Archive for the ‘Movies’ Category

Minute Impressions

Monday, September 28th, 2009

I have been working on a short film the last while, and now it’s finished!  It’s a compact one minute and twenty five seconds impression of Vancouver.  I did the photography and image manipulation, Alex did the editing and music.  Please have a look, and if you like it, forward it on to your friends! [...]

What is Vancouver?

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

A few days ago, I was inspired by the short film Bathtub IV (have a look at the other films too!), so today I wanted to see if I could do it too.  Those films are done with special tilt-shift lenses, but with imagemagick and some batch scripts, I’ve been able to replicate the style [...]

to watch – Slumdog Millionaire

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

This is probably the best film I’ve seen in the last year! The film starts by introducing the central character Jamal Malik, a young muslim from Mumbai, who has correctly answered all but the last question on India’s “Who wants to be a millionaire”.  The show takes a break, and leaves the final question for [...]

to watch – 12 Angry Men

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Dieser Film, auf Deutsch “Die 12 Geschworenen” von 1958 ist wirklich jeden seine 8,8 Punkte auf imdb.com wert. Man beobachtet die Entscheidungsfindung einer amerikanischen Jury nach einem Mordprozess. Der Film ist ein schönes Beispiel für alte Filmkunst, obwohl – oder auch gerade weil – die Charaktere und die Manier für einen Film der 50er Jahre [...]