Filmmaking

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Joe Lieberman's Fake Son, Terrorism, Charlie Rose, Situationist International and BJ's

Sam Seder | Posted 07.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Sarah Silverman, Satire, Filmmaking, Afghanistan, Sam Seder, Marc Maron, Janeane Garofalo, American Idol, Netroots Nation, David Cross, Comedy, Entertainment News

Sometime around the inauguration of Bush in 2000, I began to notice that there was not the slightest hint of outrage expressed in or by the media.

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Searching for Screenwriters in the South of France

Jonathan Handel | Posted 07.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Cannes Film Festival 2008, Screenwriting, Independent Film, Filmmaking, Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Entertainment News

Not surprising for the country that originated the auteur theory, screenwriters are not the stars of Cannes. But if screenwriters don't garner the glamour, they nonetheless can be found with a bit of searching.

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A People's Festival

Pablo Ganguli | Posted 06.30.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Sienna Miller Edinburgh, Keira Knightley Sienna Miller, Filmmaking, Keira Knightley, Film Festivals, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Film Festival, Sienna Miller, Kiera Knightly Edinburgh, Entertainment News

Anybody mildly interested in the arts in this country will tell you that Edinburgh is the king city of festivals. It's August programme dominates the galaxy of festival-making.

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The Vision Behind Visioneers

Jared Drake and Brandon Drake | Posted 06.09.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Movies, Hollywood, Young Filmmakers, Movie Business, Directors, Filmmaking, Entertainment News

After graduating, the film industry had one thing to offer us: a P.A. job at a production company. Instead, we scrapped together 20k from friends and family. Then, we wrote a script we could shoot for 20k.

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Miracle at St. Anna: A Preview of Spike Lee's Upcoming Film

Karin Badt | Posted 05.22.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Directors, Filmmaking, Racism, Spike Lee, Miracle at St. Anna, World War II, Barack Obama Race, Barack Obama, Entertainment News

Spike Lee presented an eight minute clip of his upcoming movie Miracle at St. Anna yesterday, and stayed to answer questions about this film and filmmaking in general.

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Life in Flight Takes Flight

Tracey Hecht | Posted 05.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Female Directors, Creativity, Directors, Filmmaking, Artists, Life in Flight, Moviemaking, Movies, Women Directors, Hollywood, Entertainment News

The really amazing thing about making Life in Flight was watching it go from a private experience of conceptualization to a hugely collaborative experience.

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May 10, Pangea Day: Don't Miss The Global Campfire

Bruno Giussani | Posted 05.02.2008 | Media

Read More: Humanity, Video, Music, Inspiration, Filmmaking, Globality, Pangea, Tedconferences, Understanding, Pangeaday, Peace, Media News

OK folks, wherever you are, get your calendar out and write down this under Saturday, May 10th: Pangea Day . I just got the most recent progress repo...

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"Policy Placement" and Iraq: Women in Combat

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Women in Combat, Military, Filmmaking, National Security, Counterinsurgency, The White House Project, Politics News

Women are agents of change at every level, from the tactical to the strategic. We need to learn to be more intentional about harnessing this positive influence as we move forward.

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Inspiring Lessons From "Up With Me"

Greg Takoudes | Posted 03.17.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: South by Southwest, Film Festivals, Filmmaking, SXSW 2008, Up With Me, Entertainment News

The most thrilling and frightening moments in directing Up With Me were those when I had to relinquish some creative control of the film, and learn to trust the creative instincts of my teen actors.

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"Shuttle": Boston-Austin Redux, By Way Of Hollywood

Edward Anderson | Posted 03.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: South by Southwest, Austin, Filmmaking, Shuttle, SXSW 2008, Sxsw, Entertainment News

In the film business, it's not enough to raise money once, you have to do it over and over again.

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Bareback

Jason Reitman | Posted 11.28.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Thank You for Smoking, Filmmaking, Juno, Jason Reitman, Blogging, Bareback, Independent Spirit Awards, Diablo, Ifc, Entertainment News

I watched live on the IFC website as they announced the independent spