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Robert Richardson’s 3-D Journey Back to the Future
Noted cinematographer gives the past a cutting-edge look in Martin Scorsese's Hugo
Martin Scorsese's Hugo takes audiences on a 3-D journey inside an underground train station in Paris during the 1930s. The story revolves around a 12-year-old orphan named Hugo, who makes a home for himself behind a wall at the station after his father dies. Hugo interacts with the owner of a small toy booth in the station, an eccentric girl, passengers on the platform and a mechanical man that his father created.
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Daron Ker on Biker Bars, Baseball and Cambodian Heritage
Our past informs our present and our future. For moviemaker Daron Ker, his past as a Cambodian refugee has informed his career as a director of documentaries. In Rice Field of Dreams, Ker follows a refugee’s return to Cambodia to start the nation’s first baseball team, while his I Ride tells the very different story of The Fryed Brothers Band, famous among American bikers. Ker, who is now in pre-production on his film Holiday in Cambodia, about a Cambodian deported from the U.S., spoke with MovieMaker about the pride he feels in his Cambodian heritage, the inspiration for his films and his first foray into narrative moviemaking.
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Dani Faith Leonard Helps Writers With Big Visions But Empty Wallets
Dani Faith Leonard and Alex Cirillo know how important it is for independent artists to have a sense of community. To that end, the two moviemakers created Big Vision Empty Wallet, an organization that gives artists the chance to network and share their talents.
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Tracy J. Trost Believes in The Lamp
It’s hard to regain one's faith once you’ve lost it. Director Tracy Trost explores this spiritual struggle in his latest film The Lamp, in which he offers viewers a much-needed message of hope.
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Art of the Guillotine to Release New Editing App
There are constantly new innovations in the art of editing. In today’s fast-paced industry, it is essential to have the latest in editing news available on one Website, which is exactly the service that Art of the Guillotine provides. “AOTG aggregates, organizes and disseminates information for film editors,” says AOTG founder Gordon Burkell. To make things even more convenient, the site has recently launched an app that allows editors to access this information on the go.
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Louis Cioffi Dissects “Dexter”
Louis Cioffi, ACE, has found “Dexter” to be an enthralling assignment for the past four seasons. An award-winning editor for his work on the highly acclaimed series, Cioffi joined “Dexter” in 2007. Cioffi has worked extensively in network, cable and features and is currently working on independent film, Hidden Moon. Createasphere shared a recent interview with Cioffi about what it's like to cut the award-winning series.
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Manhattan Edit Workshop Goes Back to the Future
In the Six-Week Workshop at Manhattan Edit Workshop, students learn the art and theory of editing with the help of the school's Artists in Residence program, which brings in working editors to screen and discuss their work, sharing the lessons they've learned throughout their careers. This summer, Manhattan Edit Workshop welcomed Harry Keramidas, editor of all three Back to the Future films, to share the lessons he's learned throughout his career.
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Steven Arvanites, NYCscreenwriter
Screenwriting can be a time-consuming and creatively exhausting process. When writers have trouble getting motivated or can't get over their writer's block, it is helpful to have fellow screenwriters to whom you can turn; you know, people who have experienced the same demands of the creative process. At NYCscreenwriter.org, New York-based scribes will find a group of fellow writers who are eager to share their experiences (and their work) and learn more about their craft.
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A Look at the Life of an Honest Man
Dramatic stories are infinitely more compelling when we know that they are true. Like the story of Budd Dwyer: On January 22, 1987, Dwyer, the Treasurer of Pennsylvania, committed suicide during a televised press conference.
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Sol Negrin Finds a Home at Five Towns College
Sol Negrin, ASC, the cinematographer for "Kojak" and Coming to America, knows first-hand how important it is for newcomers to have the support of an experienced professional. Which is why he is now a professor of Cinematography, passing his knowledge on to the students of Five Towns College in Long Island, New York. MovieMaker spoke to Negrin about his creative influences and the advice he shares with his pupils.
