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‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ rendered in the style of Picasso

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Re: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ rendered in the style of Picasso

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Post by woodman »

minimaxir wrote: post #5
ggchappell wrote: post #4

Cool. It needs some kind of averaging with nearby frames (or whatever), to avoid the constant flicker in areas of more or less solid color.

Given the movie being represented, the constant flicker is thematically more appropriate.

It isn't appropriate for cubism though, which is an attempt to render multiple perspectives to a single point of view. In this case time is the only extra dimension available, so it is a missed opportunity. But if the goal isn't a cubist rendering, just an interesting filter - mission accomplished.

Re: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ rendered in the style of Picasso

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Post by JoeAltmaier »

nsimoneaux wrote: post #6

"It means nothing to me. I have no opinion about it, and I don't care." On the first moon landing, quoted in The New York Times, (1969-07-21). https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso Curious about his feelings regarding this work. (I find it beautiful.)

Funny! That's exactly how I think of Picasso's work.

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Post by TaylorAlexander »

the_cat_kittles wrote: post #10
stepvhen wrote: post #7

I have two opinions: 1) I don't think cubism transfers well into a motion picture format, 2) I think these experiments, as they are currently, attempt to merge two styles and end up with neither, and nothing novel in its place; there is little Kubrick or Picasso in the final piece. I think it's superficial and doesn't do either source justice.

this is such a quintessentially HN comment

"I am well informed and unimpressed."

Also, for fairness, do the same with my comment:

"Unlike this status oriented nerd, I can relate to you and the author on a human level."

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Post by FuckOffNeemo »

the_cat_kittles wrote: post #10
stepvhen wrote: post #7

I have two opinions: 1) I don't think cubism transfers well into a motion picture format, 2) I think these experiments, as they are currently, attempt to merge two styles and end up with neither, and nothing novel in its place; there is little Kubrick or Picasso in the final piece. I think it's superficial and doesn't do either source justice.

this is such a quintessentially HN comment

Personally I'll just say the video's pretty fucking cool.

Referring to stepvhen's comment. I find it comical in all seriousness.

Even the must leisurely, casual or mundane topic, intended to be a refreshing change in colour (pun not intended considering the article but I'll take it) and\or conversation on Hacker News is subject to ridicule, assessment and biopsy.

It's why I like it here. Some of us are completely incapable of /not/ peer reviewing the shit out of everything. :)

Edit: words fail me, also spelt Stepvhen's handle wrong (sincerest apologies).

Re: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ rendered in the style of Picasso

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Post by habosa »

The big changes frame-to-frame certainly add to the "trippiness" but I'd love to see this where the value function (or whatever it's called for ML) prioritizes reducing the frame-to-frame diff so that I could actually watch the full length movie like this.

Re: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ rendered in the style of Picasso

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Post by danso »

fratlas wrote: post #14
jamesrom wrote: post #12

A whole new debate about copyright is around the corner.

Surely this comes under fair use because of modification?

Yeah, it's hard to think of how this could not be an example of transformative use but I'm sure I'm not legally creative enough to assert that:

http://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/fair-use/four-factors/#...

In a 1994 case, the Supreme Court emphasized this first factor as being a primary indicator of fair use. At issue is whether the material has been used to help create something new or merely copied verbatim into another work. When taking portions of copyrighted work, ask yourself the following questions:

Has the material you have taken from the original work been transformed by adding new expression or meaning? Was value added to the original by creating new information, new aesthetics, new insights, and understandings?

Re: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ rendered in the style of Picasso

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Post by celticjames »

stepvhen wrote: post #7

I have two opinions: 1) I don't think cubism transfers well into a motion picture format, 2) I think these experiments, as they are currently, attempt to merge two styles and end up with neither, and nothing novel in its place; there is little Kubrick or Picasso in the final piece. I think it's superficial and doesn't do either source justice.

I agree that style of Picasso is cubism and this process isn't able to replicate that. But I assume it's an early experiment to show what's possible now.
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