About the DCIFF Summits Dec 28, 2011
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About the DCIFF Summit
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About DCIFF Seminars
About DCIFF Seminars Dec 28, 2011
We are arranging seminars on indy filmmaking. As speakers and venues are confirmed, they’ll be listed in this category.
Posted in Seminars
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299,792 kilometers per second … Real or FX? DCIFF Short by Russ Imrie
movement to old-school sci-fi creativity in a kickstarter * project
a DCIFF Short by Russ Imrie Dec 6, 2011
Computer Graphics (CGI), green screens, rendered 3-D models, particle generators and wire frame models are part of the modern film toolkit. They enable time and reality to be molded and mashed up at will by the filmmaker.
But in an article at TechZwin, Sci-Fi filmmakers Derek Van Gorder and Otto Stockmeier tell how they will work with models, not computer generated vehicles and scenery on their film “C 299792 kilometers per second.” (The title refers to the speed of light as it is accepted to be today.)
The film is about occupying technology and diverting it from war, the moral and personal struggles at stake, in a dramatic theme that is facilitated by a softer, more artful feel.
used with permission
Freed from the need to accommodate lighting parameters of green screen or staging or to match imperfect rendered objects, they can focus more on emotional intensity, story, and character development. It can mean savings too. And it “looks better.”
*(for more discussion on grass-roots Indie Film funding strategies, see our article “Money, Money, Money“)
Posted in DCIFF Shorts - R. Imrie
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