Today must be DIY in my brain, all I can think of is making something! Ah, I miss having a workspace. I saw this great project on Strobist — it's a blog geared towards photography and studio lighting, but if you're a grip or gaffer on a smaller project, this is an awesome thing to [...]
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I had no idea what the hell the Turconi Collection even was, I had to research it! This database is a record of the 35mm nitrate film frame clippings collected by Italian film historian Davide Turconi (1911-2005) from the Josef Joye Collection in Switzerland and from other unidentified sources. The collection consists of 23,491 clippings [...]
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Juan Pablo Zaramella's stop motion short Luminaris has won my heart! The film effortlessly dives you in to a world controlled by light, and one man's big ideas about that. It is absolutely wondrous. Below is the trailer. There are also two behind the scenes videos online showing the tests Zaramella performed with light and [...]
Read More cinema, film, must watch, short, short filmAlright, alright, hold on, check this out. By the way, GOOD MORNING! Yes, Jim got up early this morning, apparently instead of the coffee *I THOUGHT I DRANK* I had a big cup of completely crazy, and I've done about a day's work already. In this time I determined that I was going to teach [...]
Read More chroma key, chroma key paint, five minute film school, green screenWhat the fu-IS THAT WILLIAM KENNEDY LAURIE DICKSON? HAPPY BIRTHDAY, William Kennedy Laurie Dickson! This guy William Kennedy Laurie Dickson (what a long name, dude!) is an important guy in our history – one of the many underappreciated peeps that I keep digging up and trying to give my little bit of credit on their [...]
Read More film, kinetophone, kinetoscope, moving pictures, Thomas Alva Edison, William Kennedy Laurie DicksonI am sitting in the Vegas airport waiting for my flight to board, thinking of all the absolutely awesome times I had over the last 72 hours. The NAB Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center was a HIT for me – lots of people, lots of interviews, and tons of fun. A word to [...]
Read More Jefferson Waful, John Gates, Jon Griffin, NAB, National Association of Broadcasters, Ocean Thin FIlms, SeaChanger, TJ Gerckens, Umphrey's McGee, VegasPhish, as you all know, is loved by JimOnLight.com. So when I see something that says "Phish to Debut 3D Movie in April 2010," I zheet my drawers. So hey – did you all hear that Phish is doing a 3D movie of their Festival 8 show in Indio, CA from October? Check out a [...]
Read More chris kuroda, concert lighting, lighting, phishAs far as iPhone software goes, "there's an app for that," right? How about an app for MAKING ME A PIZZA RIGHT NOW AAAAAAAAAAAAAA! <deep breath> Okay, I feel better. But seriously, there are tons of apps out there for every single thing you can imagine. The other day I downloaded an app from the [...]
Read More Cast Software, iphone, iPhone Software, Luminair, Luminair v2, mike zinman, PocketLD, Ryan Hisey, WYSIWYG, Zinman SoftwareOkay, to be honest, I've not really heard much of her music until I saw this video. Lady GaGa performed her tunes "Telephone" and "Dance in the Dark" at the Brit Awards recently. It's the one where she gave thanks to Alexander McQueen, the fashion designer who just passed away. Al Gurdon (Super Bowl LD) [...]
Read More Al Gurdon, Alexander McQueen, Brit Awards, Cast Software, Lady GaGa, Lighting Design, Miguel Ribiero, WYSIWYGI just heard on NPR last night that 106.5 million plus people watched the Super Bowl on Sunday – more people than any other event on TV in the history of the world. The last thing that had that kind of viewers was the final episode of M*A*S*H*, back in 1983 – 105.97 million. (for [...]
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