7 incroyables effets spéciaux de films que vous pensez réalisés par ordinateur… Mais qui ne le sont pas Les effets spéciaux au cinéma sont de plus en plus convaincants et avec la 3D, cela est encore plus impressionnant. Certaines scènes sont tellement réalistes qu’elles paraissent entièrement réalisées à l’aide d’images de synthèse. Pourtant, les réalisateurs font encore preuve d’audace et tournent certaines cascades pour de vrai. En voici 7 exemples ! 1. The Dark Knight Rises Christopher Nolan aurait pu avoir recours à l’image de synthèse pour réaliser la séquence d’ouverture mais il a préféré utiliser un avion réel. Au moment où l’avion perd ses ailes et s’écrase au sol, Nolan n’a pas pu se résoudre à utiliser les images de synthèse et a utilisé une maquette en modèle réduit. 2. Dans Skyfall, lors de la célèbre scène de combat de James Bond contre Gareth Mallory sur le toit d’un train en marche, aucune image par ordinateur n’a été utilisée. 3. Le film a été tourné en noir et blanc, puis peint à la main ensuite. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Reporter app, for self-discovery through data Nicholas Felton, Drew Breunig, and Friends of the Web released Reporter for iPhone. The app—$3.99 on the app store—prompts you with quizzes, such as who you're with or what you're doing, sparsely throughout the day to help you collect data about yourself and surroundings. You can also create your own survey questions to collect data on what interests you and use your phone's existing capabilities to record location, sound levels, weather, and photo counts automatically. Those who are familiar with Felton's annual reports will recognize the design of the app, as it has a familiar look and feel, and it works almost how you'd expect an interactive version of his printed reports would. The charts are straightforward. But back to the survey collection process. When collection is all automatic, it's easy to forget about and oftentimes we lose context, whereas when collection is all manual, you have to remember to log things and collection grows to be a chore.
Barry Lyndon de Stanley Kubrick, une scène culte décryptée - Studio Ciné Live L'histoire Irlande, 18ème siècle. Amoureux de sa cousine Nora, le jeune Redmond Barry provoque en duel son soupirant le Capitaine anglais John Quin. Le contexte Barry Lyndon est un roman de Thackeray The Memoir of Barry Lyndon, publié en 1944. La scène Comme un vertige, Barry fait la connaissance de Lady Lyndon à la table de jeu. L'analyse Cette scène de séduction est sans doute l'une des plus abouties du film. Kubrick utilise des objectifs spéciaux de la NASA (50 mm à 0,7) pour tourner les scènes éclairées à la bougie : "L'éclairage des films historiques m'a toujours semblé faux, dit-il. Vidéos à voir sur ce thème
Reporter: Nicholas Felton Releases Self-Logging iPhone App Nicholas Felton, the person behind the infographic-style setting Feltron annual reports (see 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005) has released a self-logging app for the iPhone, called Reporter [reporter-app.com]. The app presents the user with a few randomly timed surveys each day that aim to capture what today's sensors still cannot, such as emotions, 'real' friends, food habits, and much more. The slick interface design with smart auto-fill functionality should allow the survey to be completed within 10 seconds or less. See also mem:o - iPad App Provides Infographic Interface for the Quantified Self. Via FastCoDesign.
Interstellar Script Differences: From Steven Spielberg To Chris Nolan You can now see Christopher Nolan‘s Interstellar in theaters, but the movie was originally developed by Nolan’s brother Jonathan Nolan for director Steven Spielberg. In fact, I first reported on the project almost eight and a half years ago. As the story goes, Spielberg got the idea for the film after attending a Caltech workshop. There, physicist Kip S. Thorne, an expert on relativity known for his prolific contributions to the fields of gravitation physics and astrophysics, presented his controversial theories about wormholes. [I] was talking to Jonah [Nolan] about the script he was working on with Steven Spielberg at the time. The reason Christopher Nolan shares the screenwriting credit on the final film with Jonathan Nolan is because he reworked the original script with substantial changes. What are the biggest differences and changes? 15 Interstellar Script Differences Warning: the following post CONTAINS SPOILERS and should only be read if you have seen the film. 1. 2. 3. 4.
Rove App A recent trip to Beijing proved the perfect opportunity to test the newly released Rove application for iPhone. Rove runs in the background—without draining too much battery—and functions as a private but shareable log of your travel activity. Rove doesn't check you in, but figures out where you are and associates venues, mode of transportation and even the photos you take with each location. It's an automatic back-up of each day's memories. According to Edouard Tabet, founder of Rove app's developer ZeTrip, Inc., "After mining millions of trips from Facebook, I realized that most people share very little about their trips, a few photos out of context and sometime a few check-ins but not nearly enough to remember and relive a great trip." With that as the impetus, Tabet continues that "the two things that make Rove unique are the level of automation and the level of privacy—both 100%." But Rove ultimately aims to do more than keep track of travel. Screenshots from Rove app
30 Simple Tools For Data Visualization There have never been more technologies available to collect, examine, and render data. Here are 30 different notable pieces of data visualization software good for any designer's repertoire. They're not just powerful; they're easy to use. In fact, most of these tools feature simple, point-and-click interfaces, and don’t require that you possess any particular coding knowledge or invest in any significant training. 1. iCharts 2. FusionCharts Suite XT is a professional and premium JavaScript chart library that enables us to create any type of chart. 3. Modest Maps is a small, extensible, and free library for designers and developers who want to use interactive maps in their own projects. 4. Pizza Pie Charts is a responsive pie chart based on the Snap SVG framework from Adobe. 5. Raw is a free and open-source web application for visualizing data flexibly and as easy as possible. 6. Leaflet is a modern open-source JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.