Tuesday 28 May 2013

Yeah Film - 17/04/2013 - Porn

The fourth talk at Yeah Film, held in April 2013, was delivered by Daniel Adam Wittingslow, relaying his experience working as a editor and re-toucher in the adult entertainment industry. Daniel chats about his experiences (varied, for sure) in the industry, and the ways that porn leads the charge in major changes to content distribution in major industries like cinema, music and publishing.

Click here to view the video on youtube, or cast your peepers to the embedded video below!


Daniel is related to Yeah Sessions alumnus Ryan - check out his talks here, here and here.

The Yeah Sessions is guest curating talks at the Sydney Film Festival Hub - Short Cuts 1 will be five talks given by passionate film enthusiasts from academics and industry members. It's free, and it will be glorious - come check it out, and be sure to grab tickets for the Sydney Film Festival!

Sunday 19 May 2013

Yeah Film - 17/04/2013 - The Ethics of Torture Porn

On the 17th of April, The Yeah Sessions delved into the complex, illustrious world of film.Talk number three was delivered by Patrick Condliffe and Jason Archbold - exploring the numerous ethical issues that orbit the recent trend of 'torture porn' in mainstream cinema.

Click here to watch the video on youtube, or cast your eyes to the embedded goodness below.


When not researching elusive Australian authors Patrick Condliffe lurks in basements watching Giallo classics and pretending that he's Sergio Leone. Check out Patrick's Sydney University academia page here. Jason researches the ethics of the apocalypse and dabbles in the existentialism of the boxing ring, and occasionally asks himself 'what would Paolo Di Canio do?'

The Yeah Sessions is guest curating talks at the Sydney Film Festival Hub - Short Cuts 1 will be five talks given by passionate film enthusiasts from academics and industry members. It's free, and it will be glorious - come check it out, and be sure to grab tickets for the Sydney Film Festival!

Friday 10 May 2013

Yeah Film - 17/04/2013 - A Brief History of Film

On the 17th of April, The Yeah Sessions delved into the complex, illustrious world of film. Our second speaker was Alex Robinson, cinematic enthusiast, talented drummer and photographer extroadinare. Alex talks about the history of film - spanning from the very first photographs to modern technologies used in photography and cinema.

Click here to watch the video on youtube, or cast your eyes towards the embed below.


The Yeah Sessions is guest curating talks at the Sydney Film Festival Hub - Short Cuts 1 will be five talks given by passionate film enthusiasts from academics and industry members. It's free, and it will be glorious - come check it out, and be sure to grab tickets for the Sydney Film Festival!

Wednesday 8 May 2013

Yeah Film - 17/04/2013 - Badfilms / Shit Movies?

On the 17th of April, The Yeah Sessions delved into the complex, illustrious world of film.Our first speaker was Kim Wilkins, talking about badfilms (yep, one word) and shit movies. Kim explores Gigli, a terrible movie starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, and the eternal cult film The Room, described by its aloof director as 'a film with the passion of Tennessee Williams'.

Click here to watch the video on youtube, or cast your eyes towards the embed below.


To watch The Room in full, click here!

Kim Wilkins is doing her PhD in film theory at Sydney University and is co-founder and co-curator of The Yeah Sessions. See her thesis description here.

The Yeah Sessions is guest curating talks at the Sydney Film Festival Hub - Short Cuts 1 will be five talks given by passionate film enthusiasts from academics and industry members. It's free, and it will be glorious - come check it out, and be sure to grab tickets for the Sydney Film Festival!

Monday 6 May 2013

The Yeah Sessions @ Jurassic Lounge - Potions and Superstitions

The Yeah Sessions were proud to guest program a set of speakers for a night of Jurassic Lounge - we present the second talk below - Elyse Zaccai, cat about town and hopeless romantic talks about potions, superstitions, spells, and the nutty things we do for love.

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Jurassic Lounge is a weekly variety night held at the Australian Museum featuring art, live music, drinks & new ideas.Their summer season has wrapped up, but keep an eye out for future announcements via their Facebook page, or Twitter.

Sunday 5 May 2013

The Yeah Sessions @ Jurassic Lounge - A Brief History of Barbarous Names

The Yeah Sessions were proud to guest program a set of speakers for a night of Jurassic Lounge - we present the first talk below, as Yeah Sessions repeat offender Ryan Mitchell Wittingslow returns to speak on the history of barbarous names - from Abraxas to Bahomet to Ththee, Ryan explores the meaning, or lack thereof, in magical words.

Click here to watch the video on youtube, or simply cast your devilish gaze upon the video below.



Ryan is doing a PhD at Sydney University, researching transhumanism and bioethics. Check out his academic profile here, read some of delectable writing here, and get in touch with Ryan via his Twitter feed.

Jurassic Lounge is a weekly variety night held at the Australian Museum featuring art, live music, drinks & new ideas.Their summer season has wrapped up, but keep an eye out for future announcements via their Facebook page, or Twitter.

Wednesday 1 May 2013

Yeah Technology - 09/01/2013 - Motion Capture in Film

The fourth talk at Yeah Technology was delivered by Bhautik Joshi, a visual effects research engineer at Lucasfilm, San Francisco.

The talk was about the recent advances in motion capture technology - in particular facial motion capture. Bhautik also explores future technologies in his talk. Clicky here to watch the video on the youtubes, or have a squiz below for the embedded vid:




Bhautik lives in San Francisco, and is a keen and innovative photographer. See:

His blog: http://cow.mooh.org/
An interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMo9tEd684Y
His Twitter page: https://twitter.com/bhautikj
His Vimeo page: http://vimeo.com/bjoshi
His Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/captin_nod/

Video clip credit:
The clip used in this video was made by David Lewandowski
http://dlew.me/
http://twitter.com/badmocap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRZ2Sh5-XuM