Film making

December 14th, 2009 video Reel, Interview, Manga, Short Film, Trailer, Tutorial, Federal Government, Grassroots Outreach, Local Government, Nonprofit, Public Service Announcements, Regional Government, State Government, Arts & Crafts, Beauty, Dance, Drink, Finance, Fitness, Fashion, Food, Gardening, Health, Home, Music, Sports, Technology, Alternative, Blues, Classical, Country, Electronic, Folk, Hip-Hop, Indie, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Rap, Religious, Rock, Soul, Unsigned, World... Read Full Story

December 12th, 2009 video Manga, Short Film, Trailer, Tutorial, Federal Government, Grassroots Outreach, Local Government, Nonprofit, Public Service Announcements, Regional Government, State Government, Arts & Crafts, Beauty, Dance, Drink, Finance, Fitness, Fashion, Food, Gardening, Health, Home, Music, Sports, Technology, Alternative, Blues, Classical, Country, Electronic, Folk, Hip-Hop, Indie, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Rap, Religious, Rock, Soul, Unsigned, World Music Category: People... Read Full Story

First day of the New Year, and I am thrilled to get to work on the movie! What a blessing! As life working on films blends from one day to the next, the upcoming year will be really exciting. So, putting it out there into the cosmos some of the work for my coming months. Finish KERBEROS. Though of course there are compromises in all film making, especially with a lower budget masquerading as a big budget action film, everything tells me we are onto something really good . Filming starts again... Read Full Story

First day of the New Year, and I am thrilled to get to work on the movie! What a blessing! As life working on films blends from one day to the next, the upcoming year will be really exciting. So, putting it out there into the cosmos some of the work for my coming months. Finish KERBEROS. Though of course there are compromises in all film making, especially with a lower budget masquerading as a big budget action film, everything tells me we are onto something really good . Filming starts again... Read Full Story

Rootclip.com announced the launch of the first in the Doctor Frank film contest series today. The new storyline revolves around a mad scientist, an unknown experiment, and an awe-inspiring switch (or not). This story has the most creativity potential so far of all of the Rootclip.com contests. Knoxville based Rootclip.com was created to give filmmakers, writers, actors and anybody who just likes to watch movies the ability to collaborate on a video project. Our goal is to be the catalyst... Read Full Story

You might not have noticed that my project Rootclip.com is hosting two contest voting periods this week. We encourage you to vote and comment on both to support aspiring filmmakers. Rootclip has some incredible, fantastic, and awe-inspiring submissions in the final round of their film Chance Encounter . These films are all amazing in their own way, and we need everybody to help us pick the best one. Filmmakers in this competition are competing for the $2000 Grand Prize and ultimate bragging... Read Full Story

JakusB has won Chapter 4 of Chance Encounter with their entry Unwelcomed Help . Congratulations and good work JakusB! Again, this round had some intense competition with Tony 's entry Back in Black: Out of Time , bryceanderic 's entry True Colors , and a comedic sping with Dynomar 's submission Homerun . Great work by everybody this round! Thanks for your patience while we tallied the last judge votes coming in over the holiday weekend. Just a reminder that JakusB , FungusRidden and joshutk... Read Full Story

Today we present part one of a two part segment on Red Rock Micro’s M2 Cinema Lens Adapter. 35mm lens adapters have really given independent filmmakers on limited budgets the opportunity to get a cinematic look while shooting on video. Since it’s introduction, the M2 has garnered much praise and now has quite a following from those working in the “pro” sphere, with filmmakers utilizing the adapter on music videos, commercials and feature films. In this first part of our spotlight, Los... Read Full Story

by Chris Gore Original Article:  For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism   “…as a critic I’d give myself three out of five stars.” Along with tax auditors, parking meter attendants and totalitarian dictators, film critics rank among the world’s most hated types of persons.  I should know since I’ve dabbled in this profession on occasion.  Honestly, it’s how I began my career more than a decade ago, though I’ve never considered myself a decent critic.  In fact, as a... Read Full Story

Ladies and Gentlemen, fasten your seat belts it's gonna be a bumpy ride! As cliched as that sounds, when describing Universal's new vehicular crash and burn flick, "Death Race", it's the truth! Director and producer, Paul W. S. Anderson, literally puts you in the driver's seat in this brutal, 100 miles an hour prison car race and doesn't let you take your foot off the petal until you cross the finish line of the credits. Set in the not-so-far future on fictional Terminal Island, "Death Race... Read Full Story