Comments on: Artistic Fundamentals: Gabriel Judet-Weinshel http://www.openlooppress.org/interviews/gabriel-judet-weinshel/ publishing a new kind of writer's notebook Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:11:25 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: editor http://www.openlooppress.org/interviews/gabriel-judet-weinshel/#comment-17 editor Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:11:25 +0000 http://www.openlooppress.org/?p=9#comment-17 CONGRATULATIONS GABRIEL! Gabriel Judet-Weinshel has been nominated for two New York Emmy Awards for his work on NYC Soundtracks. Winners will be announced on March 29, 2009 at the 52nd Annual New York Emmy Awards Gala at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square. Gabriel, all of us at "Open Loop Press" are keeping our fingers crossed for you! ~CMW CONGRATULATIONS GABRIEL!

Gabriel Judet-Weinshel has been nominated for two New York Emmy Awards for his work on NYC Soundtracks.

Winners will be announced on March 29, 2009 at the 52nd Annual New York Emmy Awards Gala at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square.

Gabriel, all of us at “Open Loop Press” are keeping our fingers crossed for you!

~CMW

]]> By: editor http://www.openlooppress.org/interviews/gabriel-judet-weinshel/#comment-10 editor Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:16:59 +0000 http://www.openlooppress.org/?p=9#comment-10 I recently finished reading a fascinating book, "The Language of New Media," by Lev Manovich.  http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?tid=8830&ttype=2 Manovich says that the process of animating realistic dinosaurs in Jurassic Park required those animators to add flaws to their images.  They lowered the color brightness, passed it through various filters and so forth in order to create images that appeared on screen the way a real animal would appear to us in life.  That is, in order to create a convincing image they had to match the limitations of our sense of sight, not improve the computer-generated image, as I'd always thought they did.  In fact, Manovich says that computers render perfect images, but the thing is, we don't see perfectly.  That means the computer image won't look real to us because our eyes don't see the way the computer does.  I've been thinking about that a lot since I read it.  Maybe the difference you've noticed has something to do with this?  - CMW I recently finished reading a fascinating book, ”The Language of New Media,” by Lev Manovich. 

http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?tid=8830&ttype=2

Manovich says that the process of animating realistic dinosaurs in Jurassic Park required those animators to add flaws to their images.  They lowered the color brightness, passed it through various filters and so forth in order to create images that appeared on screen the way a real animal would appear to us in life.  That is, in order to create a convincing image they had to match the limitations of our sense of sight, not improve the computer-generated image, as I’d always thought they did.  In fact, Manovich says that computers render perfect images, but the thing is, we don’t see perfectly.  That means the computer image won’t look real to us because our eyes don’t see the way the computer does.  I’ve been thinking about that a lot since I read it.  Maybe the difference you’ve noticed has something to do with this? 

- CMW

]]> By: teancookies http://www.openlooppress.org/interviews/gabriel-judet-weinshel/#comment-3 teancookies Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:50:40 +0000 http://www.openlooppress.org/?p=9#comment-3 The Fall is such a beautiful film.  It's so interesting to compare the look & feel of this film to a film like Pan's Labyrinth, which uses CGI.  Pan's Labyrinth is likewise gorgeous, but the depth of the images and color saturation in CGI scenes are so different from scenes in The Fall, even though they both involve fantastic scenarios.  What is it about CGI that's makes it look so different from live-action caught on film?  The Fall is such a beautiful film.  It’s so interesting to compare the look & feel of this film to a film like Pan’s Labyrinth, which uses CGI.  Pan’s Labyrinth is likewise gorgeous, but the depth of the images and color saturation in CGI scenes are so different from scenes in The Fall, even though they both involve fantastic scenarios.  What is it about CGI that’s makes it look so different from live-action caught on film? 

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