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April 2010
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On the next Double Down Film Show co-hosts Anthony Q. Artis and Pete Chatmon will be running down their list of 20 Things Filmmakers Should Never Do. We all know that there is no specific magic formula for success in filmmaking. Those that have achieved their goals have done so using a wide r...read more
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- Tags: Anthony Q. Artis, Pete Chatmon
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Does it irk you too when the Big Bad Studios put a cool sounding name on a branch of their company and call their films "Independent"? This article from Filmslate Magazine.com tells a little about the history of "indie" film and how it has changed for and against the indie filmmaker.With some inspi...read more
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- Tags: Film News Briefs, Film Slate
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There is this great part of Jerry Seinfeld's "I'm Telling You For The Last Time" standup set where he talks about warning labels and comments that the ONLY label warning that humans consistently pay attention to is "Dry Clean Only".Low budget and guerrilla filmmaking is inherently risky. You are ...read more
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- Tags: guerrilla tactics, NYU Film School, safety
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The next Double Down Film Show will be a special double-header with not one, but two hot up-and-coming directors discussing their first feature films out this year. First up is NYU film grad, Hue Rhodes, who wrote and directed, St John of Las Vegas which came out earlier this year. Hue changed...read more
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Tonight on the Double Down Film Show I'll be giving you my report direct from the NAB Show Floor talking about some of the hottest and most note-worthy brand-spanking new tools for filmmakers that were unveiled at this year's NAB 2010 Tradeshow. The big buzz this year was all about 3D Everything an...read more
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- Tags: Canon EOS 7D, Go Pro Hero Cam, Matthews, NAB 2010, Sony HDR-HC9, Varizoom
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If you live in the NYC area and want to not only learn filmmaking, but meet and help fellow filmmakers and be a part of a great organization that's one of the city's true hubs of documentary filmmaking, you may want to consider this incredible opportunity at one of my favorite places, DCTV...DCTV’...read more
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On the next Double Down Film Show, we’ll be giving a full Indie Film Boot Camp Recap for everyone who couldn’t make it out last Saturday. We’ll be sharing select tips and teachings from our six one-of-a-kind filmmaking seminars including:Down and Dirty Filmmaking: Guerrilla Tactics - Profess...read more
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The PlaceSaturday, March 27, 2010 - Our first-ever Indie Film Boot Camp was a huge success! Tickets sold out and we played to a packed house at DCTV's 3rd floor studio.There was a wide representation of the filmmaking community with all ages, races, sexes, and experience levels represented. Our you...read more
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Back in January I posted a brief historical examination of the relationship between film and video game production. This post illustrated the film industry's early (unsuccessful) forays into the field. These attempts failed many because production companies underestimated the ontological differenc...read more