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Woods Hole Film Festival Celebrates 20 Years
The first annual Woods Hole Film Festival, held in 1991 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, consisted of five films shown in one trailer over the course of a single day. The 20th annual Woods Hole Film Festival takes place from July 30th to August 6th and includes numerous events for the large number of moviemakers and industry professionals who attend the festival.
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Dan Hannon Visits The Pond
New Hampshire provides the location—and inspiration—for award-winning short film
Short films don't always get the respect they deserve. You can see Transformers anywhere, but it takes a dedicated fan to track down a short film he or she wants to see. Unless they are attached to the beginning of a Pixar movie, short films have a very limited theatrical exposure to the public.
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It's a Win Win for Lisa Maria Falcone
As founder of Everest Entertainment, Lisa Maria Falcone heads one of the most promising indie production companies around. Though the company has, thus far, only released three features, they’ve all been winners—from Rodrigo Garcia’s searing drama Mother and Child to Danny Boyle’s Oscar-nominated 127 Hours to, most recently, Tom McCarthy’s emotional comedy-drama, Win Win.
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Carlo Ledesma Enters The Tunnel
The Tunnel, from Australian director Carlo Ledesma, is the story of five journalists who encounter more than they bargained for while investigating a network of abandoned tunnels underneath Sydney. The only thing more shocking than this Blair Witch-esque horror flick is its ticket price: Zero. Yes, free. The Tunnel is now available to download through BitTorrent clients as part of VODO.net’s Artist Spotlight program, which digitally promotes the work of its featured artists.
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Digging for Deep Gold with Michael Gleissner
In the new action-thriller Deep Gold, a champion free-diver and her sister are drawn into a deadly conspiracy while investigating the disappearance of a government plane carrying a fortune in gold. Filmed entirely in and around the exotic islands of Cebu and Palawan in the Phillipines, Deep Goldfeatures eye-popping 3-D action sequences.
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Leslie Zemeckis Peeks Behind the Burly Q
When one hears the word “burlesque” two references often come to mind: For theater geeks it’s the Broadway musical Gypsy, based on the memoirs of burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee. For pop culture junkies it’s Burlesque, the recent sequin-studded spectacular starring Cher and Christina Aguilera. But what exactly is burlesque? Is it all about singing strippers or is there more to it than we assume?
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Gayle Ferraro Wants To Catch a Dollar
What is microfinance? The term is often used to define financial services for poor and low-income clients. It is also the subject of Gayle Ferraro's new, buzzed-about documentary—To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America.
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Joe Walker Edits Life in a Day
Editing a narrative feature is difficult enough. The logistics of it have the potential to be frustrating--the clips aren't labelled well enough, so you can't find that one shot you really like, and when you do find it, you can't use it because Character A's hair isn't the same as in the rest of the scene. There's a dinner scene where Character B's eyeline is off, but you can't cut it because then the rhythm gets thrown off and Character B's confession to Character C in the third act makes no sense whatsoever. By the end of dealing with all the footage you have to, somehow, end up with a movie. Well, imagine editing a movie with no script, a movie where you didn't even know what sort of footage you'd be getting because it's all user-submitted. And that footage? Imagine there being 4,500 hours of it. Those were some of the challenges faced by Joe Walker, editor of Life in a Day.
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Lucy Walker's Waste Land
Waste Land tells the inspiring story of the “catadores”—self-appointed collectors of recyclable materials who comb through the trash of the largest garbage dump in the world, Brazil's Jardim Gramacho. Director Lucy Walker follows contemporary artist Vik Muniz from Brooklyn to his native Brazil as he sets out to immortalize the catadores in artwork made from the garbage of Jardim Gramacho.
