Filmmaking
Filmmaking
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Director Zachary Oberzan on Your Brother. Remember?
One of the great joys of being a critic is the childlike sense of wonder that comes with being the first to discover something new (that, and as the esteemed music critic Lester Bangs once put it, getting free shit). I first met Zachary Oberzan after seeing his one-man show Rambo Solo, developed with Nature Theater of Oklahoma, in early 2009. (Yes, for the record the tickets were comp since I was reviewing for Theater Online.) At the time I wrote, “I have seen the theater future and its name is Rambo – or more accurately, one fearless thespian named […]
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NEW FINAL CUT SUITE RUMORED; iPAD CLIPTOUCH APP RELEASED
Back in September we asked, “Is Apple Delaying a New Final Cut Studio?” The French rumor site Hardmac reported that the next version of editing software had experience “setbacks” and that, furthermore, engineering talent was being transfered to the iOS department. Now, Hardmac is reporting that a new version of Final Cut Studio “should” come out in March or April. From the site: Let’s start with Final Cut Suites. AS we reported earlier, all version of Final Cut should be unveiled in March or early April. It should be a substantial update when compared to the previous version, but not […]
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GO TO VIMEO FILM SCHOOL WITH ANDREA ALLEN
Vimeo has launched what they’re calling Vimeo Film School — a collection of online videos walking you through the process of selecting a camera, learning to shoot and take sound, and mastering the next level of technique, like using follow focus and lighting. Here’s one of the early episodes below, in which Philip Bloom shows Andrea Allen the Canon 5D Mark II, the Canon 60D, and the new Panasonic GH2. Watch them all at the link. Introduction to DSLR Cameras with Philip Bloom from Vimeo Staff on Vimeo.
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JAMIE STUART AND HIS BLIZZARD VIDEO ON BRITAIN’S ITV
New York Blizzard – ITV Daybreak VT from dantv on Vimeo. Watch the complete film, “Idiot with a Tripod,” here.
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My Year Of DIY — The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Gregory Bayne shoots Jens Pulver. Photo courtesy Alex Couey. A short collection of observations from my year of DIY. My name is Gregory Bayne, and in 2010 I stumbled into a full time “DIY” film career without a back up, without a net, and without, in many respects, a clue. And, though over the course of 2010 I ran two successful crowd-funding campaigns (http://bit.ly/drivenks, http://bit.ly/poiks), made a fully fan-funded documentary feature (that people really seem to love), and released, with my collaborator, a narrative feature…I made less than enough money to scrape by, and currently find myself about to start […]
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FILMMAKER MAGAZINE’S TOP TWELVE POSTS OF 2010
Via Google Analytics, here are the top ten traffic-getting posts on Filmmakermagazine.com for 2010. (The top traffic getter was actually the final post of 2009, our “Best American Independent Films of the Decade” list. But I’m restricting the ten below to posts that actually went up in 2010.) 1. 25 New Faces of 2010. Our 25 New Faces list is now regularly the mostly widely read piece each year. I was particularly happy to see some of the first-time filmmakers we selected — Victoria Mahoney, Rashaad Ernesto Green, Sean Durkin, Danfung Dennis, to name four — have their films accepted […]
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PLINKETT (AKA MIKE STOKLASA) ON STAR WARS: EPISODE 3 — REVENGE OF THE SITH
Mike Stoklasa made Filmmaker‘s “25 New Faces” list in 2010 with his brilliant feature-length critical vivisections of George Lucas’s Star Wars prequel series. First there was The Phantom Menace, and then Attack of the Clones, and now Stoklasa, in his “Mr. Plinkett” persona, tackles Revenge of the Sith. Watch, marvel and enjoy.
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HOW TO KEEP YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS
Earlier today I posted a top ten New Year’s Resolutions for filmmakers and encouraged readers to pick one for themselves. But if you’ve done that, how do you keep them? Writer, psychologist and researcher Richard Wiseman can help with a blog post entitled “Achieve Your New Year’s Resolutions.” From his book 59 Seconds, which backs up self-help techniques with real science, are ten tips on making your resolutions stick. Here are a couple of good ones: 4. Be specific – Think through exactly what you are going to do, where you are going to do it, and at what time. […]
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New Year’s Resolutions for Filmmakers
Are you short a New Year’s resolution? Feel free to borrow one of the ones below. 1. Amplify your voice. You have a voice. Make it bigger in 2011. Spread it wider and connect it to more people. If you are working within your own little crew, spread out. If you’ve gotten into a pattern of relying on the same agents or producers or colleagues, enlarge the perimeter of that circle. If face-to-face is your preferred medium, get out more. Do you email or text too much? Call people more. (This one was suggested by Ira Deutchman via Twitter.) If […]
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JAMIE STUART DISCUSSES VIRAL SNOW SHORT ON TODAY SHOW ONLINE
Here’s Jamie Stuart discussing his Idiot with a Tripod on the Today Show online. Before watching, check out the short film itself here. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
