Director John Badham (Saturday Night Fever, War Games), opened with a keynote address promoting his new book, “I’ll be in My Trailer.” Badham, now directing episodic television, has been in the business for over 35 years. He outlined five common mistakes director’s make that the other director’s (Neil LaBute, Kimberly Pierce, Jamie Babbit, David O. Russell, Jeremy Kagan, and Gordon and Helen Hunt) reiterated in the panel discussions.
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Directing Actors
Posted in feature film, television, webisodes, tagged Aaron Eckhart, David O. Russell, DGA, Emerson College, Eric Mofford, filmmaking, Gordon Hunt, Helen Hunt, imdb, Jamie Babbit, Jeremy Kagan, John Badham, Judith Weston, Kimberly Pierce, Maine Media Workshops, Martha Coolidge, Neil LaBute, Sidney Lumet, Theatre NEO, Unconventional on April 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
IMAX, Witness Trees and Leonard Peltier
Posted in feature film, tagged 1492, 1992, AIM, American Indian, American Indian Movement, Amnesty International, anthropologists, Apartheid, Arborglyph, Arborglyphs, archeologists, Artist, Beech Trees, Cherokees, Christopher Columbus, Christopher Nolan, Confederate soldiers, Creek, Creekwalker, Dalai Lama, Dark Knight, DaVinci Code, discovery of America, documentaries, environmental, Eric Mofford, FBI, Federal Agents, forests, Georgia, IMAX, Incident at Oglala, Indian education, Jesse Jackson, John Trudell, Lakota, Lamar Marshall, Land lottery, Leonard Peltier, Michael Apted, Native Americans, Nelson Mandela, parole, prison, Robert Redford, Sandy Corley, South Dakota, Southern, Trail of Tears, trail trees, Unconventional, Wild South, wilderness magazine, Witness Trees on December 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last Night I saw the IMAX version of “Dark Knight” and all I can say is WOW! I have an IMAX movie I want to make. Actually, I’ve wanted to make it for a long time, but now maybe the time is right. For over 10 years, Singer-Songerwriter-Artist, Sandy Corley and I have been developing, “Witness Trees.” I don’t know how we got to this point, but speaking of sickening losses, something must be done now to free Leonard Peltier.
Making an Independent Feature Film Today
Posted in Red Camera, Unconventional Media, feature film, internet, new media, webisodes, tagged "Sky is falling", AFM, American Film Market, Anthony Kaufman, Arin Crumley, Banks, Blue Horseshoe Productions, camera, creative filmmaking, credit, credit crunch, DV Tape, erotic journey, Film incentives, Film Specific, financiers, Four Eyed Monsters, global sales, Hollywood Reporter, independent film, Indiewire, investors, ipod, Los Angeles Film Festival, Los Angles Times, Mark Gill, Miramax, new media, niche markets, old movies, Paramount, Press Play movie, Press>Play, Rachel Abramowitz, RED, Red Camera, science fiction, self distribute, sexually, Slamdance, Stacy Parks, Sundance, Susan Buice, The Film Department, Tivo, Travelin Trains, Unconventional, Unconventional Media, Variety, video vulture, Warner Brothers, xbox, YouTube on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m sure you’ve heard the stories, they’re grim. Seems every day there is another article in the Hollywood Reporter or Variety about the economy taking it’s toll on making independent films. Last week at the American Film Market (AFM) everyone looked dazed and disappointed.
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