:: The Secret life of a Visual FX Geek v01 ::

:: Friday, May 09, 2003 ::

Super Hero or Super Villain?

I recently got back into comic books and It occurred to me walking back from the noon meeting that we are right under the flight path of Santa Monica Airport. What would happen if some evil Scientist was trying to leave town with some horrible mutagen and it fell off the plane and exploded in our parking lot causing all kinds of mutations and super powers. It got me thinking, who here at DD would go the route of being a Super Hero and who would become a Supper Villain? I assume it would be a bell curve with the center being people who use there powers for fun but try to just live life. I can think of several people who I think would be Villains just because it is more fun, you make your own hours and steal any money you need, plus the cool hideouts. Being a Super Hero on the other hand is a very time consuming job, not to mention the whole secret identity thing. You have to keep all your loved ones away from the bad people and try to save the world. So I ask you, which side would you pick? Why? What powers would you have?
:: Posted by Techno 12:49 PM [+] ::
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The days

Two days and lots of things happening. I found out that Paramount is having a screening of "The Italian Job" for MINI owners as a Drive in on there Lot. How cool is that? I RSVP'ed and then started geting word out to my friends. Tracy got a newsletter out to all SCMM memebers in record time. It looks like it will be one huge event and hey I get to see my name REALY big on the screen. Been working on ideas for stuff we can do at the event and if we can get people together afterwords to grab some food. Could be a great membership drive.

My boss's boss's boss sugested I do training in SideEffects Houdini Software, It's a cool package that I always ment to learn. I think I could do some cool stuff in it. They will be training me in it so who am I to complain? We got more shots finaled, just a few left to go and it's on to the next show. I realy enjoy it when we have film to watch. It's just refreshing to get away from your desk and see how the shots should look. Film just has this quality to it, it makes the shots look better than they ever can on a monitor. I hope that dosn't get lost on digital projection, I don't think it will. What gives it that feal is the dynamic range, the color curves and the material most of that can be emulated farly well by the big TI DLP's.
Back to learning Houdini...
:: Posted by Techno 5:58 PM [+] ::
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Right on Time

4pm and the lull is over, cram time!
:: Posted by Techno 4:13 PM [+] ::
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Final Strech

Ahh the odd lull at the end, 2D is off making the shots look nice and I wait for something to go very wrong. It's odd just sitting here waiting, I am doing something productive, a motion file viewer.
:: Posted by Techno 3:09 PM [+] ::
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