Meet the YouTube Filmmakers 5.06.2008 Google Santa Monica and YouTube hosted the exclusive "Meet the YouTube Filmmakers" event at the historic El Rey Theatre in Hollywood. Five popular YouTube filmmakers (Arin Crumley, Ben Shelton, M Dot Strange, Javier Prato, and Francis Stokes) participated in a panel discussion led by YouTube Film Community Manager Sara Pollack. YouTube engineers Cuong Do and Philo Juang and Product Manager Brian Glick also … [Read more...]
Typographics – Vancouver Film School (VFS)
Created by Vancouver Film School students Boca (aka Marcos Ceravolo) and Ryan Uhrich through the VFS Digital Design program. Read more about the film here: www.vfs.com Video Rating: 4 / 5 … [Read more...]
Filmmaker James Cameron’s visit to Alberta oilsands may be replay of Brazil trip
Filmmaker James Cameron's visit to Alberta oilsands may be replay of Brazil trip When filmmaker James Cameron tours the Alberta oilsands next week, he'll be building on experience from similar trips in Brazil's Amazon rainforest.Cameron, maker of such Hollywood blockbusters as ``Titanic'' and ``Avatar,'' met twice last spring with aboriginals fighting a dam on a tributary of the Amazon River.Christian Poirier of the environmental group Amazon … [Read more...]
What is a good website with documentaries that can be purchased to show at a film festival?
Question by joustoncredible: What is a good website with documentaries that can be purchased to show at a film festival? I know there is a good site with tons of documentaries and films about different cultures and stuff...but I can't remember the name of the site. Find me a site where I can purchase the rights to show movies/documentaries at a film festival. Mainly looking for docs about cultures and genocide. I want a site I can shop around … [Read more...]
How Budget Strangulation in Independent Cinema can Create Orgasmic Returns
by uniondocs How Budget Strangulation in Independent Cinema can Create Orgasmic Returns Introduction Independent film, for generations, has been built at the crossroads of financial limitation and innovation. One could argue that somewhere in the interdependence of this relationship is found the mysterious alchemy that good art makes. This assumes that financial limitation creates innovation, in the way that erecting walls around a … [Read more...]
SIGNS
The Director of SIGNS has his first feature film, Red Hill Check it out: www.youtube.com One of the 2009 Cannes Lions winners! More info: work.canneslions.com A simple short film about communication. Created by Publicis Mojo and @RadicalMedia Director: Patrick Hughes www.patrickhughes.com.au Watch in High Quality www.youtube.com Join the Facebook Fan Page: www.facebook.com If you like the soundtrack, you can check out @ www.internetdj.com the … [Read more...]
Tibetan Ex-Prisoner Evokes His Homeland’s Struggle in a Movie
Tibetan Ex-Prisoner Evokes His Homeland’s Struggle in a Movie This has been a busy week for some Tibetans in New York, who have seized on the Chinese prime minister’s visit to the United Nations to hold angry street demonstrations against that nation’s rule in their homeland. Read more on Phayul … [Read more...]
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Community Calendar Oak Leaves and Forest Leaves welcome items for the Community Calendar, as well as items for Business Briefs, Campus News, Community Briefs, School Digest and Your Page. Items must be received minimum of 10 days prior to publication. Fax (708) 383-3678; e-mail oakpark@pioneerlocal.com; or mail to Pioneer Press, 1010 W. Lake St., Suite 104, Oak Park, IL 60301. Read more on Oak Park Leaves Calendar Deadline for items for the … [Read more...]
Art versus Real Life?
Question by angelareut: Art versus Real Life? O.K. I know this will sound crazy, but I really need advice. I am 32, african american, ivy league educated, and married to a Kenyan national I met in college. My husband is very, very western (or else I would never have been attracted to him in the first place probably) but a year ago we decided to live a year in Kenya, in his village, as Kenyans, and he would make a documentary about it (he is an … [Read more...]
Video Production Portland Oregon
by permanently scatterbrained Video Production Portland Oregon Video production in Portland OR? When thinking about the state of Oregon many images come to mind, such as the Oregon Trail, lumberjacks, deep evergreen forests, wild terrain, and untamed landscapes to name a few. This stereotype is certainly a far cry away from that of California with its massive city blocks, cutting-edge fashion industry, consumer-driven economy and … [Read more...]