When unreal isn't real enough
Written by Kelsey Brookes Friday, 12 June 2009 08:05
Mark Pickavance over at Den of Geek has a great editorial on why the ultra-realistic visual effects of today leave him cold.
Although I'll leave Mark to cover the main ground, I must say I definitely agree for the most part that there is a disconnect between our perception of risk and our ability to suspend disbelief to effectively relate to the drama.
I generally put this down to crappy filmmaking rather than the rise of CG, however. I simply believe that for the most part blockbuster films, typically the most egregious users of CG, fail to deliver plots and characters we can relate to.
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I don't even know where to begin....
Written by Administrator Thursday, 11 June 2009 23:36
0 CommentsThe death of the CD Single
Written by Kelsey Brookes Thursday, 11 June 2009 23:18
I know it's only tangentially related to the topics we discuss here, but I believe this is a Sign Of Things To Come™.
JB Hi-Fi are ditching CD Singles.
Long the staple of music fans who only want the good stuff, the CD single has been increasingly irrelevant in an era of cheap, legal music downloads where you no longer need to put up with the tacked-on B-sides.
I've often been heard to utter the phrase "Physical media, how quaint." when faced with DVDs or CDs. When you can have an AppleTV or Boxee, why on earth do you need to carry around little plastic discs everywhere?
So goodbye CD Single, I have no doubt your brethren, DVD Director's Cut and TV Box Set will join you soon in that great irrelevancy in the sky.
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Stop motion music video
Written by Kelsey Brookes Thursday, 11 June 2009 23:14
This stop-motion music video was made with over 4000 still frames, with every frame being hand-painted on the performer's faces:
Find out more about the production over at BoingBoing
0 CommentsComposers for copyright reform
Written by Kelsey Brookes Thursday, 11 June 2009 23:03
Composers are fighting for their right to get paid for their work. In April 2007 a U.S. federal court ruling determined that downloaded music was not considered a performance, essentially preventing composers from claiming royalties from online sales.
With the online channel growing as traditional media distribution falters, actual creators are seeing their earnings reduce while cheaper online methods see increased profits for distributors.
Read more on this issue over at Reuters.
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