I watched the 9 short films from Sundance 2012 at the Yahoo! Movies and share my impressions about them. Make sure to watch them and vote. One of the filmmakers to win $5000. Watch the videos on Yahoo! Movies.
Sundance 2012 Shorts Online
A great entertainment option this weekend and for the next several days is to checkout a selection of some Sundance 2012 short films being hosted by Yahoo! Movies. The short films will be available for streaming from January 19, 2012 to January 27, 2012. After watching the films, vote for your favorite and one of the filmmakers will receive $5000 to create more awesomeness. It is a total of nine films. Enjoy!
Happy NANOWRIMO!
” For all those participating in this year’s NANOWRIMO (National Novel Writing Month), good luck, have fun and congrats on taking this journey. I am not going to be officially participating this year because of other artistic and personal commitments. I will be participating in some of the write-ins and other activities in New York and Boston. Enjoy your “thirty days and nights of literary abandon!”
Goodbye Steve Jobs! [February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011]
What an amazing legacy! His vision literally changed life as we know it. If the only thing he had ever done was put together Pixar , he would have fulfilled the promise of many lifetimes. He was a true visionary and he will be missed.
Checkout this video from his Standford University commencement from June 12, 2005.
South Africa Partners 2011 Annual Celebration
Here is a video I shot and edited of part of South Africa Partners‘annual celebration at the end of April this year in Boston. What an honor to be in the presence of such giants. Margaret H. Marshall and Albie Sachs are amazing and done so much to make life better for many, many people. Latoyia Edwards from NECN did a great job as host.
Video Tutorial: Harry Potter Effects (Film Riot)
Here is a cool advanced tutorial from the good folks at Revision3/Film Riot. It is amazing how easy (relatively) it has become create effects like these Harry Potter effects.
Video Tutorial: 180 Degree Rule (Peter John Ross)
Here is a great short video by Peter John Ross that does a great job of explaining the 180 degree rule. He has the series of these in a DVD out called “Moviemaking Techniques and Other Indie Film Tips”
180 Degree Rule – Moviemaking Technique from Peter John Ross on Vimeo.
Music Video – Introdiction (Dir: Aaron Shrimpton & Scroobius Pip)
This was the first teaser for Scroobius Pip’s upcoming “Distraction Pieces” record. Everyone is talking about this as one take. Did you notice the cut in the middle of the video?
Short Video: Procrastination (Dir: Johnny Kelly)
In light of the fact that I haven’t update the blog since 8/31/11, I present you Procrastination. Not much more to say except to say that Johnny Kelly did a good job here. Checkout the other stuff he has done on his Vimeo page.