Episode 4 – Surfing Short Coattails

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We share what inspired us to pursue these careers and learn to surf on other's coattails! Wow, that was a long time ago.

• Old Business
  • Efram challenges PJ’s notion that Nathan from Ex Machina knows he’s bringing about the extinction of the human race
    • An impartial third party has his examination 
    • The excellent 99% Invisible has a great podcast about the Winchester House, but more about Sarah Winchester’s possible motives for the eccentric choices in home additions. 
  • Side topic: Blade Runner (of course!)
    • Efram questions Ridley Scott’s decision to bury the question of Deckard’s humanity
    • The owl is artificial. Expensive? Very.
    • Untitled Blade Runner Project (sequel) 
    • Everything is a Remix  This just in: sounds like he's just funded a new installment of his work. Congrats!
    • None of Them Knew They Were Robots, a tune from Mr. Bungle 
• How They Got Inspired To Enter VFX
  • PJ shares how television activated his mind in the era where TV was supposed to destroy your mind
    • The HBO 1983 Intro on YouTube 
    • And the behind the scenes of that bit
    • The Amiga personal computer by Commodore
    • The Video Toaster by NewTek 
    • The DEC VAX 
  • Efram was exposed to actual, celluloid film via his brother
    • He turned flip books into animation
    • Joined a film club
    • Started getting tricky with double-exposure effects
  • Sean started with flip books as well
    • And learned to make a film cut within a hand drawn animation
    • Also did stop motion movies with an 8mm film camera
    • Industrial Light and Magic Special Effects book
  • PJ talks of learning Lightwave in the early days
    • Dale Myers Animation Studios 
    • Foundation Imaging 
  • Efram explains his college school project and how CG VFX took a back seat for a while
    • Was moonlighting as a director while doing postproduction for a day job
    • …and was thrown into doing graphics work much to his chagrin
  • Sean pursued a rock-god dream before turning to VFX
    • Steve Vai, Eddie van Halen, and Joe Satriani
    • And got a role as an extra on A League of Their Own 

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