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SHOWBIZ EXPO - NY March 28 - FREE Registration

2010-02-24T15:33:00.011-05:00

SHOWBIZ EXPO - New York
NYC Sunday March 28
New York Hilton
FREE Registration

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ShowBiz Expo is the LARGEST networking event for the Entertainment Industry.

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SHOWBIZ EXPO - Los Angeles
LA Sat/Sun April 24-25
LA Convention Center
FREE Registration

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER in LA!

CLICK HERE FOR THE WORKSHOP SCHEDULE!

Just some of the great workshops that you can attend...

FREE KEYNOTE: Producing a film on Low/No Budget
Writing the Spec Script
How to Make it in New York
How to finally get CARDED! (DGA, WGA, SAG, AFTRA, Equity, etc)
Fast Pitch - Pitch your idea to Investors
"Paranormal Activity" (Turning a $15k film into the most profitable INDE Film Ever!)
How to Get an Agent in 30 Days or Less
Raise Money for your Project
How to Enter & Win Film Fests Around the Globe
Urban is Where It's At!
Inside the Reality Show World
Getting a Distribution Deal
Social Media 101
and so many more....

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Call us at 212.404.2345

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What is the future of Television???

2010-02-22T22:52:00.004-05:00

The Internet is challenging TV's prominence but how will TV need to change so that it still has a place in society?

Imagine a mix of your computer, your playstation and your tv. A digital you participating in shows and games; Real time and sharing 'on your tv' which is not TV anymore in the classic sense but interactive and inviting to participate in adventures, a quiz program and many more things all possible somewhere in the future due to the progress in digital developments.

The TV market is ‘on the move’ – competition is growing and digital channels via ISP’s and IPTV providers are now crashing through what was once the walled fortress of broadcast television. Interactive content and social media are the buzz and broadcasters are looking for both innovation and revenue generation models that fall outside of the traditional advertising box of the past. And the need for all types of content is growing exponentially, of which one is created by users themselves.

READ MORE - http://agoramedia.co.uk/blog/tag/social-tv/

Sound Effects Archive

2010-02-20T23:29:00.002-05:00

ONE OF THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF FREE SOUNDS ON THE INTERNET

Now with 1,980 high quality, attractive sound effects for use in web pages, games and multimedia applications.

SEE AND HEAR: http://www.grsites.com/sounds/

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LYNDA.com ONLINE TRAINING LIBRARY

2010-02-19T00:37:00.002-05:00

Whether you’re into digital photography, web design and development, motion graphics, or just need to brush up on Excel, you can learn all the software skills you need to gain a competitive edge with our online tutorials.

Learn the latest tools and techniques with access to 741 online courses and counting! Get unbiased, clear, and comprehensive training in 3D, audio, video, photography, graphic design, web and interactive design, business, and development from expert instructors, 24/7.

VISIT and LEARN MORE - http://www.lynda.com

Pro Tools Tutorial : Using Video for Sound Editing in Pro Tools

2010-02-19T00:32:00.001-05:00

Free Pro Tools Tutorial Expert: Alexander Markowski!

Learn how to use video to edit sound with expert tips and advice on sound editing in this free video. Alexander Markowski has been using Pro Tools since 1991. Much of his professional experience in sound engineering for television and feature films is in Pro Tools.

The Toshiba Camileo S20

2010-02-19T00:04:00.002-05:00

The Toshiba Camileo S20 is a camcorder that will follow you wherever you go.

Although it has a lightweight, compact body, this tiny camcorder is loaded with a 5-megapixel CMOS sensor to capture videos in Full HD. With the Camileo S20, you can record images with 1,920 x 1,080 pixels and videos in formats optimized for web, Vimeo and YouTube. You'll be able to snap whenever the mood takes you and be sure to get the best-quality results!

The 3-inch screen on the Camileo S20 swivels, giving you full control over your shot. Meanwhile, multimedia content can be saved onto the built-in 128 MB internal memory or onto an SD or SDHC card (max. 32 GB). There's even a photo mode with integrated flash to help you if you're a beginner.

