If you're like me, there are probably still a handful of very well-known, popular and classic films that you've simply never seen for whatever reason- maybe it's not your favorite genre, you've never caught it from the beginning on tv, the original is dated and you already saw the remake (gasp!), ...read more
Checkout this very funny animated parody of "The Wire" featuring all your favorite gritty characters from my hometown, Baltimore's favorite show... as corrupt and criminal foul-mouthed Lego figures. Brought to you by Yahoo.com. ...read more
I just want to share the work of yet another one of the many talented and hard-working young filmmakers that I've had the fortune to meet while working at NYU film school. He's one of those rare young film students that's totally living out their filmmaking dreams just a few short years after grad...read more
The Huffington Post is running a new series called The Sundance Diaries where a handful of 2012 Sundance filmmakers are guest-blogging their experiences. I wanted to share one of those posts from Stephen Neary, a young man I first met when he was just in high school and touring my area, The Produc...read more
VIDEO: "What is Motion Design?" I wanted to share this informative video on the use of Motion Design by the very cool people at Motion Plus Design in Paris. As my partner in grind, Pete Chatmon, has pointed out on more than one occasion- now that everyone and their mama can afford a camera and wa...read more
A few week's back, I mentioned that South Park and Book of Mormon creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker stopped by my workplace at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, to speak to a group of Freshmen students in our Storytelling Strategies class. (To be clear they stopped by the building and not by my des...read more
Check out this dope new music video by my man Benjamin Ahr Harrison whose work I've profiled on this blog more than once. Ben's diverse music video work represents the essence of the Down and Dirty DV philosophy of skills over tools to achieve superior production value. Ben is also the music vi...read more
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
Well into responsible adulthood, I am still a major fan of the animated show South Park. Yes, it's offensive, juvenile, and occasionally grotesque, but above all- the show is a damned funny (and sometimes even deeply reflective) running commentary on some of the biggest and most contraversial cult...read more
Since, I'm started on an animation kick last post, I might as well follow it up with an animation festival. And not just any animation festival. This one is more like a party...actually it IS an animation party right here in our very own quaint little village of Brooklyn, NY.To be specific, I'm ta...read more