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August 18, 2017

Watch: How ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ Birthed Graphic Violence and Changed American Cinema


50 years after its release, Bonnie and Clyde continues to influence generations of filmmakers. A new video essay from Screenprism takes a look at the reasons.


Bonnie and Clyde was a script that passed around Hollywood for several years—even going through the hands of Francois Truffaut—before ending up with Warren Beatty. Shirley Maclaine’s brother and a consummate Hollywood insider, Beatty agreed to take an upfront pay cut in order to get the film made. The result, directed by Arthur Penn and released in 1967, would have reverberations across America cinema forever more.



According to ScreenPrism, here are three things that Bonnie and Clyde changed in American film.



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Source: NoFilmSchool

August 18, 2017

Watch: When Video Games Are Better Than Movies


Sorry, film nerds: Naughty Dog, a video game company, is putting out the most exciting stories on the market.


You may recall that in our 2016 end-of-year trailer rankings, the #1 trailer we selected was not for a movie. It was—gasp!—for a video game. That video game is Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Pt. II, and to this day, it is still one of our most-anticipated upcoming releases.



This begs the question: What happens when video games reach the same level of technical acumen as films, while also delivering equivalent emotionally resonant experiences? Or, rather: What happens when playing a video game actually exceeds the cinematic experience?



There are a lot of great games out there, but there is one developer, in the opinion of both myself and Film Radar’s Daniel Netzel, that truly takes the cake. Of course, it’s Naughty Dog.



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Source: NoFilmSchool

August 18, 2017

me Convention Announces Keynote Hans Ulrich Obrist & Full Program

The full program for the me Convention is now live! Join us in Frankfurt from September 15 to 17 as we explore the future through a lens of technology, design and art with today’s makers and thought leaders.

We’re thrilled to welcome prolific curator and artistic director of the Serpentine Gallery Hans Ulrich Obrist for a keynote address on Saturday, September 16. He will present on “The Handwriting Project,” a digital protest promoting the preservation of this analog form of expression. The project has evolved into an open, ongoing public art exhibition called POST_, produced with Los Angeles organization ForYourArt.

The full me Convention program includes the Startup Cities pitching event as well as talks and workshops with the likes of astronaut and rocket scientist Buzz Aldrin, communication strategist Symone D Sanders, Head of Industrial Design at X – The Moonshot Factory, Nick Foster, avant-garde artist and cyborg Neil Harbisson, Director of Wikimedia Foundation Katherine Maher, Honest dollar founder whurley – plus these speakers you’ll recognize from past SXSW events:

Amber Valletta, Andrew Keen, Doug Newcomb, Dr. Sarah Richardson, Marta Riggins, Oliver Blank, Sasha Samochina, Bryan Lee Jr, Cristina Murphy, Dieter Zetsche, Amber Mac, Guy Kawasaki, Danny Shapiro, and many more.

Explore Frankfurt’s hip Bahnhofsviertel community during Urban Hot Spots – the evening program invites you to enjoy the coolest in bars, clubs, restaurants, arts and live music that the German metropolis has to offer. Don’t miss performances by cloud rapper Young Hurn and German’s famed hip-hop group Beginner.

Register today and book your hotel room.

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Hans Ulrich Obrist – Photo by Wolfgang Tillmans

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August 18, 2017

RIP Eric Zumbrunnen, Editor of Every Spike Jonze Movie


We take a look back on the career of Eric Zumbrunnen, Spike Jonze’s editor, who recently passed away.


Eric Zumbrunnen, ACE, who edited every Spike Jonze movie in addition to many iconic music videos, has died at the age of 52.



Zumbrunnen graduated from USC with a degree in journalism. He found his strongest working relationship in a lengthy collaboration with Jonze that started at MTV and led to the acclaimed features Being John Malkovich (1999), Adaptation (2002), Where the Wild Things Are (2009) and Her (2013). He won the Best Edited Feature Film Award from the American Cinema Editors for Malkovich.



Zumbrunnen found his way into editing via music videos, editing several iconic ’90s clips, including several Jonze classics. The duo’s work on Weezer’s “Buddy Holly,” which seamlessly blended footage from Happy Days with the band performing, was a triumph of post-production and won Best Alternative Video at the 1995 VMAs.

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Source: NoFilmSchool

August 18, 2017

Behind the Scenes of the Wallpaper Design for the LG V30

Behind the Scenes of the Wallpaper Design for the LG V30

LG is launching a new bezel-less phone the LG V30, it looks gorgeous at least by the photos I’ve seen. I always noticed the colorful background wallpaper design and my first impression was that it was a 3D image. It has a good amount of depth with glow and gradients, pretty much all ingredients of a digital art piece. But, the wallpaper was actually created in an old and good analog fashion way by taking photos. 

Below you can see the making of video that their team was kind enough to share to all online. I love seeing the behind the scenes and how they achieve those incredible colors by moving light sources behind the real phone frame. One word defines everything for me, inspiring! Check it out.

Wallpaper Design Making of

Wallpaper Design Process

For more information check out: http://www.lg.com/us/mobile-phones/v30

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August 18, 2017

The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, August 18

From high profile stories about Taylor Swift winning her trial and streaming services taking down neo-Nazi music, to lesser seen articles about the Tanzania Albinism Collective, the current (slow) tempo of pop music and how scalar improvisation doomed jazz, the Daily Chord surveys the significant and notable music stories of the day and picks six links to share. Consider the Chord a time-saving service, and subscribe to our email blast for headlines each weekday.

Monday, August 14

Tuesday, August 15

Wednesday, August 16

Thursday, August 17

Friday, August 18

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Source: SxSW Music

August 17, 2017

Q&A and Portrait Gallery: Walker Lukens

SXSW Showcasing Artist Walker Lukens

All photos by Dylan O’Connor

The SXSW portrait series is a great opportunity to check in with past Showcasing Artists to see what they are working on and what they are excited about in their careers. For our first gallery of this season we met up with Walker Lukens. Luken’s band is part of the new wave of Austin-based talent breaking out to bigger audiences. His project has evolved over the years from emotionally charged solo material to angular soulful-rock fit for main stages.

We met up with the band at their rehearsal space to snap portraits and chat during their busy summer schedule, including performances at Bonnaroo and Float Fest.

Read on and browse through the gallery.

Q&A

What was the highlight of your tour earlier this summer?

Waking up in a tent the morning after we played at Bonnaroo to Anthony Keidis telling me to suck his kiss. I guess waking up to the Red Hot Chili Peppers soundchecking was also a low point.

What does the rest of 2017 look like for the band?

More of the same, new music, more shows, more waking up in tents.

You’ve performed at SXSW regularly in recent years. What has your experience been like?

Taylor Hanson saw our set once and wanted to take us on tour. Once I played at a pop-up Mcdonalds . . . Last year, we played at Spoon’s record release show. I played a ‘loop station’ set in a fancy hotel lobby once for only the concierge. I’ve always loved SXSW and would not be where I am today without it.

Your music has evolved over time, how would you describe the upcoming LP?

70s-era ZZ Top with less of the bros-drinkin-round-the-campfire vibe and more synths.

Portrait Gallery

All photos by Dylan O’Connor

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August 17, 2017

#TBT: 25 Years of SXSW Film – Brie Larson

To commemorate the 25th edition of the SXSW Film Festival, we continue our spotlight on the careers launched, artists discovered, powerful performances, and more from our alumni with this week’s featured artist, Academy Award-winning actress Brie Larson.

Larson had a stellar year at the film festival in 2013 with three very different, but equally exciting projects. She played the lead in Destin Daniel Cretton‘s complex and moving Short Term 12, which won both the Grand Jury Award and Audience Award in the Narrative Feature Competition category. Larson wrote and directed the short Weighting, and she had a supporting role in Joseph Gordon-Levitt‘s feature, Don Jon.

We are thrilled to share Larson’s #SXSWFilm25 story with you:

“SXSW changed my life by pretty much launching my career! My first experience with this incredible festival was in 2013. Not only were Short Term 12 and Don Jon (two films I acted in) there, but a short I had written/directed with my pal Dustin Bowser was also part of the programming. I remember almost passing out from the fear of Short Term 12 premiering, and the warm reception after. I’ll never forget doing a Q and A after my short Weighting played. The top two rows were filled with my Short Term 12 family. Joe Swanberg was waiting in the wings. We got a beer afterwards and talked about our dreams. There’s such camaraderie at SXSW. I began to realize my voice at that festival and made so many new friends/collaborators that are still important in my life. I’m forever grateful to you SXSW! I love watching all the lives you change.”

