Why I made that film

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Mac-made sci-fi film available on DVD

Mac-made sci-fi film available on DVD 06/28/2004 08:12 PM
K2 Films has released its science-fiction action film, "Radius," as a two-disk, US$19.95 DVD...

Lord of the Rings movie made from famous
film footage

Lord of the Rings movie made from famous
film footage 07/26/2004 12:33 PM
Glenn sez, "The mysterious O. Sharp has created a fantastic mash-up of Lord of the Rings, across three decades of movies, casting such big names as Humphrey Bogart and Marlene Dietrich. Tolkien's story is retold through a clever selection of overdubbed clips, and it works surprisingly well - it's an amusing tribute without being a parody, and I think it's certainly worth watching, even if it's only for Dooley Wilson sitting at his piano singing 'The Road Goes Ever On'." Link (Thanks, Glenn!)

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Film | Cult
film-maker Russ Meyer dies

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Film | Cult
film-maker Russ Meyer dies 09/23/2004 03:14 PM
Cult film-maker Russ Meyer dies .. dead! .. RIP

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/3680976.stm
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Film Industry Gets Challenged by
Bloggers First Film: Open Source,
Grassroots, Free, Remixable

Film Industry Gets Challenged by
Bloggers First Film: Open Source,
Grassroots, Free, Remixable 03/19/2005 02:59 AM
"What's a 'blog'?". "What do 'bloggers' do?". "'Bloggin' - what's that?". "Where's the 'blogosphere' exactly?". To find an answer to these questions, TheWeblogProject (http://www.theweblogproject.com) has come to the rescue: here is the first Film for, by and about Bloggers. [PRWEB Mar 18, 2005]

Film Genesis Launches the First
Script-to-Film Screenwriting Contest and
Puts Writers in the Director's Chair

Film Genesis Launches the First
Script-to-Film Screenwriting Contest and
Puts Writers in the Director's Chair 03/14/2005 05:23 PM
FilmGenesis.com's "Script-to-Film" Screenwriting Contest gives screenwriters a chance to turn their short script into film festival fodder. [PRWEB Mar 14, 2005]

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Film | Third
Star Wars film gets title

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Film | Third
Star Wars film gets title 07/26/2004 02:16 AM
Third (or is it sixth?) Star Wars movie to be called "Revenge of the Sith" .. BBC

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""The fact is, if third- or fifth-grade
students made the mistakes made in the
test prep materials, they would be
flunked and no one would be asking them
for an explanation.""

""The fact is, if third- or fifth-grade
students made the mistakes made in the
test prep materials, they would be
flunked and no one would be asking them
for an explanation."" 03/26/2005 09:39 PM

Digital outsells film, but film still
king to some

Digital outsells film, but film still
king to some 09/23/2004 06:06 PM
Many professional photographers still prefer to use film, thanks to continued advances in film technology, basic differences in how each medium works and artistic preference. But digital is gaining ground in the pro market as each generation of digital SLR camera improves resolution and features.

Media Made Easy Announces the
Availability of the Media Made Easy
Media Center PC

Media Made Easy Announces the
Availability of the Media Made Easy
Media Center PC 03/24/2005 08:30 PM
Media Center PC World Mar 25 2005 12:48AM GMT

Film@PHP

Film@PHP 05/28/2004 04:58 PM
Dopo mesi di indecisione...

Five men arrested after BNP film

Five men arrested after BNP film 07/20/2004 06:02 AM
Five men are arrested after police study tapes of an undercover BBC documentary on the BNP.

Film Into Flash

Film Into Flash 08/29/2004 01:48 AM
G4 Tech TV Aug 29 2004 5:21AM GMT

Onion Taken Seriously, Film at 11

Onion Taken Seriously, Film at 11 04/14/2004 05:14 AM
People continue to mistake The Onion's stories as real news -- partly because the stories are so deadpan, partly because people are desperate to validate their twisted beliefs. Whatever the reason, the folks at The Onion just laugh and laugh. By Daniel Terdiman.

"Experimental Film"

"Experimental Film" 07/14/2004 10:18 PM

IPOs for Film

IPOs for Film 11/19/2003 10:24 PM
Taking it public. Ethan Hawke is looking for investors for his new movie, "Billy Dead". For $8.75 a share of preferred stock (and only in blocks of 100 - ticker symbol "BILLY"), Hawke hopes to raise about US $7.3 Million through his broker, Civilian Capital. According to a consultant with Civilian, potential investors will be able to "invest in a film maker, a story or a star."

