Congratulations to Joanna.15 Beautiful Free Web 2.0 FontsInteresting comment debate on this CR Blog post. About how creatives work out what to charge.Less than a month til both The Hills and The City return!Ryan Adams is now blogging about video games for The Awl.
If you ever need to design a twitter background image, here are 3 lists I found that will help you out:
1. SpoonGraphics Twitter Background Design How-To and Best Practices
2. Lee Munroe 30 Creative Twitter Theme Backgrounds
3. Design Reviver 25 of the Best Designed Twitter Homepages
We got a red holga as a wedding gift, and it was one of the best things we got. I've always wanted one. But we are taking our sweet time to get through the first roll! Hopefully soon, I will start posting photos.
Photo by Amanda Woodward.
Woo hoo! There was another Dexter panel at Comic-Con this year and the following sneak peek / trailer of sorts was shown. It pretty much outlines the main 2 story arcs for season 4: Dexter being a first time father and the introduction and hunt for the John Lithgow serial killer character. Can't wait!
The season starts late September in the US. But so far Showcase in Australia has no promise of a start date.
(sorry for the insane run of video posts. I'm not being lazy.)
I know it's old, but I love this video/song. Have a happy week!
I'm sure you've all seen this, but you can Mad Men yourself at MadMenYourself.com. It's a part of the Season 3 online promos that AMC are doing. It's a bit of fun. Though not highly original.
My First Movie: Take Two: Ten Celebrated Directors Talk About Their First Film by Stephen Lowenstein
I'm loving and re-reading the chapters on Sam Mendes (American Beauty*) and Richard Linklater (Slacker**).
*When this came out I videotaped a documentary about Mr Mendes on the ABC about his days at the Donmar Theatre, Caberet and then American beauty. I watched it over and over and over and over and over. That was my teenage videotape obsession.
**Did you know he made this film with about 7 friends and funded it himself for about $20,000? serious wowness.
ART & COPY. A film by Doug Pray.
"ART & COPY reveals the stories behind and the personal odysseys of some of the most influential advertising visionaries of our time and their campaigns, including Lee Clow (Apple Computer 1984, and today’s iPod); Dan Wieden (“Just Do It”); ....Directed by Doug Pray (SURFWISE, HYPE!, SCRATCH), ART & COPY captures the creative energy and passion behind the iconic campaigns that have had a profound impact on American culture. Featuring rare interviews with the aforementioned industry legends, the film seeks to identify the elements that transform a slogan into a pop culture catch phrases....'The movie looks at advertising not as products flying off the shelf but as the work of a few American heroes who feel passionately about their craft, ideas, and the ability of ideas to change how people feel.'"
The other night before Transformers 2 ROTF kicked off I got to see the District 9 teaser trailer on the big screen. I was the only preview that got me really excited. Yesterday the full length trailer was released. See it below:
And from NYmag to recap: Written and directed by Peter Jackson protégé Neill Blomkamp, District 9 is set in the near future and revolves around a race of extraterrestrials who have been marooned in South Africa for 30-odd years. The buglike aliens, whose intentions here on Earth are unknown, have been cordoned off by an international agency that goes by the acronym MNU and is forced to live in a ghetto outside of Johannesburg. Unlike many trailers these days, this one does a fantastic job at establishing mood and tone but doesn't give much away in terms of plot.
THE LOST TRIBES OF NEW YORK CITY: Sweet as on the street stop motion video.
Urban anthropologists Andy & Carolyn London interview some of New York City's more overlooked citizens.
Found some great flip book animations I wanted to share.
Music Video: Red Cortez - End of an Error from hscottroth on Vimeo. The best flip book bit is about 2.10m.
Warm Book from Anders Hellman on Vimeo.
Red - Flipbook from Andy Galletly on Vimeo.
IFC has a great post on The 50 Greatest Trailers of All Time if you have the time, look at all of them. If not, I recommend The Shining which is just as haunting as the movie (the soundtrack especially), Garden State, The Blair Witch Project which, as a teenager, scared me more than the movie ever did and Magnolia with the frog right there!
The most recent trailer on the list is from the yet released film Where the Wild Things Are. I can't wait to see how the film compares to this wonderful trailer.
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When two reality shows collide you get Dance Your Ass Off. Yes, that's right.A photo of Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick with their new twins, Marion and Tabitha Broderick.
hellosandwich had a birthday day!Cute Star Cupcakes.Lovely Embroidery. via thoughtful day.
Enjoying the photographic blog Le Love.
I'm a few days behind the rest of the blog world's "this is my favourite Michael Jackson video" posts, but I guess this is mine.
From whiteglovetracking.com
Am reading tweetingtoohard.com. Hilarious!
In all the media coverage of Michale Jackson's death (Snacked says RIPMJ) Farrah Fawcett's death was barely mentioned and according to New York Magazine:
Farrah is just the latest to join a peculiar group: the Eclipsed Celebrity Death Club.
The Eclipsed Celebrity Death Club is for those whose death is overshadowed by that of another more prominent public figure:
The classic ECD example is Groucho Marx, who passed away the same week as Elvis Presley, and thus missed out on a good week's worth of TV tributes. But the easiest way for a famous person to vanish from the earth without so much as a blip is to follow a president of the United States. Ray Charles caught barely a moment's coverage when he died in 2004, right in the middle of the weeklong blanket coverage of Ronald Reagan's death and funeral. Same story for James Brown, who got some press but definitely ran second to Gerald Ford. (The only person who could square off against a dead head of state, it seems, was Mother Teresa. When she died a few days after Princess Diana, a good deal of the coverage tried to frame them as comparably angelic figures.)
