http://www.inframe.tv Blogs from Inframe.tv en-us Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +1000 5 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=93 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:17:49 +1000 http://www.inframe.tv/blogpost.aspx?id=93 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