In photoshopping photos together, or doing it old school like these guys, making sure the lighting matches the way it's supposed to is important for it to look realistic.
Full article and video here DELTA, B.C. — As Godzilla rises from the ocean depths and attacks the Golden Gate Bridge, movie audiences suspend disbelief at the captivating on-screen spectacle. But strip out the immense monster that’s clawing apart cables and what’s left is a corps of actors in military fatigues and one gargantuan, inflatable green screen. The unique screen, stretching more than 200 metres for the 2013 “Godzilla” film shoot, has garnered its Vancouver-area inventors Hollywood’s highest honour — an Academy Award. Four partners — David McIntosh, Steve Smith, Mike Branham and Mike Kirilenko — have been named Oscar winners for engineering and developing the cutting-edge green screen, called the Aircover Inflatables Airwall... “We took a huge risk. We built these units without knowing if they’d ever work. We all believed it was a good idea, but we didn’t know,” said Smith, CEO of Aircover Inflatables, based in the Vancouver suburb of Delta. ... A green screen is a backdrop made entirely of one distinct colour — often green, but sometimes blue — that is mounted behind a scene during the filming of a movie. In post-production, the single hue is replaced by video footage or computer generated graphics, such as the enraged Godzilla. The airwall has quickly amassed a roll of credits since its debut. Some other major motion pictures that used the visual effects tool include “Tomorrowland,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Captain America: Civil War,” “X-Men Apocalypse” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.”... "Game of Thrones" ... NASA has commissioned some fake Space Tourism posters, and the results are some fantastic graphic design. They call back to the tourism posters and magazine ads of decades ago. They are also offering large versions of them online for free downloading here.
I am blown away by creativity. When someone takes a photo of a part of the school I've never seen before, when they shoot a flower from an angle I've never thought of... anything I see that's original is impressive. I love it. The mind behind it - how does someone come up with something no one else has thought of yet? Creativity and freshness is highly valued in the business world as well. Design something new and people's attention is drawn to it. For example, Cirque de Soleil completely remade the tired trope of the Circus after... 100 years? This video has a performance with a fairly simple idea, but one I've never seen before. What a great idea. In the 1970s the Voyager spacecraft was sent into space. Included on board was a solid gold record, incribed with instructions on how to play it, lots of information, music, and 116 images curated to explain our world to aliens who would find it. What would you suggest be part of that set? Controversially, it also included our address if they wanted to find us (fingers crossed they're friendly!) Note: the first minute of the video is mostly science, then it gets into photographs. Lots of neat data presented in video form about all the 100 m medalists throughout history here. The math teacher in me loves this stuff.
Neat idea. Great video using simplicity. Especially good use of focus to guide the viewers eyes. Really beautifully designed website too - with minimalist graphics and shows why a limited palette of colours is a good idea. Website here.
As a math teacher also, it's fascinating for a whole other reason. Now, is it going to help or hurt math students? PhotoMath from MicroBLINK on Vimeo
I think they'll continue to improve it, but I was pointed towards this error:
Remember, you're smarter than you're calculator, because you can tell if an answer makes sense.
Why is everyone just using plain paint? This wife decorated her husband's car in sharpie. More pics here. Click any of these to enlarge.
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