@davidstripinis.bsky.social
Former VFX. Former educator and podcast host about VFX. One of the ACTUAL founding fathers of Virtual Production. Hater of VFX grifters.
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4K restoration of William Friedkinβs Sorcerer from @criterion.bsky.social ???!!
Am I dying? Does Make-A-Wish know before I do?
I love the subtle hints @clmazin.bsky.social does in #TLOU. In the pilot, there is the implication that somehow oatmeal raisin is an inferior cookie to the pedestrian chocolate chip. This subtle way of showing the infection has destroyed the womanβs brain that way is brilliant.
26.04.2025 23:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So out of nowhere, #Diggnation comes back. Then, #AskANinja comes back, and then Diggnation has a TikiBarTV reunion.
We have come so full circle on the internet.
Prestige TV where each season is essentially a 8 to 10 hour movie is great. But shows like #ThePitt and #TheStudio show the value in self contained stories that build upon each other. We may be past βPeak TVβ but weβre getting some of the best TV ever.
19.04.2025 15:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Have Noah Wiley and Keanu Reeves ever been seen in the same room at the same time?
04.04.2025 23:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My one issue is Gooseβs son was miscast. It OBVIOUSLY should have been Ryan Gosling.
10.03.2025 23:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I know tons of VFX artists have valid complaints about the PR βitβs all practicalβ campaign they did- but Top Gun Maverick is about as perfect a movie as is possible.
Perfect meaning it perfectly executed what it wanted to be.
It is not in the MCU, but it is an absolute marvel.
I rewatched Alien this morning and made a realization. Like Sixth Sense, once you know the truth of who I character is ( Ian Holmes ) - all the choices both the character and actor make take on a new context.
09.03.2025 19:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0High fidelity camera and backlot urban locations donβt pair well.
05.03.2025 03:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Hulu obviously couldnβt handle the live feed requests.
03.03.2025 00:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Almost Famous is a perfect movie on every single level.
17.02.2025 07:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Prime Target on AppleTV+ is excellent.
23.01.2025 01:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yep. Was on twitter real real early. I remember The Boss being unimpressed by both the iPhone and Twitter, until Capt Sully landed on the Hudson.
21.01.2025 17:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Loved mt tam
20.12.2024 04:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I know a lot of people are confused by Superman having a dog.
Iβm not going to go on and on about how perfect @jamesgunn.bsky.social has nailed it.
What Iβm saying is Iβm not some mindless Krypto-Bro.
Ran into @clmazin.bsky.social at CAA the other evening. Let him know how much his vocal support for the VFX team on TLOU meant to our part of the industry. Seemed genuinely humbled by my expressions of thanks. Would love to see more people at his level appreciate our craft rather than denegrate.
13.12.2024 15:12 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0I realize tons of people in the visual affect space really just want to put their head in the sand and think itβs all gonna go away, but if you havenβt seen that Sora v2 leaked presentation footage youβre in for a wake up call.
08.12.2024 17:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0There is a surprising amount of overlap between The Substance and Gremlins.
No, Iβm not joking.
If youβre in VFX and claim to be against AI, Are you hand tracking every camera frame by frame. I hope you donβt use photogrammetry in any way. Feature detection? And onβ¦ and onβ¦ and onβ¦
No one bats an eye over automation replacing people who make it possible for you to do things.
I gotta be me.
Itβs sad the major social media VFX voices are corporation approved cheerleaders or hobbyist hacks.
If anyone tries to tell you the right way of setting up an #OpenUSD asset, theyβre just telling you THEIR way. There is no right way, just many wrong ways.
Do what works for you.
*does not apply if person telling you is your supervisor. In that case, it is the right way.
Okay. Guess weβre doing this now.
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