It never ceases to amaze me what a little creativity can bring to a massive set of data such as Google’s Street View. Hyperlapse videos are a variation of traditional time lapse filmmaking in which the camera travels while also panning, rotating and tilting. The effect can be striking or dizzying. But under normal circumstances, coordinating Read MoreRead More
Walking around the halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center for this year’s NAB convention, it’s quickly becoming clear that the buzzword for 2013 is “4K”. From the Blackmagic Production Camera 4K to the Phantom Flex4K which shoots 4K at 1000 frames per second to Sony Proclaiming everything is 4K, you can’t get around the 4K Read MoreRead More
The filmmaking blogosphere is getting ready for the biggest convention for video and broadcasting tools of the year – the National Association Broadcasters convention. Here’s a look back at what NAB looked like 20 years ago:Read More
Beyond just a plea for you to watch “Community”, PBS Idea Channel tries to put the concept of Post-Modernism into perspective and ponders if “Community” is the king of Post-Modernism or just trying to be hip.Read More
Through the eyes of a young girl suffering from mental illness, CALDERA glimpses into a world of psychosis and explores a world of ambiguous reality and the nature of life and death.Read More
John Yorke is a former head of drama for both the BBC and Channel 4 in the UK. Here are his top 10 tips about story creation. The architecture of all stories is pretty much the same Take just one story: a dangerous monster threatens a community and one person takes it upon himself or Read MoreRead More
Dick Glover explains the strategy he has moving ahead with the online comedy site, Funny or Die. In Hollywood circa 2007, as Funny or Die CEO Dick Glover described it, the cost of creating content was rising and social media was just starting to gain a foothold among consumers. In stepped a humor site that counted Will Ferrell and Adam Read MoreRead More
Imitation is the greatest form of flattery… Hollywood must be good at flattery. This is the story of Billy Ritchie who donned the bowler hat and the toothbrush moustache as Chaplin’s shadow. Billy Ritchie worked alongside Chaplin on the English Music Hall stage, performing as the drunk in the classic sketch, “Mumming Birds”, just as Chaplin Read MoreRead More
Pen Densham explores the forces behind the studio system – a need for financial security in sequels but also the unavoidable fact that audiences want films that are new, exciting and different. I first came to Hollywood as a young Oscar-nominated moviemaker from Toronto. I was very lucky; Norman Jewison mentored me here, and the Read MoreRead More
Devin Faraci comments on the early career of one of the greatest action filmmakers of the 20th century – Sam Peckinpah. What inspired Peckinpah’s signature style? Why was he so beloved by audiences and so hated by his financiers? What makes this director one to remember?Read More
The Simpsons’ Showrunner Al Jean gives the background of the 10 favorite Songs as picked by the writers of the perennial animated sitcom 10. “Capital City” from season two’s “Dancin’ Homer.” In this song by Jeff Martin, Tony Bennett extols the virtues of Springfield’s state capital, which includes the crosstown bridge, the Penny Loafer, and 4th Street Read MoreRead More
