Lucky '13, written 1 week ago, The Mysterious X (1913). Each film is interlocked with so many other films. You can't get away. Whatever you do now that you think is new was already done in 1913.   Martin Scorsese, quoted in Scorsese by Ebert (University of Chicago Press, 2008), 219.   DB here: Mos...

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Deaf or ASL: Do We Have To Choose?, written 2 weeks ago, Click To Play Do we have to choose between the terms "ASL" and "Deaf"? No, we don't have to take sides on that issue.. We can embrace both terms. We don't have to divide ourselves in this way. Both of these words, "Dea...

Emmy Winning Writer of "The Office" To Receive 2008 Austin Film Festival Outstanding Television Writer Award, written 1 day ago, Five-time Emmy Winner and Adapter of "The Office," Greg Daniels, Will Accept AFF 2008 Outstanding Television Writer Award. Writer, producer and directo...

Switching servers, written 1 day ago, I'm moving the site over to some new steel, so any comments left in the next few hours are in danger. Suppress your genius for a brief time, then rejoice in potentially faster loading times. Slowest DNS change I've ever experienced. If this post goes away, you'l...

Dispatches from PAX, written 22 hours ago, Game Design grad Nick Halme is posting his impressions of PAX 08.

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This Year's Sidewalk Commercial, written 8 hours ago, A couple of weeks ago I told you about this year's Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival's promotional commercial. I was brought on board as cinematographer. It's a great concept promoting "10 Years of Independents." Watch for the commercial...

Art Adams on crash camera trainee What To Do, written 3 weeks ago,

Building a Spectacular Spec Reel Pt 1, written 1 day ago, credit: Steven Fernandez There is absolutely nothing more important to a commercial director's career than a demo reel. Not education. Not connections (although this is important). And not experience. A jaw-dropping reel will facilitate a dir...

Neil Landau Workshop, written 1 month ago, Neil Landau will teach a workshop on story structure and character development. The goal is a simple, relatable story with a strong central conflict, and uniquely iconic, complex, indelible characters. There will also be a recommended screening of "Six...

Wanna work on the movies?, written 6 days ago, Portuguese subtitles available.This is a fan trailer edit I made with footage from the original short film "Vicious Circle".Go watch the original, and "pay" some respect to the talent that made this funny spoof at industrial films &q...

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Releasing September 5, 2008, written 5 days ago, AWFJ highlights films made by and about women Friday, September 5 Bangkok Dangerous - Lionsgate Everyone Wants to be Italian - Asgaard Entertainment, 103mins Mr. Foe - Magnolia, 95 min. Ping Pong Playa - IFC, 96 mins - Jessica Yu directs this comedy a...

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The Reality TV Producer - IN SPACE NOBODY CAN HEAR YOUR PITCH, written 11 hours ago, So, last week a Canadian 'comrade-in-the-struggle' dropped me a line asking how a truly indie-indie producer might go about getting their pitch into a network, and wanting some advice about what, as an Indie produce...

Video Formats for the Web, written 4 days ago, Video Formats for the WebToday I wanted to touch on the various types of video formats for the web and why ultimately I choose the one format I did for our film.As many of you know there are many different ways to compress your film for the internet. It...

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