Sad Max The Musical

Max, a former YouTube personality is not really embracing the apocalypse. Hunkered down in his house without food, but with a fish and his laptop slowly running out of power.

Well, this seems as good of a time as any to finally write and record the musical he has been putting off for so long.

Ladies and germs… Sad Max The Musical!

Written and performed by Teague Chrystie of the Down In Front fame as well as being one of the guys who brought us the Calvin and Hobbes Snowmen video last christmas.

Sad Max The Musical is a post from: Ash Digital

Visuals and Animation by Michael Habjan
Created with Audodesk Maya, Adobe After Effects, Pixologic ZBrush, Sony Vegas
Music and Sound Design created by Francois Gratecap

Superman vs Hulk – The Fight (2 parts) is a post from: Ash Digital

Compression Guidelines

These basic principles will apply to almost all of the video programs out there.

Found through: Alba’s Twitter feed

Vimeo Compression Guidelines is a post from: Ash Digital

Polaroids from the set of Blade Runner.

I’m not in the business… I *am* the business.

Sean Young’s collection of cool polaroids from the set of Blade Runner.

Polaroids from the set of Blade Runner is a post from: Ash Digital

Despite some hot-and-heavy old-age sex, Volcano is not going to be many folks’ first choice for a date movie. But Icelandic writer-director Runar Runarsson’s drama is a love story observed with tenderness that never compromises its truthfulness. It will strike affecting chords for anyone who has dealt with a partner or elderly parent’s illness, and the painful decisions that arise from it.

Found through: A friend from Facebook.

The Hollywood Reporter ~ Volcano: Cannes Review is a post from: Ash Digital

Have you seen the new trailer for ‘A day in a life’ the documentary project where people all over the globe documented their life on July 24, 2010. The project got over 80,000 submissions and 4,500 hours of footage from 192 countries.

Directors Ridley Scott and Kevin Macdonald have been curating the material transforming into the feature-length documentary. National Geographic will be bringing it to theaters one year from the amazing day, July 24, 2011.

The song in the newly released trailer is called ‘Future Projects’ and is by the Icelandic musician Birgir Hilmarsson. He’s been working in London for Universial Music Group doing film & tv composition, arranging and production. Many of his songs have been featured in movies, tv shows and ads in the last few years. He’s also the frontman for the Icelandic band Ampop, check out their song My Delusions from 2006 HERE

Website: http://biggimusic.com/ – Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/birgirhilmars

Icelandic Connection ~ Day In a Life is a post from: Ash Digital

Mouse over the image to scratch my itch

Blekholt is a Icelandic T-shit platform for designers and creatives. The aim is to create a creative community for designers and to provide a way for them to sell their designs online.

There clearly is a need for this kind of business and I’ll hope I can contribute to it in the future.

When I saw their logo I got this itch to modify it. It’s a silly modification but the itch is there so I’m scratching it. Hopefully the good people of Blekholt will find it slightly amusing. It is made in good fun and in no way intended to offend anyone. You can mouse over the image to reveal my quick and crude take on their logo.

So If you are in Iceland or into Icelandic t-shirt designs make sure to check them out.

Website: http://blekholt.is/ – Twitter: @blekholt

Blekholt is a post from: Ash Digital

VFXWages is a global database of hourly monetary rates of people in the film and television visual effects, animation, motion graphics, and gaming industry. It allows you to see where you rate among the rest of the artists in your experience, occupation and location. Have you ever wondered if you’re earning too little? Pondering what a similar artist in your position is making on the other side of the world? Using our Wages system, you can graphically compare wages and salaries around the world.

Found through: Alba’s Twitter

VFX Wages is a post from: Ash Digital

If you haven’t already seen Mike Montero’s creative mornings talk “Fuck You Pay Me“, do your self a favor and get your self a cup of coffee and sit down and watch it. Your bottom line will thank you later.

Fuck you, play me

And make sure you are following Mike on Twitter: @Mike_FTW

Fuck You Pay Me – Mike Monteiro is a post from: Ash Digital

Location Iceland: Prometheus

Location: Iceland

According to the media, director Ridley Scott has been scouting out film locations for upcoming sci-fi flick Prometheus here in Iceland.

Ridley Scott and entourage arrived here on Friday, April 29th on a private jet and were met by staff from True North, a production and service company for the film and television industry that specializes in delivering production services to companies filming in Iceland.

They went straight to a helicopter that took them to possible film locations in the south. On Saturday, April 30th they went to Akureyri, the biggest city in North Iceland, to scout out further locations.

Ain’t it cool news had some information on the film locations for Prometheus.

Ain’t It Cool News reports that Scott was “due to shoot in the Highlands from early August until September, then elsewhere in Europe in October and November”. Presumably, Iceland could fit nicely into the October, November time frame.

Ridley Scott scouting film locations for Prometheus in Iceland. is a post from: Ash Digital