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How filmmaking is like launching a start-up

How filmmaking is like launching a start-upDon't look at the negative voteI did think this article was both useful and interesting. I accidently hit the negative review, and I was not able to change my vote. So please disregard it.no use or correllation whatsoever!I'm with the first commenter on this...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Branding, dirt, filmmaking, software

Discussion threads 2007-08-10

The Future of Filmmaking: Technology Allows for Greater Creativity

The presenter of this webcast discusses at the Cannes Film Festival about the ways digital media and the internet has changed the future of filmmaking.

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Filmmaking

Webcasts 2007-07-16

Technology and Filmmaking: Technology Creating More Efficient Filmmaking

The presenter of this webcast interviewed various filmmakers at the Cannes Film Festival to ask them how they use technology in their filmmaking process.

Tags: Filmmaking

Webcasts 2007-07-05

Filmmaking meets cyberspace in Second Life

Hollywood may be missing out on the next new revolution in filmmaking — virtual reality. And its being taught not in LA or New York but of all places, Kansas. Campus Technology reports that an innovative new course is being taught at the University of Kansas on the theory...

Tags: Education Technology, Higher Ed, Machinima

Blog posts 2007-02-05

Robert Rodriguez: Digital film making evangelist

Film director Robert Rodriguez is living proof of how technology is reshuffling the Hollywood deck. At AMD’s Global Vision Conference, the Austin-based filmmaker discussed his anti-Hollywood digital film making credo and technology focus and previewed a clip of his new movie, "Planet Terror," which is due in theaters on April...

Tags: filmmaking, Rodriquez

Blog posts 2006-09-20

DV Filmmaking: From Start to Finish - Artistically Using Still Images

Any film, video, or animation project is essentially just a series of stills. Each frame is a discrete still image, slightly different than the last. When quickly displayed one after the other, these stills appear to form an image that moves, this is called persistence of vision. Understanding the way...

Tags: Animation, O'Reilly Media Inc., Image, Filmmaking, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Book chapters 2005-10-24

Additional Resources

"Quarterlife" exclusive to MySpaceTV

MySpace has bagged itself some more professionally-produced online video content, to "air" exclusively on the social networking site. "Quarterlife", a production developed by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, creators of the TV shows "My So-Called Life" and "Thirtysomething", will debut on MySpaceTV on November 11. ...

Tags: Social Networking, Video, MySpace, Quarterlife, Social Networking Site, Steve O\'Hear

Blog posts 2007-09-13

Ozzie spells out the Live platform layers

Ozzie spells out the Live platform layersTreading on AppleIt sounds to me like Microsoft is trying to downplay Apple's Rendezvous now called Bonjour because of trademark disputes by abusing the name for their own games.just marketing bable!Have you red any product announcement here?...just talking about clouds and other BS!If you...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, rendezvou, platform layer, Ozzie

Discussion threads 2007-07-26

The Movies: Prima Official eGuide (exe)

The Movies: Prima Official eGuide includes: Details on every employee, facility, set, ornament, and technology. Complete step-by-step walkthrough for winning the elusive Platinum Lifetime Honor. How to turn a three-star script into a five-star blockbuster. Tactics for managing your Stars, their relationships, and their careers. How to make your own...

Tags: Facility, Movies, Professional Development, Career

Software downloads 2007-07-19

DreamWorks Animation: Over the Hedge - Pushing the Boundaries of Technology

This webcast shows how a Service-Oriented Architecture SOA not only helped in the creation of cutting-edge animated filmmaking, but also improved flexibility while maximizing the IT infrastructure.

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., DreamWorks SKG, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software

Webcasts 2007-01-01

Broadband Hollywood: Broadband Is Revolutionizing the Film Industry

The presenter of this webcast discusses the impact of digital media on filmmaking and the entertainment industry.

Tags: Industry, Broadband, Cisco Systems Inc., Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking

Webcasts 2006-09-20

Telluride Film Festival: Attendees Address Digital Video Revolution

Filmmakers, actors and industry insiders speak out about the emergence of digital technology, and its effects on the future of filmmaking.

Tags: Industry, Digital Video, Video, Cisco Systems Inc., Strategy, Management

Webcasts 2006-09-08

Art and profit in open source

Joe Brockmeier wondered aloud in a recent post to his blog whether open source really needs a business plan. As he states: This has always struck me as odd, as it is akin to asking "what is the business plan for punk rock?" or "what is the business plan for...

Tags: open source

Blog posts 2005-08-05

Hollywood whistles a high-tech 'toon

Hollywood whistles a high-tech 'toontech equals talent?It's great to know that technology equals talent.re: "breakthroughs in software, processing power and data storage can be as important as raw artistic ability."Yes, And WHAT OS Is Running The Entire Show?"Increasingly, the computers used to produce rich animated graphics are becoming generic, industry...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Workforce management, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, entertainment, talent, entertainment value

Discussion threads 2004-10-29