New cameras have actors reloading
High-def revolutionizes the craft of actors, director
It's not often that actors find their craft upended by movie technology. After all, though styles have changed, actors have been a constant since the beginning of movies. True, the film camera itself revolutionized acting, forcing thesps to shrink the big gestures (and at first, silence the big voices) of 19th-century legit. Then came sound, which brought voices back, but now amplified and more intimate than ever.
Published by: Variety by David S. Cohen, Associate Editor and Features  4/12/2007


Digital Filmmaking's New Era?
The Times' Sharon Waxman talks with executives from Imagemetrics, a special effects company whose new facial mapping software could change the way movies are made.
Published by: New York Times  6/13/07

Digital Filmmaking Moves Beyond Tradition
Joe DeVito III is founder, owner and president of Mariano Films LLC (www.marianofilms.com), located in Bridgewater. A writer, producer and director of short and feature length motion pictures, he also teaches film and cinematography at the high school level.  "We are a modern motion picture company that embraces the growth of entertainment in the twenty-first century," DeVito explains.
Published by: Courier News  By Robert Baker, Correspondent  6/13/07

Splice Here Editor Clayton Condit Edits, Posts In HD New PBS Documentary
Award-Winning Documentary Traces The Dramatic Changes To America's Prairies
(MINNEAPOLIS, MN) America's Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie, a new PBS documentary edited by Clayton Condit of the award-winning creative editorial/post house Splice Here, tells the rich and complex story of one of the most astonishing alterations of nature in human history.
Published by: Cow News Droid  5/14/07

Nintendo Announces Filmmaking Contest
The Short Cuts Showcase contest gives film-savvy Nintendo fans a chance to strut their stuff.
Perhaps borrowing a page from Microsoft’s Xbox Live Originals contest, Nintendo is offering aspiring filmmakers exposure and prizes with their Short Cuts Showcase contest, announced Tuesday. The company is soliciting short films from Nintendo fans, the best of which will be shown at the annual Rockefeller Center summer film showcase, which runs June 19-22.
Published by: By Nick Mokey  Staff Writer, Digital Trends News  5/5/07

Observations From NAB 2007
Gigantic, colossal, enormous, and overwhelming are just some of the adjectives to describe the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Electronic Media Show's yearly trade show in Las Vegas.
Published by: The Digital Journalist © PF Bentley  5/2007

New cameras have actors reloading
High-def revolutionizes the craft of actors, director
It's not often that actors find their craft upended by movie technology.
After all, though styles have changed, actors have been a constant since the beginning of movies.
Published by: By Variety: Vfilm  Written by: David S. Cohen  4/13/07

The Lowest of the Low-Budget Indies
LOS ANGELES —  The Spirit Awards celebrate the best in low-budget filmmaking. But within those honors, the John Cassavetes Award goes to the lowest of the low-budget films: those made for under $500,000.
Published by: By Christy Lemire, AP Movie Writer  Fox News.com  2/16/2007