beautiful people is a 1999 british satirical comedy film written and directed by jasmin dizdar .

the film won an award for the best film in un certain regard category at the cannes film festival , and is listed in the new york times guide to " the best 1,000 movies ever made " .

beautiful people is set in london during the time of the bosnian war .

beautiful people ( film )

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a sincere glimpse into the lives of sincere folks . film review of such beautiful people , dir . dmytro moyseyev , 2013 .
“saint laurent” is rated r ( under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian ) . beautiful people , often on drugs and frequently out of their ( also beautiful ) clothes .
our lives are not tragic , pathetic pitiful . this film is . disabled people the world over # liveboldly # mebeforeyou urltoken
pippa walked down the aisle in a beautiful white lace wedding gown by giles deacon .
as people around the world talk about how beautiful pippa middleton looked on her wedding day , this morning viewers were given some workout tips inspired by her amazing arms .
people have been dying to know what meghan markle wore to pippa middleton’s wedding .
tupua : if you need any poly people for your buzzfeed videos… i volunteer as tribute .
below , listen to pritchard’s “beautiful people , ” check out a euphoric cut from marczak’s all these sleepless nights , and get tickets to next fest to see what the two have been working on together .
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the first 45 minutes of beautiful people focus mainly on the family and the unsavory situation they’re in . it reminded me a lot of a spanish film called kidnapped aka secuestrados ( 2010 ) , which was a really brutal crime drama with a surprise ending that felt like a kick to my gut on my first viewing of it . beautiful people is an italian production , but all the dialogue is in english . the cast is made up of actors of varying degrees of skill , but in the end beautiful people isn’t looking to impress anyone with the featured actors . the story is the thing here , and it is one weird f * cking story . the tonal shifts here , from kidnap drama to out & out horror film might feel jarring at first , but with a running time of just over 70 minutes , the film doesn’t wear out its welcome .
producer osnat shurer , speaking by phone from berlin where she was promoting the movie , said the moviemakers spent five years working closely with people in the pacific to create what they believe is a beautiful representation .
in honor of the film’s 20th anniversary , we’re pulling out the yearbook and looking up the film’s cast to what they’ve been up to over the past 20 years .
“this film is offensive to disabled people , the vast majority of whom want to live – not die , ” actress and disabled activist liz carr told buzzfeed news . “our lives and those of our loved ones are not mired in tragedy as depicted in this film . ”
henpecked egbert sousè has comic adventures as a substitute film director and unlikely bank guard .
personal trainer faisal adballa chatted with holly willoughby and phillip schofield about how people can achieve arms like hers .
polish filmmaker michal marczak , whose atmospheric and intoxicating documentary all these sleepless nights took home the directing award for world cinema documentary at the 2016 sundance film festival , directs the music video . that film embraces a nomadic cinematic vision that is eerily similar to the sonic direction of “beautiful people , ” and perhaps provides a sense of the origins of the collaboration . the music video is described as follows :
there’s something deeply perverse about seeing beyoncé’s groundbreaking work of black female historical reclamation appropriated by two white actresses in 1860s southern dress . but it’s perfectly in keeping with the attitude of the film , in which black people barely merit mention . while the film’s production design and costumes evince a commitment to authenticity , the movie itself has no interest in the people on whose backs that lavish lifestyle was built .
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in the 1950s , fear and violence escalate as the people of algiers fight for independence from the french government .
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beautiful creatures is like the twilight movies but with a chaperone making sure the boys dance a foot apart from the girls .
beautiful people is a tv series starring luke ward - wilkinson , layton williams , and olivia colman . the story of the flamboyant and ambitious 14 - year - old simon doonan , who has dreams that stretch beyond his hometown of reading .
the film offers americans an empathetic glimpse of the country we revolted against all those years ago .
a beautiful young woman takes her father ' s place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast , who wishes to marry her .
. . . and yes i said lilly singh as jasmine . just look at her - beautiful , charismatic and funny af . urltoken
leilani : i hope that people understand that there’s a connection and a special balance between us and the nature that surrounds us . i hope this movie helps people learn to give more back to our planet instead of only taking what they can .
fostering artists at the convergence of film , art , media , live performance , music & technology .
programs for utah audiences to experience independent film , theatre , and music through free screenings and discussions .
the music video for mark pritchard’s “beautiful people , ” a buoyant and elegiac record featuring vocals by radiohead’s thom yorke – though you’d hardly know it – will make its world premiere at sundance next fest , taking place august 12 - 14 . the video will precede the los angeles premiere of under the shadow on sunday , august 14 , in the 4 p . m . slot . pritchard , a british electronic musician and producer , dropped “beautiful people” in march of this year ahead of the release of his lp under the sun in may .
an interview with writer / director boots riley about his incendiary new film ,
sorry to bother you .
other reviewers , however , responded positively to the film’s decision t focus on the
right to die
debate .
beautiful people is an ugly film , with ugly people in a ugly scenario doing ugly things to each other . but it makes no apologies for that , indeed it seems to revel in all of the madness – and i respect that . there are moments where i found myself repulsed by what was happening on screen , but i couldn’t turn away from any of it either . the central premise is so unique that i had to see it through to the finale , it’s all a bit ridiculous ( actually very ridiculous ) , but it’s engrossing all the same . as it stands , beautiful people is quite unique , and in an era of unnecessary remakes and endless takes on zombies – that’s commendable . the subject matter ain’t for everyone ( some of you will be offended by it ) , but it’s well worth a watch for those of you with iron clad stomachs & open minds .
“the film approaches this thorny issue with an honourable maturity and forthrightness , even if it’s all given the glowing gloss of an instagram snap with the filter put up to the hilt . that , to me , represents something intrinsically , crucially british about the film , a pragmatic , a - religious approach that i can’t really imagine a mainstream , commercial american film taking . ”
“the message of the film is that disability is tragedy and disabled people are better off dead , ” said another disabled activist , ellen clifford . “it comes from a dominant narrative carried by society and the mainstream media that says it is a terrible thing to be disabled . ”
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
bertrand bonello , the director of “saint laurent , ” discusses a sequence from the film featuring gaspard ulliel and valeria bruni tedeschi .
badlands had been made with private money , as a speculative venture , but after it opened at the new york film festival , warner brothers took it up and the film got into profit . filmgoers were eager to see what this man would do next .
exotic is a word coppola used again in an interview with vanity fair , and it signals her aesthetic interest in the story . the chance to film the remnants of the antebellum south , with its grand houses , stately furnishings , and beautiful dresses must have been an alluring prospect for a director so visually minded and so interested in the lives of the wealthy . but aesthetics are not apolitical , and those grand houses and beautiful dresses didn’t emerge out of a vacuum .
an academically gifted teen , her model - beautiful older sister and their newly single mother leave small town new mexico in search of a new life in new york city .
this image released by disney shows maui , voiced by dwayne johnson in a scene from the animated film , “moana . ” disney’s animated movie “moana” debuted to critical acclaim and box office success over the thanksgiving weekend , but some people in the south pacific dislike how it depicts their culture .
disney is reportedly struggling to find actors to fill the roles of aladdin and jasmine in the live - action remake of the animated classic , according to the hollywood reporter , demonstrating once again that the film industry has a serious problem when it comes to hiring people of color in leading roles .
valerie f . : i hope people realize is that we do exist . growing up in socal , everyone thought i was hispanic — they didn’t know what samoan was . after the rock became popular , then i had someone to refer to , but before that people knew only of hawaii . nowadays more people know of us , or know at least one person who is polynesian , but we are still a small minority . disney is such a huge platform , so for them to feature us is a big deal . more people will be able to get a quick sneak peek into our culture as a whole and be familiar with our background .
when a street urchin vies for the love of a beautiful princess , he uses a genie ' s magic power to make himself off as a prince in order to marry her .
animals are beautiful people : urltoken producer - writer - director jamie uys , who brought us the uproarious
the gods must be crazy ,
delivers awe - inspiring family entertainment in this unique look at the animal world . four years of production , one hundred thousand miles of travel and half a million feet of film went into this splendid production . - - - - - - 1 , 000 + rare films , tv movies , and series on dvd direct from the studio . urltoken
* [ editor : moana is ~ technically ~ not a disney princess , though it ' s fair to say that many people see her as a princess equivalent . ]
documentary about an aspiring filmmaker ' s attempts to finance his dream project by finally completing the low - budget horror film he abandoned years before .
“how am i going to keep my kids away from singing maori people and polynesians ? ” she said . “of course they’re going to want to go and see it . ”
