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The Optical 019 - Robert Swarthe, One From the Heart, The Outsiders, and Early HD Video
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Complete show notes (with links) available at http://opticalpodcast.com/episode/019 We chat with animator and VFX artist Robert Swarthe about his work on One From the Heart, The Outsiders, a short film test with an early HD video camera, and his unproduced adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s The Fountains of Paradise. Listen for your chance to win a free 1-year print subscription to Cinefex magazine. Subscribe to the Podcast * Subscribe in iTunes * Follow on Soundcloud * Enhanced AAC podcast feed * MP3 podcast feed Sponsors * Cinefex magazine — The journal of cinematic illusions. Features * One From the Heart (1982) * The Outsiders (1983) * Follow along with our List on Letterboxd, featuring films we’ve covered, and upcoming films to watch. Guests * Robert Swarthe, animator and VFX artist Music * All tracks by Digital Droo Research Materials * Cinefex 11 — January 1983, also available in the Cinefex iPad app * Revisiting Cinefex (11): ET and Robert Swarthe by Graham Edwards More Bits * See http://opticalpodcast.com/episode/019 for complete show notes. As ever * The Optical theme by Digital Droo * The Optical “aperture” logo by Mike Gower --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theoptical/message
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Complete show notes (with links) available at http://opticalpodcast.com/episode/019 We chat with animator and VFX artist Robert Swarthe about his work on One From the Heart, The Outsiders, a short film test with an early HD video camera, and his unproduced adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s The Fountains of Paradise. Listen for your chance to win a free 1-year print subscription to Cinefex magazine. Subscribe to the Podcast * Subscribe in iTunes * Follow on Soundcloud * Enhanced AAC podcast feed * MP3 podcast feed Sponsors * Cinefex magazine — The journal of cinematic illusions. Features * One From the Heart (1982) * The Outsiders (1983) * Follow along with our List on Letterboxd, featuring films we’ve covered, and upcoming films to watch. Guests * Robert Swarthe, animator and VFX artist Music * All tracks by Digital Droo Research Materials * Cinefex 11 — January 1983, also available in the Cinefex iPad app * Revisiting Cinefex (11): ET and Robert Swarthe by Graham Edwards More Bits * See http://opticalpodcast.com/episode/019 for complete show notes. As ever * The Optical theme by Digital Droo * The Optical “aperture” logo by Mike Gower --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theoptical/message
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