Posted on March 25, 2009 in Filmmaking 360 | 3 Comments
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The entertainment industry is known for obliterating self-esteem and destroying lives. And you want to be part of it. Admit it — if you didn’t, you wouldn’t be reading this. Every person who wants to work in the entertainment industry asks themselves a few questions before trying:
Can I make [...]
Posted on March 3, 2009 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
Hollywood’s in the midst of a “feed good” story in an otherwise dismal environment for many businesses, reports CNBC’s Julia Boorstin. She and David Brain, CEO of Entertainment Properties Trust, discuss the details.
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Posted on January 16, 2009 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
Some words of wisdom from Alfred Hitchcock. This clip is an excerpt from the DVD “A Talk With Hitchcock.”
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Posted on January 12, 2009 in General Screenwriting | No Comments
James Hudnall reflects on where stories came from and how they impact our culture.
…At the dawn of mankind our ancient ancestors huddled around campfires and told stories to entertain each other. But the smarter ones realized there was a way to make the stories more effective for the audience. And that was the origin of [...]
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Posted on January 9, 2009 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
The sixth lecture in Evan Korth’s NYU Computers and Society course featured Professor Lawrence Lessig of Stanford University. His topic, the subject of his recent book, was “Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy.”
The content industry has convinced industry in general that extremism in copyright regulation is good for business and economic [...]
Posted on January 8, 2009 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
Ty Lowell looks at Canon’s new crop of consumer cameras.
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Posted on December 31, 2008 in Filmmaking 360 | 1 Comment
Ben Lyons, one of the new faces on “At the Movies” (Siskel and Ebert’s famous show) isn’t winning a lot of fans.
…In the four months since the fresh-faced 27-year-old “movie dude” for the E! Entertainment Network was installed to co-host a revamped version of the venerable movie review program “At the Movies,” he has gotten [...]
Posted on December 18, 2008 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
Mike Curtis rants about the state of indie filmmaking
…Went to dinner with an indie filmmaker last night. Here’s a rant based on that. Synopsis: I think indie movie making as a business model is deader than fried chicken.
Hoping to make your little movie and make a living off of it, until you can get the [...]
Posted on December 9, 2008 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
D. W. Leitner reviews the new Sony HVR-Z5U
…Sony strikes again. No sooner had I reviewed the PMW-EX1 than the HVR-Z7U appeared. No sooner had I reviewed the Z7 than the PMW-EX3 appeared. I’ve just reviewed the EX3, and guess what? Like clockwork, there’s another new handheld HDV camcorder to consider: the Sony HVR-Z5U.
— Digital Content [...]
Posted on December 6, 2008 in Filmmaking 360 | 4 Comments
Ever wonder how the Warner Bros Shield came about? Or who that Columbia lady is? Let’s find out:
…In 1994, director Steven Spielberg, Disney studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg, and record producer David Geffen (yes, they make the initial SKG on the bottom of the logo) got together to found a new studio called DreamWorks.
Spielberg wanted the [...]
Posted on December 6, 2008 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
Director James Cameron and 3D cinematographer Vincent Pace to talk about their perspectives on the stereoscopic movie-making and their new film Avatar
…“If I could have shot Titanic in 3D I would have,” declared Cameron. “Any spectacle would benefit from it.”
[Vincent] Pace, who supplies 3D camera systems and post production, noted that there’s a knee-jerk reaction [...]
Posted on December 5, 2008 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
That’s right, a 400GB on a 16 layered Blu-ray Optical disc that is supposed to be readable on today’s blu-ray players. Perhaps we’ll see the entire season of a show on one disc!
…Pioneer is exhibiting its super multi-layer read-only optical disc which features 16 separate layers on a single side with 25GB storage capacity on [...]
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Posted on December 4, 2008 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
Roger Ebert blogs about the current state of newspaper movie reviews:
…A newspaper film critic is like a canary in a coal mine. When one croaks, get the hell out. The lengthening toll of former film critics acts as a poster child for the self-destruction of American newspapers, which once hoped to be more like the [...]
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Posted on November 30, 2008 in Filmmaking 360 | 1 Comment
From: AtGoogleTalks – Scott Kirsner visits Google’s Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book “Inventing the Movies: Hollywood’s Epic Battle Between Innovation and the Status Quo, from Thomas Edison to Steve Jobs.” This event took place on October 16, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.
From Edison to the iPod, from the Warner Brothers [...]
Posted on November 30, 2008 in Filmmaking 360 | 2 Comments
Bill Taylor’s take on Pixar’s outstanding track record.
The arrival of summer means trips to the beach, fireworks and parades—and another boffo performance by the creative geniuses at Pixar. The studio’s just-released summer movie, Wall-E, has generated rapturous reviews, record-setting ticket sales, and loads of cultural commentary.
More than anything, though, Wall-E has generated amazement from Hollywood [...]