a wealthy san francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small northern california town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people .
there ' s an air of contempt to the picture , with a lot of bored , talented people openly acknowledging that they probably should be doing something more productive with their time .
teaiwa said she was appalled by the maui costume , particularly because some ethnologists from early last century had managed to collect the preserved , tattooed skin of pacific people who had died .
vivid characters rendered impotent by a disorienting tone and a jerky , start - and - stop narrative that dilutes the film ' s putative emotional punch .
twenty years ago this week – feb . 9 , 1996 – the romcom - dramedy beautiful girls first opened in theaters . the film centers around willie ( timothy hutton ) , who returns home for his high school reunion in a small massachusetts town . it’s funny , it’s heartwarming , and it features one of the better ensemble casts of the 1990s .
think whitewashing , blackface and yellowface are things of the past ? get ready to cringe . here are 25 times white actors played people of color and no one really gave a shit .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
“we did not want to be dismissive of either side , ” she added , when asked about the assisted suicide storyline , and the anticipated controversy . “there are a few well - known cases where people have made these choices and on the wards people knew patients who had done so . they were able to say that they understood , but that was not their story . ”
but people on twitter were quick to offer their own suggestion of actors ― aside from ahmed and patel ― who might be able to take on the roles of aladdin , jasmine and jafar .
richard gere ( centre ) in terrence malick ' s film days of heaven from 1978 . photograph : the kobal collection / www . kobal - collection . com
wellington , new zealand - - disney’s animated movie “moana” debuted to critical acclaim and box office success over the thanksgiving weekend , but some people in the south pacific dislike how it depicts their culture .
though beautiful creatures is occasionally simplistic , and definitely goofy , it ' s also a genuinely compassionate story of what it ' s like to make your first adult decisions in a world where nothing is black or white .
hutton won best supporting actor in 1981 for ordinary people when he was only 20 . to this day he’s the youngest - ever male actor to win an oscar . since beautiful girls , hutton has starred in kinsey ( 2004 ) , the good shepherd ( 2006 ) , on four seasons of leverage ( 2008 - 2012 ) , and starting in 2015 on american crime , for which he picked up an emmy nomination .
the secret life of wildlife ! jamie uys , the writer and director of the hilarious the gods must be crazy turns his pen and his camera to the wildlife of the namibian desert in this comic safari through the natural world , revealing the desert denizen ' s personalities and idiosyncrasies and showing that they are not much different than our own because , after all , animals are beautiful people . golden globe award winner for best documentary
this has the aroma of an urban legend to it , like the scuba diver who was scooped up by a firefighting airplane and dumped onto a forest fire . in
beautiful people ,
it works like one of those fairy tales where a naughty child gets his comeuppance by trading places with one less fortunate . what happens here is that griffin , dazed and withdrawing , stumbles around the war zone and ends up behaving rather well .
in this little provencal village , a new baker , aimable , settles down . his wife aurelie is beautiful and much younger than he . she departs with a shepherd the night after aimable produces . . . see full summary »
simon doonan and his best friend kyle , better known as kylie dream of living in london with the
beautiful people
. here and now ( the 90s ) , simon lives with his wacky family : the gin drinking mother , blind ex - druggie hippie aunt , slutty sister , irish wine - experimental father and briefly , his angel - turned - devil grandmother . the series includes musical sequences , football and a barrel of laughs .
terrence malick ' s first film wowed audiences ; his second , days of heaven , set a rapturous new standard in cinema aesthetics . david thomson shines a light on its legacy
as i mentioned earlier , beautiful people is indeed violent . if any of you are offended by misogyny , rape & graphic violence , this ain’t for you . some of it left a greasy taste in my throat , but i can’t say that i wasn’t fascinated with the proceedings , and as the film continued i was excited to see where it would all end . once the creatures are introduced , it goes so completely off the rails that it became something i had to see through to the end – despite the inherent ugliness of it all . but at just over 70 minutes long , it’s all over in a flash .
film :
the conqueror
( 1956 ) was a film that chronicled the rise of genghis khan . character ' s background : the emperor and legendary conqueror genghis khan was mongol , and born near the border of present - day mongolia and siberia . actor ' s background : john wayne had no asian ancestry . he was of mixed - european descent .
disney’s latest animated blockbuster moana is largely based on the culture and mythology of the polynesian people who originally settled samoa , tonga , hawai’i , new zealand , tahiti , and many other far - flung islands of the pacific .
“the biggest problem is the ending , which a lot of viewers – perhaps especially disabled ones – may find insurmountable , ” wrote the telegraph’s tim robey . “we’re meant to feel especially sad about will’s incapacitation because he’s so beautiful , and so rich , and had such a swish life skiing with his dreadful friends ? this vacuous idea of what makes a life worth living is what really undoes it as a film worth seeing . ”
film :
the last airbender
( 2010 ) is based on a nickelodeon cartoon featuring tribes and characters of asian and native american - descent and their journey to stop the fire nation from taking over their tribes . characters ' background : katara , her brother sokka and the rest of the water tribe are said to be primarily influenced by the inuit people and culture . aang , the titular character of the film and series , is of asian ancestry . casts ' background : the actors who portrayed the three main character mentioned above were all white with no asian or native american ancestry - - noah ringer as aang , nicola peltz as katara , and jackson rathbone as sokka . and the actors of color that were cast in the film ? they were all cast as villains .
film :
the house of spirits
( 1993 ) is a film based on chilean writer isabel allende ' s bestseller of the same name . it tells the story of a rancher , his wife and their family as they face turbulent times in chile . character ' s background : clara del valle trueba is a clairvoyant and the wife of said rancher . much like all of the characters in the film and book , she is chilean . actress ' background : streep is not latina or of latin american descent . she is of mixed - european ancestry .
“the slaves left . ” in three words , sofia coppola’s new film the beguiled casually dispenses with one of the great shames of the american republic . coppola’s film is an elegant southern gothic tale of masculine charms and feminine vengeance , completely stripped of its historical and racial context . while not every period genre picture need grapple with the “ peculiar institution , ” this is a film set during the civil war , unfolding between southern women and a northern soldier , and it goes so far as to cut both black characters from the novel upon which it was based .
some people say the tree of life may be the greatest film ever made . others think it ' s religiose and pretentious , high - minded and half - baked pictorialism . i ' m in the middle . i think its scenes of childhood are magnificent and unrivalled , and i recall from those first two films how alert and tender malick has always been to the young imagination . but the deeper it gets into life , the more clearly it reveals that being beautiful in a movie is not enough . the actor sean penn seems to have a similar feeling . once a malick devotee ( he is in the thin red line ) , penn believed the script had offered him a real part in the tree of life , but the film had turned him into a cipher lost in the sterile beauty of houston architecture , without a voice or a dramatic role .
“ i felt like i had to give these women a voice , ” coppola told film school rejects about her reason for making the film . a noble cause , though a little less urgent when you consider that the novel itself ( if not the eastwood film ) is narrated , chapter by chapter , from each woman’s perspective . “you always see stories about men at war , but i don’t think i’ve seen what happens to the women left behind , ” coppola continued . “i’ve always loved the women in the south , and the south in general ; it’s so exotic and different . ”
before beautiful girls , rapaport was a character actor specializing in comedy roles . after beautiful girls , he’s still that , but now he has a lengthy resume under his belt . among rapaport’s most notable roles are deep blue sea ( 1999 ) , bamboozled ( 2000 ) , hitch ( 2005 ) and the heat ( 2013 ) . he played phoebe’s police officer boyfriend on friends , and he also starred in three seasons of boston public , two of the war at home and had a recurring role on my name is earl .
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rotesters from the disabled activism group not dead yet staged a red carpet protest at the me before you premiere , and members of the group have spoken to the media about their discomfort with the film’s plot .
when the film is successful it shows the loneliness of people not allowed to be who they are , although
loneliness
doesn ' t cover it . it ' s more like alone - ness so acute the characters are
flung out of space
, as carol observes of therese . when intimacy finally comes , it is accompanied by loss . first love is often like that , but in
carol
it ' s intensified because their connection must remain hidden .
but that’s a subtle point for a movie that seems to think its audience is so dumb . instead , wellness starts to feel like a horror movie full of characters so impossibly stupid , that their behavior invites viewers to throw something at the ( insanely beautiful ) imagery on - screen .
james’ best pal is believed to have told guests at the middletons’ £6million mansion where the lavish reception was held : “now , to the love of james’s life . beautiful , energetic , loyal , soft mouth , comes on command , great behind - that’s enough about james’s spaniel rafa . ”
