Variety reports on the uncertainty of indie distribution in the new Digital Age. …You’ve got cable-based platforms, you’ve got (Internet)-based platforms, you’ve got mobile platforms — it’s all over the place,” D’Amico says. While distribution via emerging digital platforms may prove wildly profitable for indies a few years down the road, for now, as D’Amico notes, [...]
by Carolyn Handler Miller As writers, we are practitioners of an ancient art: the art of storytelling. Storytelling is a continually evolving form of expression. The first storytellers had only one simple tool at their disposal - the spoken word. Later storytellers had more sophisticated methods of spinning tales, using staged dramas, printed texts, and ultimately, [...]
ETC’s Press Release: LOS ANGELES (September 8, 2008) – The Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) announced today that it will set up a Stereoscopic 3-D Content Testing Lab addition to its Anytime/Anywhere Content Lab. Building on the success of ETC’s world-renowned Digital Cinema Laboratory, ETC’s studio and other sponsors will be using the AACL to explore [...]
This PC World article focus on “consumer camcorders,” but it contains some useful basics for new filmmakers wanting to know what first camera they should buy. …Camcorder technologies are changing fast. Here’s how to pick the right camera for you–and ensure that your video memories will stand the test of time. If the only video you shoot [...]
The University of Washington who’s computer technology team recently developed Photosynth now has a group of graduate students showing the potential of technology to enhance digital video in amazing ways. Video and Descriptions From: Pravin Bhat Using Photographs to Enhance Videos of a Static Scene from pro on Vimeo. The work presents a system for automatically producing [...]
In the new Wired Magazine article “Analog Film Meets Its Match in Red Digital Cinema’s Ultrahigh-Res Camera” they cover the development of the ground breaking Red One, and the ongoing debate among filmmakers over digital cinematography. …In the slammin’, jammin’ world of production, you want a really tough machine that takes very simple approaches to problems,” [...]
From - arincrumley: Matt talks about his project a Swarm of Angles and the general concepts behind collaboration in the digital era. I personally would love to see collaborative editing tools evolve to the point where you could upload raw footage and anyone could add to the meta data like it was a wiki and [...]
Lance Weiler at Filmmaker Magazine tells you how to distribute your independent film online. …The promise of unlimited choice and shelf space due to an emerging on-demand universe of content has many in the industry struggling to figure out how new media revenue should be divided. This highly contentious issue is at the center of the [...]