Film Industry

Michigan Film Industry Incentives Doubled After Last Year's Steep Cuts

Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Michigan Film Tax Credits, Michigan Budget, Video, Film Industry, Governor Snyder, Detroit Film, Governor Rick Snyder, Michigan Film, Michigan Film Incentive Program, Michigan Film Industry, Detroit News

As Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and leading Republican legislators hammer out a budget for the coming fiscal year, they've made the surprising decision t...

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Google vs. Hollywood: The Worst of Enemies, The Best of Friends (Potentially)

Robert Simpson | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Richard O'Dwyer, Google, Congress, TV Shack, Film Industry, Megaupload, Spotify, Cinema, Stop Online Piracy Act, Protect Ip Act, Itunes, Lovefilm, Dvd, Illegal Downloading, Netflix, Silicon Valley, Hollywood, Media News
Robert Simpson

The battle raging between the big Hollywood film studios and the giant of Silicon Valley is probably the most pointless and futile conflict being rage...

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For Those Who Consider Not Liking the Movie Business When the Grosses Aren't Enough

Jeffrey Korchek | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Disney, The Movie Business, Movie Studios, Film Industry, Rich Ross, Hollywood, Media News
Jeffrey Korchek

Pity the poor movie business. Nobody likes it anymore. What the huge corporations that own the studios really don't like is the version of the movie business that they seem to be in, because it's just not working for them.

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Lean and Hungry -- Startup Community Talks Hollywood

Gina Hall | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Technology Driven Film Industry, Tech Sector, Technology Film Industry, Social Games, Film Industry, LeanLA Panel, Angry Birds, Technology Hollywood, Video Games, Silicon Valley, Hollywood, Technology in Film, Los Angeles News
Gina Hall

In an era when social gaming is a $6 billion dollar industry, celebrities are starting to take notice. The future of Hollywood is technology driven.

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There Are No More Movie Stars (Or Why We Must Change Conventional Thinking About Making Movies

Peter Paige | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Reality TV, Hollywood Actors, The Artist, Bridesmaids, Actors, Movie Making, Filmmaking, Documentary Filmmaking, Jennifer Aniston, Meryl Streep, Film Industry, The Kardashians, Real Housewives, Celebrity, Kim Kardashian, Celebrities, Movie Stars, Los Angeles News
Peter Paige

There are no more movie stars. I blame TMZ and its reality show brethren, who have taken all the mystery out of celebrity. In movie-making, like pretty much every other business, the paradigm has changed, and we must respond accordingly.

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Marketing the Truth

Joseph Rauch | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Movie Industry, Cohen Brothers Movie, Film Industry, Fargo, Fargo Movie, Marketing, Takako Konishi, Based on a True Story, College News
Joseph Rauch

I was surprised when I found out that many movies claim to be based on true events when, in fact, they are completely or almost completely fictional.

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Where All my Ladies at in the Microbudget, Independent Filmmaking Revolution?

Vera Miao | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Female Cinematographers, Female Producers, Female Directors, Film Industry, U.S. Film, Female Filmmakers, Dykes to Watch OUt For, Alison Bechdel, Bechdel Test, Lena Dunham, Tinu Furniture, Women News
Vera Miao

Hollywood has taught me a lot of hard realities about who really gets to tell what stories.

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Future of Film: The Real Culture Wars or Hollywood Vs. Silicon Valley

Tribeca Film | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Media, The Future of Film Blog, Sundance Film Festival, Avatar, Film Industry, Movie Industry Economics, Dark Knight, Independent Movies, Indie Movies Major Motion Pictures, Media News
Tribeca Film

The most important difference between the movie and technology industries lies in each community's very raison d'etre -- movies are rooted in art and personality and technology is driven by increasing the efficiency of transactions.

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Hollywood Internships: Racket or for Real?

Gina Hall | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Internships, Film Industry, Unpaid Internships, Hollywood Internships, Hollywood, Entertainment Industry, Entertainment News
Gina Hall

If you intern on a show, will you get to help put together a call sheet? Make sure to ask this in the interview. Yes, internships will consist of fetching lunch orders, answering phones and making copies, but a good internship will come with perks that you need to advance your career.

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No Country for Old Women: Demi Moore & Our Fear of Aging

Anushay Hossain | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Demi Moore, Film Industry, Beauty, Women's Issues, Ageing, Women in Film, Hollywood, Ashton Kutcher, Women News
Anushay Hossain

Abandonment coupled with age in a town like Hollywood makes us feel sorry for Moore, but deep down we are actually terrified because we know what happened to her can happen to us.

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Actor Michelle Williams' Uncanny Marilyn Wins Award Noms

Brad Balfour | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Class System, Academy Awards, The Prince the Showgirl and Me, Prep School, Theater, Art Historian, Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, John Logan, London, Marilyn Monroe, England, Castle, Film Director, The Prince and the Showgirl, Method Acting, Film Industry, Kenneth Branagh, Award Noms, Fairytale, Kent, Colin Clark, Hollywood, New York, Simon Curtis, My Week With Marilyn Movie, Oscar Award, Laurence Olivier, Savage Grace, Actor, Art History, Camera, Vivien Leigh, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

Who knew that when actress Michelle Williams first appeared as the bad girl in Dawson's Creek, she would have the uncanny good sense to take on roles ...

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The Road to Sundance and Beyond- Indie Game: The Movie

Turnstyle | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: US Films, Kickstarter, Film Industry, Sundance, Indie Game: The Movie, Movies, Indie Film, Cinema, Entertainment News
Turnstyle

By Noah Nelson In the years to come, the road from Kickstarter to Sundance will likely be as well traveled as the 101 in Los Angeles. During this yea...

