New Media: Take Flight (recommendation)
Gary Oldman recently directed a music video that was shot with cell phone cams and the process was captured by Buffy alumn, Juliet Landau in what was her directorial debut. This ends up being a great example of how “new media” can be utilized on multiple levels.
Check it out: http://julietlandaustakeflight.com/
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Geekage… X-Men Origins: Wolverine
So over the weekend a trailer for the upcoming movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine was leaked from Comic-Con and spread across the net like wildfire. It was a shakey cell phone video from a long ways back, but it was a full trailer and it was spectacular. Unfortunately, it’s also gone now.
SAG/AMPTP Update: Peter Coyote’s Letter
Peter Coyote wrote an open letter to the top tier of acting talent in SAG, bringing up an important issue with the common actor… the one who doesn’t earn enough in a year to retire on. He sent the letter to deadlinehollywooddaily.com hoping it would resonate with some of them as they have the power [...]
Machinima: Zinwrath (recommendation)
So we’re coming out of the weekend looking to introduce something a little different in today’s update. It’s a machinima called Zinwrath. Now, some of you might need a quick explanation here. Machinima is the use of non-professional 3D engines to produce CGI animations and tell stories. This is usually done [...]
The Smalls (recommendation)
Today we’re doing a site review, despite the fact that we really just want to talk about Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. (We’re not obsessed, really.) The Smalls is a website dedicated to independent short films and music made by the little guy, so naturally we love what they’re doing.
Baghead
You ever have that nightmare where you’re staying in a cabin in the woods, minding your own business, when all of the sudden some guy with a brown paper bag over his head starts terrorizing you? Yeah, we haven’t either…
Mediocre Films (recommendation)
So exploring Felicia Day’s blog while writing up our recommendation for The Guild yesterday, we clicked on a few of her links and came across Mediocre Films. It’s a group of people with a video camera and some funny to spread around and we think it’s something you all might enjoy.
It’s silly, it’s over the top, it’s [...]