May 06 2010
I attended the filming of this at the London Studios last night. Much fun of course, but rather over long at over 2 and a half hours for a 30 min show – they must cut a fair bit out.
Anyway, Stephen did one of his audioBoo’s where he gets us the audience to shout out an unusual word for others to guess – see if you can make it out:
UPDATE: Of course, it was Holopneustic as Stephen let us know.
Oct 04 2009
Simon Cowell – Over-25s
Danyl Johnson, 27, primary school teacher from Reading. Odds 7/2
Jamie Archer, 34, barman from Putney, south-west London. Odds: 11/2
Olly Murs, 25, energy adviser from Witham, Essex. Odds 8/1
Louis Walsh – Groups
Miss Frank: Trio put together by the judges after trying out as solo acts. Shar Alexander, 25, Shanice Davis, 21, and Graziella Affinita, 25. Odds 14/1
John and Edward Grimes. Seventeen-year-old identical twins from Dublin, Ireland. Odds 50/1
Kandy Rain: Quartet of former strippers from London. Azi Jegbefume, 25; Khatereh Dovani, 24; Chemmane Applewhaite, 27, and Victoria ‘Coco’ Lloyd, 22. Odds 50/1
Dannii Minogue – The Girls
Rachel Adedeji, 18, student from London. Odds 16/1
Lucie Jones, 18, student from Bridgend, Wales. Odds 11/4
Stacey Solomon, 20, single mum from Dagenham, Essex. Odds 9/2
Cheryl Cole – The Boys
Lloyd Daniels, 16, student from Treharris, Wales. Odds 14/1
Rikki Loney, 21, singer from Glasgow, Scotland. Odds 25/1
Joseph McElderry, 18, student from South Shields, Tyne and Wear . Odds 10/1
So, my money is on Jamie Archer. I wonder who is gonna win, the winner is somewhere on this page. I reckon it will be a man this year.
Sep 21 2009
I though Cheryl looked great in this get up. Great moment too, even though as contrived as ever. I’m being duped, but I just don’t care!
Sep 14 2009
My hometown, the mighty Deen was on TV loads last week:
And and in Off Kilter, a quixotic exploration of Aberdeen and its architecture. Wonders never cease. I bet they just wanted to send one camera crew!
Jul 24 2009
McDonald’s Versus: Making of… from BranitVFX on Vimeo.
[Via Kottke.org]
This is a recent spot we completed in June for Bernstein Rein Advertising.
As you will see, this is an entirely CGI spot. We used photo modeling techniques adding dimension to real studio photographs of a Big Mac and the the fries. The fry box, Dr. Pepper, ice, bubbles, smoke, straw, environment, etc are all entirely CGI.
The real reason to do this spot as CGI was to be able to choreograph the camera move in limited time and budget.
Feb 16 2009
A good series hosted by Jeremy Paxman on The Victorian’s began last night. Jeremy uses paintings of the time as a tool to explore Victorian society. It was a fascinating time for Britain really, they sorted out so many age old problems and set the basis for the country we live in today – puts the successive generations who have come since very much to shame.
That’s what we need now, a new Elizabethan Era of hard work, intelligence and industry. Shame that no one can really be arsed! I blame the internet!
You get the feel that Jezza would have preferred to have lived during this time – something that the Guardian noticed also:
Perhaps he should have been born 130 years before he was. I can picture him then, making more sense of a less frivolous world, one of industry and outside loos, and getting things done. Come along, come along.
I hope this is out on DVD, nice to dip into like Dimbleby’s ‘How we built Britain‘ in a similar vein.
Feb 11 2009
Wonderfully surreal:
For the love of Wispa from Nils-Petter Lovgren on Vimeo.
The making of:
Making of “For the Love of Wispa” from Nils-Petter Lovgren on Vimeo.
Feb 10 2009
This was filmed on the 15th January 2009 at Liverpool Station, it takes it lead from the FlashMob phenomenon, but was choreographed. It is surprisingly engaging for such a stunt, and there are a few genuine funny moments, my fave is the old dear with the shopping bag – having the time of her life!
The making of: