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December 2006Industry NewsFri, 12/01/2006 - 01:00Posted in
By Michele (LaMura) Meek
A report of news & happenings in the local industry for December 2006.Email news to news@newenglandfilm.com.
What's HappeningThe local independent film Solitaire is currently in pre-production. The film is scheduled to star Jason Acuña, Dirk Benedict, Laura Bertram, Rae Dawn Chong, among others and has a listed budget of $250,000. For more information, visit read more... Mini-Movies, Wide WebFri, 12/01/2006 - 01:00Posted in
By Nikki Chase
Steve Garfield and Ravi Jain, speakers at the Making Mini-Movies seminar sponsored by the Filmmakers Workshop, talk about how video weblogs are changing the way people see film.Making it the film industry used to be all about who you know. Not anymore. Video weblogs, or vlogs, are changing the way media are promoted and distributed. Video blogging allows filmmakers to engage with viewers directly via web, iTunes and even cell phones. read more...Creating FictionFri, 12/01/2006 - 01:00Posted in
By Elizabeth Engel
College students in Boston unite to create their own feature film, A Work of Fiction, screening at the Coolidge Corner Theatre this month.A team of college students in Boston joined together in the pursuit of making a movie. However, unlike others before them, they succeeded. After much hard work, time, and a few obstacles, they completed the feature length film, A Work of Fiction (AWOF). The film will be screened for the first time on December 6th 2006 at 7 pm, at the Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline, MA. It's especially unique in that it was made solely by college students from different schools without the help of their respective colleges or read more... Pro-Bono 2.0 (part 2)Fri, 12/01/2006 - 01:00
By Mark Dugas
Heartwood Media works to make the pro-bono production process better for both client and production company, while producing a video that can make everyone proud. Also read part 1 of this article.Well, we just shipped the final DVDs to the winner of our Heartwood Non-Profit Challenge. As you may recall in part 1 of this article, written a few months ago, we had grown tired of the last-minute, sometimes ill-conceived, and often uninspired pro-bono projects that we had been asked to do. Our plan was to take control of the pro-bono projects we were doing by starting a contest. Here was the plan, as written by yours truly: read more...Musical and Cultural JourneyFri, 12/01/2006 - 01:00Posted in
By Gita Pullapilly
Music composer Kareem Roustom talks about developing his career in L.A., finding his way back to Boston, and the making of his recent film Encounter Point, which screens this month.Thirty-five year old music composer, Kareem Roustom has played at the United Nations and the Kennedy Center and contributed to major studios on films like Me, Myself & Irene (Fox Pictures) and The Two of Us (Paramount Pictures). Now, Roustom who moved back to Boston a few years ago, has found a new love -- working on independent film projects and finding his true musical and cultural voice. read more...Meet the SoldiersFri, 12/01/2006 - 01:00Posted in
By Erin Trahan
Sergeant Zack Bazzi's The War Tapes shows a side of Iraq you haven’t seen before. Short-listed for an Academy Award nomination, the documentary screens this month in NH.Sergeant Zack Bazzi is not an average civilian, and not an average soldier, either. He recorded 50 videotapes while serving in a combat unit in Iraq in 2004. His footage and his point of view, along with that of several fellow soldiers, feature prominently in a first-of-its-kind documentary, The War Tapes, which won Best Documentary at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival, Best International Documentary at BritDoc, and is currently short-listed for an Academy Award nomination. read more...Where Technology Becomes ArtFri, 12/01/2006 - 01:00
By Cheryl Eagan-Donovan
New Hampshire's Hatchling Studios has created an international buzz with their talented animation team and their film The Toll.You could walk right past Hatchling Studios in downtown Portsmouth New Hampshire without noticing the door that leads up one flight of stairs to the world Mark Dole has created. Nestled in between brew pubs, coffee shops and an eclectic mix of specialty retail shops, the animation and web design company that has created an international buzz seems right at home in this New England Brigadoon. Like the skeptics from Disney and Pixar who came to verify that the studio really exists, I wanted to see the place "where technology becomes art," read more... |
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