Archive for February, 2009

Validation in Short Film

Here’s another inspirational short film.  Films of this quality are easily produced in a technical sense, though not easily written, and a perfect example of how an engaging story and good acting trumps the cost of your camera.  I find this kind of film both uplifting as a viewer and encouraging as a producer.
Validation

If you’re [...]

February 26, 2009 • Tags: , , , • Posted in: Views • Comments Off

Anna in Paris

I’m in the process of mastering Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express (unfortunately, my old MacBook doesn’t have the graphics capability to deal with Pro – so this video was created in Express).
I’m not a natural at editing, and I’m hoping that people reading will have some tips to help me make this video [...]

February 12, 2009 • Tags: , , • Posted in: Views • Comments Off

Web Comics Under Fire

Neil Swaab posted last week about the viability of webcomic business models in the current economy.
“I know there are plenty of web comic artists who are able to subsist on the income they make from their website, but they aren’t making money from their comics; they’re making money from merchandise. Not to belittle web-only comic [...]