That's not all though! The Camileo S20 is equipped with HDMi connectivity and a USB 2.0 port too, not forgetting a long-life battery for up to 1 hour and 30 minutes of use per charge.

BEAUTIFUL - NYC FREE ADMISSION FEB. 9

2010-02-08T09:03:00.007-05:00

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 @ 7pm

Korean Cultural Service will be screening FREE KOREAN MOVIES

at Tribeca Cinemas
FREE ADMISSION
54 Varick Street, NYC

(on the corner of Canal Street, one block from the A, C, E and 1 train Canal Street stops) Price? Free. Seating will be on a first come, first served basis. Or if you want to guarantee a seat, just RSVP to info@koreanculture.org or call 212-759-9550

BEAUTIFUL
(2008, 88 minutes, New York Premiere)

First timer Juhn Jai-Hong took an unfinished screenplay by his mentor, Kim Ki-Duk (The Isle, Bad Guy), and turned it into this insane slice of grand guignol social critique that sends up Korea’s obsession with plastic surgery with a side helping of maximum carnage.

Kim is a pretty young woman often mistaken for an actress. Men are always hitting on her, and she’s uncomfortable being the object of their sexual fantasies. Her discomfort deepens when she’s attacked by a stalker who thinks he’s in love with her, and then the cops accuse her of leading the guy on by looking sexy. Even the doctor at the hospital hits on her. Her only hope: to erase her beauty by any means necessary. A big budget, 35mm production, BEAUTIFUL is a queasy
mix of body horror, sexual politics, eating disorders, self-mutilation and homicidal rage.

Watch highlights from the critically acclaimed Korean film 'Beautiful' directed by Juhn Jaihong.

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY!

2010-02-07T13:13:00.003-05:00

Directions To thetvnews.tv/combridges
Super Bowl Commercials Rating Party!

Specific directions on how to get into and participate in the hottest virtual party for the TV industry on Super Bowl Sunday.
It all begins at 7pm eastern / 4pm Pacific.
Be there!

"This Ain't Gilligan's Island XXX" and "The Devil Wears Nada"

2010-02-07T12:42:00.004-05:00

Who will surf 3D TV?
If history has the answer, look to porn, vidgames

Enthusiasm for 3D television has taken off in just the last few months, with the explosive box office success of "Avatar" that has doubtless fueled some of the new-found belief that 3D TV's time has finally come.

The problem is that theaters are selling 3D at a premium because it's an experience, not necessarily a way of life. People watch TV differently -- pausing, channel surfing, going to the bathroom -- which alters that dynamic, no matter how much the sets improve and the cost diminishes, as they inevitably will.

Any such discussion about greater immersion in video games or porn fosters a rather unappetizing image of young men sitting alone in living rooms sounding like Beavis and Butt-head, but let's face it, without "Star Trek" and porn, the Internet would not have gotten off the ground nearly as fast.

READ MORE By BRIAN LOWRY - http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118014821.html?categoryid=1682&cs=1

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Good Luck, Paramount!

2010-02-05T17:56:00.004-05:00

My email box was ablaze this past Friday with news that Paramount was forming their own micro-budget film division. The goal is to make twenty $100k no-budget features a year. After their success with “Paranormal Activity,” (a film they DID NOT PRODUCE, by the way), this sounds like a case of ‘give the guy a rope and now he thinks he’s a cowboy.’ All I can say is, “Good Luck, Paramount!”

As someone who has devoted most of the last 15 years to no-budget filmmaking and spent the last six years specifically working on this kind of a multi-film model, not to mention the last five years teaching no-budget filmmaking and making my own no-budget features, I have this cautionary note for Paramount: it’s harder than it looks.

