Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D

by Greg , 4 months ago

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Teaser poster for Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D.

Cameras & 3D by Offhollywood / Digital FX. Shot on Epic with 3ality Technica systems.

Netflix, circa 1912

by Greg , 11 months ago

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Not too long ago, most of us got our DVDs in the mail. We opened the envelope, slipped out the DVD and enjoyed two hours of entertainment before slipping it back in the envelope and dropping it the mailbox. Tomorrow, or the next day perhaps, we’d get another movie. It’s a process that is almost as familiar to most of us as microwaving popcorn. Now, many of us stream our movies via Netflix on our televisions, Apple TV or any number of other streaming devices. But the concept of movies delivered to the home is nothing new. In fact, the idea is probably a lot older than you think…

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Early Motion Picture Color Tests

by Max , over 1 year ago

Here is a beautiful Two-Color Kodachrome test (the earliest known color film footage) from 1922, featuring actress Mae Murray.

http://1000words.kodak.com/post/?ID=2982503

RIP Dede Allen (1923-2010)

by Max , almost 2 years ago

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As a true lover of cinema, but especially being that I am an editor myself, I must bid a sad farewell to the great film editor Dede Allen, who died saturday at the age of 86.

Influenced by the radical cutting styles of The French and British New Wave Cinema, Mrs. Allen, who got her start working under director Robert Wise (who began his career as an editor himself) at Columbia Pictures,  pioneered her own unique style of cutting, mainly with a technique called Audio Shifting where the dialogue or soundtrack from a previous scene would play into the scene immediately following, or vice versa, a flourish that would help quicken the pace of a film.

Such innovations as well as her oustanding cutting on such films as Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), The Hustler (1961), Bonnie and Clyde (1967) (what would that final shoot-out scene have been without her masterful sense of rhythm?), and Dog Day Afternoon (1975), just to name a mere few, helped elevate editing from just a mere assembly job to a highly respected artform.

I have always said that women make the best film editors (example: Jaws [1975] - editor, Verna Fields; Lawrence of Arabia [1962] - editor, Anne Coates; The Limey [1999] - editor, Sarah Flack; etc. etc.) and Mrs. Allen was easliy one of the best ever.

Entertaining Is What We Do Best

by Greg , over 2 years ago

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People ask me all the time why Louisiana has become such a hotbed for film and video production. They expect I’ll respond with talk of tax incentives and exotic locations. Those things help, a lot. But the truth of the matter is creative film production in Louisiana is a natural evolution for us. Creativity, entertainment, art, music, food and culture - it’s in our blood. Whether we’re producing a work of art on a canvas, dinner plate, trumpet or on screen, we are unique and we are most definitely creative.

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