Celebrate the alliance
Apr 12th
Everything is so much cooler when you add lasers, swords, fire, explosions and fast cars!
Over the past month I’ve been working on a new video project, and yes, it has all of the above and more! It’s also the first project where I have really gotten into using After Effects. While I had only dabbled in the software on a couple of previous projects (doing simple green screen shots, etc.) this was probably the first time I actually took a dive into the deep end and began taking full advantage of its abundance of tools. A little late to the More >
Back to the Future – Parts 2 & 3 mini-marathon!
Mar 4th
After the huge success of last year’s 25th anniversary charity screening of Back to the Future in Sydney, we are going to Double Back… literally!
The Time Machine in Sydney
Back to the Future parts 2 and 3 will be screening at Event Cinemas George St, Sydney on Sunday April 3rd. But the trilogy is not the only thing coming back to the cinema… Doc Braun’s amazing replica time machine will also be making a return appearance.
If you did not have a chance to come to the screening and see the time machine, some of you might have seen it on the More >
Industry standard, does it still exist?
Nov 16th
Can't you see the beauty?
I was inspired today to write an article about a phrase you often hear in creative circles: “industry Standard”. Now that open source alternatives have become a more prominent force in the creative arena, is there still a need for such a thing?
When my previous article on open source filmmaking (and the Blender Foundation) made the rounds, I noticed a particular comment posted by an obviously avid Blender user. They said; “Let’s keep the Blender ball rolling and get some market respect.” One phrase in that comment stood out at me: “market respect”.
The saddest part is, when people More >
Open Source Filmmaking – Will It Blend?
Nov 10th
Big Buck Bunny
Some of you may be unfamiliar with the concept of open filmmaking. Well rest assured I was until I discovered this amazing way of producing top-notch animated productions with the power of open-source filmmaking, and a little program called Blender.
Wikipedia defines open source films as the following:
“Open source films (also known as open content films and free content films) are films which are produced and distributed by using free and open source software methodologies. Their sources are freely available and the licenses used meet the demands of the Open Source Initiative (OSI) in terms of freedom “
So what More >
Back to the Future goes Back to the Movies!
Nov 9th
Back to the Future Event Poster
“If they weren’t going to bring it to us, we were going to go and get it!“
Well folks, it’s hardly a secret that I am a HUGE fan of the Back to the Future trilogy of movies. It has always been my dream to cruise around the streets of Sydney in the DeLorean, blasting out Huey Lewis to unsuspecting onlookers. Well it just so happens that come early December that dream will come true!
A good mate of mine, Lawrence Champness (some of you may know him as Loz, or: that crazy Brit with a heart More >
Tips, tricks and the rules of creating an efficient website, and the 8 second rule
Aug 24th
Something that is often overlooked when building a web-site is optimisation of content. It’s one thing to design a web site that looks great… and it’s another thing to have it function efficiently so that users are able to learn as much about you in as little time possible. This is where web optimisation comes into play.
Despite internet connections getting faster every day, the general public’s patience has decreased significantly in tandem to this development. More sites, and greater speed in which to access them means users are getting into the habit of searching through pages as a rate More >
