kev/null » See What I Mean http://kevnull.com Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:34:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 See What I Mean, Short Talk at WordCamp SF http://kevnull.com/2011/09/see-what-i-mean-short-talk-at-wordcamp-sf.html http://kevnull.com/2011/09/see-what-i-mean-short-talk-at-wordcamp-sf.html#comments Sun, 11 Sep 2011 08:24:25 +0000 Kevin Cheng http://kevnull.com/?p=944 A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of presenting at WordCamp San Francisco. The presentation is the latest incarnation of of a talk I’ve iterated on since 2006. Back then, it was called Communicating Concepts With Comics. Now, it’s nearly a book called See What I Mean: How to Communicate Ideas With Comics (I’m working on the final draft and you should subscribe to be notified when it comes out) and has been augmented with many more examples from industry.

Thanks to WordPress.tv, there’s an HD video of the talk available. It’s a short presentation—just 30 mins excluding Q&A—and is a great overview of the topic. In that respect, it’s quite different from my workshops, where I spend a full day teaching participants of all skill levels how to use comics to communicate ideas. I hope you enjoy it and find it useful and entertaining.

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Especially appropriate when I moved to Brickhouse

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  • “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) Stanley Kubrick
  •  ”Aguirre, the Wrath of God” (1972) Werner Herzog
  •  ”Alien” (1979) Ridley Scott
  •  ”Apocalypse Now” (1979) Francis Ford Coppola*
  •  ”The Battleship Potemkin” (1925) Sergei Eisenstein
  •  ”Blade Runner” (1982) Ridley Scott
  •  ”Un Chien Andalou” (1928) Luis Bunuel & Salvador Dali
  •  ”Citizen Kane” (1941) Orson Welles
  •  ”A Clockwork Orange” (1971) Stanley Kubrick
  •  ”The Day the Earth Stood Still” (1951) Robert Wise
  •  ”The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie” (1972) Luis Bunuel
  •  ”Double Indemnity” (1944) Billy Wilder
  •  ”Dr. Strangelove” (1964) Stanley Kubrick
  •  ”Duck Soup” (1933) Leo McCarey
  •  ”The Exorcist” (1973) William Friedkin
  •  ”Frankenstein” (1931) James Whale
  •  ”The Graduate” (1967) Mike Nichols
  •  ”Halloween” (1978) John Carpenter
  •  ”A Hard Day’s Night” (1964) Richard Lester
  •  ”Jaws” (1975) Steven Spielberg
  •  ”M” (1931) Fritz Lang
  •  ”Mad Max 2″ / “The Road Warrior” (1981) George Miller
  •  ”The Manchurian Candidate” (1962) John Frankenheimer
  •  ”Metropolis” (1926) Fritz Lang
  •  ”Modern Times” (1936) Charles Chaplin
  •  ”The Night of the Hunter” (1955) Charles Laughton
  •  ”North by Northwest” (1959) Alfred Hitchcock
  •  ”Nosferatu” (1922) F.W. Murnau
  •  ”Rashomon” (1950) Akira Kurosawa
  •  ”Rear Window” (1954) Alfred Hitchcock
  •  ”The Seven Samurai” (1954) Akira Kurosawa
  •  ”Singin’ in the Rain” (1952) Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly
  •  ”Sunset Boulevard” (1950) Billy Wilder
  •  ”Taxi Driver” (1976) Martin Scorsese
  •  ”The Third Man” (1949) Carol Reed
  •  ”Touch of Evil” (1958) Orson Welles
  •  ”The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (1948) John Huston
  •  ”Trouble in Paradise” (1932) Ernst Lubitsch
  •  ”Vertigo” (1958) Alfred Hitchcock
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I’ll also be representing for Off Panel. We got all new business cards printed for that and we’re hoping to attract a few creators. We’re giving $100 to any referrals for people that sign with us or an iPod Nano for two referrals!

The week after, I’m part of LAP POP 2.0 which largely involves the same crew. It’s a celebration of the arts in techies – especially Asian techies. The event is curated by Min Jung with participation from Nicole and Robert (Courtney exhibited her photos in the first one). I’m still deciding what to talk about but it will likely be another immigration anecdote or two.

Finally, I’ve decided to go to E3 in May – also for the first time. I’m hoping to see some Playstation 3 or Nintendo Revolution stuff. Partly, I’m satisfying my video game geekery but I’m also hoping to get some inspiration in designing engaging and immersive environments.

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