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Chronology of the Motion Picture: KODAK

From 1889 to 1939 KODAK became the most important company in the history of moviemaking.

1889 The first commercial transparent roll film, perfected by Eastman and his research chemist, was put on the market. The availability of this flexible film made possible the development of Thomas Edison's motion picture camera in 1891

LEARN MORE - http://motion.kodak.com/US/en/motion/Products/Chronology_Of_Film/index.htm

Ocula - plug-ins for Stereoscopic post production

Watch Simon Robinson, Chief Scientist at The Foundry, demonstrating Ocula to FX Guide's Jeff Heusser.

Ocula is an Award Winning plug-in set that helps to solve common problems encountered during post production on stereoscopic footage. Tools include: Interocular Shifter, Vertical Aligner, New View, Paint, Rotoscoping & MatchGrade. (www.fxguide.com)

HARRISON ELLENSHAW: MATTE PAINTING & VISUAL EFFECTS

Catch this industry looking glass! It's a rare interview made years ago and looking (back) at this old ( video) footage, we hear from one of the first uses of computer generated (CG) effects in film. Looking ahead ( forward ) as to how far it might be utilized in film, in many ways the interview was prophetic.

SEBASTIAN'S VOODOO

Director: Joaquin Baldwin
Running Time: 4'06
Country: U.S.A.
Category: Drama

A voodoo doll must find the courage to save his friends from being pinned to death.

Joaquin Baldwin is an Annie Award nominee director and animator from Paraguay. Living in Los Angeles, he is now finishing his MFA in animation at UCLA. He has received over 50 international awards for his animated films Sebastian's Voodoo and Papiroflexia, and also several grants including the Jack Kent Cooke full Graduate Scholarship in 2006.

WHAT GENRE FILM WILL YOU PRODUCE?

If you are planning to shoot a film, wouldn't it be nice if there was a way to learn how much money films like yours have earned in the past.

1.) Select the genre name that your screenplay matches best.

2.) Click on the “genre name” to view its chart.

3.) Learn the highest grossing films in that genre.

4.) Learn what the “average” film in that genre grossed during the last 20-30 years.

LEARN HERE: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/

The Future of New Media?

Many say that product placement is the Holy Grail for new media filmmakers who are strapped for funds. Pepsi Cola paid Saturday Night Live $3 million to have their brand placed in SNL's "MacGruber" skits.

Clearly, they do not need the money (and some say that SNL is mocking itself for selling out) but it's still outrageous that Saturday Night Live would sell their soul and make their property into a TV commercial. Meanwhile, hundreds of filmmakers who really need support can never obtain a sweet deal like this simply because they have no way of knowing how many viewers their content will attract.

Saturday Night Live: MacGruber: Pepsi #1



Saturday Night Live: MacGruber: Pepsi #2



Saturday Night Live: MacGruber: Pepsi #3

‘Westchester’

The Pilot for ‘Westchester’ was written with the dream of becoming one of the most influential coming of age dramas to hit modern day television.

The focus is aimed at the Generation Y demographic, with its young production team, giving a modern day look and feel. Our product is designed to have the feel of a music video, with dressed up locations, props, beautiful talent, and cool lighting schemes. That feel is blended with cinematic looks and dramatic audio to express drama not only through the written script, but through the music and visual effects as well.

SEE THE TRAILER - http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1121291631439

MOVIES ARE BETTER THAN EVER!

In this schlocky sci-fi thriller, Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus, the California coast is terrorized by two enormous prehistoric sea creatures as they battle each other for supremacy of the sea. Starring Lorenzo Lamas and Deborah Gibson, the film trailer of this direct to DVD movie is everywhere since its debut on MTV.com

"The Moment of Accepting Life"

Regarding the absurdity of life, this short, well-produced comedy about love, life and death should leave you smiling.

6 Famous Characters Were Shameless Rip Offs

You’ve heard of X-men, but do you remember The Doom Patrol?

They say that there are no "original" ideas. Everything comes from somewhere.

Still, it's hard not to feel betrayed when you find out that some of the great characters and stories we loved and enjoyed as kids, were merely cut and pasted from previous earlier works.

Cracked.com has posted a rather humorous article regarding pop-culture rip-offs. Included in the list at #3 is Cobra.

CLICK HERE TO SEE 6 Famous Characters You Didn't Know Were Shameless Rip Offs - 6 Famous Characters You Didn't Know Were Shameless Rip Offs

WHY CHINESE PIRATES WILL SAVE CINEMA

Chinese piracy will save the film industry, but in order to explain how and why, there are many things that must be understood.

