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DIY moviemaking on the cheap
Written by David Tames on October 31, 2005
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When I was a kid I tinkered with small engines, model airplanes, radios, TTL electronics, black and white film processing and printing, but movies were prohibitively expensive. Our fifth grade glass made a Revolutionary War epic in Super 8 directed by our teacher which is where I think I got...  Continue Reading...

True 24P HDV
Written by David Tames on October 29, 2005
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My first impressions of the JVC GY-HD100U appear in the November issue of NewEnglandFilm.com.   Read More →

OK, Sony DVCAM with 24P, what about HDV with 24P?
Written by David Tames on October 28, 2005
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Sony’s DSR 450WSL DVCAM Camcorder offers real 24P. The camera recently entered the rental inventory at Rule and features three native 16:9 2/3″ CCDs and in addition to 24P it also records 30PsF progressive, has selectable gamma with a film-like setting, and variable shutter. This...  Continue Reading...

Craigslist meets Google Maps
Written by David Tames on October 8, 2005
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housingmaps.com is a brilliant mashup of Google Maps and craigslist. With all this great access to information, real estate as we know it is in for tectonic changes.  Read More →

Contextual search results?
Written by David Tames on October 8, 2005
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2005 is the year that sharing user-created metadata has really hit a crescendo: links on del.icio.us, photos on Flickr, books on LibraryThing, blogs on Technorati, etc. the social web is taking off in very interesting ways. Now I ask, how will we start connecting all of these online collections...  Continue Reading...

Dedicated to the art of the split screen
Written by David Tames on October 8, 2005
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My friend James Seo has a very cool blog called Split Screen, dedicated to the art of the split screen and other types of multi-layered visuals. He’s a big fan of frames divided into two or more areas and interested in the simultaneous use of multiple layers of imagery. The blog covers...  Continue Reading...

artfilmdesign.com begins podcasting weekly interviews
Written by David Tames on October 4, 2005
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The first artfilmdesign.com podcast was posted today at 5:00pm Eastern and is an interview with Federico Muchnik discussing his new film, Touching History about the fate of the Tasty Diner in Harvard Square. The film will screen at 9:00pm on Friday, October 7th at the New England Film and Video...  Continue Reading...