Crazy Weather

Does that say what I think it does? It was almost hot 2 days ago.

Adobe's Magic Lens

Apparently Adobe is working on some "Magic Lens" made up of smaller lenses that would "allow one shot to capture multiple angles and depths of field. Enabling full control over focus and perspective after the image has been taken." Sounds (and looks) incredible. Article via FEED. Video here.

iPod Vending Machine

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Passion '07 158, originally uploaded by 313Tech.

We had a short conversation about iPod vending machines today in A-Control. Here's a snapshot of one I saw last year at Passion in the Georgia World Congress Center.

Me Want

I'm not sure yet, but I think I kinda, really, sorta, gotta have a Canon HV20.

Video Continuity

Today in my Video Production class we began studying continuity. Basically continuity editing means that you're trying to create seamless transitions from one event to the next. While this encompasses many aspects of video, it mostly focuses on where you place the camera for a shot.

Ex:
Good continuity - In shot 1 Subject walks from left to right across screen. Shot 2 is a close up of the subject's feet as he continues walking from left to right.
Bad continuity - In shot 1 Subject walks from left to right across screen. In Shot 2 the camera has changed position and the subject is now moving from right to left.
However, if the subject changes direction within a shot the camera is free to move across the vector line (in this case, the path along which the subject was moving).

Assignment:
Follow a student as he/she walks to class without the use of a tripod (gotta have those steady hands!)
Result: Here

I apologize in advance for the bad techno (We had a 75min to shoot and edit.) Many thanks to Tadd for being our subject.

How I started my Morning

The phone rang. I clambered out of bed hurriedly to stop the incessant ringing. Then I answered the phone.

ME: (With all of the voice I could muster at 7am) "Hello?"
Phone: "HONK!" (read- hooooonnnnnkkkkk!)
Then a quite chipper gentleman greeted me with: "Hello. This is your captain speaking. You still need to claim your free boarding passes. Just call...... [click]

Yep, a telemarketer. A pre-recorded one at that. If you're gonna get me out of bed before it's time for class, you'd better be a real person and you'd better have a good reason.

Superbowl Festivities

I hear that the Superbowl is on right now, but here's what I'm looking at:

Yep. Just me, an empty coffee shop and Building Communication Theory. Oh joy.

Seriously?

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Seriously?, originally uploaded by 313Tech.

Is this necessary?