Joanne Mackellar

Category: Movies

  • The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

    Remember Morgan Spurlock? Yes, he was the guy that created Supersize me. Turns out he’s made another movie called “The Greatest Movie Ever Sold” This time it’s about creating a movie around advertising while having advertisers pay for the production cost of the movie. He’s previous work has always been outstanding and I’m sure this…

  • Why can’t computers be more intuitive?

    This is how everyone feels when dealing with a person who knows nothing about computers…. You all like to think you’re reasonable but let’s face it……boiling points are short. My real question are computers and the internet intuitive? From this video…..No

  • The Genius of Design

    There’s a great show on design currently showing on the ABC called “The Genius of Design” The show introduces famous designers from all disciplines including Dieter Rams. What impresses me about this show is the explanation of “Problem Solving”. Like the post before the show explains that design is not decoration but problem solving. As an…

  • Objectified

    I recently found an interesting film about industrial design. It talks about how we have interacted with objects over the years and how it may change within the future as we draw away from archetypes. The documentry is interesting and worth a look if your interested in interaction. Objectified does bring up some good points…

  • Red Letter Media

    I’m always interested in other aspects and disciplines of design. Although design as a whole is vast I can see there are similarities between disciplines and process. The other day I found an interesting review site called Red Letter Media. What sets this review site apart from other is the way the reviewer (with a…

  • Resources for old Australian commericals and television episodes

    I just recently found this site and thought it was too good not to share. It’s a resource for old and new Australian TV. It’s interesting to see how Australian TV has evolved over the years. From tacky commericals about the world of tomorrow to tackier commericals of the kid in the pie shop. Be…

  • Different interpretation of 3 blind mice

    [HTML5] I just thought this was interesting. Made in 1945 to teach about the importance of work safety.

  • Forget the film, watch the titles

    I found this site the other day while browsing for movies titles. I found most movies these days are mediocre and the titles are the only thing that excites me. I was surprised to learn that there are some sites out there devoted to just the titles of the film. I’m also surprised at the…