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Inside the Writers’ Room #1: Cinema is a State of Mind

By Christina Kallas

twin-peaks-vuelveFilmmakers have always flirted with television. One has only to recall, from 1980, Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Berlin Alexanderplatz, a series of, notably, thirteen 52-minute episodes plus an epilogue, or David Lynch’s Twin Peaks (1990/1991), which lasted for two seasons, the first with eight and the second with twenty two 50-minute episodes (the pilots were feature-length) or indeed Lars Von Trier’s The Kingdom (1994), a series of eleven 55-minute episodes. Cinema’s flirtation with the new form in fact started much earlier, perhaps with Roberto Rossellini’s infamous 1962 news conference where he declared that cinema, the medium for which he had directed such classics as Rome, Open City and Paisan, was dead and that he would henceforth be making movies for television.

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Truly Free Film

The State And Future Of Independent Film

Where are we? Where are we going? What can be be hopeful about? What do we need to be concerned about?

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Truly Free Film

BondIt: Utilizing Technologies In the Filmmaking Process

By Joe Aliberti, Matthew Helderman, & Luke Taylor
 
UploadTechnology is permanently advancing.
 
Even while reading this post — technology is getting smaller, faster, and less cluttered. A film set is no different – as the tech space increases in productivity, yielding smaller and more efficient products, so too the film space moves in a parallel fashion. Today, there are more ways than ever to utilize technology in the filmmaking process & business alike.

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These Are Those Things

A little lad contemplates the death of his family

DEAD… from Joe Bichard on Vimeo.

And thanks again to Disposable Film Festival for these films.

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Issues and Actions

Media Brands Of The Future

“Media brands of the future will be built upon a core principle of agility, a fragmented model of multiple revenue sources, verticals, consultancy, research, events and online advertising.

Other earned revenue streams—such as event hosting, marketing services and web consulting, could become a critical component to the broader, long-term picture. For now, these various streams remain small, accounting for about 7% of the whole according to Pew, but that’s set to change.”

http://shaneoleary.me/blog/index.php/fragmentation-and-revolution-this-is-the-future-of-media

 

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Don’t Let Them Shut Down Your Independence!

Ted Hope Blasts FCC Proposal To End Net Neutrality” proclaimed Variety today.  Meanwhile… 

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These Are Those Things

First Look At HopeForFilm Book

Check out the beautiful cover from Jonathan Bennett at: