droid maker origins of modern digital film

[e h jones]

I saw the Vancouver Siggraph presentation of the author for the book “Droidmaker: George Lucas and the Digital Revolution.” Even if Lucas’s new movies are jarjar fests both the lecture and the book make clear both his and Francis Ford Coppola contribution to film is huge.
The quotes of theirs from the early seventies are startling; they lay out the idea of digital editing, cameras, 3d animation etc. If you’re at all interested in how we got to this point and want to see one of the nexus of digital this book is great. If the book tour comes to your town go see it, incredible! The author worked for Lucas and later spent several years researching the book so he really knows his stuff. Also cover the origins of Pixar which was Lucas at one time too.

 

[Harva Raj]

oh yes, i read that book too (was that two years ago?). actually that is one of the books that inspired me to become a filmmaker. i had a great respect to george lucas and Francis Ford Coppola after reading the book. Do u know that Final Cut Pro, softimage XSI was developed by lucas film too? if im not wrong, every pro software that we are using now is pretty much a brainchild of lucas. I mean EVERY filmmaking related pro software,that is.

 

[Jason Diamond]

where did you find out about the book tour?

 

[e h jones]

where did you find out about the book tour?

Im a member of siggraph canada. Our vancouver chapter is amazing!!!!! where hosting Sig 2011, first time out of the US, we just had the droid maker book tour with the author and one of the founders of PIXAR!, and SY FREEKING MEAD was here last week to a sold out 600 person lecture, next month the digital DOP for ratatouie...amazing group of people who work that. IF you live in vancouver you have to join.