Episode 004 April 2014
We chat with film fan Brian Covey about the development of the front-screen Introvision compositing technique for Outland – or as I like to call it, Sean Connery: Space Cop! – and the early computer effects and makeup designed for Altered States, interview Brad Justinen and Shane McKown of Motion Sickness about their Open MoCo project, and take our own dip in a sensory deprivation tank – for SCIENCE!
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Host Mark Boszko takes you on a journey back through the annals of Cinefex magazine, talking about the movies and topics they covered 30+ years ago. We talk to people involved in the films, people who make movies, and people who love movies, and have a fun time doing it.
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Revisiting:
Cinefex 4
Special thanks to Cinefex for access to these out-of-print back issues.
Even though these are out of print, you can now download and read along with Issue 4 — and every other back issue of Cinefex — in the Cinefex iPad App. Download the free iPad app now!
Special Guest:
Sean McCormick
Proprietor of the float|seattle isolation tank studio, in Seattle, Washington, and fan of both altered states and Altered States.
Sponsor:
Cinefex
Cinefex — The journal of cinematic illusions.
Sponsor:
float|seattle
Take yourself on a blind date...with yourself.
Guests:
Brian Covey,
Brad Justinen,
and Shane McKown
Brian Covey, lover of film, and @hidvorak on Twitter
Brad Justinen and Shane McKown of Open MoCo and Motion Sickness motion control camera rigs
Brad & Shane’s Open Source Cinematic Motion Control Kickstarter campaign is now live, until May 30, 2014. Back the project now.
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Show Notes
Research Materials
- Cinefex number 4 — April 1981
- Revisiting Cinefex (4): Outland and Altered States by Graham Edwards
- Introvision on Wikipedia
- US Patent 5,061,061 – “Front projection composite photography system combining staged action with two projected images”, including diagrams
- Sensory deprivation tanks on Wikipedia
- Follow along with our List on Letterboxd, featuring films we’ve covered, and upcoming films to watch.
More Bits
- Mark Roberts Motion Control
- Harmonic drive for motion control rigs
- Intervalometer for time lapse photography
- Hypnagogic imagery
- Flying-spot scanner
- HUVr hoverboard hoax, featuring Tony Hawk, Christopher Lloyd, Moby, and a baffling array of celebrities
- Red Dawn (1984)
- Stigmata (1999)