Monday, November 30, 2009

Re: Arthur C. Clarke's Maelstrom II: e.m. rail animatic, rescue craft, HD fo...

good luck once again Jeroen
 
In a message dated 11/29/2009 9:25:01 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, jeroen-lapre@distant-galaxy.com writes:
Dear ACC Maelstrom II cast, crew, consultants, and friends,

after a year-long hiatus, to settle into my new job in the visualization studio at www.calacademy.org, we are resuming production on Arthur C. Clarke's Maelstrom II:

http://www.distant-galaxy.com/maelstrom2/MaelstromII.html

With a work in progress digital painting and comp of the electromagnetic launch rail at the south pole of the moon:

http://distant-galaxy.com/maelstrom2/EMrail/launch/MaelstromIILaunchRail.720p.h264.mov

...by talented digital matte artist Niall Booker.

And a reworking of the rescue craft design by Jon Varner:

http://www.distant-galaxy.com/maelstrom2/MaelstromIIRescueSpaceCraftDesign.html

We are in the process of transferring the Sony HDCAM SR 24fps footage from tape to firewire 800 2TB portable raid, which I recently acquired.

If anyone has access to an HDCAM SR-compatible deck and can assist me with transfer of 1080pfootage to uncompressed 10bit 4:4:4 quicktime, please contact me.

Best wishes,

Jeroen Lapré
Producer/Director
Maelstrom II

On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 1:02 PM, Jeroen Lapre' <jeroen-lapre@distant-galaxy.com> wrote:
Dear ACC Maelstrom II cast, crew, consultants, and friends,

my apologies for my radio silence. I have taken 6 months leave from ILM to work on the premier planetarium show for the re-opening of the California Academy of Sciences building in the Golden Gate park, SF.

We continue to move forward on Maelstrom II, with the completion of the textures for the G suit:

http://www.distant-galaxy.com/maelstrom2/G_Suit/ACC_M2_G_SuitTexturesJul08.html

...

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Arthur C. Clarke's Maelstrom II: e.m. rail animatic, rescue craft, HD footage

Dear ACC Maelstrom II cast, crew, consultants, and friends,

after a year-long hiatus, to settle into my new job in the visualization studio at www.calacademy.org, we are resuming production on Arthur C. Clarke's Maelstrom II:

http://www.distant-galaxy.com/maelstrom2/MaelstromII.html

With a work in progress digital painting and comp of the electromagnetic launch rail at the south pole of the moon:

http://distant-galaxy.com/maelstrom2/EMrail/launch/MaelstromIILaunchRail.720p.h264.mov

...by talented digital matte artist Niall Booker.

And a reworking of the rescue craft design by Jon Varner:

http://www.distant-galaxy.com/maelstrom2/MaelstromIIRescueSpaceCraftDesign.html

We are in the process of transferring the Sony HDCAM SR 24fps footage from tape to firewire 800 2TB portable raid, which I recently acquired.

If anyone has access to an HDCAM SR-compatible deck and can assist me with transfer of 1080pfootage to uncompressed 10bit 4:4:4 quicktime, please contact me.

Best wishes,

Jeroen Lapré
Producer/Director
Maelstrom II

On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 1:02 PM, Jeroen Lapre' <jeroen-lapre@distant-galaxy.com> wrote:
Dear ACC Maelstrom II cast, crew, consultants, and friends,

my apologies for my radio silence. I have taken 6 months leave from ILM to work on the premier planetarium show for the re-opening of the California Academy of Sciences building in the Golden Gate park, SF.

We continue to move forward on Maelstrom II, with the completion of the textures for the G suit:

http://www.distant-galaxy.com/maelstrom2/G_Suit/ACC_M2_G_SuitTexturesJul08.html

...

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Arthur C. Clarke's Maelstrom II: G Suit Complete / Rail Mountains

Dear ACC Maelstrom II cast, crew, consultants, and friends,

my apologies for my radio silence. I have taken 6 months leave from ILM to work on the premier planetarium show for the re-opening of the California Academy of Sciences building in the Golden Gate park, SF.

