We got a nice email today from the Producer of a feature film Hunt Angles that Prof. Rose Draper, and I worked on at the start of fxphd.
Art Deco
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looking at that brick wall
We are now working on the DOP new course for fxphd. I have noticed that I have this phenomena called BWV or “brick wall view”. And I actually think many people who are creative and yet get a lot done, have a similar approach. I feel like I am running hard – on course –
ahhh latex
We had a great day with models yesterday. You start with a clay model such as this and at the end up with a fully working animation model. Having seen and even used latex for years, I had never actually been involved in making it, from first principles. It is amazing stuff to work with,
Lip Sync
I am working on our new stop frame and miniatures course here in Adelaide with Anifex. There are so many brilliant aspects and while we were working on replacement animation for lip sync yesterday, I got to play with Magpie Pro. I had heard of it but not used it. The program allows you to
filming for the new term
We are so excited about the new term – we have some brilliant classes. Today I started filming for the new miniature / stop motion course. I have to say I am insanely happy at the end of the day… the sets look amazing, the team here are brilliant and I’d be stunned if people
Everybody was Kung Fu fighting
We did get to shooting yesterday. We were doing a few things at once yesterday, both testing high speed modes on the RED and shooting material for this upcoming term of fxphd. We shot at 120 fps, 96 fps and 47 fps. We also tried super sharp shutters, 22fps and a bunch of cool tricks.
blog 3: The Duck is excellent
We have just come back from lecturing to the Students at the Wuhan, University of GeoSciences, a couple of hours flight out of Beijing. Ahh, you say not the most obvious place in the world for fxphd to be lecturing. True, I grant you it sounds odd, but it turns out it is a big
China blog 2: the torch, the haircuts and fun
Our trip through wonderful China continues. Yesterday we met with local production companies and film effects houses. I was surprised to learn that FCP is so strong here, for all the talk of piracy – that Intel Mac tower makes for one heck of a dongle. One of the companies we visited yesterday specializes in
China Red on the Great Wall
With the new Build 16 of the RED camera, we wanted to film something – well interesting – challenging and fun. We picked the Great Wall of China. (Yes that image is from build 16) With the help of five local crew we went to great lengths to get our RED to the top of
The Worldwide Community
For both Mike and myself, one of the great things about fxphd has been the creation of an incredible worldwide community that has grown from the site. Mike was recently in New Zealand and will be traveling to China for meetings. I made many trips last year, including two weeks flying around Asia doing flame