Andy Taylor

September 7, 2010September 7, 2010 Andy TaylorLeave a commentUncategorizedArt in Film, Douglas Trumbull, Special Effects, University of Arizona, Visual Effects

UA Museum of Art presents a Lecture by Douglas Trumbull

“A History of Special Effects in Film and Beyond”

To Speak at The University of Arizona
In Association with UAMAs Exhibition, Metropolis.

The University of Arizona Museum of Art is pleased to announce a presentation by Douglas Trumbull, the legendary special effects creator on Monday, September 20 at Crowder Hall. The special program on the history of cinema from a special effects perspective will encompass the full spectrum of film history from silent films to his current quest for “Immersive Cinematic Experiences.”

Punctuating his lecture with film clips, Trumbull will discuss his efforts in taking IMAX public, developing the Showscan film process, and working on expos and theme park attractions such as Universal Studio Back to the Future, The Ride from a cinematic perspective. His presentation is not to be missed! for film enthusiasts or anyone who has been fascinated by recent advances (think Avatar).

Trumbull will talk about current trends, including Avatar, Digital Showscan, Virtual Sets and digital production/exhibition – plus he will look into the future.

Trumbull’s career took off at the age of twenty-three when he designed the psychedelic tunnel of colored lights called the Star Gate sequence for the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. After 2001’s release in 1968, Trumbull worked on Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Blade Runner and Star Trek:The Movie, and directed two sci-fi films of his own, 1972’s Silent Running and 1983’s Brainstorm.

Visit his website for preview glimpses: www.douglastrumbull.com.

The Trumbull UAMA presentation takes place in Crowder Hall on Monday, September 20 at 7:30 pm. The Lecture is in conjection with the Metropolis Exhibit

Tickets are $12 each ($6 for students and UAMA members).

Seats are limited. Advance ticket purchase is strongly recommended.

TICKET AVAILABLE in person at the UA Fine Arts Box Office, located in the Marroney Theatre in the UA Fine Arts Complex or
Online at arizona.tix.com or Phone: (520) 621-1162

September 7, 2010September 7, 2010 Andy TaylorLeave a commentUncategorizedApple Tools, Music Programming, PING, RadioPD, Scott Sands

RadioPD post info on his blog on Apple Ping

My Buddy Scott Sands has posted an Article on his blog at radiopd.wordpress.com on Apple’s PING, which ask the question if this will be the new research tool from Program Directors of Radio Stations

October 17, 2009 Andy TaylorLeave a commentUncategorized

Google Building Maker

Introducing Google Building Maker

Do you use Google Maps?

Can you build a building on it?

Well ….

On Oct. 13. 2009 – Google “today we’re announcing the launch of Google Building Maker, a fun and simple (and crazy addictive, it turns out) tool for creating buildings for Google Earth.”

“We like to think of Building Maker as a cross between Google Maps and a gigantic bin of building blocks. Basically, you pick a building and construct a model of it using aerial photos and simple 3D shapes – both of which we provide. When you’re done, we take a look at your model. If it looks right, and if a better model doesn’t already exist, we add it to the 3D Buildings layer in Google Earth. You can make a whole building in a few minutes.”

For further details: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/introducing-google-building-maker.html

What kind of building did your build?

Let us know at: http://techtalkradio.com/forum/

October 11, 2009 Andy TaylorLeave a commentUncategorized

Zoom: Handy Video/Audio Recorder Q3

ZOOM
Handy Video/Audio Recorder Q3

Is it really a handy audio and video recorder?

Well according to all reports and a review by the “GizWiz” it seems to work well enough for the price.

With this Q3 you should be able to do quick shooting with great stereo sound and descent video (640×480)with a digital zoom. For editiing is has a built in USB cord and also comes with a 2GB SD card (and will take up to a 32GB SDCH card.

Did I mention that it records in stereo! It has two condenser mics. These mics X/Y are directionals so that you can focus the mics on the sound sourse. It also has built in audio meters. You can also just record the audio without using the video side. and it all runs on two AA batteries.

Accessories include: windscreen, AV cable, soft carrying pouch, 2GB SD card and AA/LR6 trial batteries. Optional accessories are a Mic clip adaptor and an AC adaptor.

August 30, 2009 Andy TaylorLeave a commentUncategorized

Snow Leopard Released

The latest in the Mac world – their new OS released.

From a few reports – it is nothing but basically a service pack.

From PCW – Snow Leopard Proves No Threat to Windows 7 – http://bit.ly/kzZJz

From Apple – The new Mac Os http://www.apple.com/macosx/

From CNNMoney: Snow Leopard’s low-key launch – http://bit.ly/Ygh9C

From All Things Digital: “Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, the latest iteration of Apple’s operating system, arrived at market today–about a month earlier than originally anticipated. And while it doesn’t really deliver the GUI enhancements we’ve come to expect from Apple (AAPL) and some incompatibilities are riling people up” – http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090828/hello-kitty-a-snow-leopard-review-roundup/

Basically I watched Leo Laporte install a fresh copy of it and basically he stated that Apple really only release a service pack os called Snow Leopard.

Author: Andy Taylor