We continue to move forward on Maelstrom II, with the completion of the textures for the G suit:

http://www.distant-galaxy.com/maelstrom2/G_Suit/ACC_M2_G_SuitTexturesJul08.html

...and a beautiful digital painting of the lunar south pole mountains:

http://www.distant-galaxy.com/maelstrom2/DigiMatte/ACC_M2LunarRailMountains.html

Special thanks to texture painter Youngkyu Kim, 3D modeler Jon Varner, and digital painter Niall Booker.

Best wishes.

Jeroen Lapre'

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Sir Arthur C. Clarke's Maelstrom II: Now a Living Memorial

Dear Maelstrom II Cast, Crew, Consultants and Friends,

you have most probably heard by now the passing of Sir Arthur C. Clarke.

I am very sad that I did not get the opportunity to meet him in person and show him the completed version of Maelstrom II.

It was an honor to be introduced to Sir Arthur by my friend Jay Trimble, from NASA Ames, back in the year 2001.

It was a privilege to have corresponded with Sir Arthur, and to be working on a digital short adaptation of one of his short stories.

Maelstrom II is now a living memorial for Sir Arthur. I am determined to complete it with the original intention galvanized:

to inspire people about this amazing Universe we inhabit.

http://www.distant-galaxy.com/maelstrom2/MaelstromII.html

Best wishes,

Jeroen Lapre'
Producer/Director
Maelstrom II

digital artist
ILM

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Re: Maelstrom II Update: Clarke Turns 90, Dec 16

Feng,

you are welcome.
Yes, indeed, it feels like Sir Arthur is addressing us directly: the next generation.
It is now up to us to realise the full potential of our species.

-jeroen

On Dec 16, 2007 6:23 AM, Feng Hsu <Feng.Hsu@nasa.gov> wrote:
Thanks Jeroen for sharing with all of us the great video message from Sir.
Arthur C. Clarke on his 90th completion of traveling around our solar orbit.


It's indeed quite an emotional and inspiring experience from going through
his video speech recorded from his adopted home in Sri Lanka. I highly
recommend anyone on this list to spend a few minutes to listening through A.
Clarke's profound message. I am sure that everyone will find his/her time
well spent to listen to the calls from the deepest human conscious and
vision of this great human being as his great message was really meant not
only for the "space cadets", but rather recorded for all fellow human beings
on this planet..... Again, I believe that the greatest possible contribution
to humanity from the "Space Cadets" around the globe will be to making the
"vertical expansions" of human presence in the Universe as early as
possible, so that our species will be forever survived and saved through
conscious elevation and transformation into a whole new loving and harmonic
civilization under the true power of "Overview Effects"!

