I am probably known for being a bit curmudgeonly, let’s be honest!
When this post goes live I will be part way through a day of repeated Video Conference training sessions (the same thing over and over in 30 min slots) with a lot of top level Corporate people.
Which is fine! I’m happy to spend the day doing that, but it can be a little trying, especially as technology usually conspires against me in these things.
So, as it is Friday, the weekend starts at close of play today and while I admit that I am getting soft as I get older, here is a video that made me smile because of its sheer enthusiasm and fun. Plus it is still Apple related.
My favourite thing is the Apple Store Security, you’ll see what I mean at the end. I hope this video makes you smile
Bladerunner is my all-time favourite Sci-Fi film and soundtrack. There are so many moments in it and the whole feel of the film is very emotive for me.
That’s why I was delighted to discover the video below from quality film maker François Vautier on Vimeo.
An explanation of how he did this is included below too, but if you want to see the video in its full glory take the HD link to Vimeo and watch it full screen. It is amazing and probably the best Bladerunner tribute I have ever seen.
An experimental film in tribute to Ridley Scott’s legendary film “Blade Runner” (1982) This film was made as a unique picture with a resolution of 60.000 x 60.000 pixels (3.6 gigapixels) It was made with 167,819 frames from ‘Blade Runner’.
1>first step : the “picture” of the film I extracted the 167,819 frames from ‘Blade Runner’ (final cut version,1h51mn52s19i) then I assembled all these images to obtain one gigantic image of colossal dimensions : a square of approximately 60,000 pixels on one side alone, 3.5 gigapixels (3500 million pixels)
2> second step : an illusion I placed a virtual camera above this big picture. So what you see is like an illusion, because contrary to appearances there is only one image. It is in fact the relative movement of the virtual camera flying over this massive image which creates the animated film, like a film in front of a projector.
Well, that’s the hope anyway. This post is a test to see if it is true that embeds from the wonderful and much-classier-than-YouTube video sharing site Vimeo, actually do work on the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.
Let me know in the comments if it doesn’t work for you:
*Update* Had to change the video as it looks like there has to be a mobile version created especially, or at least, the original video by my friend James Burland (see the original here) didn’t work on my iPhone.
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