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Tag Archives: film
“Over the Top” Shots (Revisited…Once Again)
Last year, I posted about seeing a visual quote of a Transformers shot in Tangled/Rapunzel and in Rango. Since then I have found three four five more. Does that mean I get to name it? If so, I’m dubbing it the “over the … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged blur studio, butch cassidy and the sundance kid, cinematography, day watch, film, film analysis, in the rough, Michael Bay, over the top, rango, rapunzel, shots, skyline, tangled, Timur Bekmambetov, transformers, wanted
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Tad’s Recommended Motion Picture and Cinematography Books
finally got around to it. At every camera class I give at a studio or a school, some smart person always asks what books I would recommend to learn more about cinematography. Every time they do (which is every time, mind you), I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Movies
Tagged books, camera, cinematography, film, motion picture, movies
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“Powers of Ten” and Dolly-Zooms
One of the grad students I’m working with pitched a thesis project that opened with a giant tracking shot that moves from Earth orbit down to a child’s ice cream cone and then down to virus scale. I sighed silently … Continue reading
Pecha Kucha
Time has run out for Tad… Last night I had my first non-work-related public appearance in Singapore at Pecha Kucha Singapore #2. The concept of Pecha Kucha Night is based on an exercise devised by designers in Japan to facilitate … Continue reading
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Tagged aspect ratio, film, keynote, pecha kucha, presentation, singapore
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Everything in Moderation
Yay! I'll be moderating a panel on Superman Returns at the Savannah Film Festival in a few weeks. Coincidentally, the panel will feature Jonathan Rothbart, my former officemate from ILM and co-founder of The Orphanage, who was one of the … Continue reading
