BTS: Stop Motion on a Budget, Redux – part 3
by Marc Lougee :: Mini Cameras: Small, like Diamonds There’s much talk on and offline concerning the advent of mini camera’s used in stop motion animation, specifically when used in tandem with DSLR’s....
View ArticlePOV The Value of Cross-Media Storytelling
I’ve just return from Hot Docs where I participated in a panel of judges for the newly formed Convergence Lab. Created by DocAgora, the lab focuses on a number of projects. The lab brings together...
View Article5 questions for Timo Vuorensola
Timo Vuorensola is a filmmaker who has fully embraced the concept of crowdsourcing. After the success of his last feature film Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning which has been downloaded over 8 million...
View ArticleTCIBR podcast: Creating Storyworlds – Jeff Gomez
This edition of TCIBR is brought to you by IndieFlix and Breakthrough Distribution – Jeff Gomez turned his childhood passion for role playing into a successful transmedia venture. His company Starlight...
View ArticleTCIBR podcast – Inventing the Movies
This edition of TCIBR is brought to you by IndieFlix and Breakthrough Distribution – Inventing the Movies is a new book by Scott Kirsner that details Hollywood’s epic battle between innovation and the...
View ArticleDIY DAYS – the Realities of DIY – panel video
Over the next few days we’ll be posting various videos from the DIY DAYS LA event. The day consisted of a number of keynotes (Robert Greenwald, Marshall Herskovitz), panels (Tommy Pallotta, Femke...
View ArticlePOLLINATE: Running Around, Only To Be Tripped
Channel 4 in the UK is running a project called ‘Osama Loves’ as part of its Islam Season. The project is currently in blog form and will be made into an hour-long film aired on the channel sometime in...
View ArticlePOLLINATE: “One Small Step”
Lisa Salem reports – When David Hastings’ play ONE SMALL STEP was taken up to the Assembly Rooms at the Edinburgh Festival this month – the festival’s most respected venue – the outlook was quite...
View ArticlePOLLINATE: All things Audience
Scott Kirsner sent over a couple of links and resources for those wishing to build audiences. NEW WIKI Scott has just put up a wiki with some content from the book FANS, FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS which we...
View ArticleFive Questions with Scott Macaulay
We had a chance to catch up with Producer Scott Macaulay (Raising Victor Vargas, Gummo) and editor of Filmmaker Magazine which has been supporting independent vision since 1992. This past week...
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