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Don’t work for Free

Posted on April 4, 2012 in Filmmaking 360, General Screenwriting | No Comments

Daedalus Howell tackles the sensitive subject of compensation when it comes certain creative endeavors with a simple motto: Don’t Work for Free.

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SAG and AFTRA merge to become one Über-Union

Posted on March 31, 2012 in Acting, Filmmaking 360 | 1 Comment

The vote is in – members of the Screen Actor’s Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) voted overwhelmingly to combine creating the largest Hollywood entertainment union.

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The (Insert Any Camera Here) Debate

Posted on March 24, 2012 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments

Jon Connor breaks down the course of a camera debate and outlines the personalities of the players.

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From ‘Lost’ to ‘Friends,’ The Strange Art of Picking a TV Title

Posted on March 21, 2012 in Filmmaking 360 | 1 Comment

What’s in a name? Would a sitcom about a group of ‘Friends’ be as funny if it was called “Six of One”? In the high stakes game of pop culture television, some times the moniker really does matter.

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Behind the Madness of Mad Men

Posted on March 19, 2012 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments

In preparation to the new season of AMC’s Mad Men, Nightline goes behind the scenes of this Emmy Award Winning Series.

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Andy Warhol’s Bob Dylan Screen Test (1966)

Posted on March 16, 2012 in Acting, Filmmaking 360 | No Comments

Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests were filmed from early 1964 – November 1966. Although the short films became known as Screen Tests, they were originally conceived as film portraits – portraits done on film rather than canvas.

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Copyright Math: Why the MPAA is Full of Sh*t

Posted on March 16, 2012 in Filmmaking 360, Selling Your Film | 1 Comment

Numbers don’t lie, lobbyists do. Comic author Rob Reid unveils Copyright Math in this TED Talk, a remarkable new field of study based on actual numbers from entertainment industry lawyers and lobbyists.

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Conan O’Brien’s Editors talk Adobe Premiere Pro

Posted on March 15, 2012 in Filmmaking 360 | 4 Comments

Rob Ashe and the rest of the staff at Conan, talk about making the switch from FCP X and give a quick humorous peak at the next rendition of the Adobe Software.

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Documentary Trends in the Digital Age

Posted on March 15, 2012 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments

Amanda Lin Costa interviews six working documentarians about the current trends in the non-narrative filmmaking world.

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Video Essay: “The Martin Scorsese Film School”

Posted on March 13, 2012 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments

Based on the Martin Scorsese’s 85 Films you Need to See, FlavorWire put together a video essay including the director’s very own commentary on some of these films.

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Ryan Gosling as Walt Disney in WALT?

Posted on March 12, 2012 in Filmmaking 360 | 2 Comments

This fan made poster of “WALT” has been floating around the intwebs today. It features Ryan Gosling as Walt Disney with Ron Howard directing. Personally, I think Edward Norton would be a better choice (see pic below poster). What do you think?

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Horror Film Flow Chart

Posted on March 8, 2012 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments

Got an idea for a Horror Film? Follow this Flow Chart from Canal+ and you’ll be on your way…

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Behind the Scenes on the Hobbit – Video Blog 6

Posted on March 7, 2012 in Filmmaking 360 | 1 Comment

This edition of the Hobbit blog finds Peter Jackson packing up and moving from the Hobbiton Set and trekking across New Zealand for more on location shooting.

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There is no Pink Light

Posted on March 7, 2012 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments

As professor ROY G. BIV would tell you, the colors of the visible spectrum are: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet. But where’s Pink?

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YouTube’s Trend Manager talks about Why Videos go Viral

Posted on March 2, 2012 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments

Kevin Allocca, YouTube’s trends manager, takes a look at the common components of Viral Videos and what happens to make them go viral.

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