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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

rocketpopdavor — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:54:23 +0000

This is a great video plus animation by the RSA Group which discusses motivation and what drives us. A great visual storyboard is presented on a whiteboard to convey the narrators point. Definitely worth a watch.

The RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) has been a cradle of enlightenment thinking and a force for social progress for over 250 years.

To learn more about the RSA, visit: http://www.thersa.org/

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A quick history of Image Manipulation

RocketPopJosh — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:57:56 +0000

The moving image has always been likened with magic and mystery, paired with the idea that filmmakers and photographers play tricks on the viewer through manipulation of the image. I love the idea that creating graphics and engineering each frame is the same as a magician carrying out a trick, it is all about creating a feeling through illusion. Motion graphics and special effects might seem like a recent pursuit of designers and cinematographers but it is surprisingly almost as old as the medium itself. I present to you Exhibit A…

1856 - The first ever example of image manipulation is known as “The two ways of life” by Oscar Rejlander.

Courtsey of http://www.museeniepce.com/

Oscar Rejlander’s ground breaking picture is made up of 32 different negatives, a completely new technique in his time. Today, this would be less then a hours work for a skilled Photoshop designer. To Oscar Rejlander defense, he was the first and if it wasn’t for the spark of creativity he started, todays image manipulation programs would most undoubtedly be lacking. his Innovations can be attributed to many such as…

George Melies 1861-1936
He was known as one of the first “Cinemagican” because he created and help develop much of the in-camera tricks used today. Any film lover should know “A trip to the moon”, a great example of Melies ability to use special effects and motion graphics. I believe wikipedia puts it best,

“He was very innovative in the use of special effects. He accidentally discovered the stop trick, or substitution, in 1896, and was one of the first filmmakers to use multiple exposures, time-lapse photography, dissolves, and hand-painted color in his films.”

Courtsey of wikipedia

Could you imagine what film and media would look like today without the advancements in special effects and motion graphics that these founders of Illusion made. In a lot of my work I still use techniques like timelapse photography and the stop trick…

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An example I did of the Stop Trick a while back

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Take Two! Movie Poster Redesigns

RocketPopJosh — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:06:26 +0000

So I was stumbling around the internet looking for something clever when I found these amazing redesigned movie posters. More after the jump.

Image by Ibraheem Youssef

Image by Brandon Schaefer

Movie Poster Redesigns have been a recently new trend. A quick search online will pop of various poster redesigns from Olly Moss , Hailmika, Eduardo Prox and many more talented designers.

We here at Rocket Pop Media like them so much a few of us decided to make our own, check them out below.

“The Departed” was designed by our newest intern Casey Starr.

“Evil Dead 2″ by Josh Jackson

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