Because most agency or clients either assumed this was the program we used, or they wanted to know when this program was “eventually” going to hit the market.
Moon Rise Kingdom was one of my favorite films this year. Wes does an incredibly unique and captivating job of telling a story. So I am SUPER excited to hear that he already has a title and at least one new actor he hasn’t worked with before: Jonny Depp! The Grand Budapest Hotel will be produced […]
THE MARMALADE uploaded a killer reel showing the skills of the “SPIKE” High Speed Camera Control System…Now I just gotta figure out how to afford it. This kind of rig reminds me of The Big Freeze rig but using high-speed robotic arms instead. Exactly repeatable camera moves can be created and modified within a matter […]
Watseinfeld created a beautiful tribute piece to one of my favorite movies, Hossiers. Through a combination of video and still frames, you can see the shooting locations from 25 years ago in the modern day. It’s well worth the click through.
@Austinkleaon offers up a few pratical points on how to Steal like a Writer! Writing is Collage. Carry a Notebook and Pen Read, Read, Read. Keep a Swipe File. Don’t wait until you know what you think to get started. Step Away from the screen. Keep a Daily Routine. Write something you […]
Panel: Richard Lorber – Kino Lorber Jill Burkhart – EPIX Shawn Bercuson – Prescreen Stephanie Sharis – Snag Films Jonathan Marlow – Fandor Having a strategy doesn’t assure success; but not having a strategy almost surely assures failure. Kevin Smith does a great job of curetting and growing his base even while the project […]
Presenter: Barry Ryan – “Warp” Films Warp Films – 10 years 18 Films 5 TV series 6 BAFTAs 1 World Record – Most amount of zombies at a festival. Parent company is Warped Records. Check these out: Four Lions; Submarine; Kill List Everything was defined by Deadman Shoes. Warp Records came about by two guys just […]
They wrote Cabin in the Woods in three days – 15 pages per person for three days. Joss wrote 27 pages in one day, which was a personal best. My favorite thing is to go into a movie to TV show not knowing a thing. I want people to be surprised by what they see; […]
Below are the notes from the various sessions I went to during teh first weekend of South By SouthWest 2012. Fair warning: They are stream of consciousness, so comprehend at your own risk! DAY #1 Friday broke with thunder and a ton of rain but it did very little to dampen the spirits of SXSW! […]
I first saw “The Sacrifice” when I was taking an art film class at Wheaton. It was one of the first films that I saw that I can remeber stiring a desire for seperating films from movies. Tarkovsky made such an incredible inpact on filmmaking considering he only made 7 feature films in 27 years. Senses of […]
The Wrap did a great article on the Polish Brothers (The Astronaut Farmer) and their new movie “For Lovers Only”. Last I heard it had raked in over 300K. Profit. Not bad. “For Lovers Only,” an intimate romance made in luminous black-and-white by twin auteur filmmakers Michael and Mark Polish, is a wildly successful experiment […]
It is a learned skill but one that can be immensely helpful when you are trying to capture action happening outside of the immediate viewfinder… This skill takes some time to learn but is very helpful for operating any kind of camera. Try keeping both eyes open while shooting. It takes time to learn and […]
This month’s Filmmaker Magazine has a great article by Karin Chien (with contributions by Ben Howe) on how “Exploding Girl” got their indie production off the ground. Here are a few of the high points: