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Microsoft Live@Edu Film Contest

Posted by Emmet Gibney on March 13th, 2008

Want to win a free HD camera? How about $4000? Well then you should check out The Microsoft Live @ Edu Film Series Contest. It’s only open to students in the US, which is of no use to us, but maybe it will be useful for some of you. I won’t go […]

No Budget Filmmaking Ultra Pack

Posted by Emmet Gibney on February 24th, 2008

I stumbled across an interesting thing today, a kit you can buy which shows you how to make no budget films.  Now I haven’t really looked into this all that much, but it looks a little bit like “From Reel to Deal” by Dov SS Simens.  Maybe worth looking at.  If anyone knows anything about […]

Our Project Direct Submission: “Unexpected Company”

Posted by Emmet Gibney on November 8th, 2007

Well we have finished our Project Direct short, and we cut it extremely close on time. Not only have we uploaded it one day before the deadline, but we came in at 6 minutes 58 seconds, 2 seconds shy of the 7 minute maximum. This is the first short that we have done […]

Back From Vancouver Road Trip

Posted by Emmet Gibney on October 22nd, 2007

Well we just got back from our trip to Vancouver, and I am happy to report that it was very productive.  We managed to get three interviews (on video this time instead of audio) with people involved in film.  We also shot some footage of us touring around the Vancouver area scouting out different film […]

Road Trip: Heading Out to Vancouver

Posted by Emmet Gibney on October 14th, 2007

On Wednesday Conrad, Brett and myself (refer to about film school student for more information about the team) are heading out to Vancouver for the weekend. The purpose of our trip is twofold: 1) Get away from Edmonton (2) Scope out Vancouver to see how feasible is it for us to move out there. […]

YouTube Project: Direct

Posted by Emmet Gibney on October 10th, 2007

YouTube is having an absolutely awesome contest for anyone who is interested in becoming a film director. Along with HP and Fox Searchlight Pictures YouTube is calling for submissions for short films with 3 specific requirements:
1) Your film must feature a character dealing with a situation above their maturity level.
2) The line of dialogue “I […]