Hollywood should rejoice that in China, a country with such strict censorship, the awareness of their products is so high. They should think of piracy as free advertising.

It is almost impossible to get real DVDs anywhere in China. Instead of turning their backs on this country, Hollywood should take advantage of what is happening and come up with a working strategy that will assist them in profitably selling their products...

READ MORE by Lixian- http://www.doublefeaturette.com/search?q=Kurosawa+on+the+Corner

Is Twitter a Passing Fad?

A New Nielsen Study Says It Just Might Be

Twitter's surging membership and the low rate of its returning users are the subject of a new study. According to Neilsen, more than 60 percent of Twitter users in a given month don't return to the site the following month.

David Martin, Nielsen's Online Vice President, looked at Facebook and MySpace at comparable stages in their development noting that both enjoyed retention rates twice that of Twitter's, and continue to see user loyalty increase.

"Twitter has enjoyed a nice ride over the last few months, but it will not be able to sustain its meteoric rise without establishing a higher level of user loyalty," Martin added.

READ MORE By Kenneth Corbin - http://www.internetnews.com/webcontent/article.php/3817946/Is+Twitter+a+Fad+Nielsen+Says+It+Just+Might+Be.htm

Hulu's Success causes Big Media to rethink FREE content

NOTHING BEATS FREE and The L.A. Times published a lengthy story laying out the increasing concern cable companies are feeling over the rise of Hulu, a free video site packed with premium content introduced to the public by NBC Universal and News Corp.

http://www.hulu.com puts cable programming on a free Web site, supported only by advertising revenue and this is the problem. If it's FREE on the Internet, why pay for cable?

READ MORE by Kenneth Corbin - http://blog.internetnews.com/kcorbin/2009/05/hulu-causing-big-media-to-reth.html

Copyright 2009 WebMediaBrands Inc. All Rights Reserved.

CREDIT CRISIS

Probably the best new media film I've seen explaining the CREDIT CRISIS:

http://vimeo.com/3261363 (11 minutes)

The goal of giving form to a complex situation like the credit crisis is to quickly supply the essence of the situation to those unfamiliar and uninitiated. For more on my broader thesis work exploring the use of new media to make sense of a increasingly complex world, visit http://www.jonathanjarvis.com

Support the project and buy a T-Shirt! http://www.cafepress.com/crisisofcredit

© Copyright 2009 Jonathan Jarvis jonathan.jarvis@gmail.com

And as a payoff for producing such a great film, the producer is now accepting donations to deal with a ridiculous bandwidth bill.
DONATE HERE - https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=JRqAmwARw9cMm7SLf0A06gNKp6YwHreWzXvwg8a2XAecVDmXHwnzojbHIYu

How to Profit From Internet TV

Technologies and Strategies for Monetizing Your Video Content

Everyone from established major media outlets to upstart Web 2.0 ventures—and even enterprises and educational institutions—are looking for the best way to get their video in front of as many eyeballs as possible, using the internet as the delivery pipeline.

READ this year’s installment in the Streaming Media Innovation Series, a collection of white papers and case studies called How to Profit from Internet TV: Technologies and Strategies for Monetizing Your Content.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD this fantastic fact-filled 44 page e-book for FREE - http://www.streamingmedia.com/whitepapers/2008_SM_WhitePaper.pdf

The Hunt For Gollum

The Hunt For Gollum is a fan film, inspired by the appendicies of JRR Tolkein's classic trilogy, 'The Lord of the Rings'. Watch the film in HD, only on Dailymotion.

Click MENU for SUBTITLES in various languages (or the additional languages version- argentina/portuguese...)

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FILM - http://www.dailymotion.com/gb/video/x93zji_the-hunt-for-gollum-hd-version_shortfilms

Unbelievable!! and all for only 3k!!! it shows how many stories from Middle earth are still to be told. and how many eager fans would like to seei ton screen. I would pay to see an HBO series or similar with hourly episodes and Peter Jackson-like production values. Snap these guys ups - they have done a marvellous job.

GOT MONEY?

This is the best time to finance and produce your film with Hollywood studios, independents and qualified investors who are seeking properly developed packages. Investors are leaving other markets and coming to invest in films because historically our industry does well in a down turn. — Roy W. Dean Film & Writing Grants

After jumping through all the hoops, paying for coaching, pitch fests and "properly developing his package" by paying almost ten thousand dollars to those who are "in the know" one filmmaker told me he couldn't get financing but with the money he spent, he could have made his film.

