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Archive for May, 2007

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

Posted by Emmet Gibney on May 30th, 2007

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

Posted by Emmet Gibney on May 24th, 2007

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 […]

Robert Rodriguez-10 Minute Flick School

Posted by Emmet Gibney on May 19th, 2007

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 […]

Palo Alto-The Film Goes to Tribeca

Posted by Emmet Gibney on May 2nd, 2007

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 […]