Filmmaker Videos

NEW BREED L.A. #4: “ELEMENTS OF CASTING”

“Elements of Casting” is the title of the fourth New Breed video from the Los Angeles Film Festival. Look for two more next week, on Monday and Thursday. NEW BREED LOS ANGELES – Episode 4 from Sabi Pictures on Vimeo.

By Scott Macaulay on Jul 29, 2010 Filmmaker Videos
NEW BREED L.A. #3: “PLANNING FOR DISCOVERIES”

Here’s the latest in the New Breed series of videos with filmmakers at the Los Angeles Film Festival. This one is called “Planning for Discoveries.” The previous episodes were “Nothing You Have to Have” and “Engineering Serendipity”. Episodes go up Monday and Thursday until all seven are live on the site. NEW BREED LOS ANGELES – Episode 3 from Sabi Pictures on Vimeo.

By Scott Macaulay on Jul 26, 2010 Filmmaker Videos
NEW BREED L.A. #2: “ENGINEERING SERENDIPITY”

Here’s the second of the New Breed videos on the creative process filmed this year by Sabi Pictures at the Los Angeles Film Festival and presented by Filmmaker and the Workbook Project. Appearing in this episode are filmmaker Julius Onah (one of our “25 New Faces”), filmmaker Jeff Malmberg, actress Trieste Kelly Dunn (another “25 New Face”), director Brett Haley and producer Ted Hope. NEW BREED LOS ANGELES – Episode 2 from Sabi Pictures on Vimeo.

By Scott Macaulay on Jul 22, 2010 Filmmaker Videos
NEW BREED L.A.: “NOTHING YOU HAVE TO HAVE”

Premiering below is the first of a seven-part series entitled “New Breed Los Angeles” presented by Filmmaker and the Workbook Project. Produced and directed by SABI Pictures, the series was shot at the Los Angeles Film Festival and features festival participants talking about their creative process. From the filmmakers: For the community of working-class filmmakers at New Breed a constantly evolving creative process of telling our stories is the one thing we can count on in these changing times. Embarking on journeys through deeper methods of collaboration & engaging with fans across various platforms is certainly exciting – but one […]

By Scott Macaulay on Jul 19, 2010 Filmmaker Videos
THE DUPLASS BROTHERS TALK STUDIOS AND SNUGGLING

Alica Van Couvering’s interview with Mark and Jay Duplass in the current issue of Filmmaker was conducted at the Sundance Film Festival, where their latest film, Cyrus, premiered. Starring John C. Reilly, Marisa Tomei and Jonah Hill, the film is a comedy/drama about mid-life romance and the borderline aggro-child that stands in its way. Alicia’s interview was filmed by Zak Forsman, Kevin Shah and the Sabi Pictures team, and here’s an edit of their conversation. See more videos on our YouTube channel. The film opens Friday, June 18.

By Scott Macaulay on Jul 7, 2010 Filmmaker Videos
JAMIE STUART’S “SPLICE THIS”: A TRIP TO EDITFEST NY

Caffeine, The Departed and too much B-roll brings out Jamie Stuart’s hardboiled, affectionately profane persona in Splice This, a short film based around his trip to EditFest NY this weekend. It features interview material with longtime Scorsese-collaborator Thelma Schoonmaker and ace editor Alan Heim. (Warning: profanity. Not safe for work.) See more videos on our YouTube channel. You can also download the original Quicktime here.

By Scott Macaulay on Jun 16, 2010 Filmmaker Videos
JOSH AND BENNY SAFDIE EXIST!!!

Jamie Stuart and I visited Josh and Benny Safdie at their Red Bucket Films studio on Tuesday to talk about their new film Daddy Longlegs, guerrilla marketing, and other things. He shot and edited, I interviewed, and this is our conversation. Click here to download through Jamie’s site.

By Scott Macaulay on May 14, 2010 Filmmaker Videos
Porn Parodying The Big Lebowski

Okay, it’s the weekend, so I’m allowing myself a frivolous but funny post. Filmmaker was invited to the set of this film just a few weeks ago. We weren’t able to send anybody but I just came across this entirely safe-for-work trailer of the porn parody of The Big Lebowski starring Tom Byron as “The Dude,” Peter, um O’Tool eerily accurate in the John Goodman role, and Kimberly Kane channeling Julianne Moore’s performance artiste. Porn parodies have come a long way. Some of these set-ups compare to the original pretty well. From the press release we received: New Sensations, the […]

By Scott Macaulay on Apr 3, 2010 Filmmaker Videos
THE NEW BREED EXPLORES THE SOLUTIONS, PART 2

In the continuing series of videos by SABI Pictures executive produced by Filmmaker and the Workbook Project, here’s part 2 on the subject of exploring solutions: SABI filmmakers Zak Forsman and Kevin K. Shah speak with Dan Mirvish, Brian Newman, Ira Deutchman and Ted Hope to further explore the solutions that are emerging for independent filmmakers – featuring a proposal for a new relationship between filmmakers and festivals as outlined by Peter Baxter at the 2010 Filmmaker Summit. NEW BREED PARK CITY – Exploring the Solutions, Part 2 from Sabi Pictures on Vimeo.

By Jason Guerrasio on Feb 5, 2010 Filmmaker Videos
THE NEW BREED EXPLORES THE SOLUTIONS IN PARK CITY

Here’s the latest in the continuing series of videos by SABI Pictures executive produced by Filmmaker and the Workbook Project. The official word: SABI filmmakers Zak Forsman and Kevin K. Shah speak with Ted Hope, Jon Reiss, Mynette Louie (Children of Invention) and Linas Phillips (Bass Ackwards) to explore the solutions that are emerging for independent filmmakers – featuring some of the insights and actions that came from the 2010 Filmmaker Summit. NEW BREED PARK CITY – Exploring the Solutions, Part 1 from Sabi Pictures on Vimeo.

By Jason Guerrasio on Feb 4, 2010 Filmmaker Videos

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