Cool Websites

Hi....not sure who's checking this now. Just found a couple of really cool websites though that I thought I'd share. I remember us having a convo in class about site navigation and browsing - both these sites offer new approaches

http://www.dontclick.it/
http://influenceproject.fastcompany.com/

Happy Summer. See you in September

Lu

Hi all

YouTube now has a 30 minutes preview of that film i mentioned in an earlier post - Another Prefect World. its worth a look!

Neil

Lecture on Tuesday

http://www.scribd.com/doc/28026392

slightly related - I hope

ok - so I found this, it is related to the idea of kinetic through cyber space, i hope no one is offended, but it is the study of the internet (so we were bound to stumble upon the topic of sex eventually)...

they say the internet is only a mirror of society so here is the link

 -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teledildonics - I put it on here because the term was coined by Ted Nelson a founder of the ideas on the internet.

ross

Sixth Sense

We need to be investigating this - a seminal moment in new media, as important as Berners-Lee inventing HTML.

http://www.ted.com/talks/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology.html

After Affects/Animation

HI all

Found this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_dVaTDNNrw, on a quiet afternoon browsing the murkier areas of web, don't worry nothing offensive

once you get past the first few mins of psychedelic bombardement it turns into quite interesting little movie if your into sci - fiction tpe stuff.

worth a wtch just imagine how long it took to make! what do you tjink


ross

Another Perfect World

Hi everyone,

thought you might be interested in this - its a Channel 4 documentary about on-line 3D immersive worlds.

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/another-perfect-world

The areas of interest that tie in with what John was talking about in Thursdays lecture, is how the real world and the cyberworld collide; the 2 stories in particular that stand out include how an online gaming world from South Korea lead to real life killings - and the guy how made millions selling sex toys in Second Life!!!!

Though nerdy, its a really really cool film

Neil

After Effects

Tonight's session will introduce you to After Effects - a motion graphics and compositing tool. I would describe it as Photoshop on acid.


-- Posted from my iPhone

Spaaaaace

I had a closer look at the Sea Dragon – http://seadragon.com/. The idea of applying a less conventional navigation system like this one is a kinda bizarre break from the conventions that suffocate graphic and web design. But once you get used to it, it starts to make perfect sense. The browser plugin used to deliver it probably makes a lot of difference, (Sea Dragon uses some weird witchcraft instead of anything i can identify) but there are loads of design companies adopting this kind of navigation using Flash. In particular, Wefail – http://www.wefail.com

A good example i found was this little nugget!!!

http://www.matthewmahon.com/

Very cool!

Describing a NMO

Principles of New Media Week 3

Production Methods

It is quite difficult to find images that match. The technique of using the channels does work really well though!

Commercial Awards/placements

Hi everyone, just found this and thought it was of possible interest to some.

It is a London based thing as far as I am aware but still,

http://www.shelfawards.co.uk/

maybe if there is enough interest we can try and give those Londoners a run for their money!

ross

language of new media book - bargain!

I've just ordered a secondhand copy of the L. Manovich book on Amazon.co.uk and they seem to be running a promotion, (at least they offered me one). If you sign up for an Amazon card, you get a £15 voucher. That's about what the book costs so it's like getting it for free, (.75p actually). Just thought you might be interested..

Have a good weekend

G

Full Time Timetable 2009

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Timetable Sept 2009_FT_Year 1

Part Time Timetable 2009

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Timetable Sept 2009_PT_Year 1

Production Methods

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Production Methods

MSc Production Methods Semester 1

Hello and welcome to the Production Methods module on the MSc in Multimedia.

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