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Scriptapalooza: All About the Writers
So, you’ve finished your first screenplay. Congratulations! It’s been formatted correctly, with all the right margins, headings and spacing? Good. So what will you do with your script now? For many screenwriters, the next step is submitting to screenplay competitions. They have different entry fees and prizes. Some are standalone writing competitions, while some are a division of a larger film festival. But when you start to do your research, you’ll notice one name pop up again and again: Scriptapalooza.
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Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter Cut The Social Network
Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter are having a good year. Their work editing David Fincher’s The Social Network garnered them both Oscar and Eddie nominations.
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Aaron Katz Braves the Cold Weather
In Aaron Katz’s Cold Weather, Doug (Cris Lankenau) is a former forensic science student and detective story enthusiast who moves in with his sister Gail (Trieste Kelly Dunn) in Portland, gets a job at an ice factory, and becomes friends with his coworker, Carlos, (Raúl Castillo) after lending him a Sherlock Holmes novel. When Doug’s ex-girlfriend goes missing, Doug, Gail and Carlos set out to find her—but are unaware of the dangers they face in doing so.
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Anne McCabe Steps To The Ledge
Anne McCabe has edited comedies (Greg Mottola’s Adventureland) and dramas (Joshua Marston's Maria Full of Grace), but with Matthew Chapman's The Ledge, debuting at Sundance, she has made her move into the thriller genre.
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BU Center for Digital Imaging Arts Merges Theory and Practice
The Boston University Center for Digital Imaging Arts doesn’t just focus on classroom instruction. Lectures on film techniques are useful, but wouldn’t hands-on practice be better than a professor who turns on Casablanca and then relaxes at his desk with coffee and a blueberry muffin until the credits roll?
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Get Free Stock Footage From Footage Firm
Say you're an indie director who needs some footage of fireworks.You probably don't have the time and money to go out and film that yourself. That's where stock footage companies come in.
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Jeff Cronenweth Captures The Social Network
The movie to beat this awards season is undoubtedly David Fincher's The Social Network, which has already nabbed several prestigious honors, including awards from the National Board of Review and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
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Full Sail University Keeps Its Students on the Cutting Edge
When Full Sail University was founded in 1979, its focus was on teaching its students about the latest developments in audio and sound technology. It has since added degree programs geared toward different aspects of the entertainment industry, including music production, game development, media design and, of course, film.
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Matt Katsolis Shoots and Scores with Panasonic
When Florida-based moviemaker Matt Katsolis stumbled upon a contest link this past summer, little did he know that he would soon be named the grand prize winner in Panasonic's "Shoot It. Share It" video contest.
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Columbia College Chicago Introduces MFA in Creative Producing
Bruce Sheridan is out to change the notion that a film producer should be a business-savvy individual who just so happens to work with films. As the Chair of the Film and Video department at Columbia College Chicago, Sheridan recently created the school’s new MFA in Creative Producing program.
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Grete Eliassen Hits the Slopes in Say My Name
23-year-old Grete Eliassen is quickly emerging as a breakout star in the skiing world. Raised in Minnesota and Norway, Eliassen started skiing at the age of two, began competing when she was 10 and turned pro at 17.
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Spike Lee in HD, Courtesy of Canon
Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, famed director Spike Lee returned to document the city’s ongoing recovery efforts.
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Jeb Stuart Focuses on Civil Rights in Blood Done Sign My Name
Jeb Stuart has written such screenplays as Die Hard and The Fugitive, but for his second directorial effort , he has chosen to focus on the North Carolina civil rights movement of 1970.
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indieProducer.net Faces the Future
IndieProducer.net—a place for independent moviemakers to network and get the word out about their upcoming projects—is not exempt from the financial hardships being faced by many.
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Joshua Zeman Investigates the Truth Behind Cropsey
Imagine the basic premise of The Blair Witch Project—young moviemakers on a quest to unravel a bogeyman of their past—but then imagine that it all really happened.
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Asbury Shorts Celebrates 30 Years
The Asbury Short Film Show of New York celebrates its 30th anniversary with a special July 21st short film show and jazz concert at Washington Park in Brooklyn, New York.
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