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WELCOME TO 2012

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:07:34 +1300

WELCOME TO 2012

simianaudio: Ninja. What children’s drawings would look like if...

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:42:06 +1300

simianaudio:

Ninja. What children’s drawings would look like if they were painted realistically (via The Monster Engine).

Such a cool idea to realise the vision of those who may not be able to completely communicate it themselves.

cmmnplc: New work from Douglas Coupland Reminds me of Jenny...

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:21:36 +1300

cmmnplc:

New work from Douglas Coupland

Reminds me of Jenny Holzer’s Truisms but actually ring so true!

"Last season on Mad Men, in the episode in which Don Draper writes his journal, the show featured its..."

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 10:45:45 +1300

“Last season on Mad Men, in the episode in which Don Draper writes his journal, the show featured its first-ever voice-over narration, which became a point of contention among critics on the Internet: “Somebody wrote, ‘Well, we learned one thing about Don — he’s not a good writer.’ Some of that was from somebody’s actual journal. And some of that was very important to me. And I was like, ‘You want to know what’s going on in Don’s head? He’s going to actually tell you.’ Some people were like, ‘You’re not allowed to do that. There’s no voice-over on the show.’ And I’m like, ‘Go fuck yourself. Go get your own fucking show. Don’t write on the Internet what I’m allowed to fucking do.’”

- Matthew Weiner (via thebronzemedal)
Weiner shouldn’t have to even say it but glad he does. Get your own show!

Is It Old?

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:25:25 +1300

Is It Old?:

rooreynolds:

“Before you make a complete fool of yourself when you send a link to your friends, colleagues or twitter followers, enter it here to make sure it’s fresh enough. “

The Internet of Everything always provides!

wolfmaiden: everything about this is A+ Can I get a HELL...

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:35:52 +1300

wolfmaiden:

everything about this is A+

Can I get a HELL YEAH?
(note - ignore the US part &/or sub something else in)

"Because I knew what I loved. I loved to read; I loved to listen to music; and I love cats. Those..."

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:55:01 +1300

“Because I knew what I loved. I loved to read; I loved to listen to music; and I love cats. Those three things. So, even though I was an only kid, I could be happy because I knew what I loved. Those three things haven’t changed from my childhood. I know what I love, still, now. That’s a confidence. If you don’t know what you love, you are lost.”

- Haruki Murakami, interviewed in The Guardian. (via thebronzemedal)
Straightforward, wise.

Watch this - it will make you cry. Support gay marriage. Be good...

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:15:48 +1300

Watch this - it will make you cry. Support gay marriage. Be good to each other.

"I have a theory — our job isn’t to lie to the audience, our job is to find the truth in the..."

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:12:02 +1200

“I have a theory — our job isn’t to lie to the audience, our job is to find the truth in the character. If we lie, we’re giving the audience a little pinch of poison. They won’t even know they ingested it. But if you lie again and again and again, all of a sudden, your audience is going, ‘This isn’t working for me.’ They just feel sick, and they turn you off.”

- Bryan Cranston, quoted in a terrific NYT Magazine piece on Breaking Bad, which is about to start airing its fourth season. (via thebronzemedal)

Great perspective on story telling and universal themes - I love how they note that karma is like a character in the show.

This year’s 48 hour film competition was very different...

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:44:32 +1200

This year’s 48 hour film competition was very different from last year’s - we went almost in the opposite direction with a team of 3 and a lot of constraints that helped us keep our story and goal direct - this included using minimal equipment and props as well as shooting on my iPhone 4.

Our writing process was really straightforward and the simplicity continued for the whole weekend:

Friday night - we brainstormed and came up with our synopsis including a breakdown of key plot points we needed to cover
Saturday morning - gathered additional props, sorted costumes, set and did some camera/sound tests
Saturday afternoon - shooting
Saturday evening - export, couple of sound pick-ups, editing
Sunday - editing - complete by late afternoon

My main involvement - and really the only thing I really like about the process - is the writing part. I like the constraints/idea starters of the competition and my team were awesome to talk things through with. We didn’t script it line by line which worked well because both Tineke and I had experience from improv working that way. We had a three pager to work off when we were shooting and as needed, I worked through key statements our heroine had to say and had a couple of small ‘cheat sheets’ that T. would stick on the wall or just out of camera to remind her if she needed.

We’re really happy with what we created - it came second in our heat - and we’re ready to kill it next year!

"I shall have poetry in my life. And adventure. And love, love, love, above all. Love as there has..."

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:31:54 +1200

““I shall have poetry in my life. And adventure. And love, love, love, above all. Love as there has never been in a play. Unbiddable, ungovernable, like a riot in the heart and nothing to be done, come ruin or rapture.””

- Tom Stoppard

(via wordpainting and debsidelinger)

fancier: Stephen Doyle · Hypertext Book Sculpture I love this...

Mon, 23 May 2011 09:27:03 +1200

fancier:

Stephen Doyle · Hypertext Book Sculpture

I love this kind of stuff. TWO LOVES COLLIDE!

britticisms: National Geographic (2010) by Matthew Metzger of...

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:55:01 +1200

britticisms:

National Geographic (2010) by Matthew Metzger

of course!

"Out of every hundred people, those who always know better: fifty-two. Unsure of every step: almost..."

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 09:48:32 +1300

“

Out of every hundred people,

those who always know better:
fifty-two.

Unsure of every step:
almost all the rest.

Ready to help,
if it doesn’t take long:
forty-nine.

Always good,
because they cannot be otherwise:
four — well, maybe five.

Able to admire without envy:
eighteen.

Led to error
by youth (which passes):
sixty, plus or minus.

Those not to be messed with:
four-and-forty.

Living in constant fear
of someone or something:
seventy-seven.

Capable of happiness:
twenty-some-odd at most.

”

- A WORD ON STATISTICS by Wislawa Szymborska; translated from the Polish original by Joanna Trzeciak

(via Caterina)

ljm: My anthem. I have been saying this far too much recently....

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:45:54 +1300

ljm:

My anthem.

I have been saying this far too much recently. I’m feeling like Gob AND NOT IN A GOOD WAY.

"Apple C.E.O. Steve Jobs on Wednesday unveiled the new iPad 2, which will have two cameras and be..."

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 07:46:00 +1300

“Apple C.E.O. Steve Jobs on Wednesday unveiled the new iPad 2, which will have two cameras and be thinner and faster than the current one. You know what Apple’s really good at? Making you feel bad about your Christmas present.”

- Seth Meyers on last night’s SNL Weekend Update. (via thebronzemedal)

My “other boyfriend” speaks only the truth!

Begin again

Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:49:24 +1300

How does this story start? How is it going to draw me to it and hold my attention? Will it change my perspective and suspend my disbelief for the duration of the story? Is it to excite and inspire me?

The prologue and curtain lift are as important as the acts, whether a starting gun or a large, long trough of developing fluid to expose the narrative and set the mood.

I’ve often thought about trying to create my own personal title sequence, though it’s more likely I’ll finally create the soundtrack of my life as a film first. They’re just extra dimensions to my life chronicled - exhibit A, my actual life; exhibit B, this record & others.

Lights, camera… action. Let’s talk specifics about the two types of title your correspondent favours.

The starting gun

These say “BAM!”. Let’s go!

Webstock 2011 opening sequence
Best viewed in a darkened room on a huge screen with the music cranked to 11.

Webstock 2011 Opening Credits from Webstock on Vimeo.

Saturday Night Live (from the Rihanna & Blake Lively episode)
Follows a cold open - a political sketch from the office/desk of the President. Sketch always ends with actors breaking character to yell “…And live from New York, it’s Saturday night!”

Saturday Night Live intro from TR!P Media on Vimeo (TR!P Media don’t create the sequence).

The mood-setter

These say “Breathe in, breathe out. Empty your mind. Once upon a time…”

Dexter title

On the surface, it’s the main character getting ready in the morning, but it signals the sinister undertow ahead.

Showtime: Dexter Main Title from DIGITALKITCHEN on Vimeo.
Interview with the creator of the Dexter title sequence, Eric Anderson (via Matt)

Sub City New York

This isn’t a title sequence or opening but it is shows a beginning: the experience of exiting a subway station in New York City. Even a short trip underground means that emerging is a beginning - a new leg of your journey, the destination, an experience along the way. Both the music and the camera work in this have created the mood within the first five seconds.

Sub City New York from sarah klein on Vimeo (via Keight)

Next time you start to watch something, consider where that music is taking you & what you are being shown. Recognise the choices that have been made in the setup and align your mood - don’t fast forward or use that time to set your phone to silent mode. The story has already begun.

Enough said! PS: All Night Long is my favourite Lionel Richie...

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 13:07:08 +1300

Enough said!

PS: All Night Long is my favourite Lionel Richie song.

explodingdog: try being special everyday Special is as special...

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:57:58 +1300

explodingdog:

try being special everyday

Special is as special does! Also: <3 unicorns

"From the moment an event occurs, it is simplified and purified in memory. We shave off the rough..."

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:52:00 +1300

“

From the moment an event occurs, it is simplified and purified in memory. We shave off the rough edges and what happened becomes a story or even, over time, a legend. If we’re not careful, though, we grind it down to raw superlatives, with none of the banalities or complications that make truth feel true.

So often a memory depends on who we need to be at the moment of remembrance.

”

- From the stunningly beautiful interactive reminiscence Pine Point. The writing is lyrical and emotional to compliment (or act in spite of) the raw, scrapbook-ish graphics.

Past the pure melancholy of the subject matter, I wonder if this would happen in NZ and consider Picton? Perhaps? There was that time they mooted moving the ferry landing from there but would the town suffer and diminish or would it actually be _removed_? Even a place with just a single purpose surely should not be cleaned up and wiped out when it’s an important part of past inhabitants lives. Or is that not really enough?

The style of this also makes me want to make something similar - to push words outside and away from text; to try and create multi-sensory storytelling the same way I hear it in my head when I write something.