CinemaScope is fun!

safari 06, originally uploaded by Chuck Kahn.

geotagging is fun!

geotagging is fun!, originally uploaded by Chuck Kahn.

IMAX DMR and reel units

Signature #82 on the Release "Revenge of the Sith" in IMAX DMR opening day comments:

"This is stupid. Imax movies can only be 2 hrs so you are going to get an intermission that last about an hour. And there are no where near enough theathers to even support such stupity. Congrats on the 81 signatures. the other 6 billion of us realize reality"

What this idiot doesn't know is that technical limitations in 2002 involving the ability of "reel units" to hold movies longer than 120 minutes were overcome in 2003 with The Matrix Reloaded. Intermissions are not necessary. All of "Revenge of the Sith" can be shown in one go.

Thanks for the signature! Now how about an apology for spreading ignorance?

snap9463 - pink meat

snap9463 - pink meat, originally uploaded by Chuck Kahn.

Why do they put pink gels on the lights in the meat department... and no other department? And why don't they want me to take pictures?

RFR Behind the Scenes season 1

In the tvtome RFR forum, Amethyst Beloved writes about Behind The Scenes Of RFR: "I just want to say that I had a lot of fun watching this. I loved the way we got to see the turning thing with the camera around the RFR DJs. Watching the part with Ali running into Nathan C was so cute. It was interesting to here the casts' opinions on their characters."

IMAX updates FAQ re: Episode III

recently added to the FAQ at imax.com: "Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith has not been digitally remastered using our proprietary IMAX DMR software for use in IMAX theatres."

snap044 - the days are getting longer

snap044 - the days are getting longer, originally uploaded by Chuck Kahn.

They can do it in 11 days

Richard Gelfond, co-CEO/chair of IMAX on why Episode III isn't going IMAX DMR:

"but a variety of factors, including their postproduction schedule, as well as the potential economics just didn’t work out."

He later reveals that the DMR-izing process is now down to 11 days.

List of this year's IMAX DMR releases

• "Robots"
  
• "Batman Begins"
  
• "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
  
• "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"
  

Why can't Episode III go IMAX?

SIPs in "Story"

Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting
by Robert McKee

Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs):
irreconcilable goods, inconsistent realities, story triangle, act climaxes, scene objective, climactic action, sixty scenes, good story well told, story talent, deep character, story design, your protagonist, more willpower

SIPs in "The Blind Watchmaker"

The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
by Richard Dawkins

Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs):
one true tree, togetherness factor, true cladists, computer biomorphs, choice discrepancy, cumulative selection, genetic hyperspace, utilitarian optimum, average tail length, utilitarian selection, transformed cladists, male tail length, distance measurers, genetic space, nonrandom survival, preferred tail, single mutational step, our subjective judgement, genetic formula, cent vision, soup theory, chirp radar, cladistic taxonomy, nine genes, adaptive complexity