jacosa ( 36 , samoan and caucasian ) : i loved the grandma , and all scenes with her . she was such a real , authentic depiction of my own grandma and many kupunas i know . this was a beautiful tribute to the love polynesians have for their elders and ancestors .
film :
a beautiful mind
( 2001 ) is a movie based on the life and career of brilliant mathematician john nash . character ' s background : alicia ( born alicia lardé ) is an mit student who would later become john ' s wife . the real alicia was salvadorian . actress ' background : jennifer connelly is not latina and has no latin american roots . the actress is of mixed - european descent . connelly won the academy award for best supporting actress for the role in 2001 .
film :
21
( 2008 ) is a film based on true events that follows the story of a brilliant mit student who is trained , along with other students , to become an expert card counter in blackjack . character ' s background : the protagonist of the film , ben campbell , is actually based on real - life mit card counter and blackjack player jeffrey ma . ma is an american of chinese descent . in fact , most of the real - life blackjack team was of asian descent but were portrayed in the film by white actors . actor ' s background : jim sturgess is a british actor , who required a dialect coach to master an american accent for the role . while sturgess ' role in
21
was completely whitewashed , the actor is also known for having worn full - on yellowface for his
cloud atlas
character in 2012 .
film :
prince of persia : sands of time
( 2010 ) is based on the video game franchise that follows the fugitive fictional prince of persia , dastan , on different adventures . character ' s background : unsurprisingly , the prince of persia is meant to be persian . persia is actually what most people recognize as present - day iran . actor ' s background : jake gyllenhall is not iranian . he was born in california and is of mixed - european and jewish descent .
film :
dragon seed
( 1944 ) is a film set during the second sino - japanese war . jade is a chinese woman that leads her village to fight against japanese invaders . character ' s background : again , jade is a meant to be a chinese woman living in a small village in china . actress ' background : katharine hepburn was not chinese , or of asian - descent . the american - born actress was of mixed - european descent .
kahea ( native hawaiian , european ) : the constant mixture of cultures — yet portraying it as one . people may think all the songs were in hawaiian . ( editor : the non - english lyrics to songs such as
we know the way
were tokelauan not hawaiian . )
film :
argo
( 2012 ) is based on the real - life work of top - level cia operative antonio j . mendez , who helped orchestrate the rescue of six american hostages in iran in 1980 . the film won the academy award for best picture . character ' s background : antonio j . mendez was born in nevada and is mexican - american . actor ' s background : ben affleck is not latino . he is of mixed - european descent .
the heavenly feeling in the movie is not really there in what happens to the people . the plot is full of tragedy , loss and separation , and of a briefly glimpsed paradise that cannot sustain human shortcomings . but heaven is there in the light on the grass , in the romantic aura of a house and in a few people in a place where there is no one else . it is the very american feeling of wanting to find the lonely panoramas , and that is one of the things that lets both a new world and the tree of life hover between poetry and bathos .
it starts , dream - like , with a pair of gigantic sea creatures ( a pufferfish and a seahorse ) gamboling to and fro against the black sea for an audience of two . after the viewer adjusts to the ethereality of the scene , the next striking thing about dmytro moyseyev ' s 2013 debut feature film , such beautiful people , is the delicate , sandy palette that pervades nearly every frame and helps carry the otherworldly mood from the opening scene through to the closing credits . yet color is only part of what makes each artfully composed shot seem as though it ' s a painting in its own right . director moyseyev and cinematographer serhii tartyshnikov paid close attention to every arrangement of strings of dried fish , holes in screens , fluttering curtains , down to the last detail—a difficult task in a landscape where every element differs by just one shade of tan .
setema ( 40 , samoan ) : moana by far was the most incredible . her heart , her desire , her strong will , and her unrelenting , unconquerable spirit allowed her to listen to her inner voice and go forward . she was so committed that she risked everything . they made her absolutely beautiful inside and out .
katey : i loved the movie overall . it was beautiful . but disney ( and everyone else ) must know that it’s impossible to make a movie that is a complete representation of a culture . it doesn’t mean that they did a bad job . they did a wonderful job . it just means that the job isn’t done !
no actual documentation of the honeyguide bird leading honey badgers to bee hives is known to exist , although they do this with humans . the
story
in the film is done with editing and a model bird simply being dangled in front of the badger .
pauline kael , the new yorker : “ star wars is like getting a box of cracker jack which is all prizes . this is the writer - director george lucas’s own film , subject to no business interference , yet it’s a film that’s totally uninterested in anything that doesn’t connect with the mass audience . there’s no breather in the picture , no lyricism ; the only attempt at beauty is in the double sunset . it’s enjoyable on its own terms , but it’s exhausting , too : like taking a pack of kids to the circus . an hour into it , children say that they’re ready to see it again ; that’s because it’s an assemblage of spare parts — it has no emotional grip . star wars may be the only movie in which the first time around the surprises are reassuring… . it’s an epic without a dream . but it’s probably the absence of wonder that accounts for the film’s special , huge success . the excitement of those who call it the film of the year goes way past nostalgia to the feeling that now is the time to return to childhood . ”
film :
othello
( 1965 ) is one of many film adaptations of shakespeare ' s tragedy of the same name . character ' s background : othello is a general in the venetian army . he is also a christian moor , which means he is generally depicted with a dark - complexion . actor ' s background : british actor laurence olivier has no african or arab roots , which is why he wore full - on blackface to portray the jealous moor . that ' s right , he painted his skin several shades darker to play othello .
but for just this reason , “saint laurent” may represent a perfect match of filmmaker and subject . ysl’s commitment to elegance was all - consuming , and also represented a kind of transcendental consumerism . his life , or at least this movie’s idea of it , was both sumptuous and empty , hedonistic and sad . he was a creator and , even more , a collector , of attractive people , intense experiences and beautiful things . to visit him in old age , surrounded by servants , memories , occasional hallucinations and abundant objets d’art , is to sit with a pharaoh in a tomb furnished for the afterlife . you’re not sure if you’ve witnessed a tragedy in the guise of a fashion show , or the reverse .
in a study of over 400 films and television series , the university of southern california found that over half didn’t feature asian speaking characters . usc’s annenberg school found that in 2014 , only 5 percent of characters in film were asian , while nearly 75 percent of characters were white .
lately , i’ve been trying to stay away from describing movies as “lush” or “painterly , ” but if any film ever stood up , climbed onto a table , and demanded that vocabulary , it would be a cure f or wellness . working with his longtime cinematographer bojan bazelli , verbinski has conjured up a film where almost every frame could end up on one perfect shot to be studied and scrutinized . a train barreling toward a mountain tunnel , its windows a perfect symmetrical reflection ; lockhart and hannah talking beside a mirror - like fountain pool ; a slow dolly toward a seemingly empty therapy tub ; even the most banal moments become opportunities for artistry . production designer eve stewart further improves it with her detailed work , which gives the film a world war ii - meets - steampunk vibe full of old - school medical equipment and vast sensory - deprivation chambers .
a supernatural love story set in the south ,
beautiful creatures
tells the tale of two star - crossed lovers : ethan ( alden ehrenreich ) , a young man longing to escape his small town , and lena ( alice englert ) , a mysterious new girl . together , they uncover dark secrets about their respective families , their history and their town . ( c ) wb
leilani ( 35 , native hawaiian , japanese , and mexican ) : i loved the opening chant while the screen was still dark . those first few lines filled me with pride and excitement . i loved when the grandma was teaching the kids the legend of maui . everybody has a crazy grandparent / family member who always sees more than people think .
it’s frustrating , because a cure f or wellness is a beautifully shot film full of interesting ideas , but it dumbs itself down at every possible turn . a psychological thriller about an up - and - coming wall street executive ( dane dehaan ) who questions his sanity while trapped in that mysterious sanitarium , a cure f or wellness is fascinated by the destructive nature of the american work ethic , and how its idolatry has left us susceptible to gaslighting and far , far worse . but while verbinski ( director of the ring , the lone ranger , and the first three pirates of the caribbean movies ) expertly crafts an atmosphere of ever - deepening paranoia , the film isn’t able to hold on to its larger aspirations . he seems so concerned that the audience won’t connect the dots that he collapses the film into a wreckage of blockbuster conventions that likely won’t satisfy anyone .
film :
breakfast at tiffany ' s
( 1961 ) is a hollywood classic that centers on the romance between young new york socialite holly golightly ( audrey hepburn ) and a man who moves into her building . character ' s background : mr . yunioshi is holly ' s hot - tempered japanese landlord , who she consistently tries to avoid . actor ' s background : mickey rooney was not japanese . in one of the most outlandish displays of yellowface and hollywood stereotyping , the american - born actor of scottish descent had slanted eyelids , buck teeth and a thick accent in the film .
the gang is made up of three people . nibbio ( danny cutler ) , who likes to tell people what’s going to happen to them beforehand . his younger brother , brett ( alex southern ) , who seems very apprehensive about what he’s doing , but still records the gang’s exploits to video for posterity , and testamento ( alex lucchesi ) , who basically does ( and enjoys ) all of the really dirty work . the family ( john & elena pontecorvo ) are played by david white & kate marie davies , and although they have problems maintaining their italian accents ( it all takes place in italy ) , they essay their roles well . they’re certainly up for the nudity & violence , which is copious and extremely gory .
the unearthly spell is broken when marta has to travel to the city to find her ivan . the viewer is reluctantly reminded that the beautiful people of the film don ' t really live in a marine fantasyland , but in living , breathing ukraine . it ' s almost as if the city itself is incapable of maintaining the illusion . the cinematography take on an amateurish quality totally absent from all preceding scenes , and the dialogue becomes stilted and enigmatic : the booksellers are inappropriately sarcastic , the bartender somehow overly witty , and the café ' s revelers oddly aggressive . despite the merrymaking and bustle of the city , it has none of the joie de vivre of the beachside retreat ; no one there , not even the artists or those in the bookstore , was reading japanese fairytales or reciting ivan drach . marta ' s unhappiness and confusion are palpable and transmitted to the viewer . mercifully the action returns to the refuge of the sea , the place where social conventions are familiar and understandable , and the place where our characters and the story of their lives belong .
setema : disney did an amazing job . there’s many polynesians who are hating on the movie . disney never said they were making a documentary . they made a movie to tie into the poly cultures and the island mythology . great job disney and thank you for doing such an incredible job representing our people with the sights , sounds , colors , music , and message .
people outside of disney have finally seen star wars : the force awakens ; if you’re not holed up in a bunker keeping out all news and plot details until friday , you can check out our compilation of initial reviews here . at a time like this , it’s also fascinating to go back and see what critics said about the original star wars when it was released in 1977 .
film :
noah
( 2014 ) is a retelling of the biblical story of a man chosen by god and entrusted with a mission as he purges the earth with an apocalyptic flood . character ' s background : noah , much like other biblical figures , is from somewhere in ancient middle east . that means it ' s unlikely that he was so fair - skinned . actor ' s background : russell crowe was born in new zealand and is of mixed - european descent . he wasn ' t the only whitewashed character in the film , fellow cast members included jennifer connelly , ray winstone , anthony hopkins and emma watson .
coppola’s erasure of history is evident even in the period - accurate choice of filming location : madewood plantation house , where beyoncé shot parts of lemonade . the cast of the beguiled were so excited to be shooting at the same location that elle fanning and kirsten dunst re - created a shot from beyoncé’s film for instagram .
it’s not even a real fantasy film ! it’s someone making will smith think he’s in a fantasy film . that extra layer of artifice is not necessary , and actually harmful to your ability to enjoy collateral beauty . as every negative review has pointed out about this movie , this might be the cruelest trick ever played on a grieving fictional character in the history of drama . but it gets worse ! big willie styles starts going to a grief support group and falls for the head of the group , played by naomie harris . this is going to completely ruin this movie if you have some sick notion of seeing it , so fair warning .
* update , july 5 , 2017 : edwina in both films is a composite of two characters from the source novel : edwina , a wealthy biracial teenager seduced and betrayed by mcburney , and harriet farnsworth , a white teacher and sister to martha , kidman ' s headmistress character in the coppola film . ( return . )
there is a scene in days of heaven when malick seemed close to this quandary . there is a night when a plague of locusts , some as big as your hand , come down on the ranch . everyone rallies to beat the insects away with flails or fire . the bursts of orange in the night are staggeringly beautiful , and at one point malick notices and chooses to dwell on a locust on a stalk of corn with the contrast of fire and night making the image . it ' s as if one of the ranch hands desperate to save the ranch ' s crop had suddenly stopped in his efforts and his hostility to the locusts and said :
gee , have you ever really looked at a locust before ? they are amazing and so beautiful you feel there must be some design in their making . so why are we trying to hinder them ?
beautiful girls was thurman’s first major picture after pulp fiction , for which she was nominated for best supporting actress . since then , she starred in the truth about cats and dogs ( 1996 ) , batman & robin ( 1997 ) and gattaca ( also 1997 ) . she re - teamed with quentin tarantino in 2003 for kill bill , and in 2017 she’ll team up with another tarantino regular , tim roth , in the brits are coming .
though o’donnell would continue to act in films after beautiful girls – among them , harriet the spy ( 1996 ) and tarzan ( 1999 ) – her career would soon move toward smaller screens . the rosie o’donnell show premiered in 1996 and lasted for more than 1 , 000 episodes . she still acts occasionally , but she’s probably best known today for being an on - air personality as a result of joining the view in 2006 and again in 2014 .
in the beguiled , coppola cuts out the enslaved housemaid mattie ( called hallie in the 1971 film ) , and she also turns the character edwina , who was a free mixed - race teenager in the novel , into a white teacher played by kirsten dunst . * asked why she cut out the enslaved woman from the original film , coppola told buzzfeed news , “i didn’t want to brush over such an important topic in a light way . young girls watch my films and this was not the depiction of an african - american character i would want to show them . ” perhaps her intentions were pure , but it’s hard not to see this as part of a larger pattern .
as the sun rose on monday morning , the desert dust had settled and coachella weekend one officially drew to a close . but along with the music still echoing in our ears are the bountiful memories of all the beautiful faces that attended over the april 14 - 16 weekend . from the fashion - forward to the straight - up naked and downright weird , everyone had a unique way of showcasing their unique beauty , making the weekend an exceptionally magical experience .
why are we so suspicious of one another ? it may be a trait hard - wired by evolution : if you ' re not in my tribe , you may want to eat my dinner or steal my mate . the irony about those two bosnian patients , fighting each other in the london hospital , is that they ' re the only two people in the building who speak the same language . so to speak .
in a 2006 article for vanity fair , author antonia fraser wrote about the experience of having her biography of marie antoinette adapted into a film by sofia coppola . according to fraser , coppola asked her , “would it matter if i leave out the politics ? ” to which fraser “replied with absolute honesty , ‘marie antoinette would have adored that . ’ ”
playing tommy “birdman” rowland , the former school jock who never made good on his potential , dillon bounced from beautiful girls into a string of ’90s hits : in & out ( 1997 ) , there’s something about mary and wild things ( both 1998 ) . most recently , dillon starred in the surprise hit miniseries wayward pines , which was picked up for a second season that will air later this year . dillon dated his mary costar cameron diaz from 1995 to 1998 .
holly was still attached to her dumb and dumber costar jim carrey at the time beautiful girls came out . they’d split in 1997 , and holly would go on to star in films such as any given sunday ( 1999 ) , what women want ( 2000 ) , as well as three seasons of ncis ( 2005 - 2008 ) . she’s been on the canadian procedural motive since 2013 . holly married investment banker francisco greco in 2001 , and together they have three children .
jacosa : we would all like to be able to say that media has no bearing in how we feel about ourselves , that we need no one’s validation . however , there is something really powerful and , yes , validating , about seeing a positive representation of your physical being in mainstream media . i would love for audiences and filmmakers to understand this , and to embrace the importance of respectful , positive depictions of all cultures and people .
as the sun rose on monday morning , the desert dust had settled and coachella weekend one officially drew to a close . but along with the music still echoing in our ears are the bountiful memories of all the beautiful faces that attended over the april 14 - 16 weekend . from the fashion - forward to the straight - up naked and downright weird , everyone had a unique way of showcasing their unique beauty , making the weekend an exceptionally magical experience . all photography by shane lopes .
over time we have come to expect a tsunami - sized wave of backlash when an actor of color is cast as a fictional character that audiences feel should be white ― see controversies over michael b . jordan as the human torch or amandla stenberg as rue of “the hunger games” ― but the outrage isn’t quite the same when white actors portray characters of color . even when , often , they are based of off real - life people of color .
tupua ( 31 , american samoan ) : just seeing people that look like me onscreen doing great and positive things . polynesians have complicated relationships with our parents because they can be really strict and many of them still discipline through spanking , so seeing positive moments between moana and her parents mean a lot to me . most poly guys are momma’s boys because their dads are so strict . i myself am very close to my mother and grandmother soooo i loved seeing that onscreen !
this film opens with a scene of a couple making love , but it isn’t what it seems to be because suddenly the man turns his partner over on her stomach and apologizes for what he’s about to do . they’re actually a married couple who are being forced to have sex in front of their teenage daughter by a psychotic gang of home invaders . it gets even uglier as the leader of the gang verbally abuses the entire family as the physical abuse continues . it all ends with a bloodbath in which the family is mercilessly slaughtered . but then the film cuts suddenly to a bloodied woman being kept in a basement cell of some sort . we only get to see her for a few seconds though , because she’s suddenly set upon by a flesh hungry zombie and ripped to shreds !


