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May 11, 2011
fmx ’11, Day Four
Posted in Animation, CGI & Rendering, Films, Lectures, Quotes, Reports, Technology
It’s terrible to say but I was somewhat glad this was the last day of fmx. There had been so much input, creatively, inspirationally and technically that my brains were running out of memory like my Maya scenes with MentalRay. And I didn’t get much sleep this night either and staggered like a zombie down to the breakfast, at least that’s what I think, it wasn’t quite there. Man, if I had feasted on brains I wouldn’t remember it.
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It’s terrible to say but I was somewhat glad this was the last day of fmx. There had been so much input, creatively, inspirationally and technically that my brains were...
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May 06, 2011
fmx ’11, Day Three
Posted in Animation, CGI & Rendering, Compositing, Films, Lectures, Quotes, Reports, Technology
The morning was worse than I had anticipated it, I don’t quite remember how I got to the venue today, I only remember that I didn’t even get tea for breakfast. The Haus der Wirtschaft was buzzing like a hive again and most of the bees hat been busy at the Echtzeit party that lasted roughly as long as my writing session for yesterday’s blog post. Even worse: Those people seemed much better rested. Life is unfair.
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The morning was worse than I had anticipated it, I don’t quite remember how I got to the venue today, I only remember that I didn’t even get tea for...
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May 05, 2011
FMX ’11, Day Two
Posted in Animation, CGI & Rendering, Compositing, Computing, Films, Quotes, Reports, Technology
I got up after too little sleep and staggered down to the common room for a breakfast — any breakfast. As I was pushing the wrong buttons on the Chinese water cooker for my tea and dropping the butter three times in a row I overhead a conversation among a bunch of young people on a table. I heard “plug-ins” and “Cinema” and “Color Grading” and what not.
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I got up after too little sleep and staggered down to the common room for a breakfast — any breakfast. As I was pushing the wrong buttons on the Chinese...
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May 04, 2011
FMX ’11, Day One
Posted in CGI & Rendering, Compositing, Films, Lectures, Quotes, Reports, Technology
Today was more or less routine. In total I did not spend more than about fifteen days in my whole life in Stuttgart and many things feel so boringly familiar to me already: Breakfast in the common room of the hotel, packing my bag for the conference, parking in the Most Expensive Parking Garage, obtaining my ticket from the front desk. Still, there are a few things that have changed over the years…
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Today was more or less routine. In total I did not spend more than about fifteen days in my whole life in Stuttgart and many things feel so boringly familiar...
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May 03, 2011
fmx ’11, Day Zero
Posted in Reports
It was an exhausting day despite its predictability. I got up after four hours of sleep, finished packing my bag and got ready for holding my last lecture at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences before leaving for the fmx 2011. Yes, it’s May, it’s springtime and nerds are feeling frisky for visual effects. The perfect time for their industry’s annual gathering in Stuttgart — with yours truly among them.
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It was an exhausting day despite its predictability. I got up after four hours of sleep, finished packing my bag and got ready for holding my last lecture at the...