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Scion of a phenomenal family and a regular guest at Cinequest, Christopher Coppola is chairman of the film program at SF Art Institute. A pupil of George Kuchar’s, Coppola now supervises the classes that the pioneer underground filmmaker once taught at SFAI. He’s adding VR to the curriculum at the […]

Coppola’s VR Vision

2 Mar, 2018 in Films / movies / technology tagged Christopher Coppola / virtual reality / virtual reality filmmaking by admin

This is how it begins. An army of robots has assembled in China and so far they seem content to dance and break records. The move is almost certainly to lull humans into a false sense of security so we will ignore the obvious threat they pose. The 1,069 dancing “Dobi” robots set up by WL […]

Massive Robot Army Is Here To Destroy Your Foolish World ...

28 Aug, 2017 in technology tagged guiness world records / robots by admin

We trick our own brains to hear what we want to hear. It can be deceptively easy to mix & master a track, but what happens to the sound when it leaves our speakers? How is sound perceived by the brain? Read Article: http://output.com/blog/9-sound-design-tips-to-hack-your-listeners-ears

Helpful Explanation of Sound Design

27 Aug, 2017 in Films / technology tagged filmmaking / sound design by admin

Technical innovations change the way we make films — usually, but not always, for the better. The search is always on to make films faster and cheaper with higher picture quality and more spectacular effects, but technology also has an influence on the kind of films we find ourselves making. […]

How advances in technology has changed the way movies are ...

17 Aug, 2017 in Films / movies / technology tagged movie editing / movie technology by admin

History of the motion picture, history of cinema from the 19th century to the present. Early Years, 1830–1910 Origins: The illusion of motion pictures is based on the optical phenomena known as persistence of vision and the phi phenomenon. The first of these causes the brain to retain images cast […]

History of the Motion Picture:

11 Aug, 2017 in movies / technology tagged motion picture history / movie history by admin

Volumetric video is an emerging format of video featuring moving images of real people that exist truly in 3D — like holograms — allowing them to be viewed from any angle at any moment in time. The trick is that this media requires a fundamentally different video technology capable of […]

The history of volumetric filmmaking: a way to show moving ...

9 Aug, 2017 in technology tagged 3d filmmaking / filmmaking / volumetric filmmaking by admin

Carnegie Mellon University’s “assistive technologies” project is what would happen if a more socially minded MacGyver got his hands on a 3D printer. Created by a pioneering research team at CMU’s School of Computer Science, the project’s goal is to build life-changing prosthetics for people in need — and to […]

PROSTHETIC ARM IS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR PLAYING CELLO

1 Aug, 2017 in technology tagged 3D printing / cello / medical technology / prosthetic arm / prosthetics by admin

The Tribeca Film Festival, opening this week in New York, is promoting virtual reality (VR) as never before. And next month the Cannes Film Festival has announced it’s to show its first big VR attraction. So is 2017 the year virtual reality film-makers finally hit the big time? Read Article: […]

Is 2017 the year of virtual reality film-making?

31 Jul, 2017 in Films / technology tagged filmmaking / virtual reality / VR by admin

Someday, moviegoers may be able to watch 3D films from any seat in a theater without having to wear 3D glasses, thanks to a new kind of movie screen. The new technology, named Cinema 3D, overcomes some of the barriers to implementing glasses-free 3D viewing on a larger scale, but […]

Read about a new technology which is working to create ...

29 Jul, 2017 in Films / technology tagged 3D movies / filmmaking by admin