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Austin’s film industry takes a hit as NBC’s ‘Revolution’ gets the ax
Tuesday May 13th 2014Reports say the show’s mediocre ratings at 8 p.m. on Wednesdays, combined with its high production costs, were what led to the decision. The cancellation means a large number of actors and film crews in Austin will be looking for work beginning in the late summer and into fall. The[…]
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Documentary reveals National Film Board’s “shameless” wartime propaganda
Tuesday May 13th 2014The National Film Board has always been a medium for telling Canadians about Canada. But in its early years, the public film agency took that objective a step further — to produce the “boldest and most successful propaganda effort in our history,” a new documentary reveals. “Shameless Propaganda,” airing Tuesday on the CBC channel documentary, examines the formative wartime years of the NFB between 1939 and 1945. Under the leadership of founding commissioner John Grierson, the agency sought to convince Canadians they had a country worth dying for. “When I first came up with the title, my thought was this is a little play on words, because this is the kind of propaganda we need not be ashamed of,” said Winnipeg-based director Robert Lower, who also wrote the film.
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Cannes 2014: Canadians weigh the importance of film fest
Tuesday May 13th 2014With three Canadian films in competition at the Cannes International Film Festival, with a clutch of other features and shorts in parallel programs, and with 15 films in the Perspective Canada-Cannes showcase, Cannes is critical for the Great White North this month. But what effect will the festival screenings have for those films? What value does Cannes have for master craftsman David Cronenberg at the age of 71, a rejuvenated Atom Egoyan at his prime at 53, or Quebec’s young genius Xavier Dolan at the tender age of 25? Each is represented in the competition.
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Female filmmakers still locked out of big Hollywood productions, study finds
Friday May 09th 2014Women are a significant force in independently-made films but they remain largely locked out of big Hollywood productions, according to a new study. Women filled 26% of key behind-the-scenes roles – directors, producers, executive producers, writers, editors and cinematographers – in feature-length films shown at leading film festivals over the[…]
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4K faces more hurdles than HD in the film industry
Thursday May 08th 2014When we went from SD to HD it was a digital revolution for the film industry. DV cassettes were out, and memory cards became the norm, but now with 4K on the horizon, the film industry has a new format and new set of standards to think about. Digital editing used to be a lengthy process. Capturing DV tapes was painful, but when HD workflows were introduced, we were instantly given direct access to our footage without having to spend hours watching it, and capturing it in real-time from the tape deck.
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Archives for: May 20145
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Austin’s film industry takes a hit as NBC’s ‘Revolution’ gets the ax
Tuesday May 13th 2014Reports say the show’s mediocre ratings at 8 p.m. on Wednesdays, combined with its high production costs, were what led to the decision. The cancellation means a large number of actors and film crews in Austin will be looking for work beginning in the late summer and into fall. The[…]
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Documentary reveals National Film Board’s “shameless” wartime propaganda
Tuesday May 13th 2014The National Film Board has always been a medium for telling Canadians about Canada. But in its early years, the public film agency took that objective a step further — to produce the “boldest and most successful propaganda effort in our history,” a new documentary reveals. “Shameless Propaganda,” airing Tuesday on the CBC channel documentary, examines the formative wartime years of the NFB between 1939 and 1945. Under the leadership of founding commissioner John Grierson, the agency sought to convince Canadians they had a country worth dying for. “When I first came up with the title, my thought was this is a little play on words, because this is the kind of propaganda we need not be ashamed of,” said Winnipeg-based director Robert Lower, who also wrote the film.
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Cannes 2014: Canadians weigh the importance of film fest
Tuesday May 13th 2014With three Canadian films in competition at the Cannes International Film Festival, with a clutch of other features and shorts in parallel programs, and with 15 films in the Perspective Canada-Cannes showcase, Cannes is critical for the Great White North this month. But what effect will the festival screenings have for those films? What value does Cannes have for master craftsman David Cronenberg at the age of 71, a rejuvenated Atom Egoyan at his prime at 53, or Quebec’s young genius Xavier Dolan at the tender age of 25? Each is represented in the competition.
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Female filmmakers still locked out of big Hollywood productions, study finds
Friday May 09th 2014Women are a significant force in independently-made films but they remain largely locked out of big Hollywood productions, according to a new study. Women filled 26% of key behind-the-scenes roles – directors, producers, executive producers, writers, editors and cinematographers – in feature-length films shown at leading film festivals over the[…]
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4K faces more hurdles than HD in the film industry
Thursday May 08th 2014When we went from SD to HD it was a digital revolution for the film industry. DV cassettes were out, and memory cards became the norm, but now with 4K on the horizon, the film industry has a new format and new set of standards to think about. Digital editing used to be a lengthy process. Capturing DV tapes was painful, but when HD workflows were introduced, we were instantly given direct access to our footage without having to spend hours watching it, and capturing it in real-time from the tape deck.
ARCHIVES
Archives for: May 20145
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Austin’s film industry takes a hit as NBC’s ‘Revolution’ gets the ax
Tuesday May 13th 2014Reports say the show’s mediocre ratings at 8 p.m. on Wednesdays, combined with its high production costs, were what led to the decision. The cancellation means a large number of actors and film crews in Austin will be looking for work beginning in the late summer and into fall. The[…]
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Documentary reveals National Film Board’s “shameless” wartime propaganda
Tuesday May 13th 2014The National Film Board has always been a medium for telling Canadians about Canada. But in its early years, the public film agency took that objective a step further — to produce the “boldest and most successful propaganda effort in our history,” a new documentary reveals. “Shameless Propaganda,” airing Tuesday on the CBC channel documentary, examines the formative wartime years of the NFB between 1939 and 1945. Under the leadership of founding commissioner John Grierson, the agency sought to convince Canadians they had a country worth dying for. “When I first came up with the title, my thought was this is a little play on words, because this is the kind of propaganda we need not be ashamed of,” said Winnipeg-based director Robert Lower, who also wrote the film.
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Cannes 2014: Canadians weigh the importance of film fest
Tuesday May 13th 2014With three Canadian films in competition at the Cannes International Film Festival, with a clutch of other features and shorts in parallel programs, and with 15 films in the Perspective Canada-Cannes showcase, Cannes is critical for the Great White North this month. But what effect will the festival screenings have for those films? What value does Cannes have for master craftsman David Cronenberg at the age of 71, a rejuvenated Atom Egoyan at his prime at 53, or Quebec’s young genius Xavier Dolan at the tender age of 25? Each is represented in the competition.
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Female filmmakers still locked out of big Hollywood productions, study finds
Friday May 09th 2014Women are a significant force in independently-made films but they remain largely locked out of big Hollywood productions, according to a new study. Women filled 26% of key behind-the-scenes roles – directors, producers, executive producers, writers, editors and cinematographers – in feature-length films shown at leading film festivals over the[…]
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4K faces more hurdles than HD in the film industry
Thursday May 08th 2014When we went from SD to HD it was a digital revolution for the film industry. DV cassettes were out, and memory cards became the norm, but now with 4K on the horizon, the film industry has a new format and new set of standards to think about. Digital editing used to be a lengthy process. Capturing DV tapes was painful, but when HD workflows were introduced, we were instantly given direct access to our footage without having to spend hours watching it, and capturing it in real-time from the tape deck.
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