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Category Archives: technique
Meeting 10-03-06 ondesire landing page
We’ve had two dream team meetings, in Brooklyn (Faisal, Erica and Dan) and yesterday in Beulah (Steve Elrick, Melonie, Jonathan, Lucas Kelly and Dan). Inviting collaboration and contribution was the focus of Saturday’s meeting. Components of the ask package for … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, Daughter of God, people, plan, real life, story, technique, time, workflow
Tagged androgenous, artifacts, blog, confuse, dan kelly, definitions, erica velis, Faisal Azam, future sustainable civilization, Jonathan Kelly, lucas kelly, media, melonie, music, steve elrick
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The team
Making movies – I’ve discussed how much work is involved and how there’s not enough me to go around. I need to amp up 1) art / production and 2) fundraising and outreach. I am in the process of contracting … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, Daughter of God, people, real life, Some Almonds are Harder to Skin than Others, story, technique, Uncategorized
Tagged andrea maio, art department, Faisal Azam, Jeff Gibbs, Jonathan Kelly, julie constantin, melonie steffes, portfolio, resume, steve elrick
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Coherent plan – objectives (DOG)
2.0 Objectives 2.1 Objectives common to both projects… 2.2 Objectives of DOG 2.2.1 a daring and decisive edit why – I don’t need to emulate the same movie that’s already been made over and over. I give myself permission to … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, Daughter of God, hardware, people, software, story, technique, time, workflow
Tagged 2010, apocalypse, art installation, backstory, conspiracy, edit, endgame, fundraising, galactic network, iching, objectives, oracle, oscar, previsualization, proof of concept, quality, remake, seti, success, tarot, theme park
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Xroll
What does memory look like? What do thoughts look like? What is the magic ingredient that makes reality real? I dunno. Let’s make some language. We’ve already got B roll, an antiquated term for supplementary footage used to cover audio … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, Daughter of God, people, real life, software, story, technique
Tagged After Effects, b roll, director, experimental, expressions, javascript, lingo, open source, rotoscope, rotoscoping, turbo, xroll
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Storycorps flash!
I had a flash today while listening to a Democracy Now report on http://storycorps.org, a huge oral history project catching the compelling eloquence of regular folks. That’s sort of what ALM is about too – finding extraordinary answers to global … Continue reading
Posted in Around Lake Michigan, budget, Daughter of God, hardware, people, software, story, technique, workflow
Tagged 3D, animate, cell, clay, collage, enhanced b-roll, imagine, mind, oral history, theater, turbo b-roll, visual remix, visualize, xroll
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Glorious 8 Fold Protocol of Creation
Brooklyn, New York “Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.” Groucho Marx This is a long update. There aren’t any pictures. There are only a few funny parts. It’s primarily targeted at those of you who imagine … Continue reading
Posted in budget, Daughter of God, hardware, people, real life, software, Some Almonds are Harder to Skin than Others, story, technique, time, workflow
Tagged Add new tag, Almonds, DOG, Fruit flies, G8FP, Groucho Marx, Kathleen, Morrie Warshawski, SATA, sprouted, Venus T5, VFX
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Are we there yet? Roto upgrade, tracking, abandoned highway and the Obamas
Brooklyn, New York Hey there! Three weeks just flew by, phew. Since we last communed, I spent a week trying to accelerate my rotoscoping execution with the help of Pete O’Connell. His method is to track the elements and then … Continue reading
Posted in Daughter of God, people, real life, software, story, technique, workflow
Tagged 3D model, abandoned highway, After Effects, cars, cruise ship, EMP, highway, Honda Odyssey, Jonathan Kelly, making nets appear, Obama, Pete O'Connell, point tracker, reflection, rotoscope, tree, we there yet
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Password protected update is made available to a few more members of the tribe
Brooklyn, New York Greetings friends, It’s been 3 months since I started these updates, and I’m ready to expand the audience a bit. For those of you who are connecting to the updates for the first time – welcome! Please … Continue reading
Posted in budget, Daughter of God, people, real life, software, story, technique, time, workflow
Tagged Advanced Rotoscoping Techniques, Alan Watts, happening scene, holy boners, marketing scheme, mining, monoblog, mortal machine, Pete O'Connell, revenue stream, rotoscope, supra genius, toxic consumer culture, transcendental meme
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More fascinating esoterica about rotoscoping, the DV Rebel methodology
Brooklyn, New York I’m operating mostly from intuition. I know which controls to futz with and generally I achieve what’s needed, but at this point I don’t know enough yet to make a comprehensive plan. There’s still a mighty learning … Continue reading
Posted in Daughter of God, hardware, real life, software, technique, workflow
Tagged End of Eternity, fxphd.com, intuition, Isaac Asimov, key frame, learning curve, mask, MNC, over-expose, rotoscope
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Color correction and a frothy soup
Brooklyn, New York It’s actually 7/23 today, but I want to make a entry for 7/22, so here it is. I got up and jumped into re-calibrating the Matrox MXO so I could count on the color. As a bonus, … Continue reading
Posted in Daughter of God, hardware, software, technique, workflow
Tagged 3D model, After Effects, DV Rebel Guide, DVCPRO HD, Final Cut Pro, foley, HVX-200, Jonathan Kelly, JVC field monitor, NTSC, offline, online, picture lock, sound lock, VFX
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