Emptiness of irony – DFW

A great quote from the previously linked to radio documentary on DF. Listen to the audio clip for the full quote. Classic DFW.

“If I show you that I believe we’re both bastards and that there’s no point to anything, and that I was last naive at about age six, then I protect myself from your judgement of the worst possible flaw in me, sentimentality and naivete.” – David Foster Wallace

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjuZcN4SO7I (Audio only)

One Life in a Day – RompréStomp 2010 mini documentary

Shawn, dad and I are getting rolling on the next edition of the RompréStomp and I stumbled across this mini documentary some creative soul made of last year’s show. I honestly can’t say that I remember anyone filming this!

There’s no footage of the main event and that’s great. One of the things that I love about putting this whole thing on, is hearing about the constellations of happenings and scenes that I had no idea was going on.

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See you out here in July.

Endnotes: A David Foster Wallace BBC Documentary | Brain Pickings

Two things I love: A great radio documentary and David Foster Wallace – thank you BBC.

Endnotes: A David Foster Wallace BBC Documentary | Brain Pickings.

Adam Anthony’s ‘The Maestro’ Makes Creative Use of Time-Lapse Photography

Stunning use of timelapse photography to tell a captivating story.  This piece was shot entirely on a dslr camera using available light. Another no-buget film project that simply wouldn’t have been possible even two years ago.

Adam Anthony’s ‘The Maestro’ Makes Creative Use of Time-Lapse Photography: “

Timelapse photography is everywhere now, but other than to show the passage of time, it’s rarely used as a storytelling device. Director Adam Anthony’s short ‘The Maestro’ was a finalist at this year’s Tropfest, and finds a way to integrate the effect into the story:

(Via NoFilmSchool.)

I am a NERD!! – The Best Camera…Nerd Night Slideshow

Hey, here’s a presentation I gave on photography at Phnom Penh’s nascent Nerd Night scene. Really it’s more a presentation on forgetting about equipment and actually *gasp* focusing on images. Ignore the horrific number of ‘likes’ and ‘ums’ I threw in there (I though an MA was supposed to me sound smrter). The whole thing was an improvisation on a theme, so it rates pretty low on the eloquence scale. With that enticing pitch…

The Best Camera…Nerd Night! with Chris Rompré from Christopher Rompré on Vimeo.

Nerd Night is done in a Pecha Kutcha format – 20 seconds, 20 slides, image-based slides (no reading!). It’s a fresh, non-intimidating approach to sharing ideas that is practically boring-proof. Thanks to Yi Wei and Mike Hahn for getting this together.