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Post by Hook on Jan 11, 2010 5:03:23 GMT -8
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Post by Hook on Jan 14, 2010 18:12:12 GMT -8
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ddueck
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Post by ddueck on Jan 14, 2010 20:03:40 GMT -8
I saw it at Filmtracks and thought it was pretty funny, but I'm not sure how many people over there are really interested in Philip Glass enough to watch the whole thing and get it. Leastways, at least now it's official: WE ARE AT WAR. WAR AT ARE WE. ;D
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Post by Hook on Jan 15, 2010 1:54:31 GMT -8
Ouch.
How does Kimmel find the right fit of pants with those balls he has? Respect.
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Post by Hook on Jan 20, 2010 7:20:54 GMT -8
Special thanks go to Kuhni for pointing this out:
Is it wrong if I love this man? Ok, my secret crush is out in the open, but seriously... is it love? Society would rather have us apart than understand us. That which was meant to be keeps us... *chokes* ...keeps us apart. God, Michael, I love you.
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Well, he answered the question I had in mind: when are composers brought in to start work on animation projects? Still no word on what exactly it is that Pixar shows them (a full render? a semi-render? a bare-bones draft? the storyboard?). And still no word on how this process works on videogames (care to answer that, Chris?).
I'm placing my bets the scene he wanted tweaked was Carl's intro to the "Habanera" music. What do you guys think?
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Post by Chris Tilton on Jan 20, 2010 10:44:01 GMT -8
For animation, at least in terms of Pixar, there are always certain scenes that are focused on from the get go. In the Incredibles, the scenes that were the most complete were where Mr. Incredible gets the call from Mirage and looks at his suit in the case and the 100 Mile Dash, among a few other more minor ones. The reason this is done is that this is a good way to start showing what the film as a whole is going to come together to be, what it looks like, how it feels, and of course, how it is scored
. Now, even then, the "more complete" scenes are very bare in terms of textures, lighting, etc, and sometimes it just looks like a really awesome animatic for a special effects sequence. However, much of the animation is complete. Sometimes, cues from those first few sessions will be re-recorded with slight changes, either because the sequence changed slightly, or there was time to think about it and come up with something better. In the case of 100 Mile Dash, Michael totally revamped it and made it way better in the final film. The early version had the same feel and concept, but it motif in it sounded more like something out of Medal of Honor. I remember Brad Bird chimed in, after they recorded the new version, with the quip,"Well, if Mr. Incredible ever has to fight Russians, we can use that older theme."
For video games it's similar. Composers are often brought on early to start trying ideas, over time figuring out what the sound is going to be, what themes there may be, and writing demo cues that they can plug into the game to try it out. Some parts of the game are more complete than others, some parts are more bare bones. In games though, a lot of that testing is also just trying out how the audio system is going to work and what it will do, since you aren't scoring a linear movie (unless it's a cinematic of course).
EDIT: This probably wasn't the best thread to answer this question, but oh well.
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Post by Hook on Jan 22, 2010 23:02:00 GMT -8
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Post by Brendan Anderson on Jan 25, 2010 13:30:37 GMT -8
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Post by Hook on Jan 25, 2010 23:59:58 GMT -8
Before I become completely stunned, I need help from my British friends here. Does the BBC receive its funding from the British Government? It's my understanding Britons have a TV-access tax that goes into funding the BBC. Are you crazy? That is awesome! You'll see... it'll become a hit and the researcher will become world famous... for decrying the abuse of her research when the BBC sells the rights for Big Brother: Chimp Edition.
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Post by Hook on Jan 26, 2010 2:50:35 GMT -8
Indeed, there is a yearly £142.50 licensing fee. Seeing just how many institutions this collection must pass through, I believe it's a miracle how very well-handled the money is. But there are some things I don't get, mainly, how many BBC channels there are. Ok, why is it that, despite paying the license fee, there are many homes out there without access to a couple of BBC channels? Is this a digital/HD thing where the home with an HDTV gets all the BBC has to offer for the same fee while the SD home pays full price for half the content? Does the fee depend on how many TVs there are per household? Can anyone illuminate me here? Also, I pay my cable company for a variety of programming, including... wait... Oh, BBC World Service is funded differently. Thanks, Wikipedia. Still, BBC WS is funded by the British government. Oh, well. Thank you Brits for letting me watch news. Actual news. I hope those chimps watch YouTube and at least one of them was inspired by this clip:
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Post by Brendan Anderson on Jan 28, 2010 22:54:26 GMT -8
A mere two days after my rant about the BBC and the monkey show, all my faith in British TV has been restored by this video: Bloody brilliant.
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Post by Chris Tilton on Jan 29, 2010 9:07:39 GMT -8
Ahahahahahahaa that was awesome!
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Post by Jens Dietrich on Jan 29, 2010 10:09:50 GMT -8
Perfection.
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Post by Jockolantern on Jan 29, 2010 11:27:15 GMT -8
Fantastic. Thanks for that, Brendan. Quite hilarious.
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ddueck
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Post by ddueck on Jan 29, 2010 20:09:32 GMT -8
LMAO what perfection! Only the British! ;D That really made my day, Brendan.
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