Artificial Intelligence is allowing automation to be faster, broader and more disruptive than ever before. We’ve long been confident that creativity is the one aspect of human nature that would be impossible to be performed by machines, but it takes just a quick glance at recent AI advancements to realize that the next Spielbergs and … Continued
We teamed up again with the amazing Playgrounds Festival for a bigger and better edition of our Motion Design Fest in Amsterdam. Date: 20 November 2012. Watch the short impression of the event (above) by Christiaan Grammar. Or watch a series of interviews and Profiles of some of the creators shot backstage during the event and on location … Continued
The quality of the title designs nominated for the SXSW Film Title Design Award this year is high. Twenty nominees were announced yesterday. Two more than last year. It’s going to be tough to pick a winner with so much talent represented. We noticed some new “faces” among several familiar ones among the nominees. For … Continued
Dutch music channel TMF waved the white flag, and MTV continues their love affair with reality soaps (yawn), but we say: Long Live the Music Video! In collaboration with Kriterion Theater in Amsterdam, we’re kicking off the first edition of Submarine Channel Live with a special evening dedicated to the creative medium that just won’t … Continued
Not one but TWO of our very favorite 2Pause music video heartthrobs, are releasing movies in the near future – and we’re doggone excited about it! Our Day Will Come will be the first feature by Romain Gavras, the only trailblazer of cinematic music video amazingness that make us buckle at the knees… and Kris … Continued
SXSW puts the spotlight on /DSLR filmmaking. So what’s the fuss all about? First check these 10 examples of stunning DSLR cinematography on No Film School and you’ll get the fuss. After a couple of workshops yesterday, we are in a little bit more in the know about the potential of the current generation of … Continued
After reading film expert Edward Jay Epstein’s doomsday scenario on Gawker, you’d think the answer to that question is a sure No. In his article, Epstein explains why Hollywood is abandoning the indie movie business in favor of merchandisable CGI spectacles like Avatar. His bleak conclusion is based on the fact that “by 2010, most … Continued
We recently visited a conference about cross media production in broadcasting. Apart from the usual web 2.0. blah-blah, we saw something absolutely amazing, something that made enduring all the cliché-ridden speeches really worth while. It was the presentation of Sony’s CineAlta 4K digital projector. This monster is capable of reproducing images in full 4K: 4096 … Continued
Director Garth Jennings, famous for beautiful music videos like Fatboy Slim’s Right Here, Right Now and REM’s Imitation of Life (we have them right here for you) has made a feature film called Son Of Rambow. It’s a semi-autobiographical movie about two schoolboys who make their own camcorder version of the 1982 hit movie Rambo: … Continued
Apparently there’s not one but four Lorenzo Fonda’s in Italy, and they’re all making stuff. The Lorenzo Fonda we interviewed is a young director who is passionate about skateboarding and who says he owes everything to it. Much like Mike Mills and Spike Jonze a generation before him, skating has a profound influence on his … Continued
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