Frank recently wrote a bit about Firefly, the highly entertaining Joss Whedon series that was foolishly canceled after one series. Well now Whedon is bringing us a new series that is again familiar and unusual all at once. Fingers crossed we avoid foolishness this time (and that it comes to a TV station on this side of the Atlantic very soon). Enjoy the trailer;

I saw this photograph today and it made me think.

After I recovered from the pain I thought I’d risk sharing my thoughts with the fine people who frequent BifSniff. This picture is from the Cannes Film Festival (courtesy of Cinematical) and I think sums up what the festival has become. It doesn’t immediately make you think “film festival” does it?

I know I’m being naive but I would like a Festival as big as Cannes that still puts the films first. At the same time I realise that film wouldn’t be such a global industry without this kind of thing. And part of me likes that there is this much attention.

It does make me appreciate the smaller scale of the Cork Film Festival thought, where the film is still the most important thing. While also wishing I was in Cannes right now…

As our regular audience on BifSniff dwindles (hello Googlers!) it’s nice to know exactly who each post is aimed at, and this one is for janie

ColourLovers.com is both a brilliant and beautifully designed site.

I haven’t even begun to explore half the functionality, but I have been using it to develop colour pallettes when designing. During the design process you can get pretty colour jaded and lose sight of what’s working and new ways of discovering colours.

ColourLovers allows you to use a photograph as a point of reference and begin to build a pallette based on the colours in the photo. It’s pure genius and gets the creative juices kickstarted if you’re in a rut!

Here’s my profile, I’ve only just begun to use it, so my pallettes are limited, but I am getting the hang of it!

Also, I found a great tutorial linked to on ColourLovers which shows how to create repeating patterns. Cool.

Martin Scorsese is to make a biopic of legendary singer Frank Sinatra. That is according to Sinatra’s film producer daughter anyway. There is suggestion that the film will not be about his mob links but since Scorsese’s involvement or role aren’t even confirmed yet let’s wait and see what kind of film it will be.

Apparently Scorsese once tried to make a biopic about Sinatra’s fellow Rat Packer, Dean Martin, with Tom Hanks as Martin.