awww, Every Frame A Painting was one of the best resources to learn about visual design in film, and I'm sorry it's over, but I respect their reasoning and all the work they've done over the years.
@luluberlu yeah. I really loved all of their videos. and it always made me happy to know they were local, and talking from a Vancouver film making perspective.
@nergdron oh, I didn't know you were from Vancouver ^^
many secret canadians on here
@luluberlu haha I put the Vancouver airport code in my profile, and I talk about Vancouver a lot. so I'm not exactly trying to keep it on the DL. 😄
@nergdron huh
I've never ever seen you talk about it x)
also the only airport code I know is LAX
@luluberlu hee hee well I love this city and can't stop gushing about it! moving here is pretty much the reason I was able to work through a lot of my blocks and like accept who I am and come out and stuff. so maybe I just /feel/ like I talk about it a lot. 😉
"It’s very tempting to use Google because it’s so quick and it’s right there, but that’s exactly why you shouldn’t go straight to it. By taking your research to the library, you’re immediately breaking out of the online cycle of repetition, and your work will improve immediately."
So true
@webmind I love this as a concept, but I think this only works for fields that advance slowly, and have major advances well represented in print. this tends to be more traditional fields, not things like sociology, art, or tech.
that being said, there's definitely room to improve the coverage those kinds of constantly evolving things have in more traditional media.
@nergdron hmm, perhaps. But I've found google quite limiting quite often in it's results.
I miss browsing the web for instance. It seems more effort, but the chances of getting different data seem better
@webmind yeah, I was thinking more of just search engines in general than just google. I've switched to using DuckDuckGo recently and find it to be a lot more diverse than Google in its results. but I get what you're saying.
@RussSharek @nergdron duckduckgo uses google as one of its inputs, I think, but it mainly doesn't try to personalise results, which is a benefit here.
"For me and for Tony, this clip is extremely reassuring. If Miyazaki — the world’s greatest living animator — can admit defeat after trying his best, then it’s okay for everyone else. If he can let go, then so can we."
More good stuff from that article :)
@RussSharek
Yes, very much so.
On the darker side, also about your anti-heroes. We as humans can do great and horrible things.
Let us aspire the great and be weary of the horrible.
Wonderful sentiment.
@nergdron Great channel. At least we still have Lessons from the Screenplay and a few other decent options.
While it's sad to see Every Frame A Painting end, I love the fact that they took the time to land the plane in such a thoughtful way.
I genuinely believe I learned more about theatrical blocking from these two than any textbook I've read on the subject.
I'm thrilled to know they plan to leave the original archive online, as I point people towards it regularly.
I do hope they consider putting this final essay into video form, if only to 'complete' the series.
@nergdron @RussSharek did they do an episode on Gosford Park? I've always felt each frame of that film to be literally renderable into a lovely painting.
I don't see it here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2w4TvBbdQ3sMABf317ExCob_v6rW2-4s
I'm up for hearing your analysis though.
@nergdron yup
Pretty much the only channel I knew of that actually had quality content when talking about form >_>