year 2018
Project progress & timelines
Join in the development of a documentary in motion . . [page] — Posts here — project home page [overview] Rise and fall of the Vevey arena Technology: SOUND/VIDEO…
Piano transitions 1
VIRTUAL PIANO PATHWAY Follow our thoughts and actions – progress on this conversion . . (0) — (1) — (2) — (3) — (4) Transitioning Steinberg piano hosted…
Joël Dicker
Joël Dicker’s 2020 novel “L’énigme de la chambre 622” is due out in March 2020. The answer is “yes, of course we will read it”! The only question…
Piano transitions 0
INTEGRATED PIANO or VIRTUAL? Keyboard updates 2018-2019 Follow our thoughts and actions – progress on this conversion . . (1) — (2) — (3) — (4) Our existing…
Light show 2018-2019 Bern
We were in Bern on Tuesday 13th November 2018 – Rendez-vous Bundesplatz 2018 – annual light show onto the Swiss federal building in Bern. Message and details in…
Steel Cables
We have oft times wondered at how a steel cable for a cable car or gondola is transported, lifted up and joined with strength to hold tonnes of…
Trümelbachfälle
Multiyear 2012 – 2017 – 2018 product. 2012 video capture – 2017 audio recording – 2018 final montage. https://vimeo.com/294642713 Larger screen version. Full concert.
Gland recording studio
Yes, it is true – or rather was true – in addition to marcomathieumedia’s humble space, Gland hosted one of the best equipped and largest (580 m2) recording…
Video process
Technical and creative steps: As with most processes, we can define a “beginning” and an “end” but remembering that later or earlier steps can be included to expand…
Digital archiving – (6)
B&W NEGATIVES – Certainly the oldest media (after paper!) we have created ourselves – is the humble black and white photographic negative (as early as glass plate, or…
2018-comment (3)
Pricing the future at a discount. Climate change – the perfect economic disaster. When did we first hear about climate change and global warming? Well, the scientists knew,…
Lunar Eclipse 2018
27-28July2018 – Full eclipse of the moon – total lunar eclipse – the longest eclipse of the 21st century. (But there will be another full eclipse 21Jan2019). From…
Integrating air & land
We are beginners at integrating our own drone images into videos – here we are up at 1853m learning how we can blend the two techniques. Larger screen…
Auto Salon 2018 – brief look
Our rather brief record of the 2018 Geneva auto salon this year had no ‘visitor’ to follow looking to replace his Volvo ! And to cap that, we…
2018-comment (2)
Here is a post copied from Avaaz 22nd July 2018. If only a part of this is true, then it seems like the world is being torn apart…
Website development (5)
Gratifying experience and collaborative learning: Our website development experience is indeed exponential, not in numbers of websites or diversity, but in sheer depth. No simple post here can…
Pride Switzerland 2018
marcomathieumedia was traveling elsewhere this year during Pride time (shame on us) so we have no home-brewed video nor own experiences to offer. However we benefit from the…
52nd Montreux 2018
Now a pretty much annual visit to Montreux during the jazz festival week – and this year a special treat of a concert ticket for the Brad Mehldau…
L’Opéra des Nations (2)
During the ‘Fête de la Musique’ in June of 2018, ‘L’Opéra des Nations’ opened its ballet rehearsals to the public – Saturday morning at 11.30 So finally we…
Swiss Railways (5)
Setting up, fixed & aerial, the “ripple” problem.Setting up the Mavic Pro, shooting fixed and aerial, the “ripple” problem. Some detective work needed to establish the cause, and…
Swiss Railways (4)
Landwasser viaduct from the “back” side. The curved nature of the viaduct is more evident from here – trains turn almost 90 degrees between the North bridge track…
Swiss Railways (3)
Continuing our fascination for the Rhätische Bahn (Rhaetian Railways), and with René’s acquisition of a MavicPro quad-copter, here is a combination of aerial and ground video capture of…
Demolition – farm
Filming from the apartment just across the street, and from the demolition site after work hours. Intriguing is the power of the (Volvo) demolition machine, while having the…
Giants in Geneva — review2
September 2017 – Geneva:a fascinating and incredible street theater production – 2 years of preparation and a whole city “mobilized” to make it possible. But also “immobilized” as…
Rhoda Scott at 80 !
The “barefoot lady” – 2018 – new recording 2021 . . Hammond B-3 organ and an all-female group of musicians 2018; duo with drummer 2021. See the announcement…
Digital archiving – (5)
CELLULOID 8mm FILM Once upon a time (around 1932) there was 8 millimeter film which was in fact 16mm film exposed in two operations then cut down the…
Mapping & drones
1969, simple mapping . . . . . . to a 2014 gigantic projection onto the Bucharest Parliament building, and many many other similar shows which can challenge…
2018-comment (1)
2018 begins with knowing that the world continues to suffer the most incredible president and administration in living memory. Incredible that the man was elected – incredible that…
AMR, Sud des Alpes
Home to the “association pour l’encouragement de la musique improvisée” (AMR). Within the house are teaching facilities, rehearsal studios and two concert spaces shown on this short video,…