This month’s American Cinematographer features an article by Shelly Johnson, ASC, cinematographer of The Wolfman. Typically of his profession, he’s generous both in sharing insight into his own creative process and in giving credit to others — part of the reason I love reading AC.
I especially liked his closing passages, in which he describes the emotional pull of creative team effort in terms anyone who’s worked in the video game industry will understand:
Filmmaking is an interchange of creative ideas that either hits upon a point of collaboration or doesn’t. I believe that when minds come together who are meant to be together, that creatively charged atmosphere is conveyed on the screen and directly to the audience…. The collective spirit of the entire production team is what makes great things happen on the screen.
Well spoken. And yeah, the article kinda makes me want to see The Wolfman.
Posted Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 at 11:36 am in Blog, Film, Games | 2 Comments »
This sound bite jumped out at me from Wil Wheaton’s blog (can sound bites jump?)
Narrative video games aren’t going to replace television and movies any more than television and movies replaced books, but as technology continues to advance, and games become even more cinematic and interactive, the battle won’t be only for the consumer; it will also be for the creator. People who went to school 20 years ago to learn how to make movies are now going to school to learn how to use the same narrative storytelling techniques to make video games.
20 years ago, I was trying to get away from making Prince of Persia (video game) so I could go to film school to learn how to make movies. Guess I did everything backwards as usual.
Posted Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 at 4:54 pm in Blog, Film, Games, Prince of Persia | 2 Comments »
Just had to share the excitement I felt on opening the package from my publisher and seeing an advance copy of Solomon’s Thieves, my first original graphic novel.
The book won’t hit stores until May, but you can read about it here, or even (blatant self-promotion alert) pre-order it from Amazon. (return to subtle self-promotion)
Posted Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 at 10:47 am in Blog, Comics, Solomon's Thieves | 6 Comments »
Posted Monday, January 18th, 2010 at 1:10 am in Blog, Sketchbook | 2 Comments »
Late last night, downtown at Tommy’s Loft.
Posted Saturday, January 16th, 2010 at 6:16 pm in Blog, Sketchbook | No Comments »
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