READ MORE - http://www.filmradar.com/indie_blog/item/good_luck_paramount/

DVD FLICK: Simple, Streamlined DVD Burner

2010-02-04T21:33:00.002-05:00

Normally. I just use Windows Movie Maker when I need to burn the occasional video DVD, but this weekend I ran into a predicament: I already had videos on my computer (rather than using the utility to download the video from the camera directly) and the clips were in a variety of formats: MPEG, AVI, and even QuickTime, a year's worth of little snippets of the kids playing and acting insane. Windows Movie Maker couldn't even open most of the clips.

Solution: DVD FLICK, a freeware utility that can make DVDs (and ISO files) from whatever video clips you have lying around and takes minimal effort to figure out.

READ MORE By Christopher Null: The Working Guy - http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/111614;_ylt=Apze_G53qdadoN6Ob_1b7PzxLJA5
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Make Your Own Video Mashups

2010-02-02T00:13:00.003-05:00

Make Your Own Video Mashups for YouTube

LEARN MORE By Rick Broida, PC World -
http://tech.yahoo.com/gd/make-your-own-video-mashups-for-youtube/205867;_ylt=Avhc21rdsdnPH6N8B9WCuGqmLZA5

Copyright © 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.

Talking About a Revolution (for a Digital Age)

2010-02-01T14:42:00.005-05:00

This wonderful news story in the New York Times is must reading. It compares the independent film revolution of the 1960's with today's new media revolution.

Lance Weiler, a D.I.Y. visionary whose 1998 mock documentary “The Last Broadcast,” (directed with Stefan Avalos) was the first movie released in theaters digitally, understood that younger audiences couldn’t be reached the way that their Fellini-loving grandparents once were. Younger audiences might not be more active moviegoers than their grandparents (watching a film is never a passive experience), but they live in an interactive, media-saturated world. These days “everyone is his or her own media company,” Mr. Weiler wrote in Filmmaker Magazine. “With the push of a button they can publish, shoot or record and moments later it can be online for the world to see.” This audience, in other words, has its own D.I.Y. ethos, and sometimes can be part of a movie’s creative process.

The major studios are certainly paying attention to what Mr. Weiler and other do-it-yourselfers have to say. For the release of its recent hit “Paranormal Activity,” a digital-age spin on the old haunted-house formula, Paramount Studios lifted a number of release strategies from this new world, including exploiting social networks — (TweetYourScream) on Twitter — to stoke and sustain audience interest. At the same time Paramount was also borrowing a page from the exploitation cinema handbook. In the 1950s and ’60s the director and producer William Castle (“The Tingler”) competed with Big Hollywood by actively engaging his audience with various gimmicks, like placing buzzers under seats to zap moviegoers mid-screening or advertising that nurses would be standing by in case anyone fainted.

Castle’s genius was to make audience members feel as if, with their giggles and screams, they were active participants in the movie and its meaning. That ability to make moviegoers see themselves as a part of the action was a crucial element to how Harvey and Bob Weinstein turned Miramax Films into a dominant force not only in independent cinema but also in Big Hollywood.

It helped that two of their most popular and early stars, the directors Kevin Smith (“Clerks”) and Quentin Tarantino (“Pulp Fiction”), were natural showmen who attracted intensely dedicated followings. Yet as time went on and Miramax increasingly devoted its resources to slick commercial productions (“Cold Mountain”) that were at times indistinguishable from mainstream fare, it was no longer reaching out to specific audiences but the mass.

READS MORE - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/movies/31dargis.html

Copyright 2010 The New York Times Company

Comic TV commercial stars Bruce Lee and Steven Seagal

2010-01-31T13:07:00.004-05:00

Steven Seagal tries to buy a tank from a ninja store owned by Bruce Lee in this comic TV Commercial.

MOVIE TITLES

2010-01-29T21:31:00.002-05:00

You're writing a movie. What are you going to call it?

You're having a baby, what's his or her name?

Names and Titles are tough!

I think so, at least. Lots of people downplay their importance and say you should save it for last. Write the whole story and figure out what to call it afterwards. I come down just on the opposite side…

I wouldn't write a screenplay without knowing what its title is. Not me. Even if it's a bad title, I want one. I'm ok with a working title I guess, but I do like it when I find a good title.

