Adweek traces the brief window of existance of web video from lonelygirl15 to the modern billion hit bohemeths. December 1995-January 1999 After seeing Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s short Spirit of Christmas, TV exec Brian Graden commissions a second video he distributes to friends on VHS. The video—and Graden—help Parker and Stone land a development Read MoreRead More
A few weeks ago we wrote about what is probably one of the most interesting short film festivals in the world: Tropfest. On it’s 21st year, Tropfest invites filmmakers to submit a film that includes the annual Tropfest Signature Item for a chance to win cash prizes and a chance to be screened in front Read MoreRead More
The video standard H.264 changed the way video was delivered on the internet. The next generation could add 4K and 8K capabilities but it may be farther away then previously thought: Well it might be nearly five more years till you get to use the full power of HEVC or H.265 according to Dan Rayburn Read MoreRead More
Emily Best discusses the new transparency that the digital age has brought to filmmakers and society and how that impacts our relationship with the audience. I hold this apparently really unpopular view that without an audience, it can’t be art. “Art” is a social label, a negotiation between the artist, the object (or performance) and Read MoreRead More
The film is done and it’s screening in front of a live audience. The credits roll and they ask you, the filmmaker, to do a Q&A – but what do you say? Scott Macaulay offers 12 tips to preparing for that all important audience-artist interaction. So how can directors ensure that their festival Q&As are as charming, Read MoreRead More
Witney Seibold explains how a film is actually projected onto the screen, what can go wrong, and what you can do about it. A director is working hard on her film. She is not only working slavishly to achieve the right look, tone and thematic throughline for her drama, but she is also embroiled in a bitter Read MoreRead More