digital intermediate ( typically abbreviated to di ) is a motion picture finishing process which classically involves digitizing a motion picture and manipulating the color and other image characteristics .

it often replaces or augments the photochemical timing process and is usually the final creative adjustment to a movie before distribution in theaters .

it is distinguished from the telecine process in which film is scanned and color is manipulated early in the process to facilitate editing .

however the lines between telecine and di are continually blurred and are often executed on the same hardware by colorists of the same background .

these two steps are typically part of the overall color management process in a motion picture at different points in time .

a digital intermediate is also customarily done at higher resolution and with greater color fidelity than telecine transfers .

although originally used to describe a process that started with film scanning and ended with film recording , digital intermediate is also used to describe color correction and color grading and even final mastering when a digital camera is used as the image source and/or when the final movie is not output to film .

this is due to recent advances in digital cinematography and digital projection technologies that strive to match film origination and film projection .

in traditional photochemical film finishing , an intermediate is produced by exposing film to the original camera negative .

the intermediate is then used to mass-produce the films that get distributed to theaters .

color grading is done by varying the amount of red , green , and blue light used to expose the intermediate .

this seeks to be able to replace or augment the photochemical approach to creating this intermediate .

the digital intermediate process uses digital tools to color grade , which allows for much finer control of individual colors and areas of the image , and allows for the adjustment of image structure ( grain , sharpness , etc. ) .

the intermediate for film reproduction can then be produced by means of a film recorder .

the physical intermediate film that is a result of the recording process is sometimes also called a digital intermediate , and is usually recorded to internegative ( in ) stock , which is inherently finer-grain than camera negative ( ocn ) .

one of the key technical achievements that made the transition to di possible was the use of the 3d look-up tables ( aka " 3d luts " ) , which could be used to mimic how the digital image would look once it was printed onto release print stock .

this removed a large amount of skilled guesswork from the film-making process , and allowed greater freedom in the colour grading process while reducing risk .

the digital master is often used as a source for a dci-compliant distribution of the motion picture for digital projection .

for archival purposes , the digital master created during the digital intermediate process can still be recorded to very stable high dynamic range yellow-cyan-magenta ( ycm ) separations on black-and-white film with an expected 100-year or longer life .

this archival format , long used in the industry prior to the invention of di , still provides an archival medium that is independent of changes in digital data recording technologies and file formats that might otherwise render digitally archived material unreadable in the long term .

