June 16th, 2010
It’s not an easy task, but it is a necessary one if you expect to get a short film done: someone has to produce your short film. Have you seen the horror stories about film production going out of control? The director lost it on his crew and left the set? There not being enough food to feed half of your team, but you have 8 hours more to shoot?
One of the biggest mistakes made on a movie set, whether it be a short or a feature length film, is to assume the director or writer can also produce the piece and everything will run smoothly. It is possible to wear multiple hats and have a good structure, but I highly recommend working with a specialized producer that will focus entirely on getting everything you need to complete your project. Who will be your next producer for your short or feature length film? Make sure they are qualified and have the years of experience needed to get the job done.
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June 14th, 2010
Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” got its play at select theaters for only a couple weeks, but now his remembrance can keep going on a lot longer with the DVD release. “This is It” is actually a complete experience with a collection of behind-the-scenes production footage. I assumed that all this would just be a bunch of slammed together footage for this Michael Jackson release, but watching it actually proved my assumptions wrong. Watching it was like I was sitting through his actual rehearsal. It shows how much went on just to produce his concert performances. It’s easy just to put together just a bunch of actual concert performance footage, but “This Is It” presented itself with what actually goes on to produce its final product. Aside from footage of his rehearsals, there are also provided segments of auditions for his dancers. The “This Is It” documentary presented Michael in a different way in which you get to see much more than the man behind his world-known moonwalks.
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June 12th, 2010
If you’re a fan of “Captain America”, you’ve probably heard the rumors of “The First Avenger: Captain America” filming later this year. The film will actually be influenced by the 1940s era, as director Joe Johnston revealed. The story will begin during the height of the World War II, as they are trying to avoid the ’60s and ’70s comic influence. It is also reported that the story of the movie will take off in unexpected directions and something different. Although the different direction, it will still be influenced by the original comic book.
Right now, they are currently prepping for the production of the film. The team is set up in Manhattan Beach, California with a number of very talented artists. Currently, they are at the stage where they are drawing up pictures and ideas, deciding what will work and what won’t.
The scheduled date for “The First Avenger: Captain America” is July 22, 2011. With all these comic books that we used to read back in the day, it’s so exciting to see them on the big screen. Seeing the different directions that are taken towards them is so refreshing and bring much more life to these comic book characters.
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June 10th, 2010
Sixty film and TV projects that were preparing to leave the state are now staying thanks to in-state government retention measures. These projects represented about $710 million in local wages. Sixty projects have qualified so far of which 26 completed production in 2009, the remaining 34 will complete production in the next five months.
In such a bad economy you have to thank Arnold for keeping these jobs at home. No matter your views on his political agenda you have to give him kudos for this. And with a 12.4% unemployment rate we need the jobs. Thank you Governor Schwarzeneggar.
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June 8th, 2010
The science fiction film was 13 years in the making. The film puts Cameron again on the leading edge of technology in film making. If you’ve seen the movie, you know the Story, ex-Marine Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) is sent to Pandora, a planet really far away from earth, filled with blue natives that have ears and a long tails. What ensues while Jake is on this planet is truly an epic. It’s a great film. Very entertaining. Good story telling. And the graphics are just amazing. It’s hard to tell what is real and what is not. They used a motion capture system to translate the actors emotions and performances into their digital counterparts. They used multiple cameras, cameras on the actor’s heads, and reference cameras. I can’t say enough about this film. Avatar is awesome and it’s a must see. I don’t care if he didn’t win the Oscar, it’s still one of the best films I have ever seen, and now it’s on DVD.
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June 6th, 2010
For those of you not getting tired of Jack Sparrow’s antics, the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie is in the works.
They’re heading to Hawaii for this installment in the series, which is making Hawaii happy, lets hope it makes the rest of us as excited. Scheduled to release in 2011, Pirates of the Caribbean : On Stranger Tides is directed by Rob Marshall and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.
Rob Marshall whose previous works include Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha and Nine, is going to be directing the new Pirates movie for sure; which will be a change from Gore Verbinski who directed the first three movies. As far as I’m concerned it doesn’t matter who is going to direct the movie the idea that they may make six of these movies is three too many. The first three movies were good but enough is enough. After awhile the character just isn’t interesting anymore. At what point do you stop a cash cow like Pirates of the Caribbean and set your sails for other, deeper waters? Which is what Johnny Depp may be thinking as he has yet to sign on officially to do the upcoming films. Which really if Johnny Depp is not in it who is going to watch it?
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June 4th, 2010
So you want to be a director? But you’re totally not sure. You’re also interested in writing. And come to think of it, maybe even editing. Sure, you can list all the things that we are good and interested in doing, but what is it that you truly want to do?
This is a problem with many people that want to do multiple things and can’t seem to decide on what to focus on. Because of that, many of us may try to sell ourselves as a jack of all trades. It may sound like a good thing at first but in the long run, you can’t really sell yourself as the best of whatever skill you are trying to present yourself with. Rather, you may be presenting yourself as the one-stop-shop, but nothing that you are really the best at.
If people are looking for a certain thing and searching for quality, they may skip right over you and look onto someone else. I think that we all need to focus on what we are truly great at and we want to do. And everything else that we’re “so-so” with? Leave it aside. If we focus on what we truly want to do and accomplish, not only would we become better at it, but also become a lot more confident on selling that skill.
So you really want to direct videos? Go for it.
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