June 4, 2017

Awesome tech you can’t buy yet: Cheap AR goggles, 3D printing on a conveyor belt

Check out our roundup of the coolest crowdfunding projects and product announcements that hit the web this week. You can’t buy this stuff yet, but it sure is fun to gawk!

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June 3, 2017

What Would a Terrence Malick Shot List Look Like?

The cinematography in Terrence Malick’s films are undoubtedly gorgeous, but what do they look like on paper?

Director Terrence Malick is one of cinema’s greatest visual philosophers. His collaborations with cinematographers John Toll, Tak Fujimoto, and Chivo Lubezki have resulted in beautiful cinematic landscapes where reality and dreams are synthesized into pure movie magic, but what does it all look like on paper? In this interesting video, Studio Binder has broken down several of Malick’s iconic shots from Knight of Cups and The Tree of Life to show you what one of the Oscar-nominated director’s shot lists might look like.

It’s pretty fascinating to see a visual breakdown of the approach Malick and his world-class DPs take to designing the look and feel of every shot, especially considering how unique his visual style is. The one technique that seems to heavily influence this style is the Dutch angles, which Malick uses frequently in his work.

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June 3, 2017

Watch: Is Film School Necessary?

The answer is pretty clear—no. But if you’re not going to learn filmmaking within the hallowed halls of a distinguished university, where are you going to do it?

The debate over whether or not one should go to film school to become a filmmaker has become less fiery over the last several years. The internet and an active creative community ensures that most of the important information you’ll need in order to learn at least the basics of the craft is readily available to almost anyone who wants it. However, for those who have decided to forgo the four-year film degree in favor of semi-autodidacticism, you’ll want to know about some resources for getting your learn on. Ryan Connolly provides some excellent ideas in this video from Film Riot.

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June 3, 2017

Watch: Why ‘Silence’ and ‘Apocalypse Now’ Are Two Sides of the Same Coin

This video essay teases out the thematic links shared by Apocalypse Now and Silence, and finds two films that are almost mirror images of each other.

Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 Vietnam epic, had a famously troubled production that could have cost the director the farm (literally) had it not been a massive hit. Likewise, Silence, the recent Martin Scorsese film, had a less manic, but just as harrowing journey to the big screen, taking over 25 years to be realized. Both movies were made by filmmakers who are famous for their films on organized crime, and neither director is a stranger to long and tricky productions, but according to this video essay from Jack’s Movie Reviews, that’s just the most superficial of similarities between the two. (Note: There Will Be Spoilers.)

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June 3, 2017

New Panasonic EVA1 Could be The Ultimate Indie Cinema Camera

Panasonic takes aim at the C200 and the FS7 with the new EVA1.

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June 3, 2017

Director Barry Jenkins’ 14 Favorite Films from the Criterion Collection

What kinds of films pique the interest of Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins?

Have you ever dreamed of entering the Criterion closet and perusing their massive collection of historically and culturally important films? If you’re a cinephile, you probably have, but if you’re a celebrated filmmaker, like director Barry Jenkins, you actually get to do it. Back in November, while promoting what would become the future Oscar-winning film Moonlight, Jenkins visited Criterion and was invited to thumb through their library, and he not only got to live every cinephile’s dream, but he also had the exact response every cinephile would have once being enveloped in all of that cinematic goodness:

“This is a bit overwhelming. There’s too much good shit in here.”

Here are Jenkins’ top Criterion picks:

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June 2, 2017

Mindmaze’s VR facial-tracking system may make an appearance during the holidays

A recent trip to Mindmaze shows that its Mask facial-tracking system for virtual reality still has a ways to go but definitely shows promise. Mask may appear within the foam of VR headsets as early as the 2017 holiday season.

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June 2, 2017

The Augmented World Expo proves AR isn’t ready for prime time, but it’s still pretty cool

Augmented World Expo was home to all the latest and greatest AR announcements — but is it ready for consumers yet? Here are a few key areas in which companies are innovating in AR.

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June 2, 2017

Samsung’s next-gen VR display doubles pixel density of Rift, Vive screens

Samsung has made big improvements to the pixel density and resolution of its virtual reality displays. At a recent showing of the new technology, it debuted panels with a resolution of 2024 x 2200 pixels across 3.5 inches.

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