Archive for November, 2007

The Breakout Filmmaker Competition

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

If you are in the UK or the US, and are making short films then this could be just what you are looking. The aim of the competition is quite simply to find the next great film maker. To uplift the winner to a place where there career in film can be advanced.
Its a competition, […]

Portfolio Day

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Ffotogallery will be holding free portfolio sessions on Saturday 24th November where current members and course students can receive feedback on their work and advice about professional development. The sessions will be hosted by the Wales based photographer Richard Page in the Chapter Arts Centre library space.
Obviously this is only open to a limited number […]

TriggerStreet Expandng to Books

Monday, November 12th, 2007

Triggerstreet the website designed to help writers of screenplays, short films and short stories get feedback on their work has just expanded to cover books. This now adds another venue for aspiring writers to get feedback on their works.
Of course it’s still business as normal for the rest of the written media they cover.
So if […]

Seeking Designers

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

Are you an up and coming young designer or perhaps you know someone with talent who is in need of recognition?
If so you should consider contacting House 31 where design journalist Laura Houseley is putting together a book designed to chronicle emerging design talents. The new book is scheduled to be published by Thomas & […]

A Look at the Uncanny Valley

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007

The uncanny valley is a term spawned by Masahiro Mori a Japanese roboticist who theorises that as robotic and simulcra creations gain a greater level of realism then the greater the feelings of revulsion that humans will feel towards these non-human entities.
It is of course a topic often used in Science Fiction to examine […]