February 2012
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January 2012
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Story comes first. We’re storytellers, and while the app thing is going...
– Moonbot Studios talks Numberlys, apps and interactive storytelling | Technology | guardian.co.uk
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Observing life is an artform and it’s called “documentary.
Pioneering Scottish filmmaker John Grierson(1898-1972) is often considered the father of documentary film and credited with coining the very term “documentary” in his review of Robert Flaherty’s film Moana in the February 8, 1926, issue of the New York Sun. His 1932 essay “First Principles of Documentary” argued that...
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Fincher loves his opening montages and this one is just INCREDIBLE. Of course it was done by Blur Studio
(via An Exclusive Look at the Making of Dragon Tattoo’s Stunning Titles)
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December 2011
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2011: The Year in Pictures →
drewvigal:
Kudos to @huang_apiaries for designing and producing our 2011: The Year in Pictures player.
It was, of course, another team effort from across the newsroom and especially from photo. And we finally took our YIP out of Flash… and it still has arrow controls to boot. Try it!
Of course, the photography is amazing, once again, with the tight edit. I’m glad that we recognized the...
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A great animated explainer about Anonymous (via What Is Anonymous? [VIDEO])
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Kodak's long fade to black - latimes.com →
Like the passing of distinguished individuals, the passing of great corporations should prompt us to ponder the transience of earthly glory. So let’s pay our respects to Eastman Kodak, which at this writing appears to be a shutter-click from extinction.
November 2011
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Documentaries made by Stanley Kubrick
Day of the Fight (1951)
The first picture directed by Stanley Kubrick: A 1951 short subject documentary film based on an earlier photo feature he had done as a photographer for Look magazine in 1949. Day Of The Fight shows Irish-American middleweight boxer Walter Cartier during the height of his career, on the day of a fight with Bobby James, which took place on April 17, 1950.
Flying Padre...
October 2011
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digstorytelling:
National Geographic photographer Sam Abell, a hero of my youth, discusses the difference between taking and making a photo.
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Interactive Film App (Klynt) is out!
Honkytonk film’s awesome interactive project creator app is out!!
In case you don’t know who they are, they created some incredible interactive films in the past few years.
I suggest checking out Journey to the End of Coal to begin your education.
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Steve Jobs: Visionary, Inventor, and Very... →
dannydb:
This great article from Photo District News on Jobs’ difficulty as a photo subject also includes a gem towards the end — the story behind the portrait selected for Apple’s homepage tribute:
Albert Watson, who photographed Jobs just once for a portfolio of people in power that Fortune commissioned him to shoot in 2008, had a different experience from other photographers. “The one...
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