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The Real Wizards of Oz Deserve Better Treatment

Eric Roth | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Visual Effects, Film Industry Unions, Film Industry, Visual Effects Artists, Unions, Film Union, Hollywood, Los Angeles News
Eric Roth

While visual effects-driven films are the ones that clean up at the box office, the visual effects artists who make the magic possible often are not adequately compensated or recognized.

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So, You Want to Go to USC Film School...

Gina Hall | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: USC Film School, Best Film Schools in the World, Film Education, Film Industry, Film School, Film School Advice, Film Schools, Los Angeles News
Gina Hall

Frequently I'm asked: Do I need to film school to succeed in the film business? Couldn't I use tuition dollars instead to make a really good short? Isn't it really about who you know? The answer: No, yes, and probably.

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Alexander Eichler

With Film Incentive Capped, Michigan's Movie Jobs Face An Uncertain Future

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Film Industry, Michigan Film Incentive, Film Credit, Iron Man 3, Film Incentive, Marvel Studios, Movie Industry, The Avengers, Unemployment, Jennifer Granholm, Michigan Film Credit, Detroit, Retraining, Michigan, Rick Snyder, Detroit News

Sean Doerr knows Detroit. He's been poking around the city since he was 14, exploring its forgotten buildings and learning the names of architects lon...

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Hollywood Networking: Connecting on More Than Movies

Gina Hall | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Professional Networking, Business Relationships, Film Industry, Tower Heist, Networking, Hollywood, Los Angeles News
Gina Hall

In Los Angeles, going out to network is work. It's a rare occasion that I'm jazzed enough to tack on an extra three hours of Hollywood shop talk on top of a long day.

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Studying the Economics of Independent Film: A Proposal

Josh Welsh | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Film Forum, Film Festival, Independent Film, Film Independent Forum, Film Independent, Independent Film Distribution, Film Industry, Indie Film, Los Angeles News
Josh Welsh

While it's obviously true that it's hard for many independent filmmakers to sustain a career doing what they love, it is simply false that there's no money in independent film.

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Joseph Erbentraut

WATCH: Local Film 'Genrefinity' Aims For Kevin Smith-Style Laughs

HuffingtonPost.com | Joseph Erbentraut | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Indie Films, Can They Kick It, Video, Film Industry, Genrefinity, Genrefinity Web Series, Marc Buhmann, Chicago Indie Films, Crowdfunding, Marc Buhmann Genrefinity, Kickstarter, Chicago Filming, Kevin Smith, Chicago Films, Chicago Impact, Indie Filmmakers, Genrefinity Film, Chicago News

In 2009, Chicago filmmaker Marc Buhmann, frustrated with the lack of a one-stop-shop news outlet for fans of genre (horror, sci-fi, fantasy), got toge...

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Joseph Erbentraut

Is Chicago On The Verge Of A Blockbuster Boom Or A Filming Bust?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joseph Erbentraut | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Public Enemies, Illinois Film Tax Credit, Film Industry, Pat Quinn, Transformers, Chicago Film, Illinois Film Office, Chicago Filming, Transformers Chicago, Transformers 3, Film Chicago, The Playboy Club, Michael Bay, Chicago News

When the Michael Bay-directed summer blockbuster "Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon" opened nearly a month ago, some wondered whether the film, even wi...

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How Classic Sci-Fi And Comics Have Defined Hollywood

John Nevins | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Film Industry, Avatar, Comics, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Film, Warner Brothers, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, John Carter of Mars, l.A. Noire, James Cameron, Disney, Pulp, Sci-Fi, John Carter, Science Fiction, Hollywood, Entertainment News
John Nevins

Today, film and video games are the most culturally dominant story-telling forms, and both increasingly rely on comics as the source of ideas and concepts. How is it that these super hero plotlines became the entertainment industry's favorite formula?

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Intelligent Film Content

Michael J. Critelli | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Movie Industry, Films, Movies, Film Industry, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Michael J. Critelli

The Hollywood-based film industry has changed significantly over the last few decades. It has gravitated toward financing films with the following att...

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Are Studios Dead?

Jeffrey Korchek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Movie Industry, Film Industry, Movie Studios, Redbox, Netflix, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Jeffrey Korchek

It's possible that the General Motors model of a movie studio where one studio and its executives try to make a steady stream of comedies, dramas, genre pictures and those $200 million-plus things that hold up tents, is over.

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As Studios Cut Back, Wanna-Be Investors Flock To Hollywood

nytimes.com | MICHAEL CIEPLY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Film Market News, American Film Market Schedule 2010, American Film Market, American Film Market Conference, Film Industry, Film Investors, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES -- When Timmy Thompson, who made a lot of his money in oil field services, took a close look at the movie business a couple of years ago, ...

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Feds Sues Lucasfilm for Undermining VFX Artists

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ilm, Film Industry, Ed Catmull, Visual Effects, Union, John Lassiter, George Lucas, Iatse, Pixar, Lucasfilm, Vfx, Entertainment News
Lee Stranahan

The unions may have just gotten a Christmas present from two of the biggest, most well-known names in the worlds of animation and visual effects.

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Give Megan Fox's Transformers Money To Artists Who Deserve It

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Megan Fox, Film Industry, Time Magazine, Shia LaBeouf, Visual Effects, Sex Tapes, Sex Tape, Tranformers, Transformers 3, Industrial-Light-and-Magic, Michael Bay, Entertainment News
Lee Stranahan

It's time for the studios to take care of the people who are making them money. It's time to stop underpaying the hard working talent that drives profits and overpaying the spoiled and irrelevant.

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