Now, maybe those people telling us to save titling for last are talking about novels and short stories and other prose forms – probably, they are. And those forms of writing are a little more free-form and allow for free-er naming and titling.

But in our game, the title is all part of the marketing, isn't it? I've actually spoken to colleagues who've mentioned project titles to their agents and had their reps say "I can sell that title." I even have a friend of a friend who DID sell the title to their movie…and JUST the title, which was then made into an entirely different movie than they had envisioned. Which is only slightly more unusual than having that done with your script…

Studios actually have entire research departments that worry about titles…

I was lucky enough to meet, years later, the guy in charge of coming up with different titles for MY movie, Firestorm.

Firestorm, by the way…not the original title.

Not the title that I first came up with, anyway. I was originally going to call the movie Smokejumper…that seemed totally cool to me. My first hearing that word caused me to start looking into the world the movie would ultimately be set in. But then I did some more research…

…and I came across my title. Firestorm, as well as having entered the national parlance as a hyperbolic term for anything with a lot of conflict – "touching off a FIRESTORM of controversy", etc., is an actual technical term of art used by the US Forest Service, as well as…well, if I do say so myself, a pretty cool and sexy sounding title, at least for the type of action movies they used to make back in the day…and when that specifically happens at the climax, it makes it the right title
for this movie.

FIRESTORM, it should be noted, was the most registered title at the WGA at the time, or so I was told, and I later learned of at least two other projects by that title in development. One of them, I learned of while I was writing the screenplay, something about fighting wildcat oil fires in the Middle East.

I should also mention that I later learned there was another forest fire movie out there in development too – and then, I heard about another one later too. And it was just lucky that I DIDN'T learn about those while I was writing…THAT would have been discouraging.

But titles are a different story. Sure, you probably can't send out your spec script with the title Titanic, or Rocky 6 but if something's in development with a similar title, you shouldn't worry unless it's about to go before the cameras with a major star attached. That is…if you have the perfect title.

So, what makes a good title?

Well, the aforementioned cool and sexy-sounding, that's important.

With all due respect to art, nobility, instinct and the story in your heart, I don't think we can get too far from commerce on this – the title is marketing, baby.

And not just for the studio when they ultimately make and market the movie, but for YOU when you market it to them. Do you think they're not thinking about how to market it when they read it?

MAYBE not…but I doubt it.

I was pitching last month and they asked me "What's in the trailer?"

I've been pitching before and they said "What's the poster?"

So I can't think they're not thinking about the title on that poster. Don't forget that the money spent to make and market a movie is equal to what's spent by some major brands to make and market the products you know the name of and buy – and movies are a product, make no mistake about it. And what's a good name for a product?

One that tells us what it is. And is catchy. And makes us happy or interested or excited to try it. We don't go to a movie because it's made by Paramount or Warner Brothers…I would guess most of the movie going public couldn't tell you which studio made what movie until the logo comes up before the show starts…but they know the title of the movie they're seeing.

So, again, what makes a good title?

Besides sexy? Well, that goes a long way, and it's what is often used when there's nothing better – and it's hard to get better than sexy, but what I mean is good because it's sexy AND something else…

…more thoughts on this later. I'll close this one with one way to test a title for sexiness. This one comes from a great writer and friend.

THE DUDE TEST:
The demographic that goes to movies is men, age 15-35 (sorry ladies). These guys call each other "dude". So, If you want to know if your title is good… put it at the end of this sentence:

"Dude, wanna go see (INSERT YOUR TITLE HERE)?"

And imagine what the answer would be… "DUDE!" Good title.

"Duuuuuuuuddddddeeeee….?" With an implied tone of "that sounds WAY gay." Or dumb, or boring, etc. At least…not that attractive. Then you might want to keep looking.

Once you've got your title, if you still need a story, I hope you'll take a look at our method of story design and structure. It's by far the best I've found in my years of writing and study, and will make your next script the best you've written so far --

Thanks "A Million"
chris@milliondollarscreenwriting.com
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3D TVs are eye-popping

2010-01-28T09:17:00.002-05:00

but they have their drawbacks...

