The Value of a Name (the Wrap)

Posted on January 9, 2012 in IQ Podcasts | No Comments

Filmmaker IQ’s John Hess looks at the reality of getting the name and what that celebrity following means to filmmakers.

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We cover articles from the first week of January (1-7), 2012 as well as a few thrown in there from last year.

7. Ed Burns on How to Make a Feature for $9,000

Returning to as grass roots as you can get, Director/actor Ed Burns offers some tips on how he shot a film with the Canon 5d in New York City for just nine grand.

6. Ev Hazelton Lighting and Greenscreen Tutorials

The Cinematographer for our favorite Underwater Short Film and Blog (the Underwater Realm), Eve Hazelton, put together three basic lighting tips and tutorials for PhilipBloom.net to illuminate a few basic concepts:

Check out the article to see the rest

5. So… You Want to buy a RED Scarlet

Ready to ditch the DSLR and move up to a RED Scarlet? Or an Alexa? Or even a Canon C300? Read this article on what you absolutely must keep in mind before sinking a small fortune into a camera system that, well, may cost a lot more than you think:

4. Around the World in 289 Seconds

Kien Lam quit his day job and spent a year traveling around the world. 17 countries and 6237 photos later, he put together a 5 minute series of timelapses that documents his journeys around the globe:

3. Dancing Nazis – A Political Remix Video from 1941

In 1941, Charles A. Ridley of the British Ministry of Information put out a film entitled the “Lambeth Walk – Nazi Style“. This piece of “counter-propaganda” re-purposed the Nazi film “Triumph of the Will” and set it a popular dance craze at the time. This short remix was then distributed and picked up by newsreels all around the world.

2. Epic Review of Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull

The sick twisted mind of Harry Plinkett and Red Letter Media (responsible for the most epic reviews of Phantom Menace and Revenge of the Sith) and back with moar commentary, this time aimed at the awkward fourth installment in the Indiana Jones tetrology, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull.

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1. Meet VIKTOR, the Automated Robot Editor

VIKTOR is an app for iPhones and Andriod devices that takes the videos from your media library and automatically creates a 1 or 2 minuted edited video using one of the currently 14 available themes. Videos are free and share for now but it will cost you up to $1.99 to export and share your 2 minute Robot Creation in the future.