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Digital Tape is Dead: Bidding “Adieu” to the HDCAM (and its cousins) 23 Aug 2013 | 03:13 am
Jeffrey Winter, writing for the Film Collaborative: …in the current independent marketplace –especially in the United States — the BluRay rules far and away above all others. And this is NOT because ...
Film Fest Secrets panel this weekend at Sidewalk Film Festival 20 Aug 2013 | 07:43 am
It's been a few years since I've been to the Sidewalk Film Festival – it kept conflicting with Fantastic Fest, darn it all. But since I've relocated to Atlanta and Sidewalk has relocated to an earlier...
Everything I Learned In Film School In Under 3 Minutes 12 Aug 2013 | 05:01 pm
"Some people are gonna want to be Tarantino a little too much. And then you'll find other people who wanna be Altman a little too much. No one will ever wanna be Michael Bay." Comedian Mikey Gleason...
7 Things You Absolutely Must Have On Your Film's Web Site 4 Aug 2013 | 07:53 pm
PHOTO CREDIT: UNHINDERED BY TALENT - CC Yours truly, writing for the Atlanta Film Festival blog: As a filmmaker, you probably already know that your film needs a web site. And if you don't, then he...
Much ado about a bad screening: IndieWire's Manhattan FF article 1 Aug 2013 | 07:38 pm
Jason Guerrasio for IndieWire, taking aim at the Manhattan Film Fest: As the lights went down and the picture came up, [Warfield director Mira] Gibson was horrified. "It's the wrong one!" she yelled ...
Now Backing: RABBIT, a graphic novel by Cory McAbee 22 Jul 2013 | 05:27 am
Cory McAbee, from his Kickstarter pitch video. When I got an email from filmmaker/musician/cowboy Cory McAbee about his new Kickstarter project, there wasn't much doubt that I'd be kicking in at leas...
Sundance Institute's Creative Producing Labs 18 Jul 2013 | 06:16 pm
Via Indiewire : The Sundance Institute announced today the 11 lucky projects chosen for its Creative Producing Labs as well as the 42 producers and directors invited to the Creative Producing Summit ...
Gasland's Josh Fox on "Here's the Thing" 12 Jul 2013 | 06:21 pm
Josh Fox at the Sundance Film Festival. Photo from WNYC's "Here's the Thing" site. Alec Baldwin's podcast "Here's the Thing" is one of the most regularly entertaining shows in regular rotation on my ...
6 Reasons DVDs are dead as a festival submission format (or will be soon) 11 Jul 2013 | 06:35 am
Bears Fonté at the Austin Film Festival shares his favorite tips for submitting to fests. I agree with most of these, and this one made me laugh: Don’t use fiber-filled envelopes. They are mess...
John Waters' Golden Rules of Moviemaking 5 Jul 2013 | 08:05 pm
Image via MovieMaker. John Waters, writing for MovieMaker.com. I hadn't planned on linking to this until I saw the very last rule. Movies people like at film festivals are not always the ones they ....
