Archive for: August, 2009

Monarch Helps Groovy and Midway Museum Beta Test Exhibit

August 30th, 2009

Groovy Like a Movie, along with a great team of strategic partners, produced an exhibit for the USS Midway Museum. Kids from the Monarch School helped us by coming out to the museum and got a sneak preview of the program (and helped us beta-test!). We had some fantastic news coverage, including the piece from NBC 7/39 below.

View more news videos at: http://www.nbcsandiego.com/video.

Written by Brent Altomare

Aspect Calc iPhone App

August 25th, 2009

If you work with professional video, eventually you will need to export your video for the web. Picking the correct size for your exported video is easy if your target is standard. But what if your target isn’t a standard size?

This simple, elegant program allows you to pick the source video pixel ratio (D1/DV, square, or widescreen) and the source video aspect ratio. Aspect Calc then calculates the correct dimensions based on a height or width that you enter.

IMPORTANT NOTE: At the moment, Aspect Calc does not calculate PAL aspect ratios – NTSC HD and SD only!

For support, please contact us at: iPhone@groovylikeamovie.com

The program is available now for only $.99 by clicking here: Aspect Calc

Written by Brent Altomare

Groovy Rocks the Navy Gold Coast Conference

August 16th, 2009

We participated in the Navy Gold Coast conference in San Diego. This is the attract loop that played on the 60″ plasma screen in our booth. All footage shot on our RED One by Bill Heffley. Music is “Love Spreads” by The Stone Roses.

And in case you were wondering, we had the coolest booth there!

Written by Brent Altomare

USS Midway Steam Power Learning System

August 14th, 2009

We’ve been working for over a year with the USS Midway Museum on an exhibit demonstrating the steam systems of the ship. This exhibit utilizes game theory to educate visitors in an entertaining and interactive manner. We partnered with Impact Communications and Mostre Design to create the finished product. Below are two samples of the many interactive videos we produced for the project.

Here is a picture of the finished installation, along with some mid-construction photos:

The completed installation!

Console with lower back section

Console back view - doors off

Written by Brent Altomare
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