Month: March 2014

Do Human Eyes 'See' Like Cameras? A Look at the Resolution & Frame Rate of Vision

March 26, 2014

From V Renée, NoFilmSchool.com:   Cameras are the “eyes” of cinema, recognizing, capturing, and processing images at certain frame rates and resolutions. But, what about our own eyes? At what “frame rate” do we process images and at what resolution? In these excellent videos, Michael Stevens, host of everybody’s favorite YouTube science channel, Vsauce, shows us how … More Do Human Eyes 'See' Like Cameras? A Look at the Resolution & Frame Rate of Vision

Controversial films and the MPAA

March 25, 2014

From Doctor RJ for Daily Kos Darren Aronofsky’s Noah and Lars von Trier‘s Nymphomaniac are being released this month. The movies are controversial for very different reasons, but they’re both indicative of the hot-button topics and issues that seem to always outrage some sector of society. Creationists are outraged and demanding equal time on Fox’s … More Controversial films and the MPAA

Is the Just-Do-It Ethos Bad for the Independent Film Business?

March 19, 2014

From Film Independent:  Last month Salon posted an article called “America’s next Wal-Mart: The indie film industry.” The premise: “Cheap labor and subsidies have created an unsustainable bubble. We need fewer indie films, not more.” The provocative article by Film Independent Fellow, Beanie Barnes, who went through our Project Involve artist development program in 2003 where … More Is the Just-Do-It Ethos Bad for the Independent Film Business?

What Does The Film Industry REALLY Think?

March 17, 2014

Stephen Follows and his team surveyed 1,235 film industry professionals, all of whom have attended at least one of the three major film markets (Cannes, Berlin or AFM) within the past five years and asked questions on a variety of hot topics including piracy, the appeal of 3D, gender, and how optimistic industry professionals are for … More What Does The Film Industry REALLY Think?

Hey Screenwriters! Amtrak is Now Taking Applications for Their Free Residency for Writers

March 16, 2014

From No Film School, By V Renée Well, it has happened — and much sooner than expected. Less than a month ago, writers Zach Seward and Jessica Gross made a passing comment on Twitter expressing their desire for Amtrak to start offering residencies for writers, and after a couple of test runs and ironing out of details, the railroad … More Hey Screenwriters! Amtrak is Now Taking Applications for Their Free Residency for Writers

Where’s the Diversity, Hollywood? 85 Years of the Academy Awards

March 12, 2014

From Lee and Low The Academy Awards will soon unveil the very best in filmmaking in 2014. As the prediction chatter ricochets around the web, our curiosity about the level of racial and gender representation of the Academy Awards is the focus of our next Diversity Gap study. We reviewed the Academy’s entire 85-year history … More Where’s the Diversity, Hollywood? 85 Years of the Academy Awards

The 5 Locations Low-Budget Films Should Avoid In New York

March 11, 2014

From Scouting NY.  Posted by: Scout Every week, I receive numerous requests from no/low budget filmmakers in search of New York City locations for cheap. Some I can help with; most, I simply don’t know where to begin. While it’s certainly possible to make low-budget films in New York, it often requires a personal connection … More The 5 Locations Low-Budget Films Should Avoid In New York