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Why certain blockbusters blow your mind
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Loading ...Movie studios spend millions trying to make films that will attract huge audiences and big box office profits, but new research in brain imaging may provide insight into why certain movies set off more brain activity than others. NBC’s Robert Bazell reports. (Nightly News)
Horror Movie Cliches
(2 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5) Loading ...From vintage classics to awful remakes, horror flicks tend to use the same plot devices so often it’s scary. 26 most used horror clichés that deserve the axe. …How Many Horror Movie Characters Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb? After the aforementioned creepy noise in the basement or attic, our dimwitted victim will inevitably explore, [...]
Building a Spectacular Spec Reel
(1 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Jessel Monteverde breaks down how to build a success Spec Reel to break into the world of advertising: Submitted by Gospel John Part1: …There is absolutely nothing more important to a commercial director’s career than a demo reel. Not education. Not connections (although this is important). And not experience. A jaw-dropping reel will facilitate a director’s entry [...]
The Lost Films of Orson Welles
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The Lost Films of Orson Welles. Also known as Orson Welles : The One-Man Band. A film featuring Ojar Kodar and the unrealized film projects of Orson Welles. Includes clips of “The other side of the wind.” (All 9 parts embed in playlist)
How Criterion Hones Its Restoration Magic for HD
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Gizmodo’s feature article titled The Criterion Collection — How Criterion Hones Its Restoration Magic for HD takes you inside Criterion’s effort get some of their titles out on Blu-ray. In a another Gizmodo article you may be surprised to know The Criterion Collection’s Reference Blu-ray Player is the The PlayStation 3. …Lee Kline, the Technical [...]
Roger Ebert: How to read a movie
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...In this piece by Roger Ebert, he discusses how he goes through a film in his shot by shot workshops, offering tips on how to study a film, using a technique called Cinema Interruptus. …I’ve mentioned from time to time the “shot at a time” sessions I do at film festivals and universities, sifting through a [...]
Stanley Kubrick’s Boxes
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...A biography of a remarkably talented man as seen though the rich collection of material he left behind. Stanley Kubrick’s films were landmark events – majestic, memorable and richly researched. But, as the years went by, the time between films grew longer and longer, and less and less was seen of the director. What on earth [...]
Financing for Indie Studios Alive and Well
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Media Rights Capital Press Release: LOS ANGELES, Sep 22, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Media Rights Capital, the leading independent film, television and digital studio has finalized a three-year, $350 million revolving credit facility that will position the company for continued growth, it was announced today by Media Rights Capital co-CEOs Asif Satchu and Modi Wiczyk. The [...]
Rethinking the Music Video
(4 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...What would a music video look like if it were directed by the music, purely as an expression of a great song, rather than driven by a filmmaker’s concept? Designer Jakob Trollback shares the results of his experiment in the form.
“Hardware Wars” Producer Michael Wiese
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Producer Michael Wiese tells all about George Lucas and the creation of Ernie Fosselius’ HARDWARE WARS. Interviews and a seminar appearance at the Cannes Film Festival. Hardware Wars You’ll laugh! You’ll cry! You’ll kiss three bucks goodbye! A parody of Star Wars, presented in the form of a movie preview. Young Fluke Starbucker, under the tutelage [...]
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