http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking The latest news brought to you by MySpace! Sat, 17 May 2008 06:04:53 GMT http://newscdn.myspace.com/web.2.14/content/springwidget/digitalfilmmaking.xml http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/17469090 The organizers of the 2008 Flow Conference have posted the questions that will inform the roundtables around which the conference is organized. Unlike most academic conferences, in which participants deliver a paper, the Flow Conference is designed around The Chutry Experiment Fri, 16 May 2008 18:37:40 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/17469090 http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/16474069 SXSW Film Festival head Matt Dentler is heading to New York to help run the rights management division of Cinetic Media. Cinetic Media, founded by attorney John Sloss, is one of the best-known rep firms in the independent film world. Dentler and Cinetic have CinemaTech Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:16:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/16474069 http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/16456360 High Definition Video for Independent Filmmakers A How To Guide for Digital Filmmakers Welcome all! This is my blog to share my latest research, thoughts, etc. on utilizing HD for independent filmmaking. YES, I am available for consulting Contact me at mike@hdforindies.com All content copyright HD For Indies Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:36:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/16456360 http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/17341063 In this installment of Izzy Video, I review the two-step process to accomplish “short lighting.” This is a very popular method for lighting a face. It makes a face look thinner, and it adds drama to the image. * This installment of Izzy Video is available to premium subscribers only. If IzzyVideo Tue, 13 May 2008 05:24:37 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/17341063 http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/17469091 The shot is famous, in part, for running something like seven minutes without a single cut, as Altman’s camera roams the studio, introducing us to all of the major figures at the studio. Altman, who had struggled for years to get movies made by Hollywood studios, clearly had little patience The Chutry Experiment Fri, 16 May 2008 17:44:31 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/17469091 http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/16559213 Striking tryptych piece from Yves Saint Laurent. It runs through many different ways of tying together and orchestrating multi-screen imagery. To show his Autumn/Winter 2008 menswear collection for Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, creative director Stefano Split Screen Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:21:38 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/16559213 http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/17177400 In addition to being in many borders stores across the US there are a growing number of other ways to get our DVD. If you are in the US and not near a borders store you can use the Borders Store locator to call a few stores until you find one that does have Four Eye Monsters: Blog Wed, 07 May 2008 17:24:14 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/17177400 http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/17278294 High Definition Video for Independent Filmmakers A How To Guide for Digital Filmmakers Welcome all! ProVideo Coalition.com: Camera Log by Adam Wilt | Founder: Adam Wilt does his usual thing - writing at length, in detail, about the nitty gritty of how things HD For Indies Sat, 10 May 2008 17:51:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/17278294 http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/17464876 In her New York Times column “Pixels at an Exhibition,” Virginia Heffernan describes Rachel Greene’s “Artists Using YouTube,” an exhibit housed at the Kitchen gallery where Greene invited several artists to present and project selected YouTube videos. According to The Chutry Experiment Fri, 16 May 2008 16:38:34 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/17464876 http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/17428169 Jaman, the Silicon Valley movie marketplace geared to indie content, is introducing ad-supported streaming this week. That adds a second revenue stream to Jaman's business model, which was originally built atop selling downloads and rentals of films. I don't CinemaTech Thu, 15 May 2008 16:08:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/17428169 http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/17286799 Tim Street frequently talks about how important spectacle is in video. In fact, he says it’s one of the three key components of a viral video, along with emotion and story. The dictionary defines spectacle as “anything presented to the sight or view, especially something of a striking IzzyVideo Sun, 11 May 2008 05:29:01 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/17286799 http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/16559212 15-year-old Tracey Berkowitz (Best Actress Oscar-nominee Ellen Page) is riding around a pre-blizzard urban wasteland on the back of a city bus, naked except for the tattered curtain she’s wrapped in, and looking for her missing brother (whom she fears she has hypnotized). Based on screenwriter Split Screen Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:21:14 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/16559212 http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/16479385 High Definition Video for Independent Filmmakers A How To Guide for Digital Filmmakers Welcome all! More NAB coverage from my friends in the Pro Video Coalition: Scott Gentry checks out Sachtler's Artemis vest Adam Wilt's show coverage - shots from around the floor Camera Log by Adam Wilt | HD For Indies Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:50:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/16479385 http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/17361765 Apple has been famously inflexible about pricing on iTunes: TV shows are $1.99, songs 99 cents. (NBC flew the coop last year over Apple's unwillingness to alter that policy.) From the Wall Street Journal's coverage: ...It's the first time HBO has agreed to CinemaTech Tue, 13 May 2008 19:19:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/17361765 http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/16595912 Two different ways of telling the story of our creation, brought to life using contrasting animated visuals and alternating narration. Made by Vancouver Film School students Ryan Uhrich and Marcos "Boca" Ceravolo. On the Flash-based official site, you can download larger hi-res QuickTime videos of Split Screen Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:53:49 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/16595912 http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/17306656 While I was watching Speed Racer, the latest attempt by the Wachowski brothers to invent (or reinvent) digital cinema, I found myself trying to put together the neologisms I’d use to describe the movie’s everything-but-the-kitchen-sink visual aesthetic: day-glo technofuturism? I’m The Chutry Experiment Mon, 12 May 2008 05:48:20 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/17306656 http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/16551292 People who invest in digital media and Internet video content have one belief: that creatives are gonna find a way to produce really compelling content that attracts big audiences much more cheaply than the studios. That has been the thinking behind Vuguru, CinemaTech Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:58:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/16551292 http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/17260498 High Definition Video for Independent Filmmakers A How To Guide for Digital Filmmakers Welcome all! ProVideo Coalition.com: Camera Log by Adam Wilt | Founder Adam gets a new resolution chart that allows him to test the true optical resolution of a Red One, HD For Indies Fri, 09 May 2008 21:51:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/17260498 http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/17299049 Taking a break from writing to post a few links: Via a Twitter connection, I just found out about David Modigliani’s new documentary, Crawford , which looks at the impact of George W. Bush’s presidency on his adopted hometown. Also notable is how attentive the documentary is to the ways in which The Chutry Experiment Sun, 11 May 2008 20:55:11 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/17299049 http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/17211060 Interesting story in today's New York Times about a contest that Microsoft is running, called the Ultimate Video Relay. From the Times: [The contest] is intended to promote the higher-end version of Vista — Windows Vista Ultimate — among videophiles, early CinemaTech Thu, 08 May 2008 16:07:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/arts/digitalfilmmaking/item/17211060