Is this ushering in a new golden age of public media ownership, or an age of increased corporate hegemony? Also, for what other artforms would you like to see such investment opportunites? Finally, in what directors/actors/storylines etc. would you like to invest?

danny bot: the film

danny bot: the film 07/31/2004 06:58 PM
Boy sings tribute to his robot who’s off to war .. DannyBot

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Film ain't dead yet

Film ain't dead yet 01/22/2004 12:53 PM

A photo taken on New Year's Eve which we spent at a friend's house with several other couples and their children who didn't stop moving all evening. It was one of the very first shots taken with the Leica and a really old roll of C-41 process B&W film I happened to have around. I'm impressed that I captured her smirk in spite of the low light, her dervishness and my rusty manual camera reflexes. The picture would have been totally different had I taken it with a digital camera and I'm not entirely certain it would have been a presentable photo.

Recently, Kodak announced that it plans to discontinue a number of products including their line of APS film cameras which, if you believe a lot of the chicken little reports around the net, means the end of film photography as we have known it for the past century. Well, aside from the bias that people in the insular world of the internet tend to place on everything from Dean to the blog revolution, film is not doomed or otherwise obsolete even if all the kids who wouldn't part with their digital cameras say it is. The market Kodak is getting out of is one that has gone digital but there are plenty of film fanatics, film cameras and film processing labs out there to keep film in business for many more years.

I succumbed to the siren call of a digital camera about 3 years ago and, while I think digital has helped me to become a better photographer, I don't know that it has produced better photos than a film camera. I recently read Why digital cameras = better photographers which is a nicely done article on what makes digital attractive but, judging by a lot of the digital photos I've seen around the net in comparison to the film photos, I don't know that this is entirely true. Digital has produced a lot more photographers and photos so that the odds of there being more and better pictures is greater than before. I often wonder how many great photographers there would have been in the 1920s and 1930s had there been as many film cameras in the hands of people as there are now. A digital SLR gives you enough exposure feedback to get a feel for what the camera is doing which you can then take back to your film camera, but most digital cameras are completely automatic. People are taking more pictures and enjoying their cameras more so digital is a boon for getting more people interested in photography. However, this is not the death knell for film. Not yet anyway.

I'm getting back into film partly due to many of the inspiring photoblogs I've found at Photoblogs.org in which many of them have pictures taken on film that appeal to me far more than many of the digital photos I've seen or taken myself. Both formats have their strengths and weaknesses for me and, I suspect, they are similar for others.

Digital

• weaknesses
• DSLR is big, bulky, and heavy. Intimidates people at times.
• Trouble focusing in low-light.
• Batteries; aside from needing charging, they don't live long in cold conditions.
• It can crash at unexpected times without warning.
• Shutter lag.
• Lower light sensitivity.
• Archival concerns with digital format.
• Lots of equipment needed just to view and print pictures at home.
• An almost clinical perfection.
• strengths
• Instant gratification.
• Instant feedback.
• Easier to share photos with wired friends.

Film

• weaknesses
• Film can be expensive.
• Processing can be expensive.
• No instant gratification or feedback.
• strengths
• Small and light cameras.
• Fun.
• More creative.
• A Challenge.
• Film has the capacity to surprise in ways that digital never will.
• No batteries necessary.
• No shutter lag.
• Fewer buttons and gadgets.
• No CPU to crash at unexpected times.

The Elph is a fun little digital camera that I can take in my pocket anywhere and use for photographic post-it notes or fun candids to share. The 10D may gather some dust for a while since the Leica and the Lomo are a lot easier to carry around and they seem to capture more interesting images as perfection doesn't leave a lot of room for creative imperfection.

IMDB-Film-0.02

IMDB-Film-0.02 07/28/2004 06:09 PM

a remarkable new film

a remarkable new film 01/19/2004 01:57 PM
latest movie .. "Big Fish,"

sonypictures.com/movies/bigfish
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A Film to Forget

A Film to Forget 01/16/2004 11:26 AM
mulling over the movies of mandy moore

A film for those who read

A film for those who read 08/14/2004 12:57 AM
"Stone Reader makes you want to pick up a great novel and consume it in one long gulp. It’s a love letter to literature and literacy, a bibliophile’s dream film, dedicated to the joys of fiction and the passions of those who need books like they need food, water and air." (The Dallas Morning News)

Film Heroes

Film Heroes 02/17/2004 02:19 PM

I noticed a poster for a photo exhibit in a camera shop window and decided to go have a look since the theme was interesting. Valkok ankaan Sankarit, Heroes of the Screen, is a provocative collection of photographs by Malla Hukkanen taken around Finland of tiny movie theatres that are quickly becoming a thing of the past. Hukkanen tells the story of these indie theatres in vivid colour on 35mm and panoramic film. I took my time looking at the faces of the people he captured so poignantly in and around their theatres and wondered if they were still in business. I'd love to see more of his work.

I have never really liked the giant 20 screen megaplex theatres that are so common in the US nowadays as they often show the same movies for weeks on end, have stale popcorn and they're as large and impersonal as a shopping mall. The small independent theatres have fresh popcorn, interesting films and often a small staff who remember your name if you're a movie junkie. It's ironic how the people who evangelise how the internet and social software are "revolutionising" our social lives when, at every turn, nearly every part of our daily lives away from the computer are becoming more and more impersonal and isolated. Hukkanen's photos will likely be a testament to the future of a time when people went to see movies and each other without the aid of a computer.

The Living Picture Museum [Elävän Kuvan Museo] is hidden away in a small warehouse in an out of the way neighbourhood, but it has an impressive collection of projection cameras and movie theatre ephemera, including an ushers costume from Kinopalatsi last worn in the last 1960s. It's a short walk from the Sörnäinen metro station and it's worth the trip if you wax nostalgic over old movie theatres or enjoy photography that tells a story.

Living Picture Museum: Heroes of the Screen
Vanha Talvitie 9, Verkkosaari, Sörnäinen

Open: 29 Jan through 28 Feb 2004, Tues - Sun 12-6pm
Free admission!

They'll Stick With Film, Thank You

They'll Stick With Film, Thank You 12/25/2003 01:58 AM
New York Times Dec 25 2003 0:16AM ET

IMDB-Film-0.01

IMDB-Film-0.01 07/28/2004 11:24 AM

"Independent" Film. What is it?

"Independent" Film. What is it? 04/15/2005 06:29 PM
I don't know what "independent film" means. At a time when the W einsteins are trying to extricate themselves from Disney, it seems an appropriate question to ask. There are Indie films (non-industry money) that are supposed to imitate fancy hollywood films, there are new studios being opened outside of LA by Wealthy Christians in Denver hoping to convert through CS Lewis movies and there are Garden State, Lost in Translation, Eternal Sunshine etc. which are like other Hollywood films: have stars, and studio money but are marketed as "Independent Films." What makes these independent? Finally, and seemingly too infrequently, there are privately financed and self-distributed unusual films like Assisted Living which despite their obvious merits and the critic's< /a> adoration are presumably ignored by the studios, blasted by the brain-numbing EW and distributed instead by the two young first-time filmmakers Why can't we see more non-hollywood and non-hollywood espousing independent ART on the screen? Why do we let every other multi-million dollar romantic comedy be sold to us as "indy" just because it has a quirky soundtrack or aesthetic sensibility. What can we do about it? I'm going to the movies. You?

"Cartoon-Film"

"Cartoon-Film" 07/12/2004 03:54 PM

IMDB-Film-0.05

IMDB-Film-0.05 12/28/2004 11:29 AM

IMDB-Film-0.03

IMDB-Film-0.03 07/31/2004 07:06 AM

IMDB-Film-0.04

IMDB-Film-0.04 09/09/2004 06:37 PM

"Film Quotes"

"Film Quotes" 06/24/2005 09:46 PM

An Act of Derring-Do, and It's Not in a
Film

An Act of Derring-Do, and It's Not in a
Film 06/29/2004 02:27 AM
In September, NASA will attempt to catch a capsule returning to earth with solar particles.

Made in the U.S. of A.?

Made in the U.S. of A.? 02/11/2004 01:21 AM
Salon Feb 11 2004 5:02AM GMT

Who made those changes in SMS?

Who made those changes in SMS? 01/05/2005 06:38 PM

Stockstock film festival

Stockstock film festival 04/13/2004 11:38 PM

Wired News has a great story about a Seattle film festival that uses public domain clips from the Prelinger Archives. Participants need only have a computer with video editing software and $20 for the entry fee. The entry deadline is June 15th and the festival is August 1st at the Seattle Art Museum.

Film Recommendation: Brazil

Film Recommendation: Brazil 06/10/2004 11:03 AM
Terry Gilliam’s Brazil is probably my favorite film. It has soaring visuals by Terry Gilliam. It has beautiful writing by…

Film Raises Ire Over HIV Origins

Film Raises Ire Over HIV Origins 05/13/2004 04:57 AM
A documentary that tracks the AIDS outbreak to the polio vaccine raises the hackles of scientists, who think it's more likely the deadly virus spread to humans through African monkey hunters. Kate Rope reports from New York.

H2G2 Film Website

H2G2 Film Website 05/13/2004 10:55 AM

The 40 Best Film Directors According To
The Guardian

The 40 Best Film Directors According To
The Guardian 11/14/2003 11:28 AM
Is David Lynch Really The Best Director In The World? The Guardian, along with many other Europeans, seems to think so, in an impressive but very subjective (not to say that dreaded word quirky) list of the best 40 film directors. (More inside.)

"Michael Moore's new film"

"Michael Moore's new film" 05/06/2004 04:21 AM

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