Authors — Scott Macaulay
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Can Makeup Become Electronic? Projection Mapping a Model’s Face
We know that electronic actors are on the horizon, but what about electronic makeup? Technical producer and director Nobumichi Asai has projection mapped on buildings, cars and other physical objects, but in this concept video he maps in real time onto the human face. Writes Chris Davies at Slashgear: It’s the incredible handiwork of a team led by Nobumichi Asai, which brings together digital designers, CGI experts, and make-up artists. Combined, they create what seems to be the electronic equivalent of makeup. Technical details are scant at this stage, unfortunately. Judging by the video, however, there’s an initial scanning stage […]
by Scott Macaulay on Aug 24, 2014 -
Trailer Watch: Giuseppe Makes a Movie (Red Band)
From Cinelicious Pics comes this trailer for Adam Rifkin’s Giuseppe Makes a Movie, a portrait of the Ventura, CA-based no-budget cult filmmaker Guiseppe Andrews. Rifkin has known Andrews for 15 years, back from the days of Detroit Rock City, Said Rifkin to Filmmaker‘s Lauren Wissot, “This shy and respectful kid started cranking out no-budget films one after another, and every one of them was unlike anything I had ever seen before. I’m really hard to shock and these were crazy. Insane. But not a forced, ‘hipster trying to be weird for weird sake,’ kind of insane – these were genuine […]
by Scott Macaulay on Aug 18, 2014 -
How Do You Show a Text Message in a Film?
Not too long ago I was asked to read a script, and when I finished I had one question: what year was this script set in? I wondered because the whole script revolved around people in different cities being completely unable to communicate with each other, to know what was going on in each other’s lives. Yep, this present-day film took place in a world where mobile phones had not been invented. You’d be surprised at how often screenwriters ignore today’s modern means of communication. And not just phones — in order to be truly contemporary, filmmakers must incorporate text […]
by Scott Macaulay on Aug 15, 2014 -
Music Video: Daphne Guinness’ Evening in Space, Directed by David LaChappelle
Artist, designer and model Daphne Guinness adds music to her CV with this new single, “Evening in Space,” produced by long-time David Bowie collaborator Tony Visconti. The video is directed by photographer and director David LaChappelle and, according to the notes, “features custom fashion by many of Guinness’ favourite houses, including Iris van Herpen and Noritaka Tatehana, alongside pieces from her own celebrated clothing collection.”
by Scott Macaulay on Aug 15, 2014 -
Apple’s Beats Music Celebrates Do the Right Thing‘s 25th Anniversary
Revisiting the characters and locations of Spike Lee’s classic, Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary: A Beats Music Experience is a 22-minute short documentary just released under the banner of, yes, Apple’s newly acquired Beats Music. Lee, Danny Aiello, production designer Wynn Thomas and others from the film stroll its Bed-Stuy block, recalling moments, interviewing current residents, and trying to remember just which apartment Rosie Perez lived in. Unlike Lee’s recent Old Boy, it’s an official Spike Lee Joint — spirited, not too nostalgic and capped with a block party performance by Public Enemy doing “Fight the Power.” Sadly, […]
by Scott Macaulay on Aug 15, 2014 -
What is a Music Supervisor?
“Music supervision is creative and business, married together,” says music supervisor Tracy McKnight in this Variety Artisans roundtable featuring a group of professionals who oversee the use of music in movies. Watch here as McKnight, who has a rich career in both studio and independent film, and a group of colleagues with credits ranging from Boardwalk Empire to Breaking Bad, discuss the dimensions of what can seem to be a mysterious position.
by Scott Macaulay on Aug 14, 2014 -
Camden International Film Festival Announces Commissioning Partnership with Al Jazeera Digital Platform
The Camden International Film Festival announced today a partnership with AJ+, the new digital platform from Al Jazeera Media Network. Submissions are now open for a competition that will bring five independent filmmakers to the festival to pitch short doc projects to filmmakers and industry leaders. AJ+ will then commission up to five projects, providing them with $10,000 budgets. From the press release: All selected filmmakers will be provided with an All Access pass to CIFF (September 25-28, 2014) and a stipend to support both travel and accommodations during the festival. This opportunity is for stories driven by strong characters, […]
by Scott Macaulay on Aug 11, 2014 -
Trailer Watch: See You Next Tuesday
“A real treat, a genuine discovery, a whirling dervish of a movie, some kind of roiling central-Brooklyn freak show, a film so searing with rip-your-throat-out and spit-on-your-grave anger, the indignity of mental illness, the messiness of race in this fast-gentrifying strip of American near-coastal land that it seems to have a pulse all its own; it feels alive in the ways only superior works of art can.” That’s Filmmaker‘s Brandon Harris on Drew Tobia’s See You Next Tuesday, a film that has multiple fans here at the magazine. There’s me, for one — I was on the jury at Indie […]
by Scott Macaulay on Aug 11, 2014 -
Short Film Teaser: Peacock Killer, Directed by Boyd Holbrook
Actor and director Boyd Holbrook has been raising funds on Indiegogo to complete his short film Peacock Killer, which is based on a short story by Sam Shepard. He’s just released a new teaser trailer, which suggests an epic sweep. Check it out and, if it intrigues you, consider donating to Holbrook’s campaign. (Oh, and read our profile of Holbrook when we selected him for last year’s 25 New Faces list.)
by Scott Macaulay on Aug 11, 2014 -
Introverts, James Joyce, the Islamic State, Unlikeable Characters and Stalkers: Sunday Links
Here, for your Sunday reading pleasure, are a number of artices and videos I took note of this week. Novelist Helen DeWitt retreats to a family-owned cabin in the woods to make an important writing deadline. She winds up, as she describes in the London Review of Books, being stalked: One neighbour says if she saw him by the road at night she would run him down. Others tell me to get a gun and shoot on sight. Look at it this way: if there were a high risk of attack I wouldn’t be staying in a cottage in 11 […]
by Scott Macaulay on Aug 10, 2014
