Quick update and a new Neon Genesis Evangelion movie: I've been absent lately because I've started to prep a shoot for the end of July. It's not a music video so I won't be covering the extensive making of here. Between that and my newfound Harry Potter obsession (I may be late to the party but I don't have to wait years for the next book har har) just haven't had much time for idle thought or trolling the Internet for amusement. I went to see Order of the Phoenix again, this time in IMAX 3d. I have a few issues with IMAX presentations of films sourced in 35mm; but the final twenty minutes in 3d is awesome for this one... Worth the price of admission to see the look on my companion's face when we slipped those glasses on. I'd also like to discuss the look on her face at the Decemberists concert, but that'll have to wait.
Here's a trailer for the new Neon Genesis Evangelion theatrical movie coming out in Japan soon:
I still regard the series as the single most important anime of the past twenty five years; I hope time hasn't dulled its overtly metaphysical and psychic ambitions given the host of awful imitators it spawned. I've been meaning to write about my own interpretation of Evangelion for awhile but keep getting sidetracked.
After much deliberation and research I've settled on the Panasonic HVX-200 as the primary camera I'm going to start using for low budget projects. The Feist 1,2,3,4 video was shot on the same and I did most of the shooting on the Gondry movie with it as well, which is where I familiarized myself with it. I'm just convinced pound for pound that if you wanna go low budget or profile HD this is the camera to do it with. If you've shot with a DVX-100 or its variants in the past few years you got it, just weighs a lot more (which I prefer anyway). But the card system despite its insane price is terrific if you ask me, and you don't need an expensive deck. It looks like I'll be shooting this piece with it, so I'll let you know how it goes.
I am sadly skipping Comic Con this year, for the first time in three years. I'm tired of explaining to people that it's not sitting around discussing Wonder Woman's outfits - it's also movies and all the graphic novelists I love from Drawn and Quarterly and Fantagraphics and Top Shelf and the smaller presses, too, and people you'll discover for the first time and artists and Giant Robot, all in one place for one time of the year. I think it's better though that I save my money for more trips abroad. My wanderlust has returned full blown. But I am sad to be absent this year. I hope Eric and Martin have fun at the yearly beach party, and besides I'm too fat now to wear my Bruce Lee outfit anyway.
Will write more after the weekend once I finish book 7... For all you elitist naysaying snobs out there, just think... Millions of Americans are going to buy a hardcover book tonight.
Here's a trailer for the new Neon Genesis Evangelion theatrical movie coming out in Japan soon:
I still regard the series as the single most important anime of the past twenty five years; I hope time hasn't dulled its overtly metaphysical and psychic ambitions given the host of awful imitators it spawned. I've been meaning to write about my own interpretation of Evangelion for awhile but keep getting sidetracked.
After much deliberation and research I've settled on the Panasonic HVX-200 as the primary camera I'm going to start using for low budget projects. The Feist 1,2,3,4 video was shot on the same and I did most of the shooting on the Gondry movie with it as well, which is where I familiarized myself with it. I'm just convinced pound for pound that if you wanna go low budget or profile HD this is the camera to do it with. If you've shot with a DVX-100 or its variants in the past few years you got it, just weighs a lot more (which I prefer anyway). But the card system despite its insane price is terrific if you ask me, and you don't need an expensive deck. It looks like I'll be shooting this piece with it, so I'll let you know how it goes.
I am sadly skipping Comic Con this year, for the first time in three years. I'm tired of explaining to people that it's not sitting around discussing Wonder Woman's outfits - it's also movies and all the graphic novelists I love from Drawn and Quarterly and Fantagraphics and Top Shelf and the smaller presses, too, and people you'll discover for the first time and artists and Giant Robot, all in one place for one time of the year. I think it's better though that I save my money for more trips abroad. My wanderlust has returned full blown. But I am sad to be absent this year. I hope Eric and Martin have fun at the yearly beach party, and besides I'm too fat now to wear my Bruce Lee outfit anyway.
Will write more after the weekend once I finish book 7... For all you elitist naysaying snobs out there, just think... Millions of Americans are going to buy a hardcover book tonight.
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Re wanderlust: if you make it to France at all in the next year, be sure to let me know.
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