Andrew Loyd Webber eat your heart out

Autotune is so over used unless of course its by these guys (The Gregory Brothers):

Amazing comparison between DSLR and film.

This series of test comparisons of movie capabilities between the new breed of DSLRs and the benchmark of film, is compulsory viewing for anyone seriously considering HD movie making. Here are links to the first 2 in a series of 3 comparisons:

http://www.zacuto.com/shootout

The final comparison takes on colour and green screen. So far these are real eye openers, so I guess its not totally surprising (though I am slightly awestruck) that the finale to the TV series "House" was shot with a 5D Mkii.

Moon Rise Time Lapse Tester

I'm getting the hang of time lapse using my Canon EOS 7D. Check out this is a very brief tester shot for "Tall Stories - Micro Movies", with music by evocative audio (also me). The weird brown night sky is curtesy of a nearby bush fire. The 16 or so seconds is made up of 444 still shots, and the night time section is in 0.5 slow mo.

Moon Rise in the Burbs from Simon Ladd on Vimeo.

a podcast of poets

Get your podcasts of poetry here: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/poetica/features/pod/default.htm

Rocket Boom updates us on AutoTune

Creative Commons Licensing for Music

A copyright expert who was presenting his own views at a recent APRA event (ie: not necessarily the views of APRA's), left the audience with no doubt about the perils of using the creative commons licensing approach for composers who might hope to make an income some day from their work. His perspective included that the creative commons was created by comfortable middle aged white guys with day jobs, not by starving musicians. Perhaps there are times when it makes sense to use creative commons in this day and age of online promotion, but meanwhile, have a good think about what the license means for your situation before you jump in.