A Necessary Guide to On-Set Protocol
I have read a couple of articles or blog posts about on-set protocol recently. This is one of the better ones in my opinion: http://filmmakermagazine.com/92534-the-seven-arts-of-working-in-film/#.VS5wq62eDRZ
Tim Duck
Chris Watson interview on BBC Radio
An interview in the field with Chris Watson: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02npwg1
The future of learning
An old friend and teacher (although I suspect he might prefer a term like facilitator) sent me a link to the following Ted Talk video by Sugata Mitra that he found particularly inspiring and fits in with his way of thinking. It discusses a little about the history of our current model of schooling and … Read more The future of learning
Iannix
I came across an interesting open-source “sequencer for digital art” called Iannix. It is quite versatile for creative use, but is essentially a way of interfacing digital drawing or art with sound synthesis. Check it out at: http://www.iannix.org/
Fixing Mac Mail Sent Items
If you’re a Mac Mail user and you use IMAP with your web hosting email, you can run into an issue where your Sent emails won’t save to the server (or anywhere for that matter) when you set up your Mail account. There are lots of possibilities for things to go wrong, but I found … Read more Fixing Mac Mail Sent Items
Past Imperfect – Official Selection at Byron Bay International Film Festival
The By George Studios short film which I completed audio post on in December has made the Official Selection at Byron Bay International Film Festival. Great work by George, Robb and everyone else who contributed, and hopefully plenty more film festival appearances to come.
How speakers make sound
Here is a neat Animagraff that shows how convential cone speaker drivers work: http://animagraffs.com/loudspeaker/
Burns Film Center Visual Glossary
The Burns Film Center has a really neat Visual Glossary which includes some film term definitions, along with great examples from proper commercial feature films. Pretty neat. The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) is a nonprofit cultural arts center dedicated to teaching literacy for a visual culture; presenting the best of independent, documentary, and world … Read more Burns Film Center Visual Glossary
Sh*t Audio Guys Say
Fairly amusing (and true)…
The Soundman Video
Pretty cool old short film showing the role of the “Soundman” for motion picture making: