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Quote of the day
“We’ve seen car chases. How do sorcerers have a car chase?”
SwfMill glitch art
Swfmill is a program that will convert Flash .swf files into .xml and back again. I found a bunch of those cheesy Flash banner games here. I ran some of them through SwfMill and messed around with the XML files, … Continue reading
Video Jukebox entry
So I made this video for the Video Jukebox here in Winnipeg. You picked a song out of a hat and had 48 hours to make a video to go with it: Can I kick it? from R Hill on … Continue reading
“Trope”
Recently an acquaintance was describing an online film contest, and said most of the entries were, “filled with tropes.” I like tropes. I’m fascinated by tropes. For a certain meaning of the word. Here is a picture: Calvin’s father is … Continue reading
Bloody mary?
I don’t personally care for the bloody mary, but I would love to see charts like this for more drinks. For example, there must be a reason why I like the saltiness of an olive with a gin martini but … Continue reading
Mouse or keyboard?
Maybe I’m atypical in this matter, but if you make your Flash game so that I control it with the keyboard, I would really rather not have to switch back to the mouse just to click “next level.” Especially if … Continue reading
“Photo realistic”
Here is some Youtube video of a robot that illustrates an issue I have sometimes when people describe a movie’s special effects as “photo realistic.” If I looked at a still photo of that robot, I might not distinguish it … Continue reading
“We just need to find the right writer and director”
Oh, just that? Good to know the hard part is already done with. From here via BoingBoing.
Movie Ratings
So I ran a scraper called Outwit Hub on the Rotten Tomatoes site and pulled a bunch of data. It’s not every single movie, but I think it’s a good representative swath. I used a good starting point and branched … Continue reading
In the Blink of an Eye
I’ve been reading Walter Murch’s In the Blink of an Eye lately. It’s the second edition, which means it has almost half of it devoted to digital editing. I also read an “editing & post-production” book and “The Conversations” and … Continue reading