Blue Microphones and Twitter

Recently, I've been doing some work for Blue Microphones (www.bluemic.com) regarding Austin's annual SXSW and their new iPod-mic, the Mikey. Check their site out next week for the premiere of the two videos I've done for them! BLUE RULES!!!

Also, I sucked it up and joined Twitter this week, just to see what could come of it. Find me - my username is nealbarenblat.

Very Cool Effect

Thanks to a few plugins and some compositing mastery, I've come up with this new "ad" for my website, sort of a "Perfect Storm meets King Kong colors" kind of thing. And I mean Pete Jackson's King Kong, the '30s one doesn't have any color. So that doesn't make any sense. Ugh.

Official Teaser!

So many posts recently! Well, it's worth it. I'm making myself get busy. So here is a trailer for my new top secret short that I cut in about four minutes, so excuse the crudity.

Production Stills

So, I started a top secret project today. Here are some stills!

New video!!!

And now the fun begins! A few weeks ago I went to El Paso to visit my friend, Chops, and we had a blast. Climbed some mountains, drank some pizza - you know, normal everyday stuff. Well, we also went to White Sands, NM, and I decided to take my camera with me. Well, sixteen hours and forty seven cinnamon rolls later, I've filmed half of the movie I wanted to make, and my editing skills would have to some how engender another half. Go to the movies page to see it!!!

Website Somewhat Revamped

I redid some of my website, www.nealbarenblat.com, adding a great new flash player to keep the videos all in one place. I'm sure I'll work out kinks in the near future, and update the site even more. Of course, this blog is fully embedded within it, so you can get here direct or through the site (RSS will only update with this blog, though, but I'll try to make major announcements here.) Thanks guys!

Old-Timey Gadget Contest

SO - In light of a contest via C4Dcafe.com regarding old-timey gadgets/machinery, I've taken to modeling a pretty complex, old looking telescope. This is a WIP that will, in order to stand a chance in the contest, look MUCH better with insane textures. Comments, criticisms, etc are welcomed!

Image: The Sun

This is an interesting one - happened by accident. It's actually a very long, tapered cylinder with the camera inside, and an omni-light placed far ahead. The inside of the cylinder was textured with a rock-like texture except with no specularity, and the light created a ring. And there it is. Now if only I KNEW what I was doing at the time...

Image: Playing Catch-up

So, many of you have already seen these images, so I want to post them and get them out of the way in one post. That was an amazing sentence.

Welcome!!!

Welcome everyone! I wrote a message for everyone to see on the right. It'll help you get started on subscribing to my blog, for you old-timers (Mom). Have at it!

Also, I urge comments! Feedback and knowing people are actually watching will help!