Filmmaking
Filmmaking
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HOPE, VACHON OFFER MASTER CLASS
Many years ago Ted Hope called me up and said that I and my partner, Robin O’Hara, should be at his Good Machine office on a Saturday morning at 9:00 AM. He was doing a workshop on low-budget production and, as young producers, he thought we’d find it helpful. That was about 20 years ago, and I still remember — and rely on — stuff Hope taught that day. A lot has changed in two decades, but both Hope and producer Christine Vachon, who are teaching a master class this Saturday, have kept up with the evolution of independent film […]
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SUNDANCE ANNOUNCES ARTISTS AND PROJECTS FOR THEIR 2012 NEW FRONTIER PROGRAM
Sundance announced today the lineup for their annual New Frontier program, taking place Friday, January 20 through Saturday, January 28 as part of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. This year’s lineup features installations from multimedia artists such as Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then director Brent Green, 0100101110101101.org creators Eva & Franco Mattes, and indie gaming company Molleindustria. Now in its sixth year, New Frontier provides a venue for innovative media installations, multimedia performances, transmedia experiences, and panel discussions. For the first time, the program will be taking place simultaneously at two locations: The Yard (1251 Kearns Blvd.) in Park City […]
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5 HORRORS YOU CAN WATCH ON NETFLIX RIGHT NOW
Netflix has been getting a lot of heat lately, but with this being Halloween I thought it would be nice to put all issues aside for at least a day and get into the season. Here’s five horrors you can stream right now. Why only five? Well, assuming you indulged in some of your ghoulish favorites over the weekend, five seems about right for just today. And don’t be shy, comment below on what you’re watching. Happy Halloween! 5. Cronos Guillermo del Toro‘s debut feature still creeps me out. A testament to low budget ingenuity, the film follows an aging […]
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DAVID LYNCH’S CRAZY CLOWN TIME NOW STREAMING ON NPR
Almost as if they knew today was Halloween, NPR has offered up a free stream of Crazy Clown Time, the much anticipated debut album from director David Lynch. Eleanor Kagan writes: “To those familiar with (Lynch’s) tendencies, the content of Crazy Clown Time should come as no surprise. Written, performed and produced by Lynch with engineer Dean Hurley, Lynch’s first solo album finds him meandering through a series of dark dreams and visceral meditations on modern life and society.” Indeed, the album is a beguiling, often unsettling listen. In other words, it’s unmistakably Lynchian. Many of the songs call to […]
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JAMIE STUART IS NOW ON TWITTER
Scored, color corrected, and spikily punctuated by frames of black, of course. Bringing the social to the social network: Yes, I’m Now On Twitter from The Mutiny Company on Vimeo.
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The Blue Velvet Project, #36
Second #1692, 28:12 “Ladies and gentlemen, the Blue Lady. Miss Dorothy Vallens.” And so Dorothy is introduced by the Master of Ceremonies, played by Jean-Pierre Viale, in what appears to be his only movie role. As one hand touches the vintage suspension-mount microphone, and one hand beckons Dorothy, the frame captures the tipping point of the film, as darkness is about to spill into Sandy’s and Jeffrey’s world as Dorothy takes the stage. Those curtains, otherworldly in the way they echo the blue velvet curtains from the film’s opening credits, signify a range of electrified meanings, none of them happy. […]
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THE MAKING OF A “GRASSROOTS” MOVEMENT: EDUCATION, EXHIBITION, SALES AGENTS
“The Making of a Grassroots Movement” is a series of posts that are meant to serve as a case study on transmedia marketing and social engagement and distribution for an independent film called Grassroots. This is blog number 2 — for introductions and context, check out blog 1. To meet our transmedia marketing and outreach goals for Grassroots, we divided our strategy into four areas of focus: Exhibition, Education, Opportunity and Partnerships. The first area – exhibition – was the segment that we needed to address right away: We needed a release date so we could gear everything else (marketing, […]
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HALLOWEEN SHORT: “THE MAZE”
Via Coolhunting, a documentary short about an annual L.A. Halloween project: While recently exploring the southern coast of the Golden State we ended up in the Los Angeles neighborhood of El Sereno where artist Albert Reyes gave us a behind-the-scenes look at his yearly Halloween project. Since 2004 Reyes has built a Halloween maze in his backyard for a party in celebration of America’s favorite pagan holiday. Over time, the maze has evolved from a blanket tunnel held together with sticks to a full, free-standing structure, guaranteed to spook the drunk, stoned and sober alike. We got a special glimpse […]
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KICKSTARTER: JENNIE LIVINGSTON’S “EARTH CAMP ONE”
Filmmaker Jennie Livingston (Paris is Burning) is raising funds for a new documentary feature, Earth Camp One, through Kickstarter. Described as both a “first-person family story” — Livingston began the film after losing four family members in five years — as well as “an essay,” the film deals with death, loss, and what she calls “the very American problem of discomfort with discomfort.” From her Kickstarter page: “To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.” –Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest In the 1970s, I went to a hippie summer camp, […]
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HALLOWEEN SHORT: SHADE RUPE’S “T IS FOR TRICK”
Filmmaker Shade Rupe has contributed a short to the “ABC’s of Death” contest, and he has garnered some impressive props from Clive Barker. That was an elegantly shot, sharply edited and strongly conceived and directed four minutes of film-making. Colour me impressed. You managed to imply a whole range of character options for us, from which entirely plausible narrative solutions spilled. Very fine, courageous work from you and your actors. I hit the heart to say I’d been there. I hope it helps and i will certainly make sure my guys do the same. If you like the short, click […]
