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Soderbergh on Quitting

2021-09-08T20:27:49+00:00March 19th, 2013|Tags: |

Interviewer: I get the sense that, as with film, motivation is not an issue.

Steven Soderbergh: I was watching one of those iconoclast shows on the Sundance Channel. Jamie Oliver said Paul Smith had told him something he hadn’t understood until very recently: “I’d rather be No. 2 forever than No. 1 for a while.” Just make stuff and don’t agonize over it. Stop worrying about being No. 1. I see a lot of people getting paralyzed by the response to their work, the imagined result. It’s like playing a Jedi mind trick on yourself, and Smith is right. That’s the way I’ve always approached films, the way I approach everything. »

2018-03-27T09:16:51+00:00March 14th, 2013|Tags: |

Does anyone else find the compositions of Google Hangout oddly compelling? This is one from my friend Matt last night when he went to find his sisters 9 week old puppy.

A Day in the Life of a Digital Editor, 2013

2013-03-12T20:38:12+00:00March 12th, 2013|Tags: |

A Day in the Life of a Digital Editor, 2013

onaissues:

We can have binocular vision. We can understand these numbers. And we can know that the mission of a place like The Atlantic is to bring moral purpose, interesting ideas, great arguments, and excellent reporting to the world and to drive these stories as far as they will go into the public consciousness. 

Furthermore, looking at the numbers teaches you about the social reality of the Internet. In a very real sense, unless you look at the numbers, you do not know what (the dynamic sociotechnical space that is) the Internet looks like. 

Alexis Madrigal, senior editor at the Atlantic, on the digital transition in journalism, creating a decent content strategy, and the economics of digital journalism. 

Always look at the numbers. [emphasis mine.]

2018-03-27T09:16:52+00:00March 12th, 2013|Tags: , , , |

lilithfilm:

The Career of Paul Thomas Anderson in Five Shots

Absolutely engrossing, educational, and reaffirming my previous statement that Paul Thomas Anderson is the most important living filmmaker of our times.

Watch, watch again, and let us learn.

Another delightful example of PT Anderson at his best.

(Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)

2018-03-27T09:16:52+00:00March 11th, 2013|Tags: , , |

The Open Tech Fund is one of the sponsors of the work I’ve been doing for the last 12 months. The whole group over there is incredibly smart and passionate. The work they’re supporting is really impressive and I consider myself fortunate enough to be among them. This video will help you get a better idea about what motivates them to do the work they do.

(Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)

The Stuff of Cinema

2022-07-09T00:51:26+00:00March 11th, 2013|Tags: , , , |

I think you have to view the entire problem of putting the story you want to tell up there on that light square. It begins in the selection of the property, it continues through the creation of the right kind of financial and legal contractual circumstances under which you make the film. It continues through the casting, the creation of the story, the sets, the costumes, the photography, and the acting. And when the picture is shot, it’s only partially finished. I think the cutting is just a continuation of directing a movie. I think the use of music effects, opticals, and finally main titles are all part of telling the story. And I think the fragmentation of these jobs, by different people, is a very bad thing.

– Stanley Kubrick

Quote & diagram from the Kubrick exhibit at LACMA

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2013-03-08T23:44:19+00:00March 8th, 2013|

Two things define you. Your patience when you have nothing, and your attitude when you have everything.

(via yenchinschin)

Patience is a virtue.

2018-03-27T09:16:58+00:00March 8th, 2013|

kateoplis:

InSight, a new Google app designed for their Glass headset, will find people not by face recognition, but rather by their “fashion fingerprint”.

Dress well, babies. The future is here.

SteadiShots.org will blow your mind

2013-03-08T02:02:39+00:00March 8th, 2013|Tags: , , |

I don’t think this shot could have been accomplished except for the huge and enthusiastic crew we had in China. It took a very large crew to pull it off. A conventional crane could not get over the wall – we had to use a motorized hoist system that ran on overhead tracks that first lifted me up and then tracked along on top of the wall above Uma, crossing the wall at a slight angle until reaching the bathroom set and then lowered me down as Uma entered a stall to change into her “killing” costume. A custom chair was suspended from the winch that I could sit down for the flight over the wall operated by key grip Herb Ault who managed to get me up over and down with only a few minor collisions with the set. I then »

2013-03-06T16:45:32+00:00March 6th, 2013|

The problem is that deluded managers expect unreasonable returns from their investment. They think you can get the best from people by thinking the worst of them. It just doesn’t work like that. You can’t crack the whip with one hand and expect a firm handshake with the other.

If you want star quality effort, you need to provide a star quality environment. No, window dressing like a free meal is not it. It can serve as a cherry on top, but if the rest of the cake is full of shit, that’s not going to make it any more appealing.

A star environment is based on trust, vision, and congruent behavior. Make people proud to work where they work by involving them in projects that matter and ignite a fire of urgency about your purpose. Find out who you are as »

2018-03-27T09:17:16+00:00March 5th, 2013|Tags: , |

the-science-llama:

Our Night Sky When We Collide With Andromeda

In the photos above in order:

— Present day
— 2 Billion years from now the of the approaching Andromeda galaxy is noticeably larger
— 3.75 Billion years, Andromeda fills the field of view
— 3.85 Billion years, the sky is ablaze with new star formation
— 3.9 Billion years, star formation continues
— 4 Billion years, Milky Way is warped and Andromeda is tidally stretched
— 5.1 Billion years, cores of both galaxies appear as a pair of globes
— 7 Billion years, the cores have merged, the bright core dominates the night sky

Here is an animation of the collision

In around 4 billion years our galaxy, The Milky Way, will collide with our neighbor galaxy Andromeda or M31. You might think this will be a catastrophic event for everything in the galaxy »

2 Hasselblad’s, with lenses. (FREE!)

2013-03-04T18:59:23+00:00March 4th, 2013|Tags: , , , |

When the astronauts took off from the moon, they left all heavy equipment behind, and there were two Hasselblad camera bodies and lenses among the lunar module’s abandoned landing gear, the astronauts’ outer shoes, moon overalls etc.

NASA should start making craigslist ads to let people know fascinating stories like this.

2018-03-27T09:17:18+00:00March 3rd, 2013|

putthison:

These days, our friend PG from MostExerent works for a tech company that frowns on suits. His blog’s now mostly a record of his cycling and travel. There’s no better expert on the shape of tailored clothes, though, and his advice here is very much worth paying attention to.

mostexerent:

Another gem from my archives (2011) which will answer some recent messages & this time uncovered by linenforsummertweedforwinter:

Shape, Drape or Both?

Both is possible & preferable in my opinion – too many are trapped into thinking that tight fitting means shape.. When it is actually the opposite.

See how my jacket still has shape even not button up.

How is this possible?

Start with the shoulders then working down to the cuff:

  • Make sure they sit on with a slight extension & not before the shoulder point
  • “Natural” shaped shoulder line gives a »

What was ever real?

2023-07-24T22:16:42+00:00March 2nd, 2013|Tags: , , , , |

thefilmfatale:

Directors Martin Scorsese and James Cameron have different ideas about the use of CGI in film:

“My big concern is that the image, ultimately, with CGI, I don’t know if our younger generation is believing anything anymore on screen. It’s not real.” – Martin Scorsese

“When was it ever real? There was kind of a wall there and nothing over there. There are 30 people standing around. There’s a guy with a boom mic, there’s another guy up on a ladder with his ass crack hanging out. There’s fake rain. Your ‘street, night exterior New York’ was a ‘day, interior Burbank’. What was ever real?” – James Cameron

Things that are real in that list:

  1. kind of a wall: it’s still made of real material.
  2. 30 People Standing Around.
  3. Guy with a boom mic.
  4. Ladder.
  5. Guy with his ass crack »

2018-03-27T09:19:16+00:00February 28th, 2013|Tags: , |

onaissues:

In a post on journalists.org, MJ Bear Fellow Hagit Bachrach discusses how the Council on Foreign Relations produces videos like “Mexico’s Drug War” to address complex issues and why she enjoys working with their team. 

One of the advantages of producing video at an organization like CFR is that we have that rarest of commodities — time — at our disposal. Unleashed from the 24-hour news cycle pressures and the ever-growing industry focus on metrics, we are uniquely positioned to prioritize substance and quality. The result: producing videos like the first in a new series that provide primers on complex issues of global concern.

Read more:  Tackling complex issues, unleashed from the clock – Online News Association

I don’t remember seeing any cats in this video, but this is worth you’re time. It’s a helpful start for understanding the drug »

2013-02-28T05:15:04+00:00February 28th, 2013|

Don’t smoke pot. Don’t bitch. Don’t give up. Go on stage ANYWHERE. Try, fail, repeat.

Louis CK (via kateoplis)
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