Archive | May, 2007

“On The Lot” is Aspiring Filmmakers’ Dream Come True

I’ve been watching Fox’s new reality show “On The Lot” since it aired last week, and while I don’t think the show’s format is very good, I do love the concept (especially if they keep doing it until I get a shot at it).  For those of you who don’t know anything about the show [...]

Redrock Microsystems M2 35mm Cinema Lens Adapter

I got a phone call from my friend Neil who is still enrolled at NYFA who needed to find some way to use 35mm lenses with Panasonic’s HVX200. I had looked for something like this before for the DVX100 but never found anything. This time however I came across the Redrock Microsystems M2 35mm Cinema [...]

Robert Rodriguez-10 Minute Flick School

Found this gem on YouTube, looks to be a DVD special feature from Once Upon a Time in Mexico. In this brief instructional Rodriguez shows us how to make a good action movie for really cheap. This kinda stuff really inspires me to keep going, I would love to meet this guy. YouTube Link to10 [...]

Palo Alto-The Film Goes to Tribeca

Came across this really interesting story about a 20 year old student from USC that got his movie into Tribeca Film Festival.  He has a blog for the whole filmmaking process, from pre-production right through to post.  The director’s name is Bradley Leong and is originally from California, at least that’s what I heard.  Anyway [...]