We are back into fxphd production. We are having a great time filming material for upcoming episodes. Actually this was fun as it was a P2 pilot – filmed by our P2 crew ! It was cool comparing notes. :-)\ We can’t yet discuss what we were filming – but it was great fun! We
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SIGGRAPH2007 production – part 1
Doing 8 shows in five days took a considerable effort but thanks to the HVX200, Firestore, Final Cut Pro, and a great fxphd crew the process was made a bit easier. In part one of a behind the scenes look at our at siggraph coverage, we examine the production process.
Siggraph starts
We are in San Diego ! Siggraph started for us today, with a brilliant presentation called “Anyone Can Cook Inside Ratatouille’s Kitchen”, by the nice folks from Pixar. What made this entire morning session so interesting was it’s focused discussion on just producing the food of Pixar’s Ratatouille. There was no real discussion about animation,
On the road to Siggraph
Pixar makes me smile – what a great place – doing great work – it brings out the kid in all of us ! So we are on the road to Siggraph – Via San Fran. We were at ILM yesterday and Pixar today. (We also recorded a podcast last night at PXC head quarters
flame masterclass in Beijing
Next stop on the flame+smoke masterclass tour: Beijing. Great turnout on this stop — really amazing.The audience was filled with note-taking artists. We provided course notes to all the participants — but also gave them a download link to get setup files and more enhanced notes. This was the first consecutive translation (speak in English…pause…
More Apple 1
So just a follow up from the Ted iphone photo – a few people emailed and commented that they had not seen an Apple 1 and how did Ted’s photo come out.. you asked and here it is – From Ted’s personal Iphone … the Apple 1 photo.
where’s john?
I’m alive and still in Asia. At this point, I’m fully recovered from my ilness while in Sydney, but it took a while. It was quite remarkable how long it took me to feel better though understandable because I was down for the count for three days and it took a lot out of my
Apple 1 on an iphone
Last week I was at an ACS function in Sydney with Ted from Red when we cam across an Apple 1 computer. I could not help photographing Ted taking a photo of the original Apple 1 on his new Apple iPhone. More on RedCine and the ACS night: So the Friday night event was huge
SMPTE, RED and FXPHD Wins Award
We are in Sydney this week at the SMPTE conference, much of the week is doing prep work with the RED camera. There are heaps of things on here, and many friends in town from overseas. Today we helped Ted from Red with his presentation for SMPTE. Ted spoke at the Apple stand – and
fxguidetv 03 is out, and term starts
Fxguidetv is out and the new term has started. In this week’s fxguidetv we talk to Ken and Dennis (the full interview), and in this week’s fxphd Background Fundamentals we look at Pirates. One thing I wanted to point out for those of you following here in the production blog… the tip in fxguidetv ep