Cheers & and Happy holidays to all,

Feng
NASA GSFC

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeroen Lapre [mailto:jeroen@ilm.com]
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 9:41 PM
To: Maelstrom II Updates Blog; Alexander Jaeger; Jeff Hatchel; Larry Hoki;
Bob Frey; Matt Blackwell; Will McCoy; Lanny Cermak; Greg Hyman; Michael
Sanders; Michael Jamieson; Christopher Barnett; Christopher D. Barnett;
Chuck Marra; Daniel Marriott; M. Zachary Sherman; Todd Daniele; Stanley
VonMedvey; Missing Pixels; Mike Ludlam; Josh Lowden; Jon Varner; Jeroen
Lapre'; info@ellenmeijers.com; George Sakellariou; Fred Meyers; Ellen
Meijers; Eric Berminder; Andy Newall; Kim and Damian Steel; Daniel D. Durda;
David Lackner; Jay Trimble; Susmita Mohanty; Russell Schweickart; Roger
Arno; Randall Clague; Michael H Sims; Ken Galal; Larry Kellogg; Rochael M.
Soper, Esq.; Sean Casey; William Marshall; Bruce Damer; Allinaday@aol.com;
Ann Druyan; David Trounstine; David Trounstine; Vince Gerardis; Dr Robert
Zubrin; Alex Goodwin; Andrew Goreff; Audra Koklys; Bill Gilman; Brian
Brecht; Sean Curran; Chris Stott; David Hoffman; David Morris; Dennis Turner
- nobody in particular; Winston Leong; Wilson Tang;
wendell.mendell@jsc.nasa.gov; Vince DeQuattro; Vernor Vinge; Steve Weintz;
Stacy Campbell; Rod Bogart; Prashant Maharaj; Peter Giles; Nos Lapre; Mike
Smithwick; Michael Min; Lydia Choy; Lisa Chu-Thielbar; Joel Hagen; Ed
Kramer; Ed Kramer; Hael Kobayashi; GARY HARRISON; Eric Machmer; Emily
Lakdawalla; Wil McCarthy; Bela Brozsek; Rochael M. Soper, Esq.; Stacy
Campbell; Russell Galen; Randy Jonsson; Paul Giacoppo; Paul & Erin Giacoppo;
Neil deGrasse Tyson; Mike Ludlam; Alan Tonisson; Anthony Shafer; Eric
Berminder; Thomas Cochrane; Kevin Foley; Dane Smith; Peter Daulton; Aaron
Rowe; Mary T Duda; Joni White; Tterrence Masson; 'Toshi Hoo'; Bruce Damer;
Andrea Maiolo; Philip Metschan; Allinaday@aol.com; Ann Druyan; David
Trounstine; David Trounstine; Vince Gerardis; Dr Robert Zubrin; Alex
Goodwin; Andrew Goreff; Audra Koklys; Bill Gilman; Brian Brecht; Sean
Curran; Chris Stott; David Hoffman; David Morris; Dennis Turner - nobody in
particular; Winston Leong; Wilson Tang; wendell.mendell@jsc.nasa.gov; Vince
DeQuattro; Vernor Vinge; Steve Weintz; Stacy Campbell; Rod Bogart; Prashant
Maharaj; Peter Giles; Nos Lapre; Mike Smithwick; Michael Min; Lydia Choy;
Lisa Chu-Thielbar; Joel Hagen; Ed Kramer; Ed Kramer; Hael Kobayashi; GARY
HARRISON; Eric Machmer; Emily Lakdawalla; Wil McCarthy; Bela Brozsek;
Rochael M. Soper, Esq.; Stacy Campbell; Russell Galen; Randy Jonsson; Paul
Giacoppo; Paul & Erin Giacoppo; Neil deGrasse Tyson; Mike Ludlam; Alan
Tonisson; Anthony Shafer; Eric Berminder; Thomas Cochrane; Kevin Foley; Dane
Smith; Peter Daulton; Aaron Rowe; Mary T Duda; Joni White; Tterrence Masson;
'Toshi Hoo'; Bruce Damer; Andrea Maiolo; Philip Metschan; Wil McCarthy; Neil
deGrasse Tyson; Paul Werbos; paul.werbos@verizon.net;
Paul.A.Eckert@boeing.com; Neville Marzwell; mjc; Michael H Sims; Andrew
Goreff; ahoppin@arc.nasa.gov; Stanley VonMedvey; Philip Metschan; Philip
Borntobewired311@aol.com; Bruce Damer; bmh@evolve.org;
amaraa@gmail.com; Carter Emmart; Dr Robert Zubrin; Paul.A.Eckert@boeing.com;
Neville.I.Marzwell@jpl.nasa.gov ; 'Manny Pimenta'; LonnieSchorer@aol.com;
LOBY4SPACE@aol.com; Feng.Hsu@nasa.gov; Ed Lantz; Stanley VonMedvey; Miked
Sneed; Peter Garretson; Ed; Robin; Jeroen Lapre'; Philip Metschan; Philip
Metschan; David Lackner; Susmita Mohanty; Worden, Simon P. (ARC-D); Andrew
Hoppin; Andrew Hoppin; Robert Schingler; William Marshall; Tom Cochrane;
Thomas Cochrane; George Whitesides; Kemp, Christopher C. (ARC-D);
Lisa.L.Lockyer@nasa.gov; David Lackner; Bert Ulrich; Delia L. Santiago; Sean
Casey; Peter Robinson; Jessy Cowan-Sharp; Jessy Cowan-Sharp; LeeAnne
Haworth; Matt Everingham; Daphne Dador; Aaron Rowe; Larry Niven; Greg Bear;
Vernor Vinge; Vince Gerardis; Kevin Braithwaite; Joaquin Alvarado; Barrett
Fox; Louise Riofrio; Prof. Frank Porter; ILM indeproj; Jean-Hugues Lauret;
Joaquin Alvarado
Subject: Maelstrom II Update: Clarke Turns 90, Dec 16

