[TriLUG] Outside In

[Andrew Stephenson]

GAH! It was LAST Sunday. I am disappoint :(




On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Alan Porter <porter at trilug.org> wrote:

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> This was sent to the steering list... forwarding on for a wider
> distribution...
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> I'm an independent filmmaker (and former IT professional) in Greensboro and
> we are having an event at the IMAX Theater in Raleigh for the non-profit
> IMAX film "Outside In". I don't know a ton of people in Raleigh and as the
> film's production is very tech heavy, it was suggested by one of our
> supporters that your group might be interested.
>
> The film is non-profit so that the materials and media used in the film
> creation can be freely distributed upon the film's release. The first one
> minute of footage went viral this spring with over 3.2 Million views and
> featured on Slashdot, Gizmodo, Wired, IO9.com and much more.
>
> The film website is here: http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/ and the event
> invite is here: http://event.pingg.com/OutsideInMarbles
>
> ABOUT THE FILM:
>
> One man, on custom home built computers in a basement studio, has embarked
> on one of the most ambitious DIY projects yet: to create a groundbreaking
> film for IMAX and other giant screen theaters, using real photographs,
> animated to full motion at 13 times HiDef resolution.
>
> Over 1 million photographs from space missions and historical sources (many
> worked on by online, volunteer collaborators) will be used in the film, each
> frame of which is 1 gigabyte -- at 24 frames per second that's over 65
> Terabytes for the final film.
>
> Outside In will take audiences on a mind-blowing journey from the Big Bang
> through space and time, set to powerful music from Ferry Corsten, DJ Tiesto,
> William Orbit and more. Utilizing real photographs from humanity's space
> mission and historical sources with contributions from dedicated amateur
> image processors from the global online community, the film is a unique
> creation of history, technology, music and science.
>
> Like its inspiration, "2001: A Space Odyssey", Outside In aims to create
> the ultimate trip for audiences.  Like the 28 Apollo astronauts who left
> Earth on a journey to another world, so too will audiences be able to change
> their perspectives by seeing our home planet from space -- from the Outside
> In.
>
> Outside In aims for a global distribution late 2012 for IMAX and giant
> screen theaters, planetariums, museums and select 4K digital cinemas. As a
> non-profit film created from many thousands of public domain sources,
> Outside In will share the raw materials used in the film at its release in
> order to spark more works using the amazing resources brought home to earth
> from our exploration of space.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Stephen van Vuuren (stephen at sv2studios.com)
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