Browsing Archive: February, 2013

Recreating NYC digitally for "The Avengers"

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Tuesday, February 19, 2013,

I'm a huge Avengers fan. HUGE. Did I mention what a huge fan I am? Of The Avengers. And Iron Man. Remember this?

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NWU School of Music — Spring Ensemble Concert

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Friday, February 15, 2013,

I find myself doing more and more of these short-form news/doccie clips and I'm really enjoying them, this one for the NWU's School of Music in particular. There's something about taking a few hours' worth of complete randomness and turning it into a story that has always appealed to me. So is working with talented people - I was surprised to discover that a lot of these students are not only capable of playing one instrument, but a couple of different ones! Also have a look at the young viol...

More GoPro jets...F/A-18 cockpit footage

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Thursday, February 14, 2013,

You can never have too much GoPro...ever :)

I picked up on this one through gizmodo.com. Awesome cockpit footage (although the soundtrack is not really my flavour...sorry). For some reason these clips are often taken down quite quickly from YouTube, so enjoy it while it's up.

New at MFM: Data preloading

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Friday, February 8, 2013,

Above: Purchased a lot of branded USB flashdrives lately? Well don't just give them away, make them actually work for you.

Branded USB flashdrives. Most large organisations use them as corporate gifts. Instead of just handing them out, have us preload them with your corporate video or interactive presentation. We can now preload your existing USB media with any files of your choice. The same interactive media that runs from DVD-ROM and miniDVD can now also run from your branded USB storage ...

More GoPro fun

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Saturday, February 2, 2013,

Some recent fun in the Lesotho mountains. The riding footage comes from my old GoPro Hero 2 and another rider's Hero 3 Black. I really like the Black, much smaller and lighter than its predecessor and the picture clarity is amazing. I also noticed that the Black's footage seems to be slightly warmer in hue than the Hero 2. Batteries though - not interchangeable. They have to make money off us somewhere...