Michael Farr Joins News Broadcast Network News Broadcast Network, the country’s largest independent broadcast video services company, announced today that former On The Scene Productions GM and Senior Video Producer Michael Farr has agreed to join NBN. In his new role, Farr will move to enhance NBN’s position as the premier Broadcast Services Company in the fast growing areas of Event Production, Satellite / Internet Media Tours ... Read more on … [Read more...]
Where are all of the Todd Solondz fans?
Question by Cellulapse: Where are all of the Todd Solondz fans? Whenever the topic of American independent cinema comes up, it's always disheartening to hear the conversations inevitably drift toward predictable, pointless fare (Juno, Little Miss Sunshine, Garden State and anything by Tarantino come to mind.) I believe the only real important American filmmaker alive today is Todd Solondz, who in only four films (Welcome to the Dollhouse, … [Read more...]
Breaking Into Hollywood – How Do I Get A Job As A Story Analyst / Script Reader?
by uniondocs Breaking Into Hollywood - How Do I Get A Job As A Story Analyst / Script Reader? One of my first jobs in Los Angeles was as a story analyst at a major production company. If you'd love to spend long nights and weekends reading and analyzing the future hits (and not-so-much-a-hits) of Hollywood, here's how you go after this fascinating, funny and frankly high burn-out entry-level gig.THE JOB As a story analyst, it is … [Read more...]
Life Inc The Movie
For more information about Douglas Rushkoff's book, "LIFE INC. How The World Became A Corporation And How To Take It Back" check out www.rushkoff.com and the LIFE INC. 9min movie by Janine Saunders Douglas Rushkoff is the author of ten books on media, technology, and society, including Cyberia, Media Virus, Coercion, Nothing Sacred, Get Back in the Box, and the novel Ecstasy Club. He made the PBS Frontline documentaries Merchants of Cool, The … [Read more...]
Lastest Documentary News
New Sheen documentary to be shown Thursday at College of Saint Elizabeth in Florham Park, NJ For 10 years, The Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation has been working hard to get the late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen canonized by the Catholic Church. If its efforts are succesful, Sheen would become the first American-born male to receive the honor. Read more on Daily Record What's Going on With That Twitter Documentary? Last year, we interviewed … [Read more...]
What Mini-DV cam will replicate film most accurately for indy film production?
by permanently scatterbrained Question by SS: What Mini-DV cam will replicate film most accurately for indy film production? I'm trying to decide on what to buy for my freelance video production and independent film production. I've been focusing on the Canon XH-A1. I've also heard the Panasonic DVX-100b is great, but I also heard it has no native 16:9 mode which is brutal since I'll want to shoot widescreen. But I really just want something … [Read more...]
Disney Fan Experience, Toronto International Film Fest, Americana Music Association, Independent Film Week, New York Television Fest
by th.omas Disney Fan Experience, Toronto International Film Fest, Americana Music Association, Independent Film Week, New York Television Fest This year at the annual Telluride Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival and The Library of America present a special program in honor of artist and film critic Manny Farber. "The Celebration of Manny Farber" will include an intimate bookstore signing of The Library of America's September … [Read more...]
Pt.2 Filmmaking Tips & Advice from Emmy, Cannes, HBO, Discovery Channel, PBS Filmmaker David Hoffman
Buy the entire video here: www.creativeinspiration.com Emmy® and Cannes Film Festival Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker, David Hoffman explains how he prepares and conducts his interviews, acquiring sincere, expressive responses for spectacular award winning results. To illustrate his technique, he shares one of his 170 interviews from his six-part, prime time PBS® series, "Making Sense of the Sixties." About the video: In what is arguably the … [Read more...]
Lastest Independent Production Company News
logo_home Image by labanex yNoT Media, Inc. is the logo for the Independent Movie Production Company. youtube.com/watch?v=BCSCL7Rq3N4 stage6.divx.com/yNoT/video/1384249 Bio-Clean, Inc. Subsidiary, E-Clean Acquisitions Corp., Enters Into Joint Venture With Agrigenic Food Company HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA--(Marketwire - September 29, 2010) - Bio-Clean, Inc. ( OTCBB : BOCL ) is pleased to announce that its recently formed subsidiary, E-Clean … [Read more...]
Is there anyone less tolerant than a “tolerant liberal”?
Question by ND Fan: Is there anyone less tolerant than a "tolerant liberal"? http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/geert_wilders/2009/05/28/219305.html They're all about freedom of speech...as long as that speech agrees with theirs. In this case, Thomas A. Negri, managing director of Loew’s Vanderbilt Hotel and Office complex in Nashville "cancelled a contract with a conservative foundation to hold a conference this weekend on radical Islam, … [Read more...]