Critic Hulk of the Badass Digest has an interesting take on the whole Film School question. WHILE MOST PEOPLE CAN SENSE THAT FILM SCHOOL OBVIOUSLY HAS SOME FORM OF WORTH, THE ACTUAL, QUANTIFIABLE WORTH FOR YOU MAY SEEM SOMEWHAT NEBULOUS. AND WHILE HULK THINKS THE VALUE OF FILM SCHOOL ITSELF CAN ACTUALLY BE DEFINED IN A PRETTY TANGIBLE WAY, Read MoreRead More
Dan Chung of News Shooter leads a panel discussion at the Teradeck booth asking a panel of documentary filmmakers (Jared Abrams – Wide Open Camera, Yi Han – Visible Panda,,Andrea Allen – Vimeo, Steve Weiss – Zacuto,,Jem Schofield – theC47) on how to make the business work.Read More
Dove had a forensic sketch artist draw women describing their own face and compared those sketches to ones made based on a stranger’s description to prove that how we see ourselves is not what others perceive.Read More
This video essay utilizes an interview with Quentin Tarantino recorded at KCRW where he talks the role food plays in his scripts.Read More
The Budding Filmmaker offers some advice to the wannabe filmmaker that complain that they don’t get any support from their parents.Read More
The January 2013 Portland/Creative Mornings features Andy Baio, writer and coder who loves making things most famous for Kind of Bloop, an 8bit remix Miles Davis’ best known album. The global theme for this month was “Reuse,” and Andy spoke about remix culture: “Cut, copy, paste. The ability to reuse and remix is so deeply Read MoreRead More
Badass Digest’s Devin Faraci takes on “one of the most underrated movies of the last 20 years”… Galaxy Quest! Staring Sigourney Weaver, Tim Allen, Alan Rickman Sam Rockwell and Tony Shalhoub, Galaxy Quest is an awesome spoof on Star Trek and Star Wars-esq fandom.Read More
Stephanie Palmer identifies what “No” looks like in the creative field and how “Maybe” and “Yes” sound in comparison. You know those stories where the hero is lied to, but doesn’t know it, and the best friend knows about the lie and has to decide whether or not to tell the hero? With rare exception, Read MoreRead More
Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines traces the fascinating evolution and legacy of Wonder Woman. From the birth of the comic book superheroine in the 1940s to the blockbusters of today, Wonder Women! looks at how popular representations of powerful women often reflect society’s anxieties about women’s liberation. Trailer here: Watch this in full from PBS Read MoreRead More
Russell from IndyMogul provides 10 tips for the younger filmmakers who are trying to get started on the journey of filmmaking. Truthfully, these tips could apply to adults as wellRead More
What motivates us to work? Contrary to conventional wisdom, it isn’t just money. But it’s not exactly joy either. It seems that most of us thrive by making constant progress and feeling a sense of purpose. Behavioral economist Dan Ariely presents two eye-opening experiments that reveal our unexpected and nuanced attitudes toward meaning in our Read MoreRead More
The business of photography isn’t that much different from professional video/filmmaking. Photo seeds breaks down the the process – and what’s to be expected in a wonderful infographic. Click on the image below to see the full graphic. via AgnosticaRead More
