EFFORTS TO PRESERVE WALT DISNEY’S ORIGINAL KANSAS CITY STUDIO
"Thank You, Walt Disney" is raising money to preserve the original Laugh-o-Gram studio where Walt Disney started his career 90 years ago before moving to Hollywood.
MASTERFUL CONCEPT AND EXECUTION
873 images strung together to tell a story in a powerful way.
The images were culled from Getty's archives [for this Getty spot] so they didn't pay a licensing fee for one single image. (Imagine they had.)
See what an incredible, memorable journey a team can take when they're given the keys to the castle.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO TEAR UP A CITY?
A lot. Way more than you'd think.
Read about all that goes into a CG shot as epic as the final battle scene from The Avengers.
ALAN HORN NEW CHAIRMAN AT DISNEY
Alan Horn, the cofounder of Castle Rock Entertainment and former President of Warner Bros. Entertainment, has taken over to lead Disney's movie studio. The position was vacant after its former Chairman, Rich Ross stepped down nearly two months ago.
Horn has had an illustrious career during his 12 years at Warner Bros., overseeing all the Harry Potter films among many other huge successes.
RON HOWARD: REEL LIFE, REAL STORIES
Here's an in depth interview on film and filmmaking with Ron Howard. It's fascinating beginning to end, but for those who want to glean his advice for filmmakers, that segment begins at 16:54.
MONEY, MONEY, MONEY
In the queue to post since day one, now's a fine time.
(Who says nothing good happens at 3 am?)
Courtesy of the Daily Planet team, this goes out to FX artists everywhere.
Thanks DP, for penning and producing our anthem. We've loved it since its release.
"I easy ease, ease out, then I ease back in…"
A VIEW FROM THE STEADICAM RIG ON HUGO
Here's a perspective you've probably never seen.
A camera was attached to the steadicam rig and rolled while the final sequence of Hugo was
filmed.
Hear the exhaustion of the operator at the end. Enjoy the perfectly timed wisecrack (quite possibly from the director). And watch in amazement as a professional boom guy ["it's tough to be the boom guy"] navigates through doorways and around the cameraman.
This is something you'll hardly ever get to see. And thank you to 'mirrorvids' for posting it.
NAME THAT MOVIE
This has the makings of a great cinematic game night.
100 classic films, illustrated in six line drawings each by Paul Rogers, a renowned artist. Some are instantly recognizable, others more obscure.
Can you identify a movie from a half dozen hand drawn icons? Sounds like a super fun challenge to me!
So who's hosting the first event?
WILL VIDEO CAMERAS KILL STILL PHOTOGRAPHY? RED EPIC VS. HASSEBLAD
Hey everyone —
I've made it a point not to throw anything too technical your way (even though I consume this kind of stuff morning, noon and night). But this is just too cool not to share.
It's been talked about for years now, how with the increase in resolution of video that you can pull a still from a 2K or 4K camera (there's now talk of 5K — whoa Nellie!) and it'll print as well as a medium format camera will.
I watched a video — probably a year ago — using a portrait session with Tina Fey as an example. To me it was pretty impressive. But this is downright A to the K.
It looks like we're just about there. At a price, of course. But we all know how technology works. Wait a year or three and every consumer's got access to the same gear in Prosumer format.
Read the article if you're a full fledged geek like me, but definitely watch the video. It's Epic!
Red Epic.
MEMORIAL DAY CHALLENGE: RYAN’S STORY
What a great honor and service to those who've served.