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I like free stuff. So here’s something free that every filmmaker can use. Your done with your film and you’ve entered it into some film festivals and you got IN congratulation!
I’m sure the last thing you want to do is make more art work to promote your film. I wanted to show off [...]

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Remember this?
“every movie, ever made, in every language, anytime day or night”

What’s the hold up?

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Be warned this list can change from time to time.  These are not in order of importance just must see movies.

Dude, Where’s my Car?
Donnie Darko
The Thing Directed by John Carpenter
Miracle Mile
Colossus “The Forbin” Project. Don’t wait for Ron Howards version
Run Lola Run
The Butterfly Effect
May
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Duel

Ghost dog.
Lady Killers with Alec Guinness
Marathon Man

Oh and [...]

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This effect has been getting some buzz lately because of this fantastic looking tilt shift time-lapse effect created by Keith Loutit.  There are a number of Photoshop Tutorials out there related to this, this one is great! so check it out.  I believe I even saw this explained in “Wired”…
But I figured if it can [...]

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No I didn’t spell it wrong. I mean Nagra not Niagara.
Let me start off by saying I am not a sound guy and no sound persons job is any danger.
When I was in film school the way we would gather sound was with a Narga reel to reel recorder or a Marantz audio cassette recorder. [...]

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This is a good example of the kind of video projects I work on from time to time. It’s fun stuff and I’m always on the move. You always have to be ready to go when doing a productions like this. You never know what’s going to happen. There is some planning you [...]

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This was fun. I thought I would turn it into a writing assignment. I enjoy creating new inventions and I wish I could have entered more than one a day. Sad thing is I found out about it about a week or so into the contest. Find out more about [...]

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If you didn’t know I’m already a fan of J.J. Abrams, didn’t watch “Felicity” but I started paying attention after “Alias” and I’ve seen everything he’s ever had is hands in making. This is a great talk about the what inside the mystery box.

The mystery box can be anything, the fun part is figuring [...]

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What? A visual guy doing an audio podcast? That’s right I had my trusty Zoom H2 with me so I talked to a few people. The place was noisy and packed with people I think my H2 did a great good job of picking up the conversations. I have several and [...]

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“Veoh wants to move beyond the PC to mobile devices, and is putting a lot of resources behind developing its behavioral ad targeting platform for video.”
You can read the full story from TechCrunch here,
Yeah I want “behavioral ad targeting” and so should you.   Here’s why… 
As a consumer I tired, TIRED of seeing ads that have [...]

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Here’s a must read for any content creator out there. Rebel Alliance by David Kushner at Fast Company. I have to admit I missed this the first time I got my issue of Fast Company. I got caught up in the “Ning” article because I was working on making a few Ning [...]

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I’ve been using Celtix to write scripts for video shorts, for about 6 months now and have to say it’s fantastic! If you’re writing a script for a movie, television and even plays. You should give this a try. I’ve tried out Final Draft and a few other script programs. I [...]

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If you get a really good fortune from a cookie does it start from the time you finished your Chinese meal or when you finally get around to eating the cookie?
I just want to know when to start the clock.

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Right on Discovery Channel! It makes the world look like a fun place.
I’ve shown this to a few people and they were like so? But for me it’s World 2.0. I like the idea of everyone working together and singing a song and just being amazed by this world and [...]

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I won’t bother anyone with my nerd explanations of why this commercial doesn’t make sense, but I just have to know…

Can someone please tell me why Mars is the in the background?
Is Woods on Phobos or Deimos?
Yeah I’m a nerd and proud of it. I’d like the Art Director, Commercial [...]

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Have you always wondered why you hear about the film contest about 1 week before it’s due… Well sign up here and you’ll hear about some great film making contests in enough time to get your masterpiece done.
Filmaka.com also has a nice selection of international shorts that are worth checking out.

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It’s a simple rule when I find a cord of mine that needs a tie it gets it! No exceptions, yeah even the small USB cables. The great thing about these is they have a built in loop to keep it attached to the cable so you’ll never loose it.
This is a must [...]

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If you like short films you really need to go here. OnSuper8.org
A while back they accepted a film I did more than 15 years ago. But in this day and age were everyone wants high end this and HD that you forget about the film making. Every film on this [...]

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