It's all about 3D at the Consumer Electronics Show this year, and believe me: there's no shortage of eye-popping, head-ducking 3D demos on the show floor. It's all quite impressive, but look a little harder and you start to see the flaws.

READ MORE - http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/63421;_ylt=AudV9FwdyscsHM04C7nldJ2dMJA5

Copyright © 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.

10 Years of Movie Predictions

2010-01-28T00:08:00.004-05:00

The Future is Now!

Replicants! Hoverboards! Vampires! Apocalypse!
We're in for a turbulent decade, according to the movies...

If, like us, you began the New Year with the thought that it's only five years 'til we get to ride hoverboards, the decade ahead would seem to be full of amazing technology and stuff. But if movies are to be believed, there'll be a lot more to worry about in the next 10 years than the matter of "Where the hell are our flying cars, anyway?"

It starts with alien contact and a viral outbreak. Then there are nuclear wars, economic collapses, killer tsuanmis, fascist takeovers, unhinged replicants and giant lizards to look forward to. If the movies are right, the future's so bright you'd better wear those 3-D glasses as protective shades.

READ MORE by Michael Adams - http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10009460-the_road/news/1867748/the_future_is_now_10_years_of_movie_predictions

Advertising Broadway

2010-01-28T00:02:00.004-05:00

To advertise his new musical, Subways Are for Sleeping, David Merrick stacked up one above another the names of Manhattan's seven daily-newspaper critics, and in huge block letters proclaimed that 7 OUT OF 7 ARE ECSTATICALLY UNANIMOUS ABOUT "SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING."

Beside each name was a quote. Walter Kerr, for example: "What a show! What a hit! What a solid hit! If you want to be overjoyed, spend an evening with Subways Are for Sleeping. A triumph."

Howard Taubman: "One of the few great musical comedies of the last 30 years, one of the best of our time. It lends luster to this or any other Broadway season."
Beside each name there was a photograph. But the seven faces were somewhat unfamiliar.

The man pictured beside the name of Howard Taubman bore little resemblance to the Howard Taubman who writes dramatic criticism for the New York Times. But he was Howard Taubman all right—an audio-equipment salesman on Lexington Avenue.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,828936,00.html

FREE STUFF and Almost FREE STUFF

2010-01-27T19:10:00.006-05:00

There are two great things in life: free stuff and stuff that’s almost free.

Unfortunately, it seems as if nothing is free in the filmmaking process, and there are plenty of companies looking to make some nice profit from every aspect of the industry. All the more reason why any available freebie is more precious than water to a thirsty man in the desert.

READ MORE by Dennis Toth - http://creditspectrum.com/2010/01/film-fund-amentals-on-the-cheap/

It all started with a bank loan

2010-01-27T15:26:00.010-05:00

Nasty Old People was originally released on The Pirate Bay with a creative commons license.

In the autumn of 2007 Hanna Sköld took a private bank loan of 10 000 euro to make her debut feature film "Nasty Old People". Now she continues to ignore the middle men in the film industry by distributing it together with the film collective RåFILMs Luffarbion, aka Vagabond Cinema, and the file sharing site The Pirate Bay. In addition, she releases it under a creative commons license so that anyone can download, share or remix the film.

FOR MORE INFO, please visit http://www.nastyoldpeople.org

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MEMBER OF THE FUNERAL - FREE NY Premiere Jan 26

2010-01-26T12:31:00.006-05:00

MEMBER OF THE FUNERAL
FREE NY Premiere Jan 26

FREE ADMISSION to the Award Winning Film
"MEMBER OF THE FUNERAL" NY Premiere - Jan 26

2009 sucked.
2010 has got to be better.
And as a part of the "Let's make 2010 a better place," relief effort, from now until December 14, 2010, the Korean Cultural Service will be screening FREE KOREAN MOVIES