digital intermediate

after the edit , comes an intermediate stage before the final print of the film is made . conventionally this intermediate stage was done manually and optically .
thus , as peter plantec concludes in his recent digital eye column , the genesis offers a do or digital original .
it may be time for digital intermediates to have a name change . initially coined to describe a digital approach to a film process ( i . e . , the digital intermediate between film scanning and film print recording ) , it has arguably come to mean something different today .
to give you a feeling of what a digital gem looks like , it’s somebody who shops a lot online , understands the tools and platforms of the digital space , is active on social media , understands digital business models and above all , they think digital first . digital laggards are the ones who don’t .
the basic definition first . di stands for digital intermediate . it is a process , not an art or a science . its that part in a film ' s production that needs to be done after editing and before printing . it ' s an intermediate stage .
is digital intermediate evolving from a post - production facilitator into a creative force of its own ? janet hetherington chats with industry experts about how di is transforming the industry .
putting together a fim negative with a computer generated image is no trivial task . both are completely different mediums and respond differently to manipulation . fortunately , if one finishes a film as a digital intermediate , then the entire film exists digitally . integrating this digital negative with digital images made by a computer is relatively manageable .
the yrf technical division primarily works with the yrf distribution team to enable digital cinema content distribution for new yrf theatrical releases for india and overseas . this includes lab and digital intermediate coordination that are intrinsic to the post production process of any film’s theatrical release .
di uses digital processes to perform editing , grading , text , visual effects and more , generating a digital master ready for various distribution and delivery processes .
on starting this project way back in 2006 , a web based guide to the digital intermediate , my ideas of what i thought would be an interesting and a useful guide to di soon became downtrodden with the technicalities of how the digital intermediate works . tackling this vast subject from a purely technical viewpoint would be extremely dull and uninspiring ; whereas the creative work on films produced is nothing less than visually spectacular .
“di doesn’t just mean digital intermediate anymore , ” says neil smith , managing director of hollywood di . “it’s now a more generic term for digital post production . it’s all about shooting digitally and getting that content into editing , color , vfx and audio in the most efficient way . the whole process of digital acquisition and file - based workflow is modern di . ”
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the digital intermediate ( di ) process generally refers to any workflow that involves source video of 2k resolution or higher , whether from a high - quality film scan or a digital camera , and that results in new output media being generated for distribution instead of relying on conforming the original camera negative . the output can be high - resolution digital files or a film print made from the files .
in a world where over a 170 million people use social media on a regular basis , every working professional is expected to be familiar with at least the core tenets of digital marketing . in simple terms , digital marketing is the promoting of products over the internet or any form of electronic media . according to the digital marketing institute ,
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cineon started life as a computer system that just happened to have a film format . it was designed as an end to end digital film computer processing system including film scanning and recording hardware . it was designed by kodak for digital intermediate film production . it included a scanner , tape drives , workstations with digital compositing software and a film recorder . the system was first released in 1993 and was abandoned by 1997 .
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now you know why it could come in handy , let’s see what it is . long story short , reverse mentorship is about leveraging the digital knowledge already present in your organization . the digital gems ( often juniors ) mentor the digital laggards ( often seniors ) in your organization .
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due to the growth of digital technology , some of the most striking use of vfx risks going unnoticed , in the photorealistic dramas such as the last samurai and cold mountain , which not only utilized cgi abundantly , but , perhaps , more importantly , took advantage of digital intermediate to achieve realistic atmosphere and scenery through alterations of natural decor .
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steve chapman of filmlight thinks that di is transforming the industry as the whole production process turns digital .
through this technological march , manufacturers and pioneers developed equipment to bring us this spectacle allowing film to be scanned into a digital format . this allowed us to manipulate it within a computer adding fx , print it back to film and seamlessly reinsert the ‘enhanced’ sequence back into the final edit . reaching further than digital fx , the digital intermediate process was born as these technologies progressed and the ideology grew . creative possibilities which previously were only seen in advertising and the television industry , such as creative colour timing , is now truly embraced by the cinematographer to enhance the look or style of their project . pioneered by smaller budget feature film makers , the digital intermediate or di has become yet another tool for the film maker’s repertoire .
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digital capture and digital presentation make this process even simpler , as the footage can be directly imported to the project . the scanning and final
film out
process ' are slowly changing but the process is still a massive part used for restoration and the final optical printing for other markets , where digital projection is not yet the norm .
since about 2001 , computers and storage reached that point in their evolution where it became possible to do this
intermediate
process
digitally
. hence ,
digital intermediates
which is the point of this whole web page . and i ' m really repeating this too often now .
they agree that the di nomenclature may be out of date . “we’re hesitant to call it di , ” says martinelli . “it’s not really an intermediate to anything for us . ”
this is a showreel of d . i . colorist siddhartha gandhi containing red 4k and some 2k footage . he is a assimilate™ scratch operator , he has also undergone a 9 months digital intermediate training from digital film school ( qlabs http : / www . digitalfilmschool . in / ) mumbai . he is doing color grading since 2010 . for more information about him log on to urltoken ( will be launched soon )
a trip to the movies means seeing the latest feature film , with film being the operative word . today , however , the film used to shoot the latest hollywood blockbuster or animated feature likely has been massaged using digital intermediate , or di a facilitator that is rapidly becoming a routine part of the post - production stage .
to mark the change in the role of di in post , smith has even changed the tagline of this company name : the di in hollywood di now stands for “digital imagination” — the digital revolution going hand - in - hand with the creative revolution , he explains .
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phelan adds , there is an intermediate intermediate that has achieved great results going from film negative ( 35mm , 16mm ) and mix - n - matching with possible tape formats , i . e . , hd - cam , dv etc . and resulting on hd - d5 ( or similar tape format ) such as the multiple award - winning touching the void so this is to be considered a variant , but member of the di family .
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digital fx are now synonymous with film and storytelling and we have grown accustomed to epic blockbusters with computer characters and digital enhancement . however , a certain depth will need to be covered , so if i miss or gloss over certain areas , it probably highlights how dull it actually is , in my humble opinion anyway – plus there are probably websites dedicated to an individual section i may have neglected . i also would like anyone visiting at random to glean enough information to understand , or at least have a good idea of what the digital intermediate is and to have a fair idea what that new credit is all about at the end of a release .
to explain this slightly better , di is the process of taking an edited film , in the form of an edl or a cut list , scanning the ok shots at a very high resolution , working on the shots one at a time , fixing the colours to make the film look interesting , maybe doing effects and blending cg with
normal
footage , and finally making out a negative from which the producer can make multiple prints to show in theatres . this negative that comes out is an
intermediate
and it ' s done digitally , so the process is called
digital intermediate
.
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in the last few years the division has not only managed to digitize all content available in the analogue format but has also successfully completed digital restoration for the entire yrf catalogue . yrf is among the first in the industry to make their catalogue available in pristine high definition for further digital exploitation and satellite release .
with di , advancements include input as well as output . panavisions new genesis digital imaging camera is currently being used on superman returns . courtesy of warner bros .
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the gems you will find are often junior profiles , but being young does not necessarily make you an authority on digital . you will also need to identify those who need to step up their digital game to stay relevant in your organization . the fun part is , once you have done one , the other becomes much easier .
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this essay looks at the digital manipulation of color in such films as pleasantville and sin city in terms of their consequences for thinking about the ““wholeness”” and homogeneity of the image .
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while grading , one is looking at the picture on a display - a monitor or a projector . it ' s a digital representation of the original negative . a digital negative . what is needed is a system that ensures that the picture that one sees on the display is exactly what is printed on the negative . this is the colour management system or cms .
instead of saying we have a standard that is a film digital intermediate ( ie . cineon ) , the academy is saying in effect ,
could we produce a new pipeline that is a known entity ? could we move or convert all the different digitally sourced files into this known new colorspace and make that new colorspace with such high end professional specs that we could do everything we want in it , without compromise and then get it out again back to whatever you want ?
technicolor has brought together the greatest team of color - finishing talent in the world . this process , begun in 2001 , with the advent of the digital “intermediate” process of digital color - grading , has matured dramatically to include the best colorists here in los angeles , in both toronto and montreal , london , new york ( by way of our brand associations with technicolor - postworks ny , mpc and the mill ) , and paris ( by way of our brand association with mikros . ) our colorists benefit from technicolor’s los angeles - based , in - house , color - science department , in the development of tools and “looks” for all our customers dailies and finishing needs .
people are consuming digital content on a daily basis . very soon , traditional marketing platforms will disappear , and the digital market will completely take over . there are a number of advantages to digital marketing . unlike traditional marketing , digital marketing is more affordable . you can reach a larger audience in a shorter time - period . technological advances have resulted in considerable attrition of the customer - base of traditional marketing agencies & departments . people have moved on to tablets , phones , and computers , which are the areas where digital marketers have gained the most ground . the term digital marketing was first used in the 1990s . the digital age took off with the coming of the internet and the development of the web 1 . 0 platform . the web 1 . 0 platform allowed users to find the information they wanted , but did not allow them to share this information over the web . up until then , marketers worldwide were still unsure of the digital platform . they were not sure if their strategies would work since the internet had not yet seen widespread deployment . in 1993 , the first clickable banner went live , after which hotwired purchased a few banner ads for their advertising . this marked the beginning of the transition to the digital era of marketing . because of this gradual shift , the year 1994 saw new technologies enter the digital marketplace . the very same year , yahoo was launched . also known as
jerry ' s guide to the world wide web
