Filmmaking News from Digg.com – 63th Edition
PhotoFilmStrip Turns Photos Into Video
Popularized in many of the highly acclaimed PBS documentaries produced by filmmaker Ken Burns, the technique of turning historic still images into something more palatable for a television audience (by slowly panning across the images, and fading in to new ones) has become a common technique for…
‘The Office’ Ends As Doc. Crew Gets All The Footage It Needs
After nearly six years on the air, NBC’s hit show The Office ended abruptly Thursday when documentary filmmaker Ian Sheffield announced that he and his crew had all the footage of the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company’s Scranton branch required for their project.
SpeakEasy the Movie
SpeakEasy is a documentary film about the fear of public speaking, and the 2008 Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking. Filmmakers Paul Galichia and Brian Weidling embarked on an almost two year journey – conducting hundreds of interviews about public speaking anxiety, and capturing every stage of the World Championship.
Smash or Trash Indie Filmmaking on ROULETTE’s Reshoots
I want to tell you about Ethan Meyer’s LUCK OF THE DRAW, which is an online, in-depth documentary on the making of the independent thriller ROULETTE (by Erik Kristopher Myers). Each online chapter talks about the trials and tribulations of producing an independent film, and chapter 12 is a real nail-biter.
12 Movies To Be Thankful For
This Thanksgiving, I thought about all the movies I’m thankful for. These aren’t just movies I like. These are movies that by all accounts should not exist at all, yet somehow they persevered through development, studio notes, critical derision and often box office failure, yet exist for eternity thanks to some filmmakers’ determination.
All you Independent Filmmakers, forget Best Buy Black Friday
Independent Filmmaking blog updated to include our Agenda for the week, stay tuned for some fresh content!
New Moon Shatters Box Office / My Heart (11.23.09 – Day 961)
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New Moon breaks box office records and my heart. Behind the scenes look at the making of our Twilight: Inglourious Vampires parody. Part 2.
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Filmmaker Gavin Michael Booth is on a mission to meet the Hollywood professionals that have inspired him in his career thus far.
33rd CAIRO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2009: SPOTLIGHT-INDIA
India was the guest of honour at the 33rd Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), which opened in Cairo on with the screening of John Abraham-Katrina Kaif starrer New York directed by Kabir Khan. Adoor Gopalakrishnan, the internationally renowned Indian filmmaker, was chairperson of the International Jury.
Museum of Modern Art Honors Tim Burton
The Museum of Modern Art in New York City held a gala event last night honoring the work of genius filmmaker Tim Burton.
An Interview with Chris Di Nunzio, Melanie Kotoch, and Jason
I was lucky enough to meet up with first-time feature filmmakers Chris Di Nunzio, Melanie Kotoch, and Jason Miller in Boston this summer after reviewing their horror film, Livestock. After a marathon three-hour interview session, I came away impressed at not only their film making abilities but just how nice these three writer/
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Category: Digg.com Digests | Posted by: bskcom2001 on November 24, 2009
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