Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Sweet Internship

Hey folks- I would take this is I were still going the career-intern route, but I need to get paid, son. But Basil Twist, a super-awesome puppeteer/performing artist, is seeking production interns. Check it out!

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Cool New Things Coming...

Wireless DMX: City Theatrical has recently been granted a patent for this. There's already a wireless RFU/DMX controller on the market.

Wireless electricity (no joke!): Scientists at MIT have developed "wi-tricity", using resonance and copper doo-dads, technically speaking.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Rigging

Hey beginning rigger-types! Here's a simple but useful reference for gear, knots, and protocol.

...do YOU have favorite nerdy techie sites? Tell me about them!

The Academy Awards for More Technical Stuff

So these are the nominees, in the more technical world of film. I wonder why there's never much concern for lighting design in film, especially when lighting can determine so much of a film's mood (fight club is one particularly gritty-feeling example).

I have not yet seen Australia, Button, Revolutionary Road, Slumdog, Duchess, or Wanted. Yeah, I live under a new-film rock. But I'm going to predict that Duchess gets the costume award (period pieces always fare better), Button gets make-up (for making Brad Pitt unattractive; see hoopla surrounding "The Hours"), and Dark Knight for the very vague "Visual Effects" category. I won't hazard a guess on the sound stuff, because unless the sound is incredibly unusual or bad, I never notice the editing or the mixing.


Achievement in Costume Design
* Australia
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* The Duchess
* Milk
* Revolutionary Road

Achievement in Makeup

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* The Dark Knight
* Frost/Nixon
* Milk
* Slumdog Millionaire

Achievement in Sound Editing
* The Dark Knight
* Iron Man
* Slumdog Millionaire
* WALL-E
* Wanted

Achievement in Sound Mixing
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* The Dark Knight
* Slumdog Millionaire
* WALL-E
* Wanted

Achievement in Visual Effects

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* The Dark Knight
* Iron Man

What are YOUR thoughts?
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I'm a theatre technician, living and working in NYC. Also an aspiring costumer, makeup artist, playwright and dilettante.
I like to rant about things, I swear like a person who swears a lot, and I work too much. Other than that, my time is spent at home with the puppy or in Chelsea bars with friends and co-workers.