KOREAN MOVIE NIGHT - Jan 26

Tuesday at 7pm; Tribeca Cinemas
54 Varick Street
(on the corner of Canal Street, one block from the A, C, E and 1 train Canal Street stops)

Price? Free. Seating will be on a first come, first served basis.
Or if you want to guarantee a seat, just RSVP to info@koreanculture.org or call 212-759-9550

TUESDAY, JANUARY 26 @ 7pm
MEMBER OF THE FUNERAL (2008, 99 minutes, North American Premiere)
Seventeen-year-old Hee-joon is dead and a group of people are gathered at the funeral. By the way they refer to one another they are members of a family composed of father, mother, and daughter. They are also the leading characters in the novel that Hee-joon wrote before he died, and they have no idea what relationship one another had with the boy.

Jun-gi, a middle aged trainer for a college basketball team, carries a dark secret and has queer relationships with his students. Jung-hee, a bizarre high school literature teacher who assigns her students to write their own will, dreams of becoming a mystery novelist like Agatha Christie. Ami, a high school student and an undertaker of five years, becomes Hee-joons friend after she sees the razor blade scars on his wrist. As Hee-joon spends time with each of the three family members, he completes his novel Members of the Funeral

Considered one of the most intellectually ambitious of Korea's current crop of indie features, this film's lush visuals and caustic performances hide the fact that it was shot for pennies. Member kicks off with a family of three going at each other's throats during a funeral for a teenaged boy.
Flashbacks show the wounded innocents who grew up to become these monsters and as they flay the skin from their faces with their barbed words, the movie gradually darkens and deepens into something much more profound than a simple family snit fit.

NEW! Streaming Media Video Tutorial

2010-01-26T06:21:00.005-05:00

If you are not producing high-quality webcasts, it is now both affordable and fast!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER TO WATCH (http://tinyurl.com/kog553) this video to learn the few easy steps anyone can use to stream live and on-demand video to computers, laptops and mobile phones.

Producing Live Webcasts with the Niagara® 2100 by Jan Ozer REQUIRES REGISTRATION.

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YouTube to charge $5 for some videos

2010-01-24T15:11:00.005-05:00

YouTube this week begins a test to see if folks will pay to watch movies on its site.

The Web's most popular video sharing site is now offering five feature films from the 2009 and 2010 Sundance Film Festival for a fee around $5 .

It's a way, YouTube says, to bring more exposure to independent films. But it's also a test to see if viewers will pay for content, YouTube says.

READ MORE By Jefferson Graham - http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2010/01/youtube-to-begin-charging-to-watch-videos--test/1

Copyright © 2010 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Inc.

one minute movies

2010-01-23T16:25:00.001-05:00

MAILROOM is a 1 MINUTE FILM about FRIENDSHIP
How do strangers become friends?

This is the FULL VERSION of the landmark 1minute film.
Directed by Mathew Toffolo; Edited by Peter Brusikiewicz.

Declaration of Indies: Just Sell It Yourself!

2010-01-19T13:05:00.003-05:00

In the Old World of distribution, filmmakers hand over all the rights to their work, ceding control to companies that might soon lose interest in their new purchase for various reasons, including a weak opening weekend.

If the D.I.Y. drumbeat has grown louder in recent years, it’s partly because the major studios have backed away from the independent sector.

But artists who want to reach an audience are rarely if ever really free of the marketplace, and filmmakers working in the commercial arena tend to be even less so. For Mr. Reiss and other do-it-yourselfers, the most important thing is to reach their audiences, any which way, niche by niche, pixel by pixel, in theaters or online. “This is the other voice of film,” Mr. Reiss said with urgency, “and if this dies, all we’re left with is the monopoly.”

The downside to this new D.I.Y. world is that filmmakers, who already tend to expend tremendous time and effort raising money, might end up spending more hours hawking their wares than creating new work. “I struggle with this all the time,” said filmmaker Reiss.

READ MORE By MANOHLA DARGIS - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/movies/17dargis.html

Copyright 2010 The New York Times Company