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August 20, 2017
Stunts 101: 3 Things You Should Know about Using Breakaway Glass
Are you itching to throw someone through a window? Here’s how to do it safely.
Though it’s tons of fun watching our favorite action stars take death-defying leaps through plate glass windows, these types of stunts, which utilize breakaway glass, are well-choreographed and executed by professional stunt performers to mitigate any real danger. If you’re interested in including a stunt like this in your own work, awesome, but before you go toss your lead actor through your living room window, check out this video from The Slanted Lens. In it, host Jay P. Morgan shares a few tips on how to pull it off safely and effectively, including 1.) how to prepare your set, 2.) how to install the glass, and 3.) how to toss a human being through it.
Source: NoFilmSchool
August 19, 2017
What Picasso Can Teach Us About Being Filmmakers
Pablo Picasso is one of the greatest painters in human history, but as filmmakers, what can we learn from his philosophy on art?
As filmmakers, we tend to look within our own cinematic universe for inspiration and leadership, but when it comes to art, Spanish painter Pablo Picasso is one of the most important and influential creators of the 20th century. His radical exploration of style and knack for artistic innovation not only made him the most well-known artist of his time but left a legacy of adventurous creativity for future artists as well. In the video below, Sven Pape of This Guy Edits takes a look at Picasso’s famous philosophy on art and creativity to see what kinds of lessons filmmakers can learn from the father of modern art.
Picasso was a very outspoken individual, whether it was regarding art or politics. He
Source: NoFilmSchool
August 19, 2017
‘Death Note’: Adam Wingard Defends Anime Adaptation Against Whitewashing Claims: ‘It Is a Whole New Thing’
Like a lot of movies made in the last year, “Death Note” has faced criticism for whitewashing its source material. The upcoming Netflix drama is based on a Japanese manga and, not unlike “Ghost in the Shell,” has changed Japanese characters into American ones: Nat Wolff plays Light Turner (the updated version of Light Yagami), while Margaret Qualley is Mia Sutton (Misa Amane).
Director Adam Wingard addressed those claims to Vulture, saying that his take on “Death Note” isn’t “just taking a character and trying to say a white kid is a Japanese kid. It is a whole new thing. The characters are all very different and it is a different kind of experience all together.”
Wingard, who also directed “You’re Next” and “Blair Witch,” got defensive about the same subject a couple months back: “Just clearing up misconceptions.No one has seen the film outside of 2 test screenings,” he tweeted. “Criticisms at this point are based on assumptions.”
Two of the film’s producers spoke up in defense of “Death Note” as well. “I think we got the right actors for the parts that were written,” said Roy Lee, whose prior credits include “The Departed” and “The Ring.” “We didn’t look at race as a factor. We just did the version that was set in the U.S. There are remakes of U.S. movies like ‘Sideways’ in Japan, but there was never a thought for them to bring in American actors to play the [characters] in the Japanese remake.”
“The whole idea of whitewashing is putting white people in roles that were meant to be a different race. But this wasn’t specifically a racially bound story, because it was set in America,” added Masi Oka, late of “Heroes.” “Anyone could have played that title role, whether it was white, African-American, Latino-American, or Asian-American. Anyone could have played that role.” Read their full comments here.
Source: IndieWire film
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.
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.
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.
Want to find out more? Checkout the me Convention website.
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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.
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
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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
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Amazon in talks to offer event ticketing in U.S. – sources
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Revolutionizing digital music through blockchain
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In South Korea, K-Pop pleads for peace
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Feared, ostracized and murdered: How music saved the Tanzania Albinism Collective
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$1 million from Bruno Mars concert donated to Flint water crisis
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Over 50,000 digitized pieces of vinyl can now be listened to on internet archive
Post from The Verge
Tuesday, August 15
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Jury rules in favor of Taylor Swift in groping trial
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Pandora, after shake-up, picks new CEO
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A Tribe Called Quest offers apology, explanation for Outside Lands cancellation: ‘We will correct this’
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Flea: Removing music education from schools is ‘child abuse’
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Why ‘Despacito’ isn’t nominated for any MTV Video Music Awards
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Pineapples banned from Reading and Leeds music festivals
Item from The Telegraph
Wednesday, August 16
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Taylor Swift groping unsettling? Country music biz has mistreated women for decades
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Can hi-res music hit the right note?
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How did pop music get so slow?
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Elvis Presley’s most-streamed songs on YouTube, Spotify, Pandora, Apple Music
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Great Scots! Indie-pop band Belle & Sebastian lost its drummer in N.D. en route to St. Paul
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Streaming music is getting a boost from Amazon Echo, Google Home smart speakers
Post from Hypebot
Thursday, August 17
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Who still steals music these days?
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Next door to war, an indie Arab band sings of defiance and joy
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‘They could destroy the album’: How Spotify’s playlists have changed music forever
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Country music’s loss: Jo Walker-Meador, who led CMA to new heights, has died
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Portland band mail out creepy Trump-themed tapes, respond to backlash
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‘Heavy metal isn’t a type of music, it’s a way of life’: DiS meets Exodus
Interview from Drowned In Sound
Friday, August 18
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Spotify starts banning neo-Nazi bands; Google, Deezer and CD Baby pledge to follow suit
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Killer Mike selling anti-Confederate merch
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Grizzly Bear return: ‘America has become toxic – it’s palpable everywhere’
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When career artists score a freak pop hit
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Paul Oliver, pre-eminent authority on the blues, dies at 90
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Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, and one night in New York City
Story from The New Yorker
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August 17, 2017
Q&A and Portrait Gallery: 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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