On Tuesday, June 17th at 7:30pm, in cooperation with the Springfield Little Theatre, filmmakers from Missouri State University will showcase four short films including
“…Or Not To Be”
“Nothing Rhymes with Orange”
“The Death of Alfred Bailey”
“Apollo.”
The filmmakers’ proceeds from the festival will benefit the Missouri State University’s Digital Film Production Scholarship Fund.
From outright comedy [...]
Category Archives: Economics
AFTRA Tentative Settlement Announced
28-May-08LOS ANGELES (AP) — The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists says it has agreed to a tentative deal with Hollywood studios on a new three-year contract.
The union said early Wednesday that the deal establishes fees for content streamed and downloaded over the Internet and preserves actors’ rights of consent on the use of [...]
From the Wall Street Journal
Tribeca Film Festival Showcases Shifting Marketplace
As the cost of the theatrical release rises, distributors at the Tribeca Film Festival focused on expanding new distribution platforms, including video-on-demand and the Internet.
By ANTHONY KAUFMAN
Tribeca Film Festival’s status as a movie marketplace appears to be more suited for films destined for a [...]
Jeremy Walker on Indie Film Publicity
03-May-08Matt Dentler, the out-going director of the SXSW Film Festival, points to a legendary Indie Film Publicist who is taking a break. From the Indiewire article:
Eugene asked me to write something that reflects on my career as an independent film publicist and how the game has changed, something that would, as he put it, [...]
From a Shure Press Release Shure Sets The Wireless Record Straight
The FCC is in the middle of a multi-faceted reorganization of the UHF television band, stimulated by the future transition from analog to digital television broadcasting. The DTV stations will occupy a smaller section of the UHF spectrum (470 – 698 MHz) than is [...]
Ben Stein’s “Expelled” Imagines Fair Use
22-Apr-08Sorry, had to do it. Here are a couple of looks at the recent uproar over the use of the John Lennon song “Imagine” in the documentary film “Expelled” that was just released:
Yoko Ono, Filmmakers Caught in ‘Expelled’ Flap
Having ruffled feathers in the scientific community, the filmmakers behind a documentary questioning evolution theory have [...]
SAG Cuts Deal With Indie Film Companies
18-Apr-08From YAHOO News:
LOS ANGELES - The Screen Actors Guild has cut a deal that would let its members work for an independent film company regardless of a future strike against the major studios.
The deal with The Film Department guarantees completion of nine movies that haven’t started filming yet. One of them, a romantic comedy [...]
Screen Actors Guild Internal Turmoil
05-Apr-08Actors Guild Faces Drama In Its Ranks
By PETER SANDERS
April 3, 2008; Page B1 of the Wall Street Journal
As the Screen Actors Guild gets set to begin contract negotiations with the major Hollywood studios — and tries to avert a crippling strike like the recent walkout by writers — the union first must address some strife [...]
Anthony Kaufman, for Indiewire, provides an in-depth review of the discussions regarding Digital Rights that have occurred at Festivals across both the US and Europe.
And that’s the million-dollar question. How much are these rights worth for producers and filmmakers? “Right now, the answer,” said B-Side’s Chris Hyams, “is that there really are no filmmakers who [...]
Web-Based Tools For Film Makers
19-Mar-08I pointed to several tools I use on a regular basis as part of the general membership meeting agenda Saturday. On the heels of that presentation comes this story by FWD:Labs on using one of them, Basecamp, for managing your film projects:
use Basecamp for production. rāv design, a full-service video production and graphic design [...]
