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OFFF 2013 Cincinnati Opening Titles

Offf Festival has been a multicultural design conference event for years. From the beginning, I wanted to explore a different approach. Titles was executed with diverse ranges of techniques to underline sub-context, gathering different imagination, disciplines, mediums and artists.

Used techniques vary from computer graphics to live action, macro photography to photocopy art. One single concept unifies the variation. It is the simplicity. In contrast with the strong imagery typography plays a subtle role, placed in the centre with only two weight variations of a geometric typeface.

Markham Nolan: How to separate fact and fiction online

By the end of this talk, there will be 864 more hours of video on YouTube and 2.5 million more photos on Facebook and Instagram. So how do we sort through the deluge? At the TEDSalon in London, Markham Nolan shares the investigative techniques he and his team use to verify information in real-time, to let you know if that Statue of Liberty image has been doctored or if that video leaked from Syria is legitimate.

The managing editor of Storyful.com, Markham Nolan has watched journalism evolve from the pursuit of finding facts to the act of verifying those floating in the ether.

Glowing Man HD

Good music , cracking visuals, stunning….

Boardwalk Empire VFX Breakdowns by Brainstorm Digital

Sometimes the effects are executed so well we don’t even notice how much we’re being fooled.

The Emmy award-winning team at Brainstorm Digital has put together the before and after shots from season 2 of HBO’s hit series “Boardwalk Empire”. (courtesy of Home Box Office, Inc) brainstorm-digital.com. Twitter: @BrainstormVFX.

Also have a look at Brainstorm Digital’s 2011 Demo Reel displaying their visual effects work in a wide array of feature films and television series. More follows the initial Boardwalk Empire intro….

HandpaintedType.com

Painter Kureshi from hanif kureshi on Vimeo.

HandpaintedType is a project that is dedicated to preserving the typographic practice of street painters around India. These painters, with the advent of local DTP (Desktop Publishers) shops, are rapidly going out of business with many of them switching to the quicker, cheaper but uglier vinyls. Many painters have given up their practice altogether.
The project involves documenting the typefaces of road side painters across India and digitizing it so that it serves as a resource for present and future generations.
HandpaintedType is a collaborative project.

If you’d like to contribute or collaborate, please get in touch via their site….

SoundWorks Collection – The Sound and Music of The Dark Knight Rises

Visionary Director Christopher Nolan returns for the final chapter of the Batman saga. In this exclusive SoundWorks Collection video we profile the sound and music team including Composer Hans Zimmer and Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer Richard King.

SYNOPSIS:

Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ The Dark Knight Rises is the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy. It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act. But everything will change with the arrival of a cunning cat burglar with a mysterious agenda. Far more dangerous, however, is the emergence of Bane, a masked terrorist whose ruthless plans for Gotham drive Bruce out of his self-imposed exile. But even if he dons the cape and cowl again, Batman may be no match for Bane.

Ryan Tym – Typographic Hitchcock Prints / Aqua-Velvet

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UK designer Ryan Tym has recently released a brilliant set of limited edition typographic prints celebrating classic films by the master of suspense, iconic filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. The print designs are based on Ryan’s original dvd covers featured on AQ-V back in 2010. Learn more about his flagship Hitchcock Collection project at the link below.

see and read more over at Aqua-Velvet