http://www.inframe.tv Blogs from Inframe.tv en-us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 5 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=227 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 02:43:07 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=227 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=226 This video is bordering on being a little boffinish or perhaps more accurately a little Nigel Tulfelesque from Spinal Tap, but it's Johnny Marr (the songwriter and guitarist from The Smiths) so he can get away with it. Anyway Fender has released his signature Fender Jaguar model guitar, and Johnny h... Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:34:53 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=226 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=225 I'm loving the look of the soon to be released Canon C300 camera and I may have to pre-order one. Having shot extensively on DSLR's, namely my Canon 5D & 7D, for past couple of years, I can't wait to get my hands on a proper camera that's primarily designed for shooting video. Finally a return o... Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:54:00 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=225 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=224 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:54:18 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=224 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=223 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:18:29 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=223 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=222 Some weekend listening courtesy of David Lynch. More info on this mixed tape and his soon to be released debut solo album can be found on Pitchfork. Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:20:49 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=222 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=221 Can't wait to see this... Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:24:34 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=221 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=220 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:12:18 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=220 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=219 An interesting excerpt from an interview given by one of my fave musicians Jeff Tweedy from Wilco. In it he dispels the myth of creativity and the tortured artist, and discusses how the most important thing for him is to keep learning and getting better as an artist. I believe the quality of his cre... Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:43:33 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=219 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=218 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:43:39 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=218 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=217 I love this, apparently Walt Disney often filmed actors as models for his animated features. What's surprising is that the audio from this crude footage for "Alice in Wonderland" is the actual audio used in the film. When some of the actors were brought back in to the recording studio to re-do t... Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:45:45 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=217 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=216 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:22:03 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=216 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=215 I could argue that extreme slow motion footage, from cameras like the Phantom HD Gold, gets over-used these days. But then you see films like this one made by filmmaker Dewey Nicks for the Women's Tennis Association... Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:25:29 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=215 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=214 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 10:12:51 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=214 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=213 A lovely promotional video produced by the award winning moving image and motion design company The Mill. Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:11:43 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=213 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=212 I was interested to see that one of my favourite bands Interpol have collaborated with one of my fave filmmakers David Lynch. Interpol were wanting a filmmaker to put some visuals together for their live shows and Lynch was at the top of their list. Lynch, who not surprisingly was cryptic to work wi... Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:39:42 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=212 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=211 There's obviously been a lot of talk in the last few years about how branded video content is engaging consumers on a deeper level than traditional advertising by providing entertainment instead of interruption. As a result, Range Rover's advertising agency have developed a 'choose your own adventur... Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:51:09 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=211 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=210 Apple released Final Cut Pro X last week to much fanfare. We've downloaded it here and had a look around and come to the conclusion that it's not for us at the moment. It's now a prosumer program and no longer caters for the needs of a professional post-production house, which is very disappointing.... Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:30:38 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=210 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=209 It appeared right before my very eyes tonight on the Radiohead Facebook page, the live recording of their new song Staircase taken from their live From the Baement session. Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:04:46 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=209 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=208 A short film I made recently on Angela Harnett and Ian Curley. Angela Hartnett,Michelin-starred chef and Gordon Ramsey protégé, talks with Melbournechef Ian Curley about collaborating for the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:14:41 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=208 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=207 I don't normally go posting film trailers on here, but as a old-school motor racing fan, this film on Ayrton Senna looks amazing. Thu, 26 May 2011 11:36:32 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=207 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=206 This film explores the use of photographs and animation which are used to draw moving 3-dimensional typography and objects from an iPad Mon, 23 May 2011 18:03:30 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=206 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=205 I came across this film directed by filmmaker Poppy de Villeneuve today. The film is entitled Love Is Like Life Only Longer and was made to coincide with the opening of the new Mondrian SoHo hotel in New York. The film serves as a good example of how clever brands are becoming increasingly more savv... Mon, 16 May 2011 11:11:09 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=205 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=204 I stayed in Jackson Hole for 12 days of snowboarding in January this year and loved every minute of it! The Grand Teton mountain range is quite simply a very special place. This film, cut to a Pink Floyd remix, uses tilt-shift lenses on Canon DSLR cameras, to create a unique perspective of Jackson H... Thu, 12 May 2011 11:15:41 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=204 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=203 It would appear almost everybody has seen this video except me, as it's been viewed almost 5 million times on YouTube. Anyway what an amazing feat in modular design to pull this off! Thu, 12 May 2011 09:53:18 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=203 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=202 I saw this today on Motionographer - a bitter sweet love story:) Wed, 11 May 2011 09:52:00 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=202 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=201 I just saw the new Fujifilm X100 camera online and thought I'd blog it for no other reason than I want one. While the rise of retro looking apps. for iPhones have been popular, Fujifilm have been really brave with the retro design of this camera. Unlike a $1 retro looking iPhone app. the X100 retail... Tue, 03 May 2011 12:28:23 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=201 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=200 This is a video shot by director Spike Jonze, who just happened to be at an event where Yo-Yo Ma and the young LA dancer Lil Buck gave this wonderful impromptu performance. Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:22:18 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=200 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=199 Released for Record Store Day, Radiohead have released 2 extra tracks from the The King of Limbs sessions entitled Supercollider/The Butcher. I'm especially enjoying Supercollider. Thom Yorke at the Big Chill 2010. Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:53:58 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=199 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=198 Typeplace is an app for iPhone, which allows users to snap photos of noteworthy typography and upload the pictures to the apps database for other users to view. The app also gives feeds to the user's Twitter stream and gives rewards such as badges and certificates to recognise the users contribut... Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:42:18 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=198 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=197 I saw this video at the Salvador Dali exhibition in Melbourne several year ago. Destino is a short animation created by Salvador Dalí and Walt Disney. The project was revisited in 2003 after originally being discarded. Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:40:34 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=197 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=196 I was delighted to read that a new book on the seminal architectural photographer Julius Shulman is being released. Julius Shulman Los Angeles: The Birth of a Modern Metropolis, is a collaboration between Sam Lubell, the West Coast editor of the Architect’s Newspaper and Douglas Woods the author of ... Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:35:30 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=196 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=195 I stumbled across this today in my cyber travels and thought it was kind of cool. The video highlights several videos made using a High Dynamic Range (HDR) process. Video footage is originally captured on two Canon 5D mark II DSLRs, each capturing the exact same subject via a beam splitter. The ... Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:28:56 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=195 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=194 A well produced short documentary on the world's most popular street fashion blogger The Satorialist. Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:50:54 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=194 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=193 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:40:35 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=193 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=192 Unsurprisingly this is one of the strangest interviews I have seen and at times it's almost completely impossible to understand what they are talking about too. Hunter S. Thompson is flicking his cigarettes butts off set and asking completely random questions like, "Where were you on Christmas Eve 1... Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:27:48 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=192 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=191 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:36:42 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=191 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=190 DSLR guru Philip Bloom spends a lot of time these days traveling the world lecturing on how to shoot video on the latest generation of stills DSLR cameras like the Canon 5D MK11. During this time he has shot some stunning time-lapse footage from all over the globe and recently edited it together for... Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:15:33 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=190 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=188 A friend of mine randomly passed me the link to the Back to the Future section on Brazilian photographer Irina Wernings website. The Back to the Future series features images of children and a perfectly matched corresponding image of them as an adult. The series is beautifully art-directed and ... Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:46:45 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=188 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=187 Karl Hyde from Underworld talks breifly to the BBC's Elizabeth Alker about writing the soundtrack to Danny Boyle's brand new theatre production of Frankenstein which just opened at the National Theatre in London. Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:36:58 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=187 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=186 What a fantastic result for Shaun Tan and my old friend producer Sophie Byrne winning the Oscar today for Best Animated Short Film. We profiled Shaun during the making of The Lost Thing way back in November 2009, and it's amazing to see how much they have achieved. So well deserved! You can see o... Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:45:56 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=186 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=185 I got an email from Ayaka Nishi who's a jewelry designer based in New York. On his website is a cool video showing his latest range. The collection is inspired by nature and natural materials such as bone collection, coral collection, honeycomb collection and more. Take a look.... Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:07:55 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=185 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=184 This short film, which I found on Nowness, is on Facehunter creator Yvan Rodic and follows him as he roams the streets of New York revealing his secrets on how he selects and shoots his subjects. The Swiss-born, London-based Rodic got his start five years ago snapping attendees at art openings in P... Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:26:52 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=184 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=182 The wonderful Melbourne based author and illustrator Shaun Tan and my good friend producer Sophie Byrne are up for an Academy Award this year for best animated short film for The Lost Thing. About 18 months ago I shot an Inframe TV profile on Shaun and The Lost Thing, so it's exciting to see the how... Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:24:29 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=182 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=181 I went for a walk through the beautiful Royal Botanical Gardens Melbourne on Sunday, and was amazed at how colourful all the plant life looked after our enormous rain-storm and flooding on Friday. Even the Arid Garden looked incredibly vibrant, especially for an Australian summer, which is particula... Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:21:55 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=181 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=179 We have now begun work in earnest on the new incarnation of InFrame.tv with the help of John Warwicker. I think I can speak for my partners Dave and Lou, by saying we were delighted with the concept work John presented to us yesterday. John's experience and creative insight is incredibly inspiring a... Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:40:45 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=179 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=178 I saw The Van posted on Springwise today and thought it was a lovely novel idea. The Van is a two-woman Belgian enterprise which features them and their Volkswagen Kombi Van touring around searching for unique gifts and creating product stories as they go. The items are then curated and sold on th... Thu, 03 Feb 2011 09:49:31 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=178 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=177 My friend Greg Delves has just started a photographic blog on Posterous. Greg is an ex-pat Australian photographer who resided and works in New York and has very successful career as a commercial photographer. You can find his daily photographic blog and musings here.... Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:15:37 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=177 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=176 I was in New York earlier this month and shot an interview with the charming Michael Joaquin Grey. Michael's wife had just given birth to their first child the week before the interview, so it was very generous of him to offer his time. Michael has an amazing body of work behind him, with his art... Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:22:01 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=176 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=175 Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Errol Morris has a signature style with his interviews getting his subjects talking right into the camera lens. I've often wondered how he gets them speaking directly down the barrel of the camera like that? Well fastcodesign.com have a great article describing... Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:03:03 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=175 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=174 I got an email a couple of days ago from the band Guitars, who describe themselves as a psychedelic country band from Brooklyn. They describe their video as, "three minutes of beautiful women weeping to beautiful music in beautiful HD." Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:18:22 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=174 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=173 I've been snowboarding in Jackson Hole recently and took this shot at the airport as I was leaving. My father was an airline pilot, so I've always had a fascination with images of airports. Sun, 23 Jan 2011 04:59:02 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=173 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=172 The Rainbow House, London by Ab Rogers Design. Mon, 17 Jan 2011 05:47:49 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=172 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=171 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:29:46 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=171 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=170 I spent yesterday morning doing one of my favourite things, 'kicking cases' at some the best guitar stores in New York and Brooklyn. The best store in New York for mine is definitely Rudy's Music in Soho, where I eyed off this beauty a 1959 Rickenbacker Capri 360, one of my all-time fave guitars and... Sat, 08 Jan 2011 03:52:29 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=170 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=169 The High Line in New York's Meat Packing District at dawn. I went looking for the golden light but instead it was moody and misty. Tue, 04 Jan 2011 03:09:59 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=169 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=168 I arrived in New York City on 27th of December, in the middle of the fourth worst Blizzard in history (apparently). It was  the coldest day I've ever experienced, with a 65 mph freezing winds that went right through me. I'd been in transit for 2 days straight without much sleep trying to get in... Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:57:33 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=168 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=166 I saw this film today on the Nowness website and really enjoyed it. Filmmakers Roberto de Paolis and Carlo Lavagna went to the Marrakech Film Festival and shot a film about the intriguing festival atmosphere and interviewed actors Gaspard Ulliel, Harvey Keitel, John Malkovich and others. Thu, 23 Dec 2010 14:02:50 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=166 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=165 I was shooting a video in a Collingwood warehouse last week that's shared by the Modern Motor Cycle Company. I've always loved motorbikes since I did motocross as a kid. Back in those days my older first cousin had a 750cc Norton Commando  and oh how I loved that bike and it's retro aesthetic a... Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:56:56 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=165 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=164 Dai Haifei, a 24-year-old architect from Beijing, has found a novel and ingenious solution to rent-free living. He built himself a mobile egg-shaped house that is powered by the sun. The 6-foot-high structure, which is small enough to fit on a sidewalk, is made of bamboo strips, wood chippings, s... Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:03:03 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=164 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=163 The jury is still out on WikiLeaks for mine. While I'm all for more transparency in government and large corporations, I'm not sure all of what has been revealed by WikiLeaks recently is genuinely in the global community's best interest. This aside there was a very interesting article published The ... Mon, 13 Dec 2010 09:49:46 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=163 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=162 A video montage of various artists from Melbourne Festival 2010 which I shot earlier this year. Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:36:40 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=162 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=161 The jury is out around here on whether the new Delorean Flash Rod is actually cool. This 500GB hard drive is a 1:18 replica of the Back to The Future time machine car and sells for US $250. Lou, one of the partners of InFrame.tv, happens to think it's one of the ugliest things he's ever seen but I'v... Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:32:31 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=161 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=160 Ever wondered how much work a production designer does in making of a big Hollywood blockbuster? This video interviews production designer Alex McDowell as he explains how he brought the Watchmen comic to life on the big screen. Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:34:32 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=160 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=158 I'm not going to use this diary as my political soapbox, but having been nabbed a couple of times recently for driving 4kms over the limit does make you more aware of the speed cameras silently watching our roads. While I acknowledge the role these cameras play in fighting the road toll, I can't hel... Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:07:53 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=158 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=157 Graeme Taylor shot this video of Bath commuters waiting around on the platform while his train pulls out of the station. Shot on a digital camera at 210fps (high speed) the video is then slowed down in post-production to create a sense of people eerily frozen in time. Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:16:54 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=157 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=156 I'm a sucker for some good time-lapse video and I stumbled across this one today in my cyber travels which was shot by photographer Simon Christen. This film is made around the San Francisco bay area and took a year to make. Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:53:42 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=156 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=155 TikTok and LunaTik can transform a iPod Nano into a multi-touch watch. The idea to use the Nano as a watch when you think about it is a pretty obvious one, take some prime bodily real estate and make it multi-functional with good design. Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:11:19 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=155 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=154 Create a tiny little 3D theatre in the palm of your hand . The Palm Top Theatre merges old and new technology using an old illusion technique called pepper’s ghost.  This nifty little contraption uses the power of reflection to trick the eye into thinking a 2D display looks 3D. Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:28:27 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=154 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=153 Kilbey Kennedy announced yesterday that their new album 'White Magic' will be released simultaneously in the USA on Second Motion records and through MGM Distribution in Australia on Feb 8 2011. They also produced a preview video to go with the announcement. Back in mid 2008, we produced a film on ... Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:10:38 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=153 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=152 Back in 2008 we did a profile on the wonderful Shaun Tan and the animated short film of his book The Lost Thing, which you can see here. The film is now finished and not surprisingly has been cleaning up at film festivals around the globe. Attached is the official trailer for the film. Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:16:58 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=152 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=150 I saw this video on a friend's Facebook page and thought I'd post it here. I saw Tommy Lee-Jones give a very similar speech during a talk he gave at the American Pavilion at Cannes Film Festival about 4 years ago. What particularly struck me at the time was how in person Tommy Lee-Jones was complet... Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:51:51 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=150 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=148 Drug use and in particular the use of opiates for inspiration has been well documented in the history pages of creative arts. You only have to look at the work and lives of writers such as John Keats and William Burroughs to see it's creative influence and their subsequent personal demise; it's al... Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:25:31 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=148 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=147 This is a really nice web cut-down of the film "Influencers How Trends and Creativity Become Contagious." The film documents how trends and creativity can become contagious in the real world; from music to fashion and entertainment to advertising. Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:14:45 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=147 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=146 If you want a reminder of why Melbourne is one of the best cities in the world, check out photo blog Melbourne Today. Every day, photographer Michael Blamey posts a new photo of Melbourne in all its glory. The photo below of Bourke St was taken yesterday on one of the first sunny days Melbourne has ... Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:56:52 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=146 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=145 Real 3D drawing in Augmented Reality on an iPhone, using multi-touch! For anyone that has made or attempted to make an Augmented Reality program can tell you that getting the right graphical overlay, placement, etc... is not the easiest thing in the world to do. However, Scrawl here has made it i... Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:48:43 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=145 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=144 Rock ‘n’ Roll photographer Tony Mott is celebrating his 30 year career documenting the best of the music industry with the release of his book Rock ‘n’ Roll Photography Is The New Trainspotting. Coinciding with the release of the book is an exhibition of all his work at Blender Gallery in Sydney. Th... Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:28:23 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=144 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=143 The Multi Touch Light Table is a senior degree project for the Kansas City Art Institute, which uses a touch screen interface and gesture interaction to control your mixing - very cool! Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:55:12 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=143 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=142 In response to the State of Design festival's 2010 theme, Change By Design, The Reinvention of Punt Rd project was born. For the project a hand-picked group of 60 collaborators, ranging from urban planners to design industry professionals, were brought together to workshop hypothetical ideas to pos... Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:52:00 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=142 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=141 I don't normally post the commercial work I do on InFrame.tv but I thought this video may be of interest to some. This is a 3min cut down on Unitised Building, which is an off-site building system designed in Melbourne, which gives architects and developers the ability to design and build high densi... Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:23:49 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=141 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=140 Seven Songs to Leave Behind is a concert playing in Melbourne on Saturday 23rd October, and features Sinead O’Connor, John Cale, Meshell Ndegeocello, Rickie Lee Jones, Gurrumul Yunupingu, The Black Arm Band’s Leah Flanagan, Shellie Morris, Dan Sultan and Ursula Yovich. In a format of entwined conc... Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:16:29 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=140 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=139 Yesterday I shot he the dress rehearsal for Hotel Pro Forma's wonderful show Tomorrow in a Year. Hotel Pro Forma's striking imagery blends with Scandinavian electro-pop masters The Knife’s groundbreaking music and Hiroaki Umeda's innovative dance to create a new species of electro dance performan... Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:28:33 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=139 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=138 I shot the dress rehearsal for Toneeelgroep Amsterdam/NT Gent's Opening Night yesterday. The play is an adaptation of John Cassavetes award-winning film about an aging actress who confronts her own mortality after the sudden death of a young fan. In the play we see the theatre company in the hectic ... Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:34:20 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=138 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=137 Legendary jazz and blues singer Lois Olney is a Yinjibarndi-Yamiji woman and a member of the Stolen Generation. As part of Finucane and Smith’s Carnival of Mysteries at the Melbourne International Arts Festival, Lois sings a song about her life that was co-written by New Zealand’s Anika Moa specific... Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:03:36 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=137 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=136 An interview with the legendary John Cale and an inside look at a rehearsal of his one-off live performance of Paris 1919 with Orchestra Victoria at the Melbourne International Arts Festival. Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:37:38 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=136 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=135 Melbourne-based emerging Indigenous artist Bindi Cole has curated her first exhibition for the Melbourne International Arts Festival. The exhibition, Nyah-Bunyar (Temple) explores spirituality, death, religion and ritual in Indigenous culture. Seeking to re-educate non-Indigenous Australians on l... Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:24:00 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=135 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=134 An interview with Moira Finucane one of the creators of the Carnival of Mysteries. Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:11:29 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=134 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=133 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:49:57 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=133 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=132 Finucane & Smith's Carnival of Mysteries is a surreal, seductive and artistic performance piece which plays in Melbourne as part of the Melbourne International Arts Festival until Sunday October 23rd. Based in the groovy fortyfivedownstairs at 45 Flinders Lane Melbourne, Carnival of Mysteries is... Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:10:17 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=132 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=131 I shot this video montage of Stifler's Dinge for Melbourne Festival on Thursday at their rehearsal. Stifler's Dinge is a sonic art installation / performance, which is almost impossible to explain. All I can say is it's trippy and I really enjoyed it! It plays at the Malthouse Theatre in Melbour... Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:29:50 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=131 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=130 K@osmos had a rehearsal last night and we were there to capture it. I'm getting a bit of vertigo just watching this video! Anyway, they open Melbourne Festival tonight in the Alexandra Gardens (it's free). If you don't see them tonight, check them out this weekend too. Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:31:39 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=130 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=129 I shot this scene of The Blue Dragon in rehearsal yesterday which plays the Arts Centre Playhouse until Monday as part of Melbourne Festival. The Blue Dragon is brought to the stage by Robert Lepage, and really is a beautiful and lavish visual treat and if you're in town, it's well worth checking ou... Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:57:42 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=129 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=128 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:48:36 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=128 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=127 Melbourne is being taken over by 11 Australian and international artists during the Melbourne Fringe Festival this year, one of which is filmmaker Rachel Main. Rachel produced Australia’s first feature-length documentary on krumping (as seen here) and won the award for best documentary at the Melbou... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:24:35 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=127 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=126 I saw this on Motionogrpher this morning and loved it! A must see video piss-take about designers. Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:24:34 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=126 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=125 A brief yet enjoyable little video with Deepak Chopra talking about his thoughts on creative process. Interestingly he talks about his 9 steps which are outcome, information gathering, information analysis, incubation, insight, inspiration, integration, implementation and incarnation. Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:59:38 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=125 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=124 A dynamic aerial theatre performance, K@osmos brings together artists from Spain and Argentina to captivate audiences with a dramatic and high energy show. World renowned production company Grupo Puja! take over Alexandra Gardens in Melbourne from Friday 8th October as part of the Melbourne Internat... Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:52:44 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=124 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=123 I thought this was pretty cool - it's a sketch animation of an installation at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which opened on September 2nd, 2010. This animation shows that the installation is based on the traditional Indonesian method of Ikat which creates textile patterns through the placement o... Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:58:08 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=123 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=122 Gina is an amazing concept car created by Chris Bangle when he was the Director of Design at The BMW Group. The concept car's skin is made from from a fabric material and is incredibly beautiful and unique. For an overview on the car check out the video and stay tuned for our profile film on Chris g... Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:46:04 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=122 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=121 I'm loving a few filmmaking apps I've been using on my iPad namely The Movie Star Slate and ProPrompter. Sorry about this crass video but it actually explains the products pretty well and is worth watching if for nothing else than their dig at Ben Afleck, "if Ben Afleck did it, how hard could it be?... Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:07:37 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=121 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=120 In this clip, Karin Dreijer Andersson a accepts the award for best dance at some Swedish music awards - she is also half the electro pop duo, The Knife (Melbourne audiences will get a taste of The Knife's music in the upcoming Melbourne Festival show, Tomorrow, in a year). Is there a dig here about ... Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:16:08 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=120 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=119 We just have had confirmed an interview with iconic car designer Chris Bangle, who is best known for his work as head of design at BMW. Bangle is out in Australia as part of the State of Design Festival 2010 and is giving a talk on the future of personal mobility at BMW Edge of the 20th and again in... Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:57:33 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=119 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=118 I've got into the habit of carrying around a Flip Video Camcorder. The Flip is actually a reasonable new purchase and I first came across it through a past InFrame.tv profile artist Steve Kilbey from The Church. I was watching a little tour movie of his called rode movie on his blog and dropped him ... Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:16:36 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=118 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=117 I went to the Tim Burton exhibition launch at ACMI this week and shot this clip on my Flip Camera of him talking about the place that drawing has in his life and his creative process. What a wonderful exhibition and a must-see for anybody in Melbourne in the coming months. Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:59:23 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=117 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=116 I've been very busy the last 6 weeks making 10 short film for the Premier's Design Awards, which are coming up in early July. The short films are a little InFrame(esque), but instead of capturing creative process they are focused on profiling the positive social and economic outcomes of good design ... Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:37:10 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=116 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=115 We recorded The Church at The Corner Hotel last year for their InFrame.tv profile, which you can see here. The video attached is the live version of their single Deadman's Hand, which was released from the wonderful album Untitled #23. We shot this video at the Corner Hotel, and the band room at the... Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:30:53 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=115 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=114 My fave track at the moment perfect for a winter weekend in Melbourne.... feels like London today it's cold Brrrrr Sat, 05 Jun 2010 20:37:09 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=114 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=113 I just got sent this time-lapse footage shot on a DSLR of the recent Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruptions.The camera movement is done with a MILapse motorised dolly. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:02:07 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=113 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=112 Sun, 30 May 2010 16:38:15 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=112 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=111 I was driving back to work, from an early morning shoot, and stopped at this sign. I couldn't help smiling to myself; so I had to stop (worrying) and take a photo of it. Tue, 11 May 2010 13:40:04 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=111 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=110 I'm working on a job at the moment that requires that I shoot some multi-angle car footage, which is quite timely because I recently purchased a Go Pro HD Motorsport Hero camera. The Go Pro HD camera is size of a box of matches and shoots 1920x1080 HD and comes with all the accessories needed to rig... Sun, 09 May 2010 20:20:38 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=110 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=109 I took a drive out to Cockatoo, which is a beautiful country town about an hour outside of Melbourne, on the weekend. My reason was to meet Tim Kill the guitar maker and check out his workshop. I stumbled across Tim's work on the upcoming Melbourne guitar makers festival website, and being an avid g... Tue, 04 May 2010 16:12:45 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=109 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=108 I went to the launch of my good friend Lyn Gardener's latest project The Prop Room last Friday night. For those who are interested we featured Lyn as our first InFrame.tv profile way back in 2008. If you haven't seen the film you can see the film here. Anyway, back to business, The Prop Room by ... Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:06:10 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=108 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=106 I bought the Canon 'L Series" 14mm prime lens for my 5DMark11 and I'm completely blown away with it. I started shooting a film for the Melbourne architecture company Fender Katsalidis last week and the 14mm lens has been an absolute godsend. On large scale architecture projects it is so handy to be ... Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:01:01 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=106 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=104 We finally got Nathan Jurevicius' video completed this week and it was great to use the music of my good friend Thomas Christenson aka Thomas Wold aka The Ghats in the film. We've previously collaborated on a short film I made way back, written a few music tracks and jammed out some late night guita... Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:24:03 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=104 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=103 It was with great sadness I heard the news of the passing of Alex Chilton today who died of a heart attack in New Orleans. The Big Star album Third/Sister Lovers is one of my all time faves and is one of a number of wonderful legacies to his songwriting ability. I've included with this post a link t... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:27:47 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=103 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=102 We've seen it used on the tennis with the likes of Roger Federer and now comes the ultimate - dogs captured at 1000 frames per second. OK I'm not one for normally posting television commercials on this site, but I do really love this ad! Shot with a Phantom high speed digital video camera, the ad c... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:29:55 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=102 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=101 On the eve of the launch of the Apple iPad, Zinio Dynamic Design gives us a good look at what content on such devices is going to look like. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:05:23 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=101 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=100 I stumbled on this through the Planet 5D blog today and thought it was incredible. Paris 26 Gigapixel is an interactive project made by french photographer Rob Galbraith, which is made from over 2300 individual Canon EOS 5D Mark II images. By stitching 2346 single photos together, Galbraith created ... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:41:40 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=100 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=99 I've just started working on the edit for my next film on Nathan Jurevicius of Scarygirl fame. Normally I don't start looking at grading any of the footage until we've locked off the pictures, but I couldn't help having a play with Magic Bullets Looks which is a new program to the studio. Normally w... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:03:46 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=99 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=98 I got sent this intriguing vimeo link today for The Third and The Seventh, which is a full CG animated film that illustrates architecture art from a photographic point of view, where the main subjects are already-built spaces. It's quite surreal! Under the 'more' section of this post, I've also... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:03:25 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=98 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=97 Last Friday I shot a online documentary for Fifteen Melbourne, which will appear on their website later this month. For those who are unaware, Fifteen is a group of four restaurants originally started by celebrity chief extraordinaire Jamie Oliver. The idea behind the restaurants is to open a top cl... Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:03:57 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=97 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=96 I just received my new Zoom H4n portable recorder on Friday and I've been sussing it out over the weekend. I bought the Zoom after coming to the conclusion that the sound capabilities of the Canon 5D Mark 11 were not up to scratch for professional usage due to it's auto-leveling, mini jack and lack ... Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:33:52 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=96 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=95 I just bought a Glidetrack HD on the back of a video I saw on the front page of the motionographer website today. I've attached the mentioned video above, which was shot by Director/DOP Philip Bloom and features footage he shot at George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch. What particularly inspired me about th... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:46:27 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=95 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=94 I've been traveling interstate this week shooting video with my new Canon 5D Mark 11 with the Redrockrock Micro Captain Stubling DSLR brace with the micro-FollowFocus unit. Yep it's a mouthful and it has taken a bit of getting used to but the image results are outstanding. I'm shooting a series of w... Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:51:13 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=94 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=92 I'm sure a lot of people have seen this, in fact 1.5 million according to YouTube stats, but if you haven't it's quite inspiring hearing about Steve Jobs' humble beginnings. As Paul Kelly wrote, "From little things big things grow." Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:30:05 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=92 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=91 I'm officially back in-the-saddle for the new 'one-ders' work year and started editing the upcoming film on Scarygirl creator Nathan Jurevicius last night. As I mentioned in December, we have also already shot a film on the iconic Australian band The Church. We filmed and recorded them live in conce... Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:38:29 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=91 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=89 I thought I'd post the first short film I made in 2007, which in many ways was the prelude to this website, as it got me thinking about making short films on artists. I got very interested in tightrope walking after reading Philippe Petit's wonderful book To Reach the Clouds. The book of course... Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:17:48 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=89 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=88 As I alluded in the previous post, I bought a Canon EOS 5D Mark 11 DSLR camera just before Christmas. I've been impressed with the out-of-the-box picture quality and as a result I've been snapping away incessantly throughout the holidays. Attached is a photo from my balcony on Christmas eve as... Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:51:17 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=88 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=87 I just had to send my Sony HDV camera out for repairs and ouch $2000 for a new firewire port for my Z1 - Merry Christmas thanks Sony! I'm now seriously looking at not getting the camera repaired and purchasing a Canon EOS 5D Mark 11 instead. The Canon camera is actually not specifically a video came... Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:22:37 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=87 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=86 It's been pretty crazy around here leading up to Christmas and it's taken us a little longer to get around to editing Callum Morton's video than I would have hoped. Anyway, his video will be up on the site by the end of the week. I've cut the narrative and handed it over to my senior designer / edit... Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:07:00 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=86 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=85 I've finally begun work on Callum Morton's video profile today and I'll be endeavoring to have it completed before Christmas. In the meantime here's a screen shot from the shoot. Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:41:54 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=85 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=84 This is a great lecture from the Semi-Permanent Festival on the process of Creating Wired by Scott Dedich, magazine creative director... Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:59:00 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=84 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=83 A screen shot of my interview with Marty Willson-Piper from The Church shot at Greville Records. Marty is a huge music / record collector and always visits Greville Records when he's in town. Marty's spent the last 40 years scouring record stores around the world, and his music collection has g... Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:16:52 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=83 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=82 A screen shot from The Church live at The Corner Hotel. The InFrame.tv film will up on the site later in January '10. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:59:18 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=82 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=80 Although not perceived by many, the 2009 Melbourne International Arts Festival curated two artists whose lifelong creative preoccupation focuses on dismantling our relationship to architectural forms. Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:34:52 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=80 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=79 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:25:15 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=79 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=78 I recently downloaded the Artemis Director's Viewfinder app for my iPhone. This app allows you to use your iPhone to view the frame for different types of lens and camera set-ups without needing to have the camera present. It also allows you to take a photo of the frame and save it for storyboards, ... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:43:14 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=78 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=77 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:21:06 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=77 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=76 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:17:57 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=76 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=74 Amy Tan is the author of the wonderful books The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife and The Hundred Secret Senses. In this great TED lecture she digs deep into her creative process, uncovering hints on how her creativity has evolved over her lifetime. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:38:34 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=74 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=73 It would seem that internet piracy has got LA rockers Weezer thinking laterally about how to market their new album Raditude. Buy the all new Weezer Snuggie for $29.95 and get their new album free. Weezer live.. where are the snuggies boys? Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:00:24 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=73 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=72 More than 130,000 advertising professionals have lost their jobs in this Great Recession. Lemonade is about what happens when people who were once paid to be creative in advertising are forced to be creative with their own lives. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:52:19 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=72 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=70 Filmmaker, writer and visual artist John Walters has just announced that he'll be touring Australia in February and March 2010. Walters, who is perhaps best known for his films Pink Flamingos and Hairspray, will be here touring his one man show This Filthy World. His show should certainly be edgy an... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:07:36 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=70 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=69 I do drive the Gen Y's here a little crazy with my penchant for country music - or should I say good country music, because there's an obvious difference in my mind. For me good country doesn't include artists like Garth Brooks or anything silly and soppy like that... I guess you would have to call ... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:10:28 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=69 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=68 I just downloaded the Mill's new iPhone app Colour, and I've got to say I'm really impressed with it. For those who haven't heard of the The Mill, they are award-winning visual effects company in London, who have won both a BAFTA and an Oscar. Anyway, Mill Colour emulates primary grading techni... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:15:02 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=68 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=66 We shot our upcoming December InFrame.tv artist profile with Nathan Jurevicius, the creator of Scarygirl, yesterday at Melbourne Zoo. They say never work with children and animals, but in this case I'm glad we made the exception. On show, and on cue for the most part, was Ramalon the zoo's gorgeous ... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:59:39 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=66 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=65 This video is a collaboration between Bologna-based street artist and stop-motion painter Blu, and painter, film-maker and music performer David Ellis. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:53:21 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=65 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=64 I mentioned earlier this week that we were hoping to shoot our latest video profile on Nathan Jurevicius, the creator of Scarygirl, next week at the Melbourne Zoo. Well it has been confirmed and the Zoo have very kindly allowed us to shoot there free of charge. They have also offered the services of... Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:37:23 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=64 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=63 There have been rumours floating around for a while that there would be a remake made of the awesome 1980’s sci-fi classic TRON. Those rumours have officially been laid to rest with the recent announcement that TRON Legacy is actually due for release in late 2010. What's perhaps equally exciting i... Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:34:51 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=63 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=62 I like to post a music video here every Monday and I just stumbled across this video today of the Velvet Underground recording their first album The Velvet Underground and Nico. The video footage is cut to their beautiful song Sunday Morning from that album. In late 1966, "Sunday Morning" was the fi... Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:40:35 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=62 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=61 I'm happy to confirm we are shooting our next InFrame.tv video profile on the artist Nathan Jurevicius best known for his work as the creator of Scarygirl. Not only is he the creative force behind a swag of collectible figures, various mini comics, solo exhibitions in both Australia and overseas, ... Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:18:50 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=61 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=60 After the success of other winter exhibitions such as Dali and Pompeii, it would seem that we have something amazing to look forward to for 2010 here in Melbourne. The Australian Centre for the Moving Image announced a Tim Burton retrospective this week as part of Melbourne Winter Masterpieces 201... Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:19:25 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=60 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=59 I nearly forgot to post a music video(s) for music Monday... these 2 vids are by one of my all time fave bands Wilco. My dearest Wilco memory is seeing them play here in Melbourne 3 years ago, when their lead singer Jeff Tweddy came out for the third encore and stood on the front of the stage, with ... Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:09:59 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=59 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=58 Milton Glaser is the graphic designer who is perhaps best known for the iconic I Love New York logo. This a short film which explores his thoughts on drawing. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:42:00 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=58 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=57 I was doing a little surfing this morning through some of my fave sites and came across this portrait of Jean-Luc Godard posted on the impossible cool website. I studied Godard and some other French New Wave directors at uni and I've always found him an intriguing figure. Godard come up in the recen... Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:47:52 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=57 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=56 So why do Da Vinci's or any of the other Renaissance masters cost so much? Why do the works go for less if painted by a student, even if the experts cannot tell the difference? Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:28:14 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=56 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=55 Well I've been living somewhat in the land of da Vinci this week, editing a film on Peter Greenaway's installation "Leonardo's Last Supper." Anyway the story that a new da Vinci painting was discovered this week made me prick up my ears. Apparently, a Canadian art collector bought the da Vinci... Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:00:35 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=55 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=54 Adobe have recently introduced a Photoshop app for the iPhone, which lets users edit photos from their iPhone. The app. is free of charge and offers tools such as cropping, image rotation, colour controls, and one-touch filter effects that can change the look and feel of photos immediately. What'... Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:11:09 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=54 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=53 Brian Eno and Peter Chivers have created the Bloom iPhone application; 'Part instrument, part composition and part artwork, Bloom’s innovative controls allow anyone to create elaborate patterns and unique melodies by simply tapping the screen. A generative music player takes over when Bloom is le... Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:23:53 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=53 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=52 Disney is deploying the skills of Steve Jobs to create more experiential focused retail experiences in all their flagship stores: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/business/media/13disney.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=disney&st=cse Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:56:34 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=52 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=51 It's musical Monday here and this is a video of Radiohead writing in the studio "Man o War/ Big Boots." I bet most bands wish they could sound this good getting it right; never mind the perfectionist Thom Yorke complaining that only the bass and guitar sound any good. This video actually reminds me ... Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:53:08 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=51 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=50 This afternoon I had the pleasure of interviewing Peter Greenaway on his visit to Melbourne. His film will be up on the site in the next few weeks, but in the meantime here's a video of his Last Supper installation in Milan last year and the trailer for perhaps his most famous film The Cook, Th... Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:47:24 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=50 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=49 Last week I wrote up the iPhone app release for Nick Cave's new book the Death of Bunny Munro... here's a vid explaining it all.. Apparently, there are more books planned for release as iPhone apps in the near future... Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:58:39 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=49 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=48 Anyone who has seen any of Spike Jonze music videos knows he understands and thing or two about choreography. You've only got to watch Fatboy Slim's video Weapon of Choice to see that talent in action. Anyway apart from those skills, it seems he is also quite the joker around the office too.. watch ... Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:26:11 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=48 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=47 Scenarios like the Damien Hirst insistence that a student pay a commission for using an artwork of his in a pastiche work would be avoided if Hirst put his works in the Creative Commons. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:47:37 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=47 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=46 Damien Hirst's feud with a 16yo street artist named Cartrain has probably become the most controversial story of his already controversial career. It would appear from public opinion that it's not OK for a rich artist to use his power to bully a young artist who has emulate him by making art with fo... Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:23:21 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=46 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=45 www.vvork.com is a site organised and hosted by a small group of curators. Like a game of exquisite corpse they post images relevant to their curatorial practice and then other members of the group post images that relate in form and or conceptual content. An archive of visual art output grouped by ... Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:53:27 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=45 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=44 The Death of Bunny Munro is the new book by Australian musician and writer Nick Cave. Cave is best known as a singer-songwriter and front man of the legendary Bad Seeds. The Death of Bunny Munro, his second book, is essentially a multi-media novel and comes complete with a surround-sound audio ver... Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:55:14 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=44 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=43 I'm presuming this isn't an actual ad for the iPhone.. Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:57:12 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=43 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=42 I was asked this question by the short lived Melbourne Magazine, and my answer then was a firm 'No!' I had a fleeting hope that my firm negative feeling on the matter might be shifting somewhat when I heard about Ash Keating's explosive reuse of Barbara Kruger's demounted and binned exhibition at A... Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:01:31 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=42 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=41 Yes The Hero with a Thousand Faces is an amazingly influential text, as are the encyclopedic like books on Greek Mythology by Robert Graves. The contemporary giant of cinematic storytelling for the last 20 years years has been McKee's book Story. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:26:41 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=41 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=40 I was talking to a friend last night who is making a film adaptation of a book she has acquired the film rights for. We were talking about how the written story could translate to film, and what structural changes would have to take place for this to work successfully. With these types of conv... Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:04:05 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=40 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=39 I went looking for some new music on the weekend and bought the latest album Zounds by Sydney band Dappled Cities. I gave the album a spin for the first time in the car this morning and the third song called The Price really caught my attention. I know this single has been kicking around radio for a... Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:00:49 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=39 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=38 Since 2001, Nieves have been publishing the most interesting and visually-yummy zines and artist books, including published works from Kim Gordon, Ari Marcopoulos, Mike Mills, The Changes, and Cosmic Wonder.They are the hidden treasures of our post-published-world, and excitingly, are now selli... Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:40:49 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=38 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=37 I mentioned yesterday that there seems to be a never ending supply of interesting iPhone apps hitting the market these days. Well today is no exception, with Melbourne International Arts Festival 2009, which runs between 9th - 24th Oct, launching of their very own free app. The app gives full progra... Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:11:40 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=37 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=35 At a time when every Jack's a blogger, and the internet is filled with the poorly-written literary offcuts of 'ordinary people', there freshing offering back of the figurative pen to the interesting people of our modern world, by This Long Century, is most refreshing.  Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:32:26 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=35 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=34 These days there seems to be a never ending supply of new iPhone apps hitting the market. As of today designers can add one more app to their must have list with the release of PANTONE for iPhone and iPod Touch app. With this app you have access to a variety of PANTONE color libraries and the abili... Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:27:36 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=34 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=33 Want to hear what one of Europe's leading cultural theorists thinks of the Warhol legacy? Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:47:40 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=33 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=32 I saw this link on the Digup.tv's blog and thought I'd share it here too. Now this is 'old school' but it does show Andy Warhol as a true vanguard. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:33:38 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=32 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=31 I've always loved the look of old Super 8 footage for its unique and stylish aesthetic. I guess it's for these reasons it's still used today in music videos, TV commercials, and special sequences for television and films. So it was with great delight that I discovered this video of the iconic ba... Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:24:36 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=31 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=30 Oblique Strategies are a deck of cards created by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt which were first published in 1975. Each card contains a phrase or cryptic remark which can be used to break a creative deadlock or dilemma. I was first introduce to the Obilique Straegies deck when I was directing the fi... Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:59:16 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=30 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=29 If you are like me you have a song that is synonymous with a holiday that you've taken. On my recent trip overseas I found myself listening to Phoenix a lot on my iPod and especially their track Lisztomania from the album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:17:44 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=29 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=28 I know this is over 6 months old, so forgive me for posting this if you've seen this previously, but I do think it's rather cool. The sculptured polar bears featured in the video were a PR stunt to launch the natural history TV channel Eden, and were made by 15 artists over two months, measured 20 ... Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:59:22 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=28 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=27 It's the last night of my o/s holiday and I'm feverishly answering 154 new emails after the last 5 days without email, TV and for the most part phone coverage... I've just gone through communication 'cold turkey' and I'm feeling a bit displaced. Anyway, I haven't had the ability to research any new ... Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:06:16 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=27 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=26 I read an article today by Marcus Westbury, titled 'Design Moves from the Bottom of the Food Chain' in which he asserts that, 'Design is moving from the bottom of the creative food chain to become the essential connector across a range of creative networks. We have become a more visual culture.... Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:36:28 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=26 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=25 Stendhal Syndrome also seems to of applied to those who came under the spell of Romantic music, and probably for that matter literature as well. Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:07:50 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=25 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=24 This blog entry is really just a fragmented thought I had while wandering around Florence on a 35 degree day, and it maybe of interest to some. It involves a syndrome relating to Florence that I was reading about on the train from Pisa this morning, called Stendhal Sydrome. Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:33:29 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=24 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=23 When runways go bad Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:48:38 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=23 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=22 I'm sitting here at Gatwick Airport waiting to fly out to Pisa and I logged on to read Steve Kilbey's daily blog. For those who don't know Steve, he's the lead singer and bass player of the iconic Aussie band The Church - we did an InFrame.tv film on Steve and Martin Kennedy earlier this year. Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:19:18 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=22 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=21 It's a sunny bank-holiday Monday in London today and I visited the Jeff Koons Popeye Series Exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery in Hyde Park this afternoon. This was my first visit to the charming Serpentine Gallery, which is nestled in the middle of Hyde Park. Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:04:48 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=21 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=20 On this current trip overseas, I've been traveling with my new iPhone 3GS and I have to say it's a wonderful all-in-one creative tool. I've spent most of Sunday reacquainting myself with London, and in particular exploring the wonderful Old Spitalfield Market. Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:58:34 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=20 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=19 I've noticed a disturbing trend amongst the weddings organised by my peers in the creative industries. Somehow, after 15 years of finely tuning their skill at providing glorious hospitality for no good reason, they experience a personality lobotomy when it comes to organising their weddings. 'Wh... Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:52:55 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=19 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=18 I failed 4 years of high school. By the time I was 15 and failing year 10 it was clear that my life as a graffiti writing rebel was over and that I had none of the skills or experience necessary to suddenly turn my poor academic record around. My father is an audiofile. So one room in the house ... Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:35:14 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=18 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=17 Well it's late here in Australia and I'm off to London tomorrow. I'm pretty excited I gotta say and a trip to London is not complete without a visit to the Tate Modern. Joseph Beuys was one of my fave artists when I studied art history at uni and I'm looking forward to seeing Beuys' work again at th... Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:59:04 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=17 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=16 We recently featured John Warwicker in a film where he talks about his involvement with Tomato and Underworld. Now it's your chance to get involved with today's release of the Underworld Live iPhone app. Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:16:59 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=16 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=15 Ok so this film was a bit schizophrenic due to Godard's need to fulfill the brief of filming The Stones whilst simultaneously directing on his personal interest in The Black Panthers. But what shines through is the incredible process of a band going down the slow path of polishing a basic idea into ... Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:10:00 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=15 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=14 NASA'S Chandra X-ray Observatory is celebrating 10 years of exploring the invisible universe. On Aug 19, 1999, Chandra captured its first image as an astronomical observatory. This first light image opened a new era for science as Chandra began its mission to open a mysterious universe.SPACEY! Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:08:39 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=14 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=13 Much of what we try to explore on InFrame.tv is creative process. Perhaps one of the most famous examples of creative process captured on screen is The Beatles' film Let It Be. Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:42:53 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=13