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Thursday, December 14th, 2006 | Author: Martin

These are very busy weeks (and nights), so only a quick inspirational link today:

dfckr.com lets you browse specific subjects within Flickr. Enjoy!

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Wednesday, December 06th, 2006 | Author: Martin

What I love about the internet is that sometimes you get ideas that throw you just a bit off your standard way of thinking. Just by surfing around. Over at Geeks are Sexy (you just gotta love that title!), I found this video that I want to share with you. Everybody is talking about the imminent dangers that global warming brings. Prepare for an emotional joy-ride! more…

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Tuesday, December 05th, 2006 | Author: Martin

Apple is surely not short of ideas for Final Cut’s future. After its recent acquisition of the leading colour correction package, it has now bought Proximity technology, which specializes in media management software for the professional broadcast industry.

Category: Editing  | 2 Comments
Sunday, December 03rd, 2006 | Author: Martin

My favourite story is about Antarctic explorer and photographer/cinematographer Frank Hurley. In 1932, shooting newsreel footage in Canberra for Cinesound News, he told his assistant “Never mind the camera, just fix your eyes on the lake. Don’t look away for a second.”
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Saturday, December 02nd, 2006 | Author: Martin

In a previous comment I mentioned the great book “Painting with Light” by John Alton. When you google that expression, you get some amazing photography that takes it literally.
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Tuesday, November 28th, 2006 | Author: Martin

In any field of work it is important to not get stuck, but this is especially true in a creative surrounding. Camerawork is all about achieving creativity by technical means.

I find it very important for my work to get inspired. This inspiration I get… more…

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Tuesday, November 28th, 2006 | Author: Martin

I just love this one!

This is a special calendar for handling Hollywood production work. But it can easily be alterated for use on productions around the globe.

Neg
Fri
Fri
Fri
Jud
Wed
Tue
8
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2
16
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Sunday, November 26th, 2006 | Author: Martin

In the beginning was the Idea.
And then came the Story Outlines.
And the Story Outlines were without form.
And the Idea was without substance.
And darkness was upon the face of the Writers.
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Saturday, November 25th, 2006 | Author: Martin

After a week of editing, photoshopping, rotoscoping, colour analizing, scanning, fixing, brushing and some more screen staring, it is finally week-end. I hope all of you have a good one too.

If you wonder where you end up when you dig a hole through the earth more…

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Friday, November 24th, 2006 | Author: Martin

It appears that some of the web hikers want to abuse the term “Martin Luther King”. Read more about it here. Everyone with a blog or a website, can do his/her part in countering that. Here comes mine:

Martin Luther King
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Thanks to Doug for bringing this to my knowledge.

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