#46: Python in Movies and Entertainment

Talk Python To Me

Michael Kennedy

Technology

4.8 • 635 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2016

⏱️ 57 minutes

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What did you experience the last time you watched a movie in a theater? Were you captivated by fast-paced action and special effects? Deeply moved by the characters that came to life during those two hours when the outside world just melted away? Yeah, movies are still magical.

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0:00.0	What did you experience the last time you watched a movie in a theater?
0:03.3	Were you captivated by the fast-paced action and special effects?
0:07.0	Deeply moved by the characters that came to life during those two hours when the outside world just melted away?
0:12.5	Yeah, movies are still magical.
0:15.0	What was likely not top of mind was all the work that went into that movie,
0:18.7	from the editing of the audio and video to the special effects, the rendering, the coordination, and maybe hundreds of creative professionals.
0:25.8	It turns out that Python plays a key role in coordinating all of that production work, and that's what this episode is all about.
0:32.1	Join me as I talk with Rob Blau from Autodesk about Python in the movies and entertainment business.
0:37.7	This is Talk Python to Me, episode number 46, recorded January 28th, 2016.
0:44.2	I'm a developer in many senses of the word because I make these applications,
0:51.4	but I also use these verbs to make this music.
0:54.4	I constructed line by line, just like when I'm coding another software design.
0:58.9	In both cases, it's about design patterns.
1:02.0	Anyone can get the job done.
1:03.4	It's the execution that matters.
1:05.1	I have many interests.
1:06.9	Sometimes it can flip.
1:07.1	Welcome to Talk Python to Me, a weekly podcast on Python, the language, the libraries, the ecosystem, and the personalities.
1:14.7	This is your host, Michael Kennedy.
1:16.2	Follow me on Twitter where I'm at M. Kennedy.
1:18.3	Keep up with the show and listen to past episodes at TalkPython.fm.
1:22.0	And follow the show on Twitter via at Talk Python.
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