eWeek.com, a magazine for the technology industry, has an interesting slideshow that looks at some of the numbers associated with video technology. Here are 2 of the 10 items offered:
3. 129,600 - the number of video frames in a 90 minute movie
6. 25MB - space occupied by 1 second of HD video
I’ve got a couple of stories to point to for anyone who has iTunes on their radar screen. Personally I only purchase experimental items from iTunes because I dislike the DRM policy and the fact that unlike my Audible account, if I have a drive failure or otherwise lose my file, Apple doesn’t provide another copy (backup) for me. But back to the stories…
This is from Indiewire - New Video Digital Aiming 1,600 New Films at iTunes, Other Platforms
by Eric Kohn (August 15, 2008)
New Video Digital confirmed this week that it has secured a whopping 1,600 titles for Apple’s online store and other outlets. The independent video aggregator said that it has acquired the rights to over 5,000 hours of independent film and television content, with plans to double that number by the end of this year. The company will push that content out to iTunes and other online platforms in the coming months on a non-exclusive basis.
CinemaTech also took a look at the issue, from a personal level
If you are a filmmaker who wants to self-distribute your work in digital form, there’s probably nothing more frustrating to you than Apple’s indifference to helping you do that.
You may own a Mac. You may use Final Cut Pro for editing. You may carry an iPhone or iPod in your pocket. You may have a MobileMe or .Mac account.
But Apple doesn’t seem to want to help you do business online.
He goes on to look at the alternatives, including New Video (discussed above), Shorts International in the UK, The Independent Film Channel (IFC) and Mediastile.
Anyone gotten very far down this path?
Are you stuck? Then check out this website - write rhymes.
Hat tip to The Graphic Mac
Emma is a Springfield native who is residing in LA while pursuing her acting career. According to her sister’s blog, Emma has recently joined the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). Emma played the female lead in “My Boss Is An Idiot”, a joint project of Nate Black and Brandon Goodwin in 2006. Here’s the trailer.
Shot entirely in front of a green screen, “Division” stars actress Rosario Dawson (”Sin City”) as a vice cop who becomes involved with the mysterious titular organization after she discovers her perfect boyfriend is actually an artificial life form known as a SIM. Consisting of 50 “webisodes,” which average around three minutes in length, the $2 million Internet production will make its debut Monday on its own Web site (geminidivision.com), NBC.com and other affiliated NBC Universal Digital sites domestically, as well as via Xbox Live and various other platforms. It was produced by Electric Farm Entertainment.
IMDB listing and a ‘fan site?’
I’m a kid of the 70’s so when I read about indie films from the 80’s that I’m not familiar with, I have to pay attention. That’s what happened when I read this
Alongside “Slacker,” “Roger & Me,” “Poison,” “Sex Lies and Videotape,” and “Paris Is Burning,” nearly twenty years ago Whit Stillman’s “Metropolitan” marked a distinctive moment in American independent filmmmaking. Yet two decades later, the film is not as widely available as other classic U.S. indies.
So that mean’s I’ll be heading over to Hulu.com sometime this coming week when I need a break at the office. And if you’re interested in the economics of indie film making, read the entire article which includes this quote
Asked this week what he thinks about the ways that the business of independent film has changed since he made “Metropolitan,” Stillman said, “Well, things were bad then, too.”
By the way, did you know they have “The Office”
Springfield 417- The Movie project for 2009
Friends, writers, gather ‘round…
We’re still gathering scenes from different writers to put together into a vignette movie of Springfield, Missouri. The working title is: “SPRINGFIELD 417— Periods of Revelation.”
We’re looking to do several 5 to 7 minute shorts that can be filmed somewhere in Springfield, Missouri, and that deal with compelling storylines. (If you’ve seen the movie “Paris, Je T’aime” it will be a similar production in terms of vignetted storylines.) We want to keep the movie rating at PG or PG-13 so that family viewing will be encouraged.
Although the film lengths are around 5-7 minutes, there’s a possibility of going up to 10 minutes if it’s a really engaging storyline. The subtitle, “Periods of Revelations” is the theme of the movie. Something should be revealed that changes the protagonist’s life, direction or maybe it changes the movie’s direction.
An example would be:
“A young woman, disenchanted with her life, is persuaded by a husband and wife to let the husband
read her future with Tarot cards. The reading reveals an untimely death in 7 days! The young woman at first is devastated, but ends up cramming as much “living” into her life as she can, thus trying to live to the fullest.
After the allotted time has passed and the woman is still alive and kicking, she finds out that the Tarot card reader has died. The twist to the story is that we find out the husband always reads his fortune
first before giving a reading for someone else.” -END-
Storylines may need to be adjusted to accommodate sponsorship needs, so please be open to that. We’re not interested in the horror genre for this piece. Blood, guts, and gore will have to wait.
My goal is to build a local, interacting community of movie-makers and artists (including musicians, writers, dancers, etc.) that will work together to help bolster each other in their various projects. Hopefully this project will be a catalyst towards that end.
Our deadline for storylines will be:
One paragraph synopsis — September 1, 2008- Labor Day
Finished scripts ———– November 13, 2008
If you have any questions feel free to let us know. Thanks.
Phillip Secca
ARTISTIC RESPONSE, LLC
ArtisticResponse@gmail.com
In association with:
Sarah Kessinger
DBA Sarah Wilson
Producer/Director/UPM
417.827.0457
swilson.film@gmail.com
This Friday and Saturday, August 15th & 16th
AREA ‘57 will be paying tribute to our favorite “B” Movies of the 50’s and 60’s.
Our FREE Drive-In movie series this weekend will have both Friday and Saturday nights packed with double features of classic “B” movie excitement!
Grab a friend and a lawn chair; you do NOT want to miss THE Film Festival of the Summer!
Garrett Brown Gives You a ‘God’s Eye’ View of the Olympics
When seven-time gold medal winner Michael Phelps slices through the water in the Olympic Games next week, he’ll be followed by a torpedolike underwater HD camera that will capture his every move.
That camera, dubbed Mobycam, is just one of a half-dozen clever contraptions invented by Hollywood pioneer Garrett Brown, who also invented the Steadicam.
On Thursday, he spoke with Wired.com about his Olympic gadgets and how he got started.
The Wall Street Journal checks in with an update on the state of the industry:
Hollywood Seems to Show Vulnerability to Recession
By LAUREN A.E. SCHUKER
August 7, 2008; Page B8
The film industry may not be as recession-proof as Hollywood likes to boast, according to a new study by Interpret LLC, a global media- and market-research firm based in Los Angeles.
Conventional wisdom in Hollywood has long dictated that the movie business performs well during economic slowdowns because consumers are more likely to spend on less expensive forms of entertainment like movie tickets rather than pricier activities such as sporting events or concerts.
But Interpret’s recent study suggests that in the face of financial turbulence, a night at the movies might be one of the first leisure activities consumers give up. Surveying about 1,000 U.S. consumers, ages 18-54, Interpret found that 52% of respondents said they were seeing fewer movies at the multiplex, significantly more than the 35% of respondents who said they were attending fewer live sports events.
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