I am amazed at the number of filmmakers who purchased a high definition 1080p camcorder for $399.00 and start their films with no budget because "I have some money, I have a copy of Final Cut Pro and I have friends." This is the marked difference between older filmmakers and new media filmmakers. Two years ago at the Tribeca Film Festival, I overheard a filmmaker say, "I made that feature for $9000." Another retorted, "Why did you pay so much? I made mine for $6500."

New media is changing the world. Everyone who can pick up a camcorder is suddenly a film producer AND director. Working with many students and graduate students from NYU Tisch Film School, SVA and Pratt Institute here in the NYC area, I see that they all pay for their films out of their pockets because, "That's the only way my film will get made."

Most new media filmmakers skip the budget process altogether telling me they will pay as they go. "I can make a million dollar film for $5000 without any budget. I put my time into writing contracts and when I owe everyone $995,000 in deferred pay, that's when I know what the budget is."

New Media is changing the world. BLAME GEORGE: http://www.what-hath-george-wrought.synthasite.com

©2009, Stanley Lozowski. All Rights Reserved.

Internet Marketing for Filmmakers

Independent filmmaker Marc Rosenbush has a free short seminar video containing the most important information you should know regarding the Internet Marketing of your films on the Web.

In the video, he discusses the #1 most important thing you need to do in order to be successful marketing your film (and yourself) online. Understanding why and how is the key to promoting and selling your work.

You can see it here: http://www.internetmarketingforfilmmakers.com/freevid-pub.html

© 2009 Lightwheel Entertainment, Inc.

THE END OF THE ANALOG ERA

Will Amazon's Kindle Rescue Newspapers?

New media will change the world. Everyone who can pick up a digital camcorder will soon be making independent feature films.

The world cannot afford to keep cutting down trees for wood pulp, paying for transportation, printing, delivery and recycling. We will all soon live in a new digital era.

On Wednesday, Amazon is expected to introduce a new, bigger-screen Kindle aimed at the textbook market and newspapers.

The Wall Street Journal reported that half a dozen universities will be giving students the new Kindle in the fall; Amazon has also struck deals with a number of textbook publishers.

READ MORE By JOSH QUITTNER - http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/08599189573700;_ylt=ApCI5QzY5.2bUF4IQTtKKYaOe8UF;_ylu=X3oDMTJqNG9sNHRmBGFzc2V0A3RpbWUvMjAwOTA1MDUvMDg1OTkxODk1NzM3MDAEY3BvcwM3BHBvcwM3BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDd2lsbGFtYXpvbnNr

More Film Fund-amentals

IS IT REALLY NECESSARY TO HAVE "STARS" IN YOUR FILM?

Film Fund-amentals: Lost Among the "Stars" by Dennis Toth

One thing I hate about the magazine Vanity Fair is how they allow George Clooney to use it to stalk me.

I can't even flip through the rag without discovering his mug somewhere inside just waiting to pounce out at me. I've taken this matter up with my attorney, but he has dismissed it as a sign of paranoia. So I now know that my own lawyer is part of the Clooney conspiracy.

Continue Reading: http://www.creditspectrum.com/spectrum.html

© Copyright 2009 R&R Consulting

The Pirate Bay - GUILTY!

It's all about copyright law!

A Swedish court has convicted four men of helping people to break copyright law by creating and running The Pirate Bay file sharing website. The media corporations who own the content sued them for loss of earnings.



Danny O'Brien from the Electronic Frontier Foundation will take us through the murky waters of the Pirate Bay lawsuit that's been filed and recently reduced by the government of Sweden and how this will effect your late night downloading habits.

Viral Market your film as a TRAILER on youTube...

Viral Marketing your film on youTube is the first step many filmmakers take as soon as they have enough scenes completed to edit and make a tempting trailer.

MySpace, Facebook, Vimeo and dozens of other social network and film sites all provide fantastic opportunities to assemble fans who might 1.) follow your progress, 2.) spread the word 3.) support you in many other ways, and 4.) purchase or download your completed film project. These fans can become your life-blood and it's important to recognize that they are your audience.

©2009, Stanley Lozowski. All Rights Reserved.

WATCH the TRAILER: The Abducted

She was taken against her will. Forced to do things she would never do. She would do anything to survive. Until now.

Survival is not enough. When you have everything taken from you and nothing left to lose, revenge never looked this good.