Archive :
October 2010
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Peep this hot news - D.P. , Cliff Charles is giving a rare private Master Class in Cinematography - Saturday, November 6, 2010 in New York City.If you aren't already familiar with his him, Cliff (a.k.a. The People's D.P.) is the Emmy-nominated D.P. of such films as Spike Lee's When the Levee's Brok...read more
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- Tags: classes, Cliff Charles, Seminars
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I just came across this interesting blog entry in a post originally by Andrew Hazlett. It's a talk by John Gruber on the Auteur Theory as it applies to filmmaking. In a nut shell, it addresses the question of how talented people can sometimes turn out mediocre projects and ...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Auteur Theory, Stanley Kubrick
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The New York Times brings you yet another live TimesTalks event at The Times Center in New York City, and this one's just in time for Halloween.The master of horror Wes Craven (“Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Scream”) meets the next generation of the genre as he and Oren Peli (“Paranormal ...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Horror Movies, Wes Craven
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On the Double Down Film Show, we recently introduced a segment entitled "Startin' Some Sh*t" where we do weekly anonymous "man-on-the-street" audio segments on some controversial debate in filmmaking such as "film vs. video" or "the future of 3-D cinema".Last night during the show we posed the sh*t ...read more
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- Tags: Blu-Ray DVD, new media
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Hosted a great private workshop for students at NYU last night with previous Double Down Film Show guest, D.P. Julio Macat, A.S.C. (Home Alone, The Nutty Professor, Ace Ventura, Wedding Crashers, etc.)Listen to InterviewJulio was very generous with his knowledge. He talked alot about the conventio...read more
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- Tags: Julio Macat, Seminars
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On the next Double Down Film Show it’s all about the ins and outs of the acting game in a candid rap session with our special guest actor, Dorian Missick. Dorian dedicated himself to the craft (and hustle) of acting early-on and landed a few commercials as a teenager. After that first taste of ...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: "Premium", Acting, Dorian Missick
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Recently in their newsletter, Shooting People sent a link to this discussion: Is Guerrilla Filmmaking For You?This fellow film blog, A Recipe to Ambleton Delight, discusses how, just because you have a guerilla crew, doesn't mean that your film will benefit from the indie style. Both this article an...read more
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On the next Double Down Film Show, it’s that time of year again where we share some of our own indie filmmaking wisdom directly with you in a special keynote episode...This time out, we’ll be giving our 10 Commandments to Become a Better Filmmaker. This will be our break out list of 10 thing...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: 10 Commandments
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Applications for this years Assistant Director's Training Program recently opened up on October 1st. This program, part of the Director's Guild of America, is a legit two year stretch of hands on training on sets.Is your interest peaked?The DGA website makes no attempt to sugar coat the rigorous nat...read more
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One of the great things I love about teaching is that students are always teaching ME things too and keeping me up on what's going on in the Down and Dirty filmmaking streets...Case in point this cool new-fangled design for a DIY reflector at DIYPhotography.net.In the Sight and Sound Documentary cur...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: DIY reflector