Collaborate Disseminate
If you wanted an expensive film camera when you were a kid, you are in luck. Used film SLRs are super cheap now that everyone wants digital cameras. Of course, …read more Continue reading Raspberry Pi Crammed Into Old Film Camera
Scanning film is great for archival purposes as well as sharing said photos digitally. However, if you’re scanning 120 film, aka medium format, it can be expensive to get the …read more Continue reading Scanning Medium Format Film on a 35mm Scanner
The digital camera revolution swept through the world in the early 2000s, and aside from some unique situations and a handful of artists still using film, almost everyone has switched …read more Continue reading Analog Camera Goes Digital
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is a pop culture classic, and remains one of the standout teen films of the era. Notably, titular character Ferris was somewhat of a hacker himself, …read more Continue reading Recreating the Intercom from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Have you ever noticed that people in old photographs looks a bit weird? Deep wrinkles, sunken cheeks, and exaggerated blemishes are commonplace in photos taken up to the early 20th …read more Continue reading Imaging The past With Time-Travel Rephotography
The future of artificial intelligence in the arts is collaborative. Continue reading Human Actors Bring an AI-Written Script to Life
The future of artificial intelligence in the arts is collaborative. Continue reading Human Actors Bring an AI-Written Script to Life
Join us on Wednesday, January 20th at noon Pacific for the Movie Magic Hack Chat with Alan McFarland!
If they were magically transported ahead in time, the moviegoers of the past would likely not know what to make of our …read more
Like many of us, [Emily] found herself on COVID-19 lockdown over the summer. To make the most of her time in isolation, she put together an optical audio decoder for old 16 mm film, built using modern components and a bit of 3D printing.
It all started with a broken …read more
Continue reading Listening To Long Forgotten Voices: An Optical Audio Decoder For 16 mm Film
How much would you enjoy a movie that took months to finish? We suppose it would very much depend on the film; the current batch of films from the Star Wars franchise are quite long enough as they are, thanks very much. But a film like Casablanca or 2001: A …read more
Continue reading E-Paper Display Shows Movies Very, Very Slowly