NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) will be hosting its annual On Location event on Saturday, October 10, 2015, at the Hollywood Center Studios and will be hosted by comedian Guy Branum (Chelsea Lately, Totally Biased). The project –presented in partnership with a host of sponsors such as MovieMaker Magazine, the New York Film Academy, Starbreeze Studios and Hollywood Center Studios-- presents a series of one-to-five-minute-long short films aimed at showcasing the city of Los Angeles through the eyes of each filmmaker.
Adobe Creative Cloud: IBC Updates (Preview)
Those Creative Cloud updates keep on coming, and at this years’ IBC, Adobe announced the new features that will have everyone in post production pressing the “download” button.
Colchester Film Festival: 60 Hour Film Challenge (Festival Press Release)
Colchester Film Festival is hosting its annual 60 hour Film Challenge from the 2nd to the 5th of October this year. Over 200 films were completed at last year's challenge. Filmmakers from across the world are challenged to write shoot and edit a film between 2 and 5 minutes in length in just 60 hours. The challenge is free to enter and teams can register online until the 1st of October. The challenge begins on Friday 2nd October at 8pm (BST). Teams will receive an e-mail containing a title, line of dialogue and...
Hollywood 3D Options at a Micro Budget: Reallusion Unveils 3 Innovations at SIGGRAPH (Industry Press Release)
After an incredible showing at SIGGRAPH, Reallusion shares previews of the new elements coming to iClone 6.
Zombie Outlet Maul: Stars of the Small Screen Light Up in Indie Animation (Film Press Release)
Former Queer As Folk star, Thea Gill provides the voice of Hazel Switch, a rocker chick, electrical switch in Linda Andersson’s (The Seer, Triple Crossed) soon to be completed, independently produced, 2D animated feature, The Grid: Zombie Outlet Maul.
From Timid To Tenacious: How Filmmaking Changed My Brother (Retrospective/Article)
Growing up, my younger brother was unlike most of his peers – he stayed in to watch, read about, and think about films while everyone else went out and did whatever it is that young boys do. As a result, his interpersonal communicating took a backseat to his introverted pondering. Everyone assumed my brother was quiet because he just didn’t have much to say. It wasn’t until we attended the premiere of his first independent film that we realized how wrong we all...