Ray at Vidvox pointed out this pretty great “guerrilla movie maker tool”, a homemade way to make your video more film-like by reducing it’s depth of field. Another project for summer maybe, to be filled alongside the DIY steadicam – … Continue reading
by Sean Healy, December 4, 2005 1 Comment
Hooked up with an old friend recently, a slap bass maniac back in the day who is now busy satellite-mapping the planet. He’s been reading the Lev Manovich classic: The Language Of New Media, and various Marshall McLuhan books and … Continue reading
by Sean Healy, December 1, 2005 10 Comments
Whether for amplifying the fun of a carnivalesque ride like Critical Mass ( wikipedia entry ), or just for the exhilaration of cruising along on your own custom modded two wheeled monster, there’s much merit and joy to be had … Continue reading
by Sean Healy, December 1, 2005 1 Comment
TV broadcasters used to believe they were the centre of the universe. Newspaper publishers used to believe the earth was flat. Radio? Got squashed by a falling video star. Moral of the story = when looking to connect people with … Continue reading
by Sean Healy, December 1, 2005 0 comments
A recent Kottke post talks of listening to the sounds of new places while travelling, which reminded me of the quite excellent Audiotourism album by UK artist Freeform, who recorded sounds while travelling in Vietnam and China, then manipulated these … Continue reading
by Sean Healy, November 24, 2005 0 comments