ProjectAlpha22 🏳️‍🌈 I hand animate it while referencing the... clip, and for the camera, I have the clip for the shot in the scene camera, and I do a really silly thing where I place the blender cursor on a defined point in the image, and rotate the camera to keep the image in that "spot"show more

Seedance 2.0 is insane. Blender previs is having a... moment in AI filmmaking for a reason. I wanted to see how far I could push the workflow beyond a simple camera move in an ambush scene. The workflow: 1. Make a start image in Midjourney 2. Block it out in Blender, animate the camera 3. Feed both to Seedance The more I test this pipeline, the more convinced I am that hybrid pipelines are the future. The conversation is moving fast but previs is one of the clearest unlocks so far. Seedance still isn't perfect at matching the reference but it's close. You can experiment with staging, timing, and camera movement before you ever touch the video model. Solve the scene before you generate the shot.show more

I found a digital camera from 2004 that takes... literal cursed images This is the image and what it for some reason (I know the reason) does in the iPhone photo editorshow more

GUYS I MADE IT AND IT WORKS :OO Asked... ChatGPT-4o and it couldn't do it Then switched to o1 and it did it after 2 tries Now all I need to do is move the camera, take the image + blackmask, ask AI to fill in the black part, then de-sphere it and we have a 360' camera control!!!show more

I love open source AI in ComfyUI because it... lets me control every step. For this spaceship shot I tracked the camera, designed layout geometry in Blender, exported depth maps, prompted the final look with an AI image editor, and jumped into Photoshop to clean it all up.show more

Testing out VirtuCamera for Blender 🔶 with one of... our HD head scans. Super easy to use and gives you a really nice handheld camera feel. I did the camera work in Blender, then just exported the camera as an FBX to Marmoset and rendered it all in about an hour.show more

Michelangelo Antonioni on the Final sequence of 'The Passenger'... (1975): "Interviewer: How long did it take to do the final scene of The Passenger? Antonioni: 11 days. But that was not because of me but because of the wind. It was very windy weather and so difficult to keep the camera steady. Interviewer: One critic has said that the final seven-minute sequence is destined to become a classic of film history. Can you explain how you conceived it? Antonioni: I had the idea for the final sequence as soon as I started shooting. I knew, naturally, that my protagonist must die, but the idea of seeing him die bored me. So I thought of a window and what was outside, the afternoon sun. For a second, just for a fraction-Hemingway crossed my mind: "De@th in the Afternoon." And the arena. We found the arena and immediately realized this was the place. But I didn't yet know how to realize such a long shot. I had heard about the Canadian camera, but I had no first-hand knowledge of its possibilities. In London, I saw some film tests. I met with the English technicians responsible for the camera and we decided to try. There were many problems to solve. The biggest was that the camera was 16mm and I needed 35mm. To modify it would have involved modifying its whole equilibrium since the camera IS mounted on a series of gyroscopes. However. I succeeded in doing it. Interviewer: Did you use a zoom lens or a very slow dolly? Antonioni: A zoom was mounted on the camera. But it was only used when the camera was about to pass through the gate. Interviewer: It's interesting how the camera moves toward the man in the center against the wall but we never get to see him, the camera never focuses on him. Antonioni: Well, he is part of the landscape, that's all. And everything is in focus-everything. But not specifically on him. I didn't want to go closer to anybody. The surprise is the use of this long shot. You see the girl out side and you see her movements and you understand very well without going closer to her what she's doing, maybe what her thoughts are. You see, I am using this very long shot like closeups, the shot actually takes the place of closeups. Interviewer: Did you cover that shot in any other way or was this your sole commitment? Antonioni: I had this idea of doing it in one take at the beginning of the shooting and I kept working on it all during the shooting." [Filmmakers Newsletter, I975]show more

She used to drive a Tesla and I guess... she forgot the part where Teslas have a front camera. If the other driver has the footage, they can just hand it to the authorities, and she's in big trouble. What a genius.show more

Ryan Gosling said he pushed for the elevator kiss... in Drive himself. “I really wanted to kiss her so I asked the movie’s director Nick if I could do it in the elevator scene before I smash a guy’s head in.” “Carey and I, our relationship off camera was very similar to our relationship on camera.” “We really just kind of looked at each other. It just felt good. I just liked looking at her. And I didn't want to blow it by saying anything.”show more

