http://www.hatheadinc.com/wordpress metaversal ponderings and personal quanta Sat, 09 Jan 2010 07:14:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just a quick entry to say Hua Mulan is my favourite film from 2009. I loved Zhao Wei's acting in The Red Cliff and she gives a memorable performance as Hua Mulan, the woman who dressed as a man and went to war in place of her father, raising in the ... http://www.hatheadinc.com/wordpress/?p=691 A quick post to note how inspiring Machinima Expo 2009 was - lot's of great speakers, presentations and energy. The machinima community is really a tremendous group of people. Special thanks to the Machiniplex for making it all happen. I was so inspired that, having some projects ready to ... http://www.hatheadinc.com/wordpress/?p=682 Today's Saturday Movies feature the amazing fighting skills of two Thai martial artists, both films directed by Prachya Pinkaew with martial arts choreography by Panna Rittikrai. CHOCOLATE Watch Chocolate [eng sub] Chocolate is the debut film of Yanin "Jeeja" Vismistananda, who gives an outstanding performance as Zen, a teenager with autism and prodigy ... http://www.hatheadinc.com/wordpress/?p=622 Today's movies feature animated battles to save the world against dark magical forces in true comic book style because, well, they are comic books... DOCTOR STRANGE: THE SORCERER SUPREME Watch Doctor Strange-The Sorcerer Supreme The origins of DOCTOR STRANGE, THE SORCERER SUPREME, are presented in a Marvel-produced animated adventure. Excellent direction and ... http://www.hatheadinc.com/wordpress/?p=602 This Saturday's Movies feature the most expensive movie ever made in Asian cinema, a mega-star blockbuster about a famous epic battle from historical Chinese literature. THE RED CLIFF - PART 1 Watch Red Cliff [eng sub] THE RED CLIFF - PART 2 Watch Red Cliff 2 [eng sub] THE RED CLIFF, although taking some ... http://www.hatheadinc.com/wordpress/?p=584 This Saturday's movies feature my favourite animated vampires, both connected to the very King of Vampires himself. VAMPIRE HUNTER D: BLOODLUST Watch Vampire Hunter D Vampire Hunter D is a great comic book romp with excellent art direction, camera work, interesting characters and action sequences. Many of the sets are beautifully painted and ... http://www.hatheadinc.com/wordpress/?p=542 I am very happy to report that I have just finished the first draft of my script, especially as it only took 3 writing sessions over 3 days! In fairness, I have wanted to make this short film for several years and had already done some research on the ... http://www.hatheadinc.com/wordpress/?p=390 This Saturday's movies feature destiny, heroin and a boy and his dog... SWORD OF THE STRANGER Watch Sword of the Stranger SWORD OF THE STRANGER is a great story with excellent characters and exceptional animation. In contrast to many Japanese animation houses which employ stylized approaches to combat sequences, often to reduce ... http://www.hatheadinc.com/wordpress/?p=355 It is little known that I hold a green belt in the Togakure-ryū, a ninjitsu tradition dating back through a direct linage of 34 grandmasters. Back in the 80's, I had my ass kicked by Hatsumi sensei, grandmaster of 9 fighting schools and so didn't need to research the ... http://www.hatheadinc.com/wordpress/?p=303 As I described in my last post, I haven't owned nor watched TV really for over 20 years so that's alot of catching up to do which, thanks to the internet, I was able to condense into a marathon of viewing. Every Saturday, I will feature a couple of ... http://www.hatheadinc.com/wordpress/?p=267 Putting the finishing touches on an epic 28 and a half episode script at the moment but it is effectively done. It has taken years to write, not full time writing, but writing and researching at least 7-8 hours a month consistently. I once met a screenwriter who ... http://www.hatheadinc.com/wordpress/?p=213 This is a political post, something I rarely do. The Conservative Government has banned the entry of a British MP coming to give an anti-war speech claiming he is a security threat - the only reason by law to deny him entry - for his humanitarian delivery of medical supplies to ... http://www.hatheadinc.com/wordpress/?p=199 Made in 5 minutes with this free browser-based, 3D-animation studio from xtranormal.com - easy and fun to use. The tagline: "If you can type, you can make movies" Xtranormal has a rudimentary timeline with animations, expressions, camera moves, etc - even ambient noises and soundtracks. Wish you could add ... http://www.hatheadinc.com/wordpress/?p=185 I want it. I want it bad. Capture Session: Character Import: One of the biggest challenges in 3D animation is making your characters move as you want them to. From a machimima perspective, one is typically limited to the character movements that come within the engine or in the case of ... http://www.hatheadinc.com/wordpress/?p=162 Google's 3D virtual world Lively came and went in only 6 months. This is an extremely short lifespan for any technology, especially from a software maker who has a tradition of letting things develop organically. Google Labs is full of experiments that have outlasted 6 months, even Gmail ... http://www.hatheadinc.com/wordpress/?p=78