after its founder jerry yang , yahoo received close to 1 million hits within the first year . this prompted wholesale changes in the digital marketing space , with companies optimizing their websites to pull in higher search engine rankings . 1996 saw the launch of a couple of more search engines and tools like hotbot , looksmart , and alexa . 1998 saw the birth of google . microsoft launched the msn search engine and yahoo brought to the market yahoo web search . two years later , the internet bubble burst and all the smaller search engines were either left behind or wiped out leaving more space for the giants in the business . the digital marketing world saw its first steep surge in 2006 , when search engine traffic was reported to have grown to about 6 . 4 billion in a single month . not one to get left behind , microsoft put msn on the backburner , and launched live search to compete with google and yahoo .
as far as working in this digital realm with vfx in mind , i see genesis as an excellent instrument for recording the light in a scene , suggests scott e . anderson , visual effects supervisor and president of digital sandbox , a consultant on superman returns . while film interprets a scene , genesis records a more neutral view of the world , leaving the look to our interpretation in di or vfx .
film is not perfect for scene linear workflow , as the negative placed a ' fingerprint ' on the imagery that was carried into the cineon file - regardless of the log encoding aspects of a cineon file . if you come from a digital camera background you might ask ,
what colorspace does film get scanned into ?
but that is a deceptively complex question to answer . it is influenced by the toe and the shoulder of the film response curves , it is influenced by the fact that the film is transmissive - layers on layers so there is crosstalk between the colors , it is influenced by the film processing ( think what a cross processing or bleach by - pass does to the image ! ) and of course the actual stock we are talking about : kodak vs fuji . but don ' t forget cineon is designed as a film digital intermediate . it was designed to capture ' film - ness ' in a digital file .
digital intermediate also does both these processes , but works at a much higher resolution - at least ' 2k ' . let ' s assume the resolution of film is 2k . in a conventional telecine process , one frame on 35 mm film which is 2048x1556 pixels is converted to 720x576 pixels ( about 1 / 8th the size ) and put on to a tape . if , later this picture , is reverse telecine ' d from tape to film you have a situation where a small 720x576 picture is blown up to 2048x1556 ( eight times the size ) .
neil sadwelkar is one of india ' s leading post - production technicians . neil is an editor , a consultant on data and workflows for movies and television and an occasional teacher and writer . neil runs a digital data and workflow services company called post blackbox that has worked on movies like bhaag milkha bhaag , shuddh desi romance , dhoom 3 and many others in the last couple of years . he runs an amazingly informative blog on all things digital here .
with di , advancements include input as well as output . for instance , panavisions new genesis digital imaging camera the first of its kind boasting film - like quality is currently being used on superman returns and a handful of other features .
do you feel you need to step up your digital game to cope with the challenges in your industry ? or do you think you can teach your senior management a trick or two ? reverse mentorship is your solution ! why ? because reverse mentorship is a great way to inject digital dna straight into all the layers of your company . its perfect for closing the gap between the average mindset of your market and the average mindset of your company . often your market is a lot more digitally mature than your leadership and management . lastly , because it is a key enabler for your digital transformation . let’s face it , transforming the people within your organization will be much harder than finding the right technology to make your plans happen .
in examining these ideas , our underlying conceptual methodology will be informed by computational design thinking , in particular shifts in contemporary design paradigms towards non - standardised architectural production and mass customisation avoiding serial repetition . specifically , the constant evolution of digital fabrication processes - such as 3d printing and robotic fabrication - enables us to work at a pace and resolution unimaginable just a few years ago . however , the manner in which these techniques have traditionally been utilised does not address the fixity of architectural space or the linearity of building process . with this in mind , intermediate 13 will continue to conduct research into systematic yet delicate and complex fabrication methods that can be continuously automated and reproduced to produce different architectural or non - architectural elements .
within this website i will look at the ideas and workflow encapsulating the digital lab , moving away from the chemical alternative . not just because it offers a more flexible approach but mainly because it is in tune with the approach in which most directors cut their teeth , entering the industry .
reverse mentorship is going from a one - way street to a two - way street . mentoring is nothing new , seniors have been mentoring juniors for ages based on their years of experience , their industry knowledge and business insights . reverse mentorship is about adding a stream in the opposite direction . the junior mentors the senior on what he or she has experience in and gives the senior digital insights that are fundamental to do business in the future . although this new dynamic might feel unnatural for the both of them , it is the key to make your company digital first .
defining who’s who can be done through a digital readiness scan . this could be in the form of an interview , survey or by making participants solve tasks . you can use our template here ( just click on file - > download and view the google form in your google drive )
ornamentation in architecture has long been debated in terms of its suitability , its ability to be measured or controlled , or whether it fulfils a structural or a functional role . intermediate 13 aims to challenge these traditional notions of ornament by looking at the way its shape , geometry and spatial qualities are driven by structural principles and by architectural use . what interests us is ornament that is inhabitable , functional and rich in information or , in other words , intelligent ornamentation .
after conform , you have your whole film in the form of a timeline at full film resolution - 2k . all through the grading process , it is necessary to ensure the
digital negative
is in sync with the original edit . the conform system can do side by side comparisons and ensure this .
as part of this system kodak ' s fine engineering team ( and at the time there was none finer ) declared that the full film image could be captured digitally and stored in a 10 bit log file format called cineon . importantly , this was an intermediate format - it was designed as a film bridge . it was not designed for cgi nor any digital final delivery . it was meant to represent the
printing density
, that is , the density that is seen by print film . it is vital to understand that cineon files were assumed to operate as part of a film chain keeping whatever values were originally scanned from your negative to be later reproduced on a film recorder . it was designed to retain the original neg ' s characteristics such as color component crosstalk and gamma .
color and visual presentation are areas where di enjoys key impact . veteran colorist and di pioneer peter doyle , who worked on providing distinct visual identities to the lord of the rings trilogy , the matrix and the latest two harry potter films , acted as supervising digital colorist on tim burtons charlie and the chocolate factory .
after locking picture , projects come to stuck on on for one - stop finishing , says gregg . “we can do everything from digital lab services — dailies and one - lights — to a spit - and - polish finish , including audio . ” the facility is equipped with assimilate scratch , its “workhorse” color tool , and davinci resolve .
film recorders take a
digital negative
from a hard disk and record it back to a 35 mm film . different technologies are used for this - lasers , lcds , crts . but the common thing is that film recorders are slow . recorders are rather slow - 1 - 4 sec per frame . one day per 2000 ft reel .
as ever in film production , given a tool kit , people are pushing what is possible here , combining techniques from digital emulation , tradition lab processes with the full complexity of a special effects compositing system , says filmlights chapman . weve certainly seen shots with over a 100 layers in , which still retain the look of a special moment photographed for real .
through a series of 1 : 1 - scale prototypes , the unit will investigate a number of design and fabrication techniques , driven by material behaviour as well as by specific crafting techniques , both digital and analogue . through a focus on geometry and materiality , we will constantly look to pursue unique spatial formations where both internal and external experiences are informed by the specificity of applied processes . this will be achieved by using a number of computational and algorithmic design techniques , each corresponding to a unique material system . it is hoped that the resulting digital simulations will operate in constant feedback with the development of parallel material systems - an integrated model allowing computational techniques to be a fundamental part of the design process rather than merely a representation tool .
when doing di , the film is scanned at 2048x1556 pixels into digital file . one file for each frame . after that point all the systems in the di chain work on these files but they leave them at 2048x1556 . finally after all the action is over the recorder also takes these 2048x1556 files and records them out to film . so the original resolution is preserved .
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when hollywood di ( www . hollywooddi . com ) opened in west hollywood in 2005 , it decided to focus on digital acquisition and file - based workflows . the company invested in assimilate scratch and apple color , which worked well for its client base . smith admits to being skeptical when blackmagic bought davinci and re - engineered the software for the mac leveraging nvidia’s cuda architecture .
adding to a demanding arena of different media , a hectic vfx content on many films , and the fact that the markets for films after the initial theatrical release of a feature film demand ( or should demand ) stricter control of what the film looks like across the board , then di assists beyond belief in making sure that the film print , the digital projection masters , hd masters and so on are absolutely perfect .
the edl made by the edit system - avid or fcp or whatever - system contains numbers which tell the scanning system where the used shots are located . this scanning system then scans the film at
2k
and turns each film frame into a digital file - 2048x1556 pixels ( 12 mb per frame , 1000 gb / hour ) . or ' 4k ' meaning 4096x3112 ( 50 mb per frame , 4000 gb / hour ) .
dps using digital cameras have to be careful about protecting highlights and shadows , he says , although they can use the limits of their cameras to their own advantage . “with the f3 there was a good chance that the highlights would be blown out . but director bob byington and dp sean price williams built that look into a scene : they backlit it so they’d have a blooming window — it became a style and was quite effective . ”
then came web 2 . 0 , where people became more active participants rather than remain passive users . web 2 . 0 allowed users to interact with other users and businesses . labels like ‘super information highway’ began to be applied to the internet . as a result , information flow volumes –including channels utilized by digital marketers - increased manifold , and by 2004 , internet advertising and marketing in the us alone brought in around $ 2 . 9 billion .
in the early 90s when discreet ' s flame was first released as the then ' art of the art ' in digital film compositing , many film pipelines used luts to convert 10 bit cineon film scans into 8 bit ' linear ' files . luts were destructive , literally picking the ' right 8 bits ' from a much larger film and converting from cineon printer density ( cpd ) colorspace to sometimes a video colorspace to allow feature film effects to be done .
the company has an array of di solutions : quantel pablo for the bulk of 2d work , sgo mistika for most stereo 3d projects and autodesk lustre for the balance . creative post just opened a 400 - seat di theater off premises via its theater d digital sibling . the restored art deco theater in downtown toronto boasts a 50 - foot screen for traditional color grading and reald stereo 3d viewing , a christie 4k projector and dolby 7 . 1 - certified mixing .
steve scott is vp / supervising digital colorist at hollywood’s efilm ( www . efilm . com ) , whose di history extends from the first full - length di for we were soldiers in 2001 to today’s stereo 3d dis for a great number of the marvel features as well as the recent star wars : the phantom menace . scott himself did the di for tree of life , which earned a 2012 academy award nomination for best cinematography for its dp , emmanuel lubezki .
kevin phelan , head of post - production at lip sync post , comments , the u . k . has seen rapid growth in the last three years . other european countries like france , which has a strong history of excellent digital fx for film along with the u . k . and the u . s . , germany , italy , etc . scandinavia has long been represented , particularly by dfl , which was maybe the first to do a complete di via a datacine device .
