When one sequence in a sweded movie needed to appear damaged, Kopit and his team used CG to add distortion effects to the footage. But the results weren’t convincing. “Michel said, ‘Well, just scratch the tape.’ So we unrolled the VHS tape, scratched it, and erased some of the magnetic elements with different-sized magnets. It looked much better than what we had come up with in post.”
Hero.
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“We look at the present through a rear-view mirror. We march backwards into the future.
“Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story” (2007)
You’re probably not going to see “Walk Hard” (not many people did), but I think you should at least watch one of the funniest parts of the movie, The Beatles in India, in its entirety.
UPDATE: I forgot to mention, I like Jack Black enough, but he can’t do Liverpudlian for shit.
2007 ToKTA: Funniest Tumblrized Twitter Feed
(Tie) lonelysandwich & your monkey called
When I’m considering following a tumblelog, an imported feed is usually a negative factor, but I’d follow Adam (lonelysandwich) and Scott (yourmonkeycalled) for their twitterings alone. It’s an added bonus that the rest of their content is so good.
Official 2007 Told or Known Tumblr Award Winner
Bullshit, Rod. I’m so much funnier than that hack. And I want a proper badge to put at the top of my site. No smaller than 360x360.
UPDATE: courtesy of Jamie Martin
UPDATE: courtesy of Justin Hankins
Cornelius Group “Fit Song” dir. Koichiro Tsujikawa
An incredible CG/live action music video from Cornelius, my favorite thing at Coachella this year, with the tightest synchronization of sight (impeccable on-screen graphic wizardry) and sound (his virtuosic live band) I’ve ever seen.
From the album Sensuous.
Do not watch the YouTube version. YouTube’s horrible frame rate ruins the masterful choreography the makers worked so hard to create.
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