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Friday, Aug. 17, 2012
Visual Effects & Animation: Notable Work, Influential Trends, Significant Issues
The SIGGRAPH confab, which wrapped last week in Los Angeles, offered looks at and insights into assorted pieces of notable work. Among the prime featured discussions was one centered on the Oscar-winning visual effects for Martin Scorsese's Hugo . Meanwhile the Computer Animation Festival at...
Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012
Hot Locations: Postproduction Incentive Continues A Flurry Of Pro-Lensing Initiatives
While fiscal woes and budget shortfalls are ongoing in assorted states--and for that matter, globally--the tide has turned in one respect as the belt tightening that had been impacting various filming incentives seems to have loosened in various jurisdictions. Indeed in several cases the incentives...
Friday, Jun. 15, 2012
An Inaugural Feel On The Beachfront
Visiting the South of France in June never gets old. But this time around, there are some genuinely new wrinkles in store at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity (6/17-23), most notably two launched awards sections--the inaugural Branded Content & Entertainment Lions, and the Mobile...
Friday, Jun. 15, 2012
Cinematographers: Reflections On The Lens
Among the varied attractions at Cine Gear Expo 2012 on the historic Paramount lot in Hollywood from June 1-3 were several sessions featuring notable cinematographers who shared experiences and reflected on their working relationships with directors. A Kodak -sponsored session, for example, paired...
Friday, Jun. 15, 2012
Insights From SHOOT 2012 Directors/Producers Forum, New Directors Showcase
In offering advice to young filmmakers, director Bryan Buckley of Hungry Man urged them to explore short films. "The short is a really great place. There's so much exposure you can get on the Internet, there are festivals everywhere. Even as a production company, we look at shorts as more...
Sunday, Jul. 15, 2012
Music & Sound: An Original Idea
Independent filmmakers could learn a lesson in maximizing resources from the Association of Music Producers' (AMP) West Coast chapter, which commissioned three short films and ended up with a dozen. The means towards getting 12 for the price of three: Original music. For each of the three shorts,...
Friday, Jun. 15, 2012
Music & Sound: A Dramatic Detour In The Search For Something Iconic
JWT New York had an ambitious goal for its Brand USA campaign--to create an invitation for people worldwide, asking them to come to the U.S. and discover a country that they perhaps thought they knew but which still has many eye-opening, rich, fulfilling surprises in store spanning diversity,...
Friday, May. 18, 2012
Age 10 And Counting--All The Way Up To 34 Up-And-Coming Directors
SHOOT's 10th annual New Directors Showcase--celebrated with an evening screening, panel discussion and reception on Thursday (5/17) at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Theater in New York--offers a total of 34 up-and-coming helmers filling 32 slots (31 individual directors and a three-person...
Friday, May. 18, 2012
2012 SHOOT New Directors Showcase: Mini-Profiles Part 1 (Alcazar to Jenkins)
On May 17 at the DGA Theater in New York City, SHOOT debuted its 10th annual New Directors Showcase reel, which is now available at http://nds.shootonline.com . The latest edition of the Showcase and reel reflects the work, creative sensibilities and inventive talent of 34 helmers--31 individual...
Friday, May. 18, 2012
2012 SHOOT New Directors Showcase: Mini-Profiles Part 2 (Johnson to Uhl)
On May 17 at the DGA Theater in New York City, SHOOT debuted its 10th annual New Directors Showcase reel, which is now available at http://nds.shootonline.com . The latest edition of the Showcase and reel reflects the work, creative sensibilities and inventive talent of 34 helmers--31 individual...