hiroshi sugimoto

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Hiroshi Sugimoto has been working on this project since the 1970's. He takes his large format camera into the theatre and exposes the film for the duration of the screening. It's beautiful.

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I've decided to open up the interestingess channels and invite posts from special guests.

I'll be inviting academics, established and emerging artists, writers, peers and more.

The content is up to the author. It would be nice if it related to my project (think 'why do we (especially generation y) feel so compelled to constantly engage in screen-based media?'), but I find everything interesting so whether it be technical, something you think everyone should know, or even something as pop culture as why you like watching Buffy so much... I'm interested. Writing itself is not even required. If you'd just like to share an image/video/link... I'm interested.

Forward this on to anyone you think would be interested, or send your ideas to s3162611 at student.rmit.edu.au

Thanks!

like a rolling stone

Michel Gondry you're my hero.

I saw his clip for The Stones' Like a Rolling Stone again yesterday. It's not my favourite clip but one that's always intrigued me. When I started getting into film and editing a couple of years ago I was under the impression that it was created using two techniques:

- 'Bullet Time' from The Matrix; a series of still frames taken simulaneously, then played in sequence with a slower (generally) frame rate for film.
- Again, only still frames, morphed together.

When I watched it again yesterday, I realised I was only scraping the surface:

- The shots of the Stones, while confusingly constructed, appeared to have been manipulated frame by frame in Photoshop, using the smudge tool (I can't remember the name but the one where you can 'move' pixels as if stretching and pulling the image).

Anyway, I just found the answers to all of my questions :) http://www.director-file.com/gondry/promos.html

It's not just the incredible effects Gondry employs, its how perfect they are to communicate the story, an innovative, and genius. I actually feel disgusting, like I'm 'on the boat', when Patricia Arquette is walking home and the background can't quite keep up with her. I just really love Michel Gondry.

Watch it or buy it.