November 2005

They could be Boston’s answer to the Coen Brothers: Eric Poydar directs and Brett Portanova produces, and together they form a duo that is venturing enthusiastically into the world of feature-film production. Their first effort is the film "Larry," conceived, planned, shot, and to be edited all within the calendar year of 2005. Can anyone say Rainer Werner Fassbinder?

It's a breakthrough year - 2005 is officially the year that HD camcorders finally dipped below the $10K price barrier. Late in 2004 Sony started shipping the HDR-FX1 camcorder which was quickly followed up in early 2005 with the HVR-Z1U sporting professional features. Then at NAB 2005 back in April Panasonic announced the HVX200 camcorder while JVC announced the HD100U camcorder. Last month Canon joined the fray with their announcement of the XL H1. It's been a while since so many new camera introductions have created so much excitement (and confusion), and read more...

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Sam Colson is a busy man these days. He spends his time juggling work as a stern man on a Maine lobster boat with a part-time job at an independent movie theater, with freelance video production work on the side. Colson is now also working on producing "Indie Spirit," his television program designed to give new filmmakers the chance to screen their works to the public.

"Is your film autobiographical?"

On November 16, 2005 at 9 pm in the Ryan Family Concert and Lecture Hall of Providence College, the film department will present their Student Video Slam, which they describe as, "an open festival of work in all genres by student filmmakers." The festival accepted submissions from students at both Providence College and Brown University.