The movie ‘Up’, as sampled and remixed by the Australian DJ, Pogo. It’s brilliant! It’s in my head. It has spawned this brilliant lipsync tribute too. Upular was commissioned by Disney Pixar (and so appears in Disney’s YouTube channel as well as Pogo’s own. Interestingly, of the two, the Disney one currently has fewer views). […]
Category Archives: films
BAFTA Film Awards 2010
I was fortunate enough to be invited to help out the BAFTA online team during the Film Awards on Sunday. I spent the afternoon and evening tweeting as @baftaonline and helping their team keep their Facebook page updated. Initially, I was mainly sharing photos from the red carpet, which meant wandering around with an ‘access […]
Playful ’09
Playful 09 was great. I really enjoyed Playful 08 so was delighted to be asked back. Last year I demoed my Rock Band MIDI guitar hack. This year, rather than extend my P5 Glove project into another MIDI instrument, I decided to set myself the challenge of talking about games and films. This was perhaps […]
Inside the brain of Adam Curtis
I don’t often talk about work projects, but I cant hold my tongue about this one. I’ve been rather excited about it for a while, and it went live today. Adam Curtis is the documentary filmmaker behind ‘The Power of Nightmares‘, ‘The Century of the Self‘ and more. Recently, he’s done some pieces for Screenwipe […]
Mini film reviews
I don’t know why I don’t keep cinema tickets. It would make remembering which films I’ve seen recently a lot easier. Off the top of my head, the films I’ve seen recently with a three word review for each one: Taking Liberties (fairly thought provoking) Die Hard 4.0 (some nice effects) Transformers (remove the dialogue) […]