July 23, 2017

Watch: ‘Westworld’ Season 2 Trailer Unveiled at Comic-Con

HBO has dropped a trailer for ‘Westworld’ Season 2, premiering in 2018.

“I want to live / not merely survive / and I won’t keep up this dream of life that keeps me alive.” Those are the haunting Sammy Davis Jr. lyrics that open Westworld Season 2’s new trailer, which HBO screened at Comic-Con in San Diego today.

The trailer previews plenty of carnage, including an apparent mass murder at the Delos corporate office, led by none other than Maeve (Thandie Newton). We also see Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) spraying bullets on the frontier, Bernard (Jeffrey Wright) standing over a slaughtered tiger, and The Man in Black (Ed Harris) sporting a murderous grin, with blood splattered all over his face.

For more, read about Westworld cinematographer Paul Cameron’s “fearless coverage” on 35mm.

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Source: NoFilmSchool

July 21, 2017

‘Endless Poetry:’ Why Alejandro Jodorowsky Thinks You Should ‘Make Movies to Lose Money’

Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘Endless Poetry’ is a surrealist vision of the influential artist’s youth.

He’s one of Kanye West’s greatest influences. He fathered the midnight cult movie genre with acid western El Topo (1970), which brought John Lennon to his knees. Alejandro Jodorowsky is the definition of a multi-hyphenate—the director, screenwriter, playwright, actor, author, poet, producer, composer, musician, comic writer, and spiritual guru moves between mediums as fluidly as his work moves between reality and fiction.

The 87-year-old’s latest film, Endless Poetry, spirals from reality to fiction and then back again a thousand times over. Jodorowsky brings a fantastical Chile to life with dwarves, clowns, and his trademark surrealism to tell the true story of his coming of age as a young artist and poet. With the energy of a Fellini film, each scene is more absurd than the next.

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Source: NoFilmSchool

July 21, 2017

BTS with Nolan and ‘Dunkirk’: How They Shot 70mm and IMAX

DP Hoyte Van Hoytema had to invent new lenses to make shooting with the massive cameras work.

Christopher Nolan’s 70mm WWII spectacle Dunkirk has already received more attention and critical praise than almost any other film this year, and it’s only hitting theaters today.

We’ve read and written a lot about what unique spin Nolan might bring to a well-trod topic, and of course about the tech behind the film. It’s one of the first features in history shot almost entirely with a million dollar IMAX camera. (This crazy Business Insider story reveals how the team rescued footage from one that sank unexpectedly during a water-landing scene.)

But why was it so important for Nolan and his DP Hoyte Van Hoytema (Interstellar, Her) to shoot on the rarely used 70mm format? Was it more than just a gimmick? This behind-the-scenes video reveals some of the team’s decision-making process.

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Source: NoFilmSchool

July 21, 2017

More Bad News for Canon’s 6D Mark II

Does Canon’s new camera actually perform worse than the cheaper EOS 80D?

Canon released its 6D Mark II last month to a pretty unanimously disappointed group of DIY filmmakers. Many had hoped that Canon’s popular, cost effective little brother to the 5D would have the ability to record in 4K. It does not.

4K is quickly becoming a necessary format for cinema cameras, so this is a significant spec for Canon to leave out if it is courting the filmmaker market at all. Others are quick to point out that the photography company has been distancing their line of DSLRs from film users, perhaps in an attempt to draw more buyers towards its true cinema line of C-series cameras. The 6D was clearly updated with the photographer and not the filmmaker in mind.

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Source: NoFilmSchool

July 21, 2017

Access to ‘Pokemon Go’ Pokestops could be protected by the First Amendment

A district judge has issued a temporary injunction against ordinance that required augmented reality app developers to apply for a permit in order for players to use their software in public parks.

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Source: Digital Trends VR

July 21, 2017

Google tests confirm VR-based employee training trumps video guides

How-to videos could one day become a thing of the past, as Google has discovered that training someone in virtual reality helps employees learn faster and more effectively than just watching videos.

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Source: Digital Trends VR

July 21, 2017

Watch: ‘Requiem for a Dream’ Shows How Audacious Editing Can Drive a Story

Film editors usually take pains to make their work unobtrusive, but Requiem for a Dream’s cutting style breaks the rules for a good reason.

Requiem for a Dream, Darren Aronofsky’s 2000 adaptation of Hubert Selby’s Jr. novel, is a film so unrelentingly grim that, though it is widely admired, I don’t know many people who’ve sat through it more than once. The film captures the momentum of addiction in a cinematic way, through color, angle, and, more than anything, a cutting style that depicts the sensations of momentum, the subjective grip of addiction so vividly that it instantly became iconic (Last year, we wrote about a parody video that shoehorned the manic cutting onto other classic films.)

The typical 90-minute film averages between 600 to 700 cuts, whereas Requiem contains roughly 2,000 discreet edits.

In this essay, Mr Nerdista shows how Requiem’s editing is its “beating heart,” the key to its ferocity, and the reason that it’s still difficult to watch.

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Source: NoFilmSchool

July 21, 2017

5 spectacular new VR experiences you absolutely must try

We attended a VR event in London where developers and studios showed off exciting new VR projects, and just had to share the best ones with you, so you can try them out on your own VR headset.

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Source: Digital Trends VR