Jack O Laterns have hit some new highs this year. We found many good websites specializing in carving. Extreme Pumpkins is one of our faves. Here in NYC we discovered that Abdington Square park last night became a gallery of pumpkin art, all lit up to attract the witches.
It’s a robot no less. Click on the link above to build your own.
The clips online are getting longer and so is the audience’s attention span, or so says the New York Times.
that independent filmmakers don’t have the resources and skills to make something that is compelling for much longer than five minutes), I am optimistic that viewers’ changing habits will benefit us all.
I have often dreamed of having a house full of disasters. Not real ones mind you, but drawings and paintings and the such, and all of them of situations going horribly wrong. C’mon, everyone enjoys watching a house burn, don’t they?
More Rinpa Eshidan noodling. What can I say? We’d give these drawers extra noses to come sit in the bowl.
The thoughts of the most perfect film had the bar raised by this collection of photos from Environmental Graffiti. They capture the beauty inherent in so many glaciers.
another guest post today from filmmaker Jon Riess
At the urging of Jeffrey Levy Hinte – my wonderfully supportive producer on Bomb It (he’s leaving the business folks so don’t bother calling him!), I have started writing about my experiences self distributing Bomb It for Filmmaker Magazine. These articles will form the basis for the book that I am writing Reel World Survival Skills: Everything I Wish I Had Learned in Film School.
The first one just came out titled MY ADVENTURE IN THEATRICAL SELF-DISTRIBUTION, PART 1 While the article is subtitled “Or how I “invented” the two-month window and spent six months wanting to kill myself every day.” it was a positive experience overall It was gruelling – but I think the film was helped tremendously by the release. This has been confirmed by our video company Docurama/New Video.
The next article will cover DVD distribution – self distribution and working with a distributor.
Let me know what you think of the article!
Jon
