Archive :
October 2009
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WARNING: The following clip is offensive and wrong on multiple levels, but I honestly laughed my ass off so many times re-watching it that I felt I would be doing a disservice to not share it with my blog peeps. I missed the full episode, but it will be available on 11/14/09 at South Park Studios.W...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: humor, South Park
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(Roger Deakins left w/ Joel Coen right - photo courtesy of Focus Features)Just wanted to share this enlightening interview I heard on NPR this afternoon w/ DP, Roger Deakins, who shot ALL of the Coen Brothers movies since Barton Fink as well as Shawshank Redemption and A Beautiful Mind amongst other...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Coen Brothers, Roger Deakins
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If you ever peeped the video loop to the right-hand side of this blog, you may have caught the Shut Up an Shoot Documentary Guide book launch party podcast with members of The Movement Theatre Company in action as "The Down and Dirty DV Guerrilla Film Drill Team".This is a talented group of serious ...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Acting, Movement Theatre Company
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(photo: NY Times - By BEN SISARIO)Just thought I'd share this picture of Michael Jackson with the much-coveted RED camera from the upcoming docu-concert movie, This Is It, which chronicles Mike's last days on this earth as he rehearsed for what would've been his comeback concert tour.I have yet to s...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Michael Jackson, Red Camera, This Is It
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Help us promote the show by printing out this 8"x 11" flyer and posting at your school, film club, work place or anywhere where fine film folks gather.Click here to download a .pdf flyer promoting the Double Down Film Show...read more
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Peep the extensive new article on Director Lee Daniels (Monsters Ball) blazing hot and controversial new film, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire which is now being presented by Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry.From all that I've read and heard about the project, this is a very different typ...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Lee Daniels, Precious, Sundance
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On the next Double Down Film Show we’ll delve into the fine art of Shameless Self-Promotion. If you make a project and nobody knows about it, does it really exist?…Our answer is, No.In order for a project to have a successful launch, the public must first be made aware of it. A project only exis...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: DesiCiti, Hiral Shah
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Barry Hampe, the author of the documentary book, Making Documentary Films and Videos (2nd. Edition) gave his endorsement of The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide in a post on the International Documentary Association's website, Documentary.org .I should take this occasion to return the favor and p...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Barry Hampe, Documentary
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***Hurry up and register. This event is FREE and filling up fast. *** Down and Dirty DV, Panasonic and B&H Photo Video Superstore present a full-day of FREE intensive filmmaking instruction for emerging indie filmmakers. This unique one-day event will arm you with the knowledge you need to pro...read more
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Our special guest on the next Double Down Film Show will be notable film producer, Monty Ross. Monty began his filmmaking career as an acting student at Clark Atlanta University where he had the remarkable experience of being classmates with the likes of Spike Lee, Jasmine Guy, Bill Nunn, and Samuel...read more