Movie Magic Through the Ages
I originally saw this posted at FreshDV, but I had to repost it.
There is something about seeing those old pictures that ground me in what is most important in filmmaking. It’s all movie magic.
Modern day filmmakers are so much different than those of our previous generations, and I think a lot of times it’s easy for us to put today’s technology on a pedestal. I feel like with each week we deem a new product more necessary than the next. More dynamic range, less grain, better bit rates, and new sensor technology. All these things are good… But they make us loose sight of why we are making movies. Out goes our ambitions of scripting the next man who’s “Mad as Hell,” or rediscovering our mortal enemy is “my father”, and in comes our concern over what LCD feild monitor to use.
Don’t get me wrong, with new technology, comes new filmmaking, I’m not denying that. But just remember why we do this. To make movie magic.
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Humble Magi and VODO.net have teamed up to distribute the 200,00 dollar feature film ‘A Lonely Place for Dying’ via VODO’s BitTorrent streams. It is doing so in a series of installments. Currently, the first 27 minutes is available now.
Within a couple weeks, the film became the most torrented file in the entire world. As I write this, it has been downloaded 810,000 times… and that’s only the first portion.
The Project – Video Log #1
Spring Break Recap
So after having the best spring skiing of my life in Steamboat Springs Colorado, I brought my sun burnt face down to Durango for the Durango International Film Festival.Funny enough, this was the first festival I have ever attended, and a film I worked on was in it!
It was a great time and I got to meet some really cool people. Highlights included Chuck Disney, Brad Kammlah, and Johnathan Browning. Chuck, the nephew of Walt Disney, was a great guy. He just finished Producing Portal, and has a couple cool projects in the works. Brad was the writer/director of Purge, one of the films showing at the festival. He and his girlfriend had traveled from LA to be at in Durango and were a great dou, I hope I can work with Brad in the future. John was a great panelist who spoke at a free forum. He is a regular contributor at the Durango film festival, this year presenting his short: The Party. During the forum he spoke about the ins and outs of festival hopping, I deffinatly learned alot of things I didn’t know about entering festivals.
I also finally got to meet Justin Evans, and Arthur Love. Justin is the director I am working under for A Lonely Place For Dying, and Arthur is the Camera Op and Visual Effects supervisor for the film. It was great to finally meet them both in person and discuss some exciting things for the future.
As an added bonus, A Lonely Place For Dying won the Jury Commendation Award. Considering the version shown is a picture lock work print, it’s a good start to the festival season. This is good motivation to continue to keep pluging away at post production.
All in all, I had a great time. Whether it be because this was my first festival or not, I definitely learned alot, and I hope to have more great experiences at festivals in the future!
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