Mobile animation

Radio pictures

20 Hz from Semiconductor on Vimeo.

Hard Drives

Miniature projectors for our phones. Sure, why not?

$25 USB Stick PC

Via: BBC > Geek > Gamepro.com

Time lapsing

Timelapse - The City Limits from Dominic on Vimeo.

Camera Obscura

We made one here at the Lab and you can too!



Via: Foto Actualidad > PetaPixel

Best DSLR ISO for video

Testing Canon's ISO noise in Video mode on the 60D from Andrew Schär on Vimeo.

As it turns out, the best ISOs are the in-between numbers that are multiples of 160. This is due to the fact that these ISO are not the native ISO, but instead processed to simulate a higher ISO and therefore have more noise reduction.

Via: PetaPixel

Back to the Future I and II Compared

And I didn't even notice that Marty's girlfriend was a different actress.

Trying to explain user experience

Via: Current Photographer > PetaPixel

This isn't an easy topic to explain. Why would some buy a feature lacking Leica M9, when there are better and less expensive cameras out there? Well, better only accounts for features and picture quality (variation at this point in quality is negligible), it doesn't however account for user experience or as John Ricard explains it, "usability." There is also the fact that limitations force one to, as John Ricard puts it, "focus." You may not be able to get every shot, but the shots you do get are "focused." They are honed and perfected, because after all, you have less to work with. I don't believe using the word "focus" is the best choice (it is and it isn't), but his meaning comes through.

Well designed technology should be simple to use, allowing the user to spend less time on operating and more time on the end result of what that technology was intended to do. Ease of use and physical workflow are important to professionals and amateurs alike. The more experience one has with photography or videomaking the more one develops or requires his or her tools to work the way that makes the most sense for them.

Don't know how to categorize this one yet.

Hybrid tripod for hybrid cameras

Manfrotto Photo-Movie Head by Drew Gardner from Manfrotto on Vimeo.


From the makers themselves:





My only concern is that there seems to be limited movement available to the camera in the photo mode. It seems as if the camera can tip to the left but not the right because of the design of the head. Maybe I'll have to investigate in person...unless Manfrotto would like to send a sample our way! Here at the Lab, we could really use a hybrid tripod, especially with the increase in the amount of HDSLR animation we're doing.

Interview with the Inventor of the Digital Camera

via: Laughing Squid>PetaPixel

How Canon DSLR cameras work

From Petapixel.

Paper cut-out animation

Here is an awesome example of paper cut-out animation. This might be a great inspiration for some of our animators here at the Media Arts Lab; specifically, the idea of using joints on characters as a way to simplify motion animation.

Old Tyme

If I Was The Sun from Ryan Hargrave on Vimeo.

Video!

A nice little nod to a game that had a pretty significant impact on popular culture.

Freeze & Enhance Episode 1

Freeze & Enhance Episode 01 from JBFC Technology on Vimeo.

Stay tuned for future episodes where we explore our equipment inventory here at the Jacob Burns Film Center Media Arts Lab. We put all of our gear through rigorous field testing in both an educational  and professional environment.

Up, up and away

Homemade Spacecraft from Luke Geissbuhler on Vimeo.

A Long-term Project

3 Years At The Same Place (english version) from Ramon on Vimeo.