Dear Maelstrom II Cast, Crew, Consultants, and Friends,

it is with some emotion I share this Maelstrom II update.

Sir Arthur C. Clarke will be turning 90, 16th December, 2007, Sri Lanka
time.
Which will be tomorrow, 15th December, San Francisco time.

I have updated the Maelstrom II website, with a news link at the top,
and the Clarke Side Bar Link with same.
It features a 9 minute YouTube video retrospective, of Sir Arthur's 90
orbits around our Sun.

You may need to refresh your browsers to see the updates:

http://www.distant-galaxy.com/maelstrom2/MaelstromII.html

If you do not see the update on the Maelstrom II page, you can view the
video directly here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qLdeEjdbWE

Best wishes,

Jeroen Lapre'
technical director
www.ilm.com

producer/director
www.distant-galaxy.com




--
-jeroen lapre
www.distant-galaxy.com
making science compelling

RE: Maelstrom II Update: Clarke Turns 90, Dec 16

Thanks Jeroen for sharing with all of us the great video message from Sir.
Arthur C. Clarke on his 90th completion of traveling around our solar orbit.


It's indeed quite an emotional and inspiring experience from going through
his video speech recorded from his adopted home in Sri Lanka. I highly
recommend anyone on this list to spend a few minutes to listening through A.
Clarke's profound message. I am sure that everyone will find his/her time
well spent to listen to the calls from the deepest human conscious and
vision of this great human being as his great message was really meant not
only for the "space cadets", but rather recorded for all fellow human beings
on this planet..... Again, I believe that the greatest possible contribution
to humanity from the "Space Cadets" around the globe will be to making the
"vertical expansions" of human presence in the Universe as early as
possible, so that our species will be forever survived and saved through
conscious elevation and transformation into a whole new loving and harmonic
civilization under the true power of "Overview Effects"!