James Wong Howe on how the ending of 'On... the Waterfront' (1954) was filmed: "[I worked with Kazan] in 'On the Waterfront' (1954). Kazan said, “You know I got an ending to this picture, where Brando is fighting. I need more shots of fighting. Would you do that for me?” I said, “Yes.” The production manager asked me how many lights I wanted. I said, “No lights.” So we went down and shot, and it got later and later and it was getting darker and darker. Finally, I said, “Gee, Gadge [Kazan’s nickname], this is about it.” He said, “I need a shot of Brando. He’s been beaten up so he’s dizzy and he’s walking into the warehouse. The door opens there.” We used a handheld camera. It was an Eyemo that I gave to the operator. I put a piece of chalk down on the cement and said, “Now look through that camera and walk around that chalk mark.” He kept walking and walking, and said, “Gee, I’m getting a little dizzy.” I said, “Keep walking. Keep walking. Okay. Now point the camera at that door and hit the trigger and walk.” He couldn’t walk very steady, so it made a wonderful shot from Brando’s perspective. If I hadn’t spun the operator around and got him really dizzy, it wouldn’t have worked." (James Wong Howe, AFI, 1973)show more

It took me less than 10 minutes to create... this scene. The longest part was finding the style for my initial image. I used Grok Imagine's extension video to ensure perfect continuity of style, voice, and music. Then I animated it, prompting in my native language without asking for any dialogue. Grok understood everything I asked and created a dialogue between the children in perfect French. I later posted the same children with a prompt in English, and this time, the dialogue was in English. I used Grok Imagine to create the image, animate it, and then extend the video to 30 seconds. I then started again with an image that I modified through editing and used it to tell another story.show more

“Working with Rita is the easiest job in the... world. I'm not even sure I could call it work. It's literally pointing a camera at your best friend who happens to be criminally gorgeous and effortlessly talented. I mean, I wasn't even operating the camera, I just told the guy where to point it. And all the while we got to listen to this absolute gem of a song. It's actually a dream thing to do.” - Taika Waititi All Natural 🧡 out now!!!!show more

I spent almost $600 and put the DJI Osmo... Nano to the test for recording TCG gameplay. This video is not sponsored (I bought the camera with my own money), but I do have an amazon affiliate link in my link in bio if you're planning on buying the camera and would like to support me!show more

I made it all by hand! From idea sketch... to mannequin! The design, the fabric design, the sewing pattern, hand sewing the bows, everything! .. whenever I have enough money I'll model it (also by myself aside from holding the camera in place) and make it into a photo set!! 🥰show more

Gaspar Noé explains the reason he used Cocaine while... filming "Irreversible" (2002): "Most of the movie, I was doing the camera, it was a handheld camera. And I’m not proud of this but — I’m not a cokehead, I get allergic — but there were some members of the crew that were doing coke and when the camera has to go up the stairs, down the stairs and turn around, at a point, my arms were hurting and my friends on the set were giving me coke. And you feel strong and you feel like a superhero, you run up the stairs and turn the camera. I was really happy that helped me achieve the scene. But after two days of shooting up the stairs and down the stairs and turning the camera, I’m not a strong man at all but the camera was very heavy. I had done such a muscular effort that the moment this spell of cocaine was over, the pain started and I could not even raise a glass of vodka.[laughs]" ("Why Gaspar Noé Directed on Cocaine, Masturbated in His Own Film and Shot a Live Birth", Tarek Shoukri, Indiewire, 2015) P.S: On this day, 24 years ago, "Irreversible" (2002) was released in France & India.show more

I have a dream of a Kenya where the... image of slums remains in our history books and not on our motherland. For the millions of Kenyans living in the 1,400+ slums, I voted YES on the Housing Levy.show more

i did the thing from the SV movies where... the characters move along with the camera won't keep it in the game as even at normal FPS it looks really jarring, but it's a cool attempt nonethelessshow more

From time to time, people ask me how I... make models so close to the reference, so here it goes: I work in orthographic view on one screen for modeling, and on the other, I keep a viewport with the camera aligned and the reference in front at low opacity using PureRef or Kuadroshow more

I’m really enjoy being behind the camera at the... moment. This clip was shot in March at Conor Aphilia’s shibari retreat in Marrakesh. I can’t wait to go back!show more

Still my favorite digital camera. Waiting for the 40... second for the floppy to stop spinning per image and about 8 pictures in high resolution makes one contemplate the subject. I shall post some images soon.show more