STALLONE CHOREOGRAPHS FIGHT SCENE FOR ROCKY 1
Here's a fascinating behind the scenes snippet of Sylvester Stallone working with Carl Weathers in the ring, as Joe Garagiola looks on.
SURVIVING A 48 HOUR FILM PROJECT
Some enlightening thoughts on what to be aware of and look out for when undertaking one of the most challenging film projects.
http://notesonvideo.blogspot.com/2013/05/surviving-48-hour-film-project.html
THE WORLD WIDE WEB PROJECT
20 years ago CERN published the world's first website. We've come a long way, baby, to get where we got to today.
http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html
COMPELLING AND REVEALING
Steven Soderbergh on the State of Cinema.
SHAKIN’ IN OCALA
For our first film we present, for your consideration: Driving The Beat.
We learned. That's good. We'll apply it to what's coming.
PRODUCTION AT-A-GLANCE
Location: Rasmussen College – Ocala Florida
Shoot time: Four part-days (3/19-22/2013)
Scenes Shot / Used: 32 / 27
Edit time: Four days, using Premiere, Audition, Photoshop, and AE
…and ample willing, helpful hands at school. Thank you all.
THE END OF AN ERA
As with positive film (see accompanying video in link) the curtains on the age of motion picture film are quickly closing.
Fuji has officially announced that it's ceased production on motion picture film as of last month. What's left of the remaining stock will be sold, and as they say; that's it my friends.
I'm just curious to see if what Quentin Tarantino said recently in a panel forum will come to pass; that if film dies he'll no longer be a filmmaker. To paraphrase his comment: digital video is not what he signed up for.
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THE RULE OF THIRDS
In the most delightful way…
NO ENTRY FEE FILM FESTIVALS
Here's a pretty definitive list that Tracy Miller-Robbins, an artist and animator, started several years ago and has kept updated.
It's a great resource for low-to-no-budget filmmakers who haven't the financial means necessary to enter film festivals.
http://noentryfeefestivals.com/
WE ALL START SOMEWHERE
Joe Marine at NFS wrote an excellent piece on this, so I'll let his article introduce it. But check out one of Ben Affleck's first short films, from 1993.
It's not quite the Oscar material Argo was, and something he's definitely not proud of. But that's how we all start out; ambitious with a lot to learn.
