How We Did It: SNL Title Sequence
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How We Did It: SNL Title Sequence
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#2so what ? and why is it on the home page of HN ?
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#3This is a fantastic blog post. I love that we can get this behind-the-scenes look behind something so iconic.
The light painting and lens-whacking details were awesome to read about. I'll definitely have to give the lens whacking a try.
Re: How We Did It: SNL Title Sequence
#4so what ? and why is it on the home page of HN ?
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It's really cool to see filmmakers doing their thing, even moreso if they're using really recent tech (3D printing, pixelbars, new camera stabilizers). Is that sufficient?
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#5so what ? and why is it on the home page of HN ?
What to Submit On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. It's really cool to see filmmakers doing their thing, even moreso if they're using really recent tech (3D printing, pixelbars, new camera stabilizers). Is that sufficient?
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#6Great post, really interesting to see how they did the shots and glad to see they opted for real footage and techniques most of the time rather than just post processing everything.
I used to shoot free form lenses, it was difficult to get a still from, shooting video would be a challenge. My (old) post on free lens shooting: https://mkaz.com/2005/01/08/homemade-lenses/
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
What to Submit On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. It's really cool to see filmmakers doing their thing, even moreso if they're using really recent tech (3D printing, pixelbars, new camera stabilizers). Is that sufficient?
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Dude, the entire post is crammed with interesting technical details and tricks (like how to make a custom bokeh filter? Very nicely done).
The article has nothing to do with the content of SNL itself. If you're gonna just ignore that and get back on that tired old "SNL hasn't been cool since Eddie Murphy" horse then ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
What to Submit On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. It's really cool to see filmmakers doing their thing, even moreso if they're using really recent tech (3D printing, pixelbars, new camera stabilizers). Is that sufficient?
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The explanation of bokeh alone is worth being here.
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#9I usually fast-forward through the title sequence. Now I feel bad for doing so. Will take the time to watch it next SNL.
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#10As someone who enjoys both programming and video production, this is great to see on HN. In my experience, there is a lot of overlap between both skillsets. As the article makes clear, a lot of time goes into finding cool "hacks" to trick the lens into conveying a particular look via lighting, optical effects and more.
Post-production is also a very technical process that takes a lot of time and effort to get right and involves exploring the particular quirks of your editing software and tricking it to get it to do what you want. There are often little moments of discovery where you do something you weren't even sure was possible. Then there are those serendipitous moments where visuals and audio come together better than you were anticipating or could have ever planned. It's a great feeling.
I encourage any programmers out there who have even a modicum of interest in the subject to go out there and experiment. Video production can be a great creative outlet that uses a lot of the same talents and opens up new artistic pathways.