the red digital cinema camera company would recommend you go to a redcolor2 colorspace . this is their own solution and you could say this reflects their - ' individuality ' - their desire to be different and trail brazing , a ' do it differently and better ' approach . it is such a red solution , and they will argue very effectively that they know their cameras best and this is the best solution for their cameras , and it ' s true redcolor2 works really well for red cameras .
best in the comedic category was pirates of the caribbean : the curse of the black pearl and it is a prime example of vfx supporting the action of a film , and enhancing the performances through the seamless realism and imaginative fantasy of the digital effects . i doubt theres a single viewer in the world that would come away from that film remembering the pirate ghosts over johnny depps hilarious performance . as an example of vfx carefully tailored to suit both humor and adventure , pirates sets a new standard of excellence .
digital capture can be a better candidate for scene linear workflow . that is a workflow that says
let ' s work on this file with it referencing the source - real life - imagery and not the output .
in its purest form scene linear is a linear relationship between light intensity in the scene and a set of rgb values , with no bias or consideration to encoding to some . it is not designed to be an image that is viewed directly . it is defined as a base line linear .
the cookie was another important milestone in the digital marketing industry . advertisers had begun to look for other ways to capitalize on the fledgling technology . one such technique was to track common browsing habits and usage patterns of frequent users of the internet so as to tailor promotions and marketing collateral to their tastes . the first cookie was designed to record user - habits . the use of the cookie has changed over the years , and cookies today are coded to offer marketers a variety of ways to collect literal user data .
steve chapman , director of filmlight , a u . k . - based specialist in the field , agrees that di is transforming the industry . from a technical standpoint , its very similar to what happened to video post - production in the late 1980s , when suddenly the whole production process went digital , chapman says . from the creative perspective , i would hope its further enabling the director of photography ( dp ) and the director to create beautiful images , without the enormous pressure of having to capture it all completely in camera .
those expectations may stem from all that di is able to achieve . doyle notes that a film can now be available for digital cinema or hd even before mechanical prints are made . a director has the opportunity to present the film live , and then receive and apply feedback from the presentation . the director can present the film at its absolute best quality and make changes to it within hours somewhat like a live broadcast . the di can be compared to a big grading room with the right tools , letting the project evolve with a sense of spontaneity .
preservation of the industry’s cultural assets is something technicolor has been a part of for many decades . as older films , classics and library - titles alike , require restoration to be brought into the digital era , technicolor has maintained a strong presence in restoration services located in our los angeles - based imaging operation . technicolor has restored many celebrated classics . the business recently restored director francis coppola’s under - appreciated masterpiece , the cotton club . and our team is currently working on the restoration of director orson welles unfinished film , the other side of the wind .
cineon was hugely successful and immensely significant in the development of film effects and film production in general , as shown by its widespread use still today . cineon as a file format is however somewhat limited and in the 90s the dpx file format was developed . it can be thought of as a container within which kodak ' s cineon ( . cin files ) are often found . dpx or digital picture exchange is now the common file format for post - production interchange and visual effects work and is an ansi / smpte standard ( 268m - 2003 ) .
in a film & video article by jaclynne gentry , the chair of the asc technology committee , curtis clark , asc , was quoted as saying , “if you have a digital camera that’s capable of recording wide dynamic range like film , but you then do a transform that puts it in a limited color - gamut space like rec . 709 , you’re going to clip highlights . ” he also added , “all the detail that you know is there suddenly doesn’t appear to be there . so how do you maintain the full potential within a workflow all the way to the finished output ? ”
throughout the nineties the full impact of digital vfx became apparent – steven spielberg realised the terror of living , breathing dinosaurs in jurassic park . then james cameron conjured ‘the ship of dreams’ into the consciousness of billions with titanic . it does seem possible . . . if we dream it , we can begin to realise it . the noughties saw vfx truly come of age seamlessly becoming part of the narrative . the teenies seem to have thrust 3d to the forefront becoming a staple part of our cinematic experience . hopefully the imagery will be pushed harder with full 4k and high frame rate technology becoming the standard .
hollywood di is providing a full package of services for static , in fact . it was conformed on one of the company’s avid media composer 6 systems . “using avid’s own cool 3d tools you can cut in stereo and quickly see the 3d pacing on the stereo monitor , ” says smith . “then we took static into resolve for color grading and stereo sweetening at the same time as enhancing the 3d vfx shots that were delivered from maya digital systems in india . we were able to do the final geometry finessing and color all on one system at high quality with tremendous cost benefits , especially for indie filmmakers . ”
film , unlike a digital sensor , requires the light to pass through other layers of the film to get to the layer recording its particular color . for blue light to be recorded by the blue layer of the actual film it had to pass through a bunch of other layers - including the green and red film layers . this leads to a few key film characteristics , such as crosstalk or the mixing of the rgb values more than say a pure cmos sensor would with individual blue , green and red photo sites . of course , cmos data will then get interpreted ( matrix - ed ) creating its own issues .
not surprisingly , at londons moving picture co . ( mpc ) , di was deemed a natural on tim burtons corpse bride , the first stop - motion animated feature to be shot digitally . mpc was already committed to undertaking around 460 vfx shots , when di colorist max horton was consulted as to how the material originating from digital stills would look when graded and shot to film . in the summer of 2004 , we set about using a quantel iq system to grade test sequences , these were then shot back to film on an arri laser film recorder and [ we ] evaluated the results in our cinema , horton explains .
for 2014 show that posting on social media is the top online activity in the us . the average american spends 37 minutes a day on social media . 99 % of digital marketers use facebook to market , 97 % use twitter , 70 % use google + , 69 % use pinterest and 59 % use instagram . 70 % of b2c marketers have acquired customers through facebook . 67 % of twitter users are far more likely to buy from brands that they follow on twitter . 83 . 8 % of luxury brands have a presence on pinterest . the top three social networking sites used by marketers are linkedin , twitter , and facebook .
but a dpx or openexr file is really just a container . it is the way we interpret the world - the color spaces , gamma and associated mathematical approaches - that has really evolved . when digital domain held a private screening for a group of high level directors to see if they could tell the difference between shots done on an 8 bit ( yes 8 bit ) film pipeline and a full 10 bit log ( 12 bit ) pipeline - when the same shots were projected - only one director picked the difference . if that is the case , why has the industry pushed so hard to move to ever larger and more complex file formats ?
once film was only a capture and display media , and all post - production meant digital manipulation , the industry has been in a constant battle to make sure that the director ' s vision was correctly translated to the final screen . the aim was simple : to keep the data and processing time under control , avoid the images drifting in color or degrading in quality and simultaneously push the technology and state of the art of filmmaking to make more and more arresting imagery that would emotionally connect with an audience . from accurate skin tones on the side of the face of your leading lady , to the black levels of a cg robot , to the interacting of effects and non - effects shots , the challenge required some of the best minds of the industry to tackle color management .
as mentioned above , redcinex supports exporting openexr in aces . this is a very interesting workflow . the red digital cinema camera company has pioneered the use of multisampled hdr film production with their hdrx solution . this solution , combining as it does two exposures , achieves a much larger dynamic range and does so at up to 5k resolution at high frame rates . redcinex allows these two frames to be time aligned with magic motion and the resulting single frame has a vast grading latitude . this file is well suited to a scene linear workflow and while it can be output as an openexr with redcolor2 it can also be exported as an aces file type . anecdotal evidence suggests most red users are not yet adopting this workflow , but it will be interesting to see if it develops as more and more people and post pipeline allow full aces support .
2003 was certainly a watershed year for films featuring digital visual effects . running the gamut from the lord of the rings : the return of the king , to the ceaseless action of the two matrix sequels , revolutions , viewers have never before seen such variety . in the realm of pure fantasy , one wonders whether we have ever been presented with something so flatly audacious as underworld , with its fashion magazine veneer , almost , but not quite , camouflaged its lack of substantial narrative . yet perhaps an even greater example of what might be considered the over - use of vfx was on display in the matrix sequels , resulting in the now notorious omission of revolutions from oscar consideration . speaking of the growth of vfx in the years since t2 , industrial light & magics visual effects supervisor eric brevig says , there is nothing that we cant create in terms of images . if you can think of it and communicate what you want , it can be created .
a time - honored cinematic truth was again proven in this vfx crowded year : story and character are still the foundation of a successful film , no matter what visual pyrotechnics are brought to it . after having spoken to visual effects supervisors and lead animators at ilm , digital domain , asylum and uncharted territory , one theme was universally agreed upon : vfx cannot be the emphasis of a film story must come first , a directors overall vision must be the controlling factor in a film for it to inspire the fascination that will lead viewers to be awe of the spectacle . its not just a question of less is more ; its about suiting the quantity of vfx to the narrative scope not vice versa . league of extraordinary gentlemen , with its nautilus sub so large as to seem the size of a submergible empire state building , does not have any single scene that can compete on an emotional level with the impact of the resurrection of tinker bell in peter pan , though she is merely a few inches tall .
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the primary goal of this workflow is to edit low - resolution versions of the source video clips in final cut pro but have color be able to color correct the original full - resolution source video clips and output the final movie . this is accomplished by exporting an edit decision list ( edl ) from final cut pro that color uses to match to clip records in a cinema tools database .
this is the simplest approach but requires a lot of disk storage space for the large video files that result . this approach is detailed in this section .
this approach is a bit more complicated and uses a telecine to provide the offline video for final cut pro to edit . this approach is detailed in the
final cut pro cannot work directly with the dpx image sequences that are typically used in this workflow . you can use color to create quicktime files ( usually based on an apple prores codec ) from the dpx image sequences . using color ensures that the quicktime files have the correct reel number ( the folder name that contains the actual dpx files ) and timecode ( as embedded in the dpx files ) .
you can create these downconverted files in color by creating a new project with render file type set to quicktime and export codec set to the codec you want to use . then simply edit all the shots you want to convert into the timeline , add them to the render queue , and click start render . see the color documentation for more information .
a cinema tools database for a di workflow is much simpler than a database for a typical film workflow because there is often no film information to track . you can create the database by simply dragging the folder that contains the original media files to the cinema tools application icon ( it doesn’t matter whether cinema tools is already open or not ) . a dialog appears asking if you want to create a new database . the new database creates a record for each clip found in the folder and its subfolders .
if you create a cinema tools database by dragging a folder containing many dpx files to the cinema tools application icon , the process can take a long time and it might appear that cinema tools is not responding . be sure to give cinema tools plenty of time to process the clips .