Cheers & and Happy holidays to all,

Feng
NASA GSFC

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeroen Lapre [mailto:jeroen@ilm.com]
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 9:41 PM
To: Maelstrom II Updates Blog; Alexander Jaeger; Jeff Hatchel; Larry Hoki;
Bob Frey; Matt Blackwell; Will McCoy; Lanny Cermak; Greg Hyman; Michael
Sanders; Michael Jamieson; Christopher Barnett; Christopher D. Barnett;
Chuck Marra; Daniel Marriott; M. Zachary Sherman; Todd Daniele; Stanley
VonMedvey; Missing Pixels; Mike Ludlam; Josh Lowden; Jon Varner; Jeroen
Lapre'; info@ellenmeijers.com; George Sakellariou; Fred Meyers; Ellen
Meijers; Eric Berminder; Andy Newall; Kim and Damian Steel; Daniel D. Durda;
David Lackner; Jay Trimble; Susmita Mohanty; Russell Schweickart; Roger
Arno; Randall Clague; Michael H Sims; Ken Galal; Larry Kellogg; Rochael M.
Soper, Esq.; Sean Casey; William Marshall; Bruce Damer; Allinaday@aol.com;
Ann Druyan; David Trounstine; David Trounstine; Vince Gerardis; Dr Robert
Zubrin; Alex Goodwin; Andrew Goreff; Audra Koklys; Bill Gilman; Brian
Brecht; Sean Curran; Chris Stott; David Hoffman; David Morris; Dennis Turner
- nobody in particular; Winston Leong; Wilson Tang;
wendell.mendell@jsc.nasa.gov; Vince DeQuattro; Vernor Vinge; Steve Weintz;
Stacy Campbell; Rod Bogart; Prashant Maharaj; Peter Giles; Nos Lapre; Mike
Smithwick; Michael Min; Lydia Choy; Lisa Chu-Thielbar; Joel Hagen; Ed
Kramer; Ed Kramer; Hael Kobayashi; GARY HARRISON; Eric Machmer; Emily
Lakdawalla; Wil McCarthy; Bela Brozsek; Rochael M. Soper, Esq.; Stacy
Campbell; Russell Galen; Randy Jonsson; Paul Giacoppo; Paul & Erin Giacoppo;
Neil deGrasse Tyson; Mike Ludlam; Alan Tonisson; Anthony Shafer; Eric
Berminder; Thomas Cochrane; Kevin Foley; Dane Smith; Peter Daulton; Aaron
Rowe; Mary T Duda; Joni White; Tterrence Masson; 'Toshi Hoo'; Bruce Damer;
Andrea Maiolo; Philip Metschan; Allinaday@aol.com; Ann Druyan; David
Trounstine; David Trounstine; Vince Gerardis; Dr Robert Zubrin; Alex
Goodwin; Andrew Goreff; Audra Koklys; Bill Gilman; Brian Brecht; Sean
Curran; Chris Stott; David Hoffman; David Morris; Dennis Turner - nobody in
particular; Winston Leong; Wilson Tang; wendell.mendell@jsc.nasa.gov; Vince
DeQuattro; Vernor Vinge; Steve Weintz; Stacy Campbell; Rod Bogart; Prashant
Maharaj; Peter Giles; Nos Lapre; Mike Smithwick; Michael Min; Lydia Choy;
Lisa Chu-Thielbar; Joel Hagen; Ed Kramer; Ed Kramer; Hael Kobayashi; GARY
HARRISON; Eric Machmer; Emily Lakdawalla; Wil McCarthy; Bela Brozsek;
Rochael M. Soper, Esq.; Stacy Campbell; Russell Galen; Randy Jonsson; Paul
Giacoppo; Paul & Erin Giacoppo; Neil deGrasse Tyson; Mike Ludlam; Alan
Tonisson; Anthony Shafer; Eric Berminder; Thomas Cochrane; Kevin Foley; Dane
Smith; Peter Daulton; Aaron Rowe; Mary T Duda; Joni White; Tterrence Masson;
'Toshi Hoo'; Bruce Damer; Andrea Maiolo; Philip Metschan; Wil McCarthy; Neil
deGrasse Tyson; Paul Werbos; paul.werbos@verizon.net;
Paul.A.Eckert@boeing.com; Neville Marzwell; mjc; Michael H Sims; Andrew
Goreff; ahoppin@arc.nasa.gov; Stanley VonMedvey; Philip Metschan; Philip
Metschan; Apollo.busby@yahoo.com; Bob Citron; BobKrone@aol.com;
Borntobewired311@aol.com; Bruce Damer; bmh@evolve.org;
bpittman@alliancespace.net; David Beaver; David Livingston; Howard Bloom;
fschowen@spacepartnerships.com; gregallison@a2zaerospace.com;
amaraa@gmail.com; Carter Emmart; Dr Robert Zubrin; Paul.A.Eckert@boeing.com;
Neville.I.Marzwell@jpl.nasa.gov; 'Manny Pimenta'; LonnieSchorer@aol.com;
LOBY4SPACE@aol.com; Feng.Hsu@nasa.gov; Ed Lantz; Stanley VonMedvey; Miked
Sneed; Peter Garretson; Ed; Robin; Jeroen Lapre'; Philip Metschan; Philip
Metschan; David Lackner; Susmita Mohanty; Worden, Simon P. (ARC-D); Andrew
Hoppin; Andrew Hoppin; Robert Schingler; William Marshall; Tom Cochrane;
Thomas Cochrane; George Whitesides; Kemp, Christopher C. (ARC-D);
Lisa.L.Lockyer@nasa.gov; David Lackner; Bert Ulrich; Delia L. Santiago; Sean
Casey; Peter Robinson; Jessy Cowan-Sharp; Jessy Cowan-Sharp; LeeAnne
Haworth; Matt Everingham; Daphne Dador; Aaron Rowe; Larry Niven; Greg Bear;
Vernor Vinge; Vince Gerardis; Kevin Braithwaite; Joaquin Alvarado; Barrett
Fox; Louise Riofrio; Prof. Frank Porter; ILM indeproj; Jean-Hugues Lauret;
Joaquin Alvarado
Subject: Maelstrom II Update: Clarke Turns 90, Dec 16

