Today on
Boing Boing tv, part two of Xeni's visits with
John Gaeta, the Academy Award-winning Visual Effects supervisor of the
Matrix trilogy -- his new film,
Speed Racer, opens today in theaters around the US.
This latest Wachowski brothers project reinterprets the classic 1960s Japanese anime series of the same name.
In this second part of BBtv's conversation with Gaeta, he reveals some of the art, anime, and pop culture elements that combine to form Speed Racer's "poptimistic photo-anime" feel. The live action Speed Racer is saturated in a candy-colored palette so rich, audiences may just leave the theater with a contact sugar high.
View interactive samples of the digital building blocks behind the movie in a related online feature in VRMAG, "Speed Racer Uncovered."
And Gaeta adds a special message for Boing Boing tv viewers, who are already well accustomed to all things digital -- "For optimal viewing experience, see Speed Racer at a digital cinema or IMAX theater." He's not kidding, with a feature like this, analog projection just doesn't do the work justice.
PREVIOUSLY: Part One of BBtv's interview with Gaeta on "Speed Racer."
(Special thanks: John Gaeta; Andy and Larry Wachowski; and David Pescovitz)
In today's episode of
Boing Boing tv, Xeni visits with
John Gaeta, the Academy Award-winning Visual Effects supervisor of the
Matrix trilogy, to learn more about his digital craft in the new film
Speed Racer. This latest
Wachowski brothers project reinterprets the
classic 1960s Japanese anime series of the same name, and opens in theaters nationwide on May 9.
Gaeta explains how he used VR "bubbles" and a mysterious team known as the "world unit" to create the film's "poptimistic photo-anime" feel. The live action Speed Racer is saturated in a candy-colored palette so rich, audiences may just leave the theater with a contact sugar high.
View interactive samples of the digital building blocks behind the movie in a related online feature in VRMAG, "Speed Racer Uncovered."
And Gaeta adds a special message for Boing Boing tv viewers, who are already well accustomed to all things digital -- "For optimal viewing experience, see Speed Racer at a digital cinema or IMAX theater." He's not kidding, with a feature like this, analog projection just doesn't do the work justice.
(Special thanks: John Gaeta; Andy and Larry Wachowski; and David Pescovitz)
Boing Boing tv is 6 months and almost 150 episodes old -- not unlike, say, a prolific baby. To celebrate, we're taking the week off and revisiting some of the "best of BBtv," as determined by you, our viewers. First up -- "American Furry: Life, Liberty, and the Fursuit of Happiness..."
Furries get no respect. Usually, when you hear about people who dress up like life-sized stuffed animals, it's in the context of an unfriendly internet joke, a sex gag on Entourage, or an insult that ends with "yiff in hell."
But Brooklyn-based filmmaker Marianne Shaneen has spent more than two years following these people around, capturing their lives in and out of their "fursonas." She's working on a documentary film called AMERICAN FURRY: Life, Liberty and the Fursuit of Happiness.
Today on Boing Boing tv, an exclusive peek at this feature in progress. Marianne provided us with access to some of her raw footage (she's accumulated 2+ years' worth!), and we selected clips, edited, added some audio, and produced the short glimpse you'll see here.
"I'm looking for an editor, a couple of animators, finishing funds, and a producer," says Shaneen -- so if you'd like to get involved, email her at info@rabbitholefilms.com.
Special thanks to Susannah Breslin for first pointing us to this project. (Music by T.bias.)
A BBtv exclusive edition of the Alternate Reality Game (or 'ARG') revolving around the storyline of the Fox tv series
Sarah Connor Chronicles (and the
Terminator movie trilogy).
Enitech Labs designs cameras can take pictures of a future event by capturing faster-than-light "tachyon" particles. When pictures of ordinary scenery foretell post-apocalyptic outcomes, the developers find themselves in a race against time to publicize their findings and warn the public of the horrors to come...
(Thanks, Bart Cheever / millionsofus!)
Previously on BBtv:
Sarah Connor Chronicles (Terminator) ARG sneak peek: part 1.
An Alternate Reality Game (or 'ARG') revolving around the storyline of the Fox tv series
Sarah Connor Chronicles (and the
Terminator movie trilogy). The footage describes the development of a camera from
Enitech Labs that can take pictures of a future event by capturing faster-than-light "tachyon" particles. When pictures of ordinary scenery foretell post-apocalyptic outcomes, the developers find themselves in a race against time to publicize their findings and warn the public of the horrors to come...
(Thanks, Bart Cheever / millionsofus!)
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