Discovered courtesy of The FWA, I had been wishing to see Dune at the cinema with my girlfriend last week, but to our disappointment it was no longer showing. Thankfully, to (partially) make up for that fact, Yahoo Creative Studios have made it possible to transfer your being into the world of Dune through a combination of AR and avatar creation.
This week I visited my girlfriend’s house for the first time and, during a day trip to Cheltenham, we decided to hit the arcades. As you should all know by now, I love gaming even if I am mediocre at best, and arcades offer a level of interaction, albeit pricey interaction, that you can’t quite recreate at home. Of the machines we played on, the Nerf Arcade by Raw Thrills was most fun and received most attempts. And not only because it gave us the most tickets!
Over the past six months I have been creating a fan-made title sequence for Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit. Using Cinema 4D, I decided to step outside my comfort zone by utilising the render engine Redshift, opposed to the built-in Physical renderer, a challenge, for me at least. One of the perks though was how surprisingly easy it was to produce the God ray effect, and perhaps more importantly, how fast it rendered out.
As a massive fan of 3D, the website of digital agency Artisans D’idées, discovered courtesy of The FWA, was such a treat for the eyes and the ears. Set on a course through four distinctive environments, you are a trail of light, illuminating and affecting each area as you pass through – but what hides in the darkness?
As one of the first Netflix-exclusive dramas that appeared on the service during its original surge in popularity, you may be questioning why it is only in 2021 that I am featuring Marco Polo. A relative latecomer to the service, it was only until recently that I ‘ran out’ of recent offerings and decided to delve a little deeper into the back catalogue. Having watched detective dramas on loop, Marco Polo offered a welcome escape to a rarely featured era and landscape, and a phenomenal title sequence to boot.
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