Dear Maelstrom II Cast, Crew, Consultants, and Friends,

it is with some emotion I share this Maelstrom II update.

Sir Arthur C. Clarke will be turning 90, 16th December, 2007, Sri Lanka
time.
Which will be tomorrow, 15th December, San Francisco time.

I have updated the Maelstrom II website, with a news link at the top,
and the Clarke Side Bar Link with same.
It features a 9 minute YouTube video retrospective, of Sir Arthur's 90
orbits around our Sun.

You may need to refresh your browsers to see the updates:

http://www.distant-galaxy.com/maelstrom2/MaelstromII.html

If you do not see the update on the Maelstrom II page, you can view the
video directly here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qLdeEjdbWE

Best wishes,

Jeroen Lapre'
technical director
www.ilm.com

producer/director
www.distant-galaxy.com

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Re: Maelstrom II Update: Clarke Turns 90, Dec 16

Please find attached digital birthday card I sent to Sir Arthur.
Cheers
-jeroen

On Dec 14, 2007 6:40 PM, Jeroen Lapre <jeroen@ilm.com > wrote:
Dear Maelstrom II Cast, Crew, Consultants, and Friends,

it is with some emotion I share this Maelstrom II update.

Sir Arthur C. Clarke will be turning 90, 16th December, 2007, Sri Lanka
time.
Which will be tomorrow, 15th December, San Francisco time.

I have updated the Maelstrom II website, with a news link at the top,
and the Clarke Side Bar Link with same.
It features a 9 minute YouTube video retrospective, of Sir Arthur's 90
orbits around our Sun.

You may need to refresh your browsers to see the updates:

http://www.distant-galaxy.com/maelstrom2/MaelstromII.html

If you do not see the update on the Maelstrom II page, you can view the
video directly here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qLdeEjdbWE

Best wishes,

Jeroen Lapre'
technical director
www.ilm.com

producer/director
www.distant-galaxy.com





--
-jeroen lapre
www.distant-galaxy.com
making science compelling

Friday, December 14, 2007

Maelstrom II Update: Clarke Turns 90, Dec 16

Dear Maelstrom II Cast, Crew, Consultants, and Friends,

it is with some emotion I share this Maelstrom II update.

Sir Arthur C. Clarke will be turning 90, 16th December, 2007, Sri Lanka
time.
Which will be tomorrow, 15th December, San Francisco time.

I have updated the Maelstrom II website, with a news link at the top,
and the Clarke Side Bar Link with same.
It features a 9 minute YouTube video retrospective, of Sir Arthur's 90
orbits around our Sun.

You may need to refresh your browsers to see the updates:

http://www.distant-galaxy.com/maelstrom2/MaelstromII.html

If you do not see the update on the Maelstrom II page, you can view the
video directly here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qLdeEjdbWE

Best wishes,

Jeroen Lapre'
technical director
www.ilm.com

producer/director
www.distant-galaxy.com