3D Seventh Voyage of Sinbad!

I found this on youtube and was very excited to see this. I know nothing about it. Was it a test for some new software to convert movies into 3D? Did someone actually use AfterEffects or Final Cut pro to cut up each element and composite it? I just don't have the answer. Get out your 3D Glasses and behold. The Cyclops in 3D!!

Douglas Trumbull Returns to directing!

Last year my friend Will and I had the opportunity to attend a presentation of Douglas Trumbull (visual effects wizard of such classic movies as 2001: A SPACE ODESSEY, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, and BLADE RUNNER) at the University of Arizona. It lasted almost 4 hours and I didn't want it to stop. Some of the technologies he showed us blew me away. Especially his green screen technology where you could seamlessly, in real time, composite actors into a digital virtual CGI set. Well, it looks like we are going to be seeing more of this technology in the future. From the fantastic folks at aintitcoolnews.com comes the announcement the Trumbull is returning to movies. Woo Hoo! Here's article link to the original posted article.

Link: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/49244

"According to Variety, he's almost finished two screenplays, and in his own words,"I'm going to be using some really extreme digital technologies." He developed ShowScan, a 60 frame-rate per second technology, but Hollywood didn't bite at the time. Now that frame-rate is the new buzz around Hollywood these days, he'll be shooting with ShowScan Digital, with a higher frame-rate for his new project, whatever it turns out to be. He'll be shooting live-action and green screen sets in 3D, and shoot as many as 100 shots a day, a formidable shooting schedule for anyone."

Sweet!

"Lot's of tank parts."

New Website Soon!

I've been working on updating the website for my new short film. Hopefully this will be up this weekend. Here's a screen shot of what it currently looks like.

A Fantastic Voyage

Wow! So much has happened since my last post. A house, marriage, a baby boy, a job that shifted into video games and edutainment, first wedding anniversary (did you know it is the paper anniversary....are marriages that flimsy?) .......Amazing! Because of the change, to keep my sanity I'm starting to finally update this blog and work on a new short film. More on that to come soon. In the mean time here's some space backgrounds that I've been tinkering with in between feedings....