Larson has a busy year ahead of her, she reteamed with Cretton in the newly released The Glass Castle, adapted from the memoir of the same name by Jeannette Walls. Her feature directorial debut, Unicorn Store is set to premiere in September and she has a role in the highly anticipated Captain Marvel. You can watch Larson in 2017 SXSW Film Festival Headliner, Free Fire directed by Ben Wheatley. The action-packed, comedic film is now available for home viewing.

Stay tuned to SXSW each Thursday for more 25th anniversary stories.

Join Us For SXSW 2018

Learn how to successfully enter your film to the 2018 SXSW Film Festival with our How to Submit Your Film video and find out more information about deadlines and fees here.

Join us for SXSW 2018 – register to attend by Friday, September 8 for the biggest savings of the season. Make your hotel reservations through SXSW Housing & Travel for the best available rates. A film badge remains your best bet with primary access to all SXSW Film events including world premieres, roundtables, workshops and parties. We hope to see you in March!

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Brie Larson at the premiere for Short Term 12 – Photo by Rick Kern

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August 17, 2017

Explore SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards Categories for 2018

The SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards include 13 award categories and 6 Special Honors, which recognize the most forward-looking tech developments in the connected world, launched or released in the 2017 calendar-year.

SXSW Interactive’s annual competition is still accepting early entry applications. The Awards are open to anyone with a project, product, creative endeavor, scientific discovery, or student project that will launch or has launched between January 1 – December 31, 2017.

New for 2018, we’ve added the AI & Machine Learning category to the Interactive Innovation Awards. The AI & Machine Learning category aims to recognize the coolest, most cutting-edge, and the most useful applications of these intelligent and learning machines. Does your project make use of machine learning in a creative new way? Have you developed a new way for an intelligent program or system to learn from its users — or even teach itself? Do you have an new bot or interface that could pass a Turing test? Enter it in the Interactive Innovation Awards!

Learn more about the 13 award categories and 6 special honors that will be recognized at the 2018 Innovation Awards.

See all Categories

How to Apply

Tell us all about your entry and don’t be modest! The best entry forms give the Awards Jurists a thorough sense of your project, product or service (including some level of interaction with the project being entered, or video examples of it being used). Be sure to include information like:

  • What the entry is and what it does (what problem does it solve or need does it fill)?
  • Who it’s intended for (audience, target market, user it’s designed for)
  • What tools were used to build it; or what was involved in bringing the project together?
  • Who was involved in bringing the project to fruition?

Feel free to include additional resources like spec sheets, marketing materials, associated social media accounts, testimonials, and a link to access the project with login info if needed.

Discounts for Students, researchers, and academics for the Student and SciFi No Longer categories are available upon request.

Apply Now

Deadlines to Enter

Early Entry: Monday, June 26 – Friday, Sept. 22 — $75 fee

Regular Entry: Saturday, Sept. 23 – Friday, Nov. 10 — $150 fee
Final Entry Deadline: Friday, November 10, 2017

Join us for SXSW 2018 – register to attend by Friday, September 8 for the biggest savings of the season. Make your hotel reservations through SXSW Housing & Travel for the best available rates.

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Source: SxSW Interactive

August 17, 2017

Editorial Design for the Beautiful Black Apple Magazine [BAM]

Editorial Design for the Beautiful Black Apple Magazine [BAM]

Editorial design has for me is the biggest source of inspiration. The beauty of organizing text, imagery and colors to create composition that is not only visual pleasing but also efficient at communicating the message to the reader. BUREAU CHAPEAU MELON created and shared this incredible editorial design project on their Behance profile It’s the design for Black Apple Magazine and it has it all. Gorgeous imagery, elegant use of white space, vibrant colors, trendy illustrations, as I said, these types of projects are truly inspiring.

Description

Black Apple Magazine [BAM] is a free bimonthly publication distributed  in key outlets of the Marseille city. Launched in January 2017 by Aurélia Andréoli (Founder and CEO of the design studio Bureau Chapeau Melon) and Anne-Sophie Vignau (Founder of Pepper D printing), BAM is design, qualitative and authentic. Distributed free of charge, it gives pride to its inhabitants and visitors. 

Editorial design

Bureau Chapeau Melon  is a creative agency based in Marseille, France. For more information make sure to check out:

 

 

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