But the winner for most eclipsed death? Aldous Huxley and C.S. Lewis.
Aldous Huxley, the author of Brave New World, died the same day as C.S. Lewis, who wrote the Chronicles of Narnia series. Unfortunately for both of their legacies, that day was November 22, 1963, just as John Kennedy's motorcade passed the Texas School Book Depository.
Following on with the fashion trend, I have to post the trailer to the film The September Issue. I first heard about this documentary when it received good reviews at this years Sundance Film Festival. It follows Anna Wintour behind the scenes at US Vogue and from the trailer all I can sya is that it's remarkable how one woman can have so much power in the industry. Trailer via LenaCorwin.
While searching for an appropriate image for the previous Academy Award post, I found this incredible set of photos by Alan Light from the 61st Academy Awards and Governer's Ball in 1989.
The fashion is just incredible, so I've posted some pics below. But what's also cool is the story of how Alan even ended up at the awards and how he bluffed his way into the ball. Full story here.
How cute is Jodie Foster! How cute is that shade of blue! I love the scrunching and the tail. However, it would be bottom heavy and without any straps I bet it was falling down all night.
You can't really see much but I love the beading and how Goldie Hawn's hair hasn't changed in 20 years!
Total pre-90's cool!
I really don't like this at all. But mostly cause it sort of looks like velvet which I hate!
All photos by Alan Light.
1989 Academy Awards by Alan Light
The board's decision to double the category to 10 nominees "may make it more interesting and less cloistered," said Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences prexy Sid Ganis at a press conference Wednesday morning.Ganis speculated that the longer list could include a documentary, foreign-lingo film, animated feature and, he deadpanned, "maybe even a comedy."
The expansion to 10 slots increases the chances of films in those three categories, which have long been eligible for best-pic bids but may have missed out because they have their own categories, as some Oscar voters have said in the past. And indie films gain, because there's more room for "little" movies.
This latest piece of personal work is all shot in one shot on 5×4 transparency. I comisioned a model maker Ridley West to make a giant plate that we could attach to the wall and with the help of Jennie Webster who sourced some amazing balloons this shot was the result. David Sykes.
Man I am still totally in love with balloons. Via SwissMiss.
Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly's new film The Box stars Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, and Frank Langella. FirstShowing.net has the trailer here. It looks remarkable.
I just discovered the Project Live Now at www.welivenow.org
Live Now is a growing conglomerate of artwork, quotes, experiences & ideas, powerfully pursuing the notion of 'Living Now'.
Live Now began when its creator Eric Smith gained a new perspective on life after being diagnosed with cancer. He says:
Cancer changed the way I ate, slept, and most importantly, the way I live. Before cancer I was like most folks, just cruising along. It was during my treatment, when I started to discover what cancer could gift to me - the ability to absorb every moment as if each one were my whole life. The Live Now Project was born!
I recommend checking out at www.welivenow.org
click image to enlargeJohn Lithgow is joining the season 4 cast as Walter Simmons, an unassuming suburbanite who has been living a dual life as one of America's most prolific and deadliest serial killers. When the mad man (who is dubbed the "Trinity Killer" because he always kills in threes) relocates to Miami, Dexter becomes obsessed (or inspired?) by his efficient killing methods and ability to evade capture for almost three decades.
Dreaming of a holiday. Maybe like these ones on A Cup of Jo. 200,000 Coke cans = 1 giant artwork.Love this Floral and Picnic Owl. On etsy.Net-A-Porter is having a sale.thepaperplanes.blogspot.com is now at evolvlove.blogspot.com
I think you will like this particular RadioLab podcast on Stochasticity:
This hour, Radiolab examines Stochasticity, which is just a wonderfully slippery and smarty-pants word for randomness. How big a role does randomness play in our lives? Do we live in a world of magic and meaning or … is it all just chance and happenstance? To tackle this question, we look at the role chance and randomness play in sports, lottery tickets, and even the cells in our own body.
Just wanted to bring an online advertising feel to this Friday's Stuff.A lovely and smart banner ad that analyzes your Twitter feed to figure out which Volkswagen is best for you. Put in your twitter username and tah dah! Includes lovely animation. play here viaWhich box fits your shipment? (that's what she said).New Uniqlo project - The Calendar.
Eugene Mirman (the landlord from FOTC) gave a speech to the graduating students at his former high school. It's really not inspiring or motivating, but it is absurd and laugh out loud funny. See below:
via buzzfeed.
Update: You can read the transcript on Eugene's site here.
Today, I'm loving balloons. Especially this pic of my little bro, who at our wedding strapped himself into a heap of em!
I didn't catch all of the MTV movie awards, mostly because I was distracted by my tears over Lauren's Hill's departure. But what I saw I liked, especially the titles created by Prologue.
Awards titles, especially for MTV are an interesting medium, and I always enjoy it when the creators have as much fun as they can with the topics.
These by Prologue, are some of the best I've seen. Previous ones I've liked were by Psyop, but their no longer archived on their site. Boo.
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