All good things. . .

So. . . I've decided to abandon this blogging platform, for greener pastures. . . Mostly.

I've ported this blog over to TUMBLR. . . you can find it here:



I'll leave this up as an archive, but in the meantime. . . head over to Tumblr, and follow me!

~M

ps. I know that I'll be eventually porting all the content generated in Tumblr to another blog platform someday. . . and I'm kinda looking forward to it. I think being able to port ancient blog posts over, with augmented tags, is kinda neat!!

Soul Coughing Live at Fox Theatre on 1996-11-13 (November 13, 1996)

I've got some cool stuff in the works. . . so hold tight.

In the mean-time, dig this show!!

CHANGE ME TO ME Screens at BUFF!!

Today Federica Gianni's short 'Change Me to Me' Screened at The Boston Underground Film Festival!!!! SHIT YEAH!!

Here's a link (for posterity) to the program:

http://bostonunderground.org/schedule-2011/cinemental-gets-buff/

Looking back at all the old stuff. . .

Man. . . I was just looking back at some of my backups from when I was a student at THE NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY a couple of years ago (2007, to be exact). . .


And here's an interesting story about a film that I want to redo/recut/recapture. . .

I had just watched the 'LYNCH' documentary at The IFC Center (formerly the Waverly, I guess), and was feeling pretty stoked on making movies. . . and as I stepped out the door on my way to the train, the ENTIRE script for Eugene and the Neighbor popped into my head, fully formed.

It was pretty exciting. . . I couldn't believe it. . . it just kinda HAPPENED. . . which was awesome. We shot it as a school project, had some problems with production, had MORE problems with post. .. and it was pretty much all my fault. . . I didn't really take it as seriously as I should have (ya know, being a student and all).


But the long and short of it is ideas can hit you ANYWHERE. . . and the 60 feet from the Theater to the train was just enough time for me to come up with a complete script, from start to finish.

Go figure.

~M

The Basics of Video Editing Part III & IV

Lightworks is both OUT and READY FOR PRIMETIME

There's a review of the new Lightworks over at Lifehacker, and it's pretty glowing. From the article:

If you're looking for capable video editing software on a budget (or not), Lightworks is definitely worth checking out (if you're a windows user, at least).

Also, on their website, they claim Stereoscopic support. . . I obviously haven't had a chance to try it, but here's what the site says:

STEREOSCOPIC EDITING
Lightworks introduced the stereo video track to automatically sync left and right eye media files seamlessly in the background. Edit with stereoscopic media in any supported format, without the need for new muxed files, and without the need to change your workflow.

Well, there you have it. According to Editshare's website, it's in public beta, and can be grabbed HERE(registration required).


lightworksbeta.com

Visualizing the XYZ Color Space