An Inkling of Creativity: An interview with the multimedia pioneers of Inkle Studios (Interview)

Posted by on Nov 5, 2013 in Articles, Behind-the-Scenes, Event Coverage, Featured, Interviews, Previews, Retrospectives | 1 comment

Jon Ingold and Joseph Humfrey have been taking the concept of gamification and multimedia creation and turning it on its ear over there! Embracing the notions of multipath story creation that were birthed with things like Choose Your Own Adventure books and Fighting Fantasy Roleplaying books, they've created a toolkit that creatives can use to make amazing stories and multimedia experiences without having to know any code to...

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John Badham: Crucial Topics on Directing in New Book (Video Interview)

Posted by on Oct 28, 2013 in Articles, Behind-the-Scenes, Featured, Industry, Interviews, MicroFilmmaking, Retrospectives, Tips | 1 comment

In this third of a three part interview, director John Badham (Saturday Night Fever, War Games) sits down with Microfilmmaker Magazine to discuss his new book, John Badham on Directing, as well as what got him into directing, his thoughts on industry changes and his approach to directing.

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John Badham: Technological Improvements & Filmmaking (Video Interview)

Posted by on Oct 21, 2013 in Articles, Behind-the-Scenes, Featured, Industry, Interviews, MicroFilmmaking, Retrospectives, Tips | 6 comments

In this second of a three part interview, director John Badham (Saturday Night Fever, War Games) sits down with Microfilmmaker Magazine to discuss his new book, John Badham on Directing, his thoughts on industry changes and his approach to directing in the midst of the technology upheaval.

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John Badham: What Sparked Your Interest in Directing?? (Video Interview)

Posted by on Oct 14, 2013 in Articles, Behind-the-Scenes, Featured, Industry, Interviews, MicroFilmmaking, Retrospectives, Tips | 0 comments

In this first of a three part video interview revolving around his new book, "John Badham on Directing," director John Badham (Saturday Night Fever, War Games) sits down with Microfilmmaker Magazine to discuss what got him into directing, his thoughts on industry changes and his approach to directing.

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Vanity and Art: Creating Art From Selfish Desires (Article/Crowdfunding)

Posted by on Oct 8, 2013 in Articles, Behind-the-Scenes, Crowd Funding Campaigns, Featured, MicroFilmmaking, News, Press Releases, Retrospectives | 0 comments

Anyone who has gone to film school would immediately see my quest as folly and be able to list dozens of reasons why a one character film was a poor cinematic choice. What's great is that I never went to film school. What's even greater is that once I decided on a one character film, I thought “what if I make a one location film?” “What if it was an entire film that was one setup, a single shot with multiple angles?” “How, by narrowing a story to its simplest could I explore greater creativity?” This is also the point where I crossed feature-length off the list. This idea of painting yourself into a box...

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