Archive :
July 2011
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A new Current TV series will discuss "The 5o Greatest Docs to See Before You Die" with the filmmakers that made them, starting next week Tues. Aug. 2nd. ...read more
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If you are not directly of the establishment of Hollywood and don't look, act and come from the same pedigree as the people in power then you are at a disadvantage. And if you happen to be an ethnic minority or a woman - or even worse - an ethnic minority woman, then you are at a severe disadvantag...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Women in Film
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The good people at the light meter company, Sekonic, are hosting the first of a multi-part free video webinar series today at 1pm E.S.T. on using available light for portraiture. Specifically, on lighting using a sunlit window. There's always more to learn when it comes to lighting and it's free,...read more
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On the Double Down Film Show and this blog, I have long touted the amazing usefulness of iPads for filmmakers. Apart from just viewing and screening high-quality video, there are a growing number of practical tools for filmmakers that can streamline the job of filmmaking. Case-in-point, I just d...read more
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Peep the teaser trailer for The Grandmasters, the new Kung-fu flick directed by acclaimed Chinese filmmaker Wong Kar Wai (Chungking Express, Happy Together, 2046, etc.). It's the story of martial arts legend and grand master, Ip Man, who originally schooled Bruce Lee in the ways of Chinese ass-kick...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Martial Arts Movies, Wong Kar Wai
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I just read about these guys in a NPR story and was most intrigued and impressed... Encyclopedia Pictura is an environmentally-conscious, forward-thinking, hip, young, put-ya-money-where-your-mouth-is collective of talented filmmakers that create cutting edge animated commercials, music videos and a...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Animation, Encyclopedia Pictura
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I generally stopped reading physical newspapers more than two years ago and instead get all my news from the online versions of the papers I like to read. Apart from the savings, environmental and clutter issues, the best part of the online news sources is that they offer more in the way of video,...read more
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You read the headline correctly - Spike and Mike are teaming for an Entourage-inspired series, Da Brick, on the life of an inner-city boxer loosely based on Mike Tyson's real life growing up in the ring. Peep the Hollywood Reporter write up HERE....read more