence)
Wilder: Sunset Blvd, Double Indemnity. (film noir)
Everybody should check out the AFI Top 100 List.
And may it keep on dying in the future.
NetBSD runs on 17 or so processor architectures and 50+ platforms. A pretty impressive feat, especially when you consider all the massive changes that have made it into the industry in the past ten years.
Kudos to the Net and other BSD teams. Keep that code clean and portable!
Apple's targeting using low-end hardware to tackle mid-range complexity tasks.
Final Cut Pro 4 will come out next month. Shake 3.0 is also supposedly around the corner as well.
Either of these programs, coupled with a XRaid and HD footage, will provide an interesting method for small vfx houses to tackle production.
Anything that lowers the bar of entry is a good thing, IMO.
-Brett
Where's the SCSI plug on your video camera?
-Brett
I'm fan of hedge, but railroad ties also make good corners. Just remember to put some dry concrete in the hole so that it will 'set' properly. You don't want the thing getting loose once you start pulling the wire.
While we're on the subject, what's your opinion on barbed wire? I'm a member of the five-strand club, but a lot of people prefer the cheaper four-strand variation.
-Brett
Well, I don't know much about Jackson's plans, but the only way to keep a big high-end VFX shop open is to be working 365/24/7. Unless Jackson starts working for other people (a la Lucas), he's gonna have to make some staff cuts eventually.
-Brett