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10 Key Tips To Becoming A Successful Video Freelancer

Posted on February 1, 2012 in Filmmaking 360 | 2 Comments

Ready to take the plunge to becoming a filmmaking gun for hire? Remington McElhaney compiles 10 tips to help making that transition smoother.

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5×5 Filmmaking Movement

Posted on January 26, 2012 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments

The rules are simple, but the possibilities are endless! The video must be composed of five 5-second clips and use original sound (no music). You can find more 5 Vignettes at the 5×5 Vimeo Group.

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“Still Life” Motion-Sensitive Picture Frame

Posted on January 26, 2012 in 3D Graphics, Off Topic | No Comments

This is a demonstration video showcasing Artist Scott Garne’s interactive still life project. It involves a motion-senstive frame that feeds realtime tilt data to a 3D scene.

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It’s official, Kodak files Chapter 11

Posted on January 19, 2012 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments

The once giant film company filed for bankruptcy, looking to re-organize their business in an attempt to stay relevant in the digital age:

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The Internet Goes on Strike over SOPA, Productivity Skyrockets

Posted on January 18, 2012 in Featured, Internet, Legal & Copyright | 6 Comments

Now that Occupy Wall Street is dead the interwebs are abuzz with a new protest meme denouncing SOPA. This should not be confused with their decades long protest against soap.

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You Can Do Anything!

Posted on January 16, 2012 in Outtakes | No Comments

This Saturday Night Live skit called “You Can Do Anything” offers spot on satire of the YouTube generation.

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The Value of a Name (the Wrap)

Posted on January 9, 2012 in IQ Podcasts | No Comments

Filmmaker IQ’s John Hess looks at the reality of getting the name and what that celebrity following means to filmmakers.

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60 Second Claymation Remake of David Lynch’s ERASERHEAD

Posted on January 8, 2012 in Filmmaking 360, General Production | No Comments

It may be impossible to make David Lynch’s 1977 debut film Eraserhead any stranger, but that didn’t stop animator Lee Hardcastle from creating this 60 second claymation remake of the cult classic.

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Helping Newt “Rebuild the America We Love” for $64 in Royalties

Posted on December 30, 2011 in Featured, Selling Your Film | 3 Comments

When I woke up today it was morning in America, but it wasn’t until the afternoon before I realized I helped create the dawn. That’s when I saw Newt Gingrich’s “Rebuilding the America We Love” ad and noticed those images that all political pundits where dissecting where in part created by me.

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Everything I Learned In Film School In Under 3 Minutes

Posted on December 21, 2011 in Filmmaking 360 | 1 Comment

Thinking about film school? Regretting not going to film school? Comedian and film school graduate Mikey Gleason tells you everything you need to know to survive in (or skip) film school.

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Vaclav Havel: Playwright & Velvet Revolution Leader, 1936-2011

Posted on December 19, 2011 in Off Topic | No Comments

Thousands in Prague and many more around the world mourn the loss of Velvet Revolutionary Vaclav Havel, who has died at age 75. A playwright who led a bloodless uprising in 1989 that broke Czechoslovakia free from the shackles of Communism.

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Christian Bale Attacked by Chinese Police for Trying to Visit Blind Activist

Posted on December 16, 2011 in Off Topic | No Comments

“Batman” was attacked and pushed around by police agents at an impromptu checkpoint while trying to reach the house of Chen Guangcheng, the famous blind political activist, who has long been under house arrest.

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The Immortal Rejoinders of Christopher Hitchens 1949–2011

Posted on December 16, 2011 in Off Topic | 1 Comment

Love him or hate him, the late Christopher Hitchens was a masterful rhetorician with fiery wit. In this video homage by Vanity Fair,you can view a mere sampling of his brilliant ripostes. As he says, “one wouldn’t be doing one’s job if one didn’t itch to prick.”

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Steven Spielberg and Sydney Pollack on THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI

Posted on December 15, 2011 in Filmmaking 360, Interviews | No Comments

Directors Sydney Pollack and Steven Spielberg discuss David Lean’s film, THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI. Both men find it a film they return to again and again, and count it among those that have influenced their own work.

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Avant Garde Influences Mainstream Movies

Posted on December 15, 2011 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments

New York Women in Film and Television presented a free forum at the 49th New York Film Festival about the relationship between experimental filmmaking and the mainstream.

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