On the next Double Down Film Show we’ll be trading industry notes with a rare Hollywood power couple - Meena Payne and Sylvain White. Meena Payne is Director of Development at Rainforest Films (Takers, Obsessed, Stomp the Yard 1 & 2, etc. ) and engaged to director, Sylvain White, who has h...read more
James Franco, Danny McBride and Natalie Portman star in the new film, Your Highness from the director of Pineapple Express, David Gordon Green, which looks to be a new genre - the "Medieval Stoner Comedy".What exactly is a Medieval Stoner Comedy, you ask? You gotta watch the trailer for yourself.....read more
Increasingly the world of video games and movies are merging with the latest video games now include more involved multi-layered storylines, lush "cinematography", even many big name actors as voice talent and now BIG BIG box office. The NYU-Tisch School of the Arts (where I also work and teach film...read more
I'm honestly not sure how I missed this when it originally aired on the Sundance channel, but for the past few weeks I've been riveted watching Brick City, a powerful....I truly hesitate to use the term "reality series", because I think it cheapens the real value...so let's say it's a 5-hour, 5-par...read more
My good friends at B&H have taken the time to create a cool little interactive guide to video-capable HDSLR (High Definition Digital Single Lens Reflex) cameras. HDSLR is the hottest new thing on the indie film scene, but there is a lot to understand before you drop $2000+ and dive-in.Everyone ...read more
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
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
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
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
Peep this intriguing trailer for the new film, Ghetto Physics from producer/writer/director team William Arntz and E. Raymond Brown who also did the film, What the Bleep Do We Know. It looks like an insightful examination of the games people play on a grand scale from an urban perspective. The tag...read more