Archive for June, 2008
Johnny Chung Lee: My newest hero
Image by ElDavid1Chances are you haven’t heard of Johnny Chung Lee yet – but it’s probably only a matter of time. Lee has demonstrated some pretty neat tricks with the Wii remote, and actually tells you how to accomplish them at home (I could devote an entire post to how awesome he is at [...]
Why should writers have all the fun?
Image by hereinvannuysThe SAG is looking at extending or renegotiating their contract with the studios, and no doubt weighing their options in light of the most recent WGA strike. Even though it looks like a strike from Hollywood actors is unlikely at this point, it’s interesting to reflect on this extremely bizarre year [...]
Royalties for Digital Goods
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Seth Godin recently posted on his blog about the Kindle ($359 from Amazon). He mentions publisher resistance to lowering prices on digital books, similar to studio or label’s resistance to lower prices on film, tv, or music. They all claim that lower prices would mean less revenue for the artists, authors, [...]
Celtx 1.0 Released
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Looks like the folks at Celtx have come out with version 1.0. This is a tool for screenwriters of all stripes, and it’s FREE! I’ve been playing with Celtx for a while, and I like what I see.
Review will certainly follow. I’d love to test their theory that this can [...]
Something new for your earbuds. . .
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Thanks to Wesleying for the heads up about Apple’s new 3G iPhone. I can’t bring myself to watch Steve Jobs’ actual announcement, so I’ll let you all enjoy this parody instead.
I think it kinda speaks for itself.
Anybody who Legally Downloads Music is an Idiot…
Photo by Carolyn Coles
That’s what record store owner John Kioussis told Steve Guttenberg of The Audiophiliac.
Do you agree with Kioussis? Is legal digital music so bad that it’s not worth obeying the law?
Certainly there have been arguments made that draconian DRM has limited the appeal of legal sources for downloaded [...]
Planning ahead. . .
Photo by Reinis Traidas
One of the things I’ve learned in two years of production is that no two shoots are ever, ever, ever the same.
Before you go into production, it helps to not only visualize the scene you’re trying to create inside your camera, but also the scene on set. Who will play [...]
Steadicam for Indies
B&H has an video interview with the inventor of the Steadicam, Garrett Brown. The Steadicam, for those who don’t know, is a stabilizing mount for a camera that isolates the camera’s movement from the camera operator’s movement. On terrain that is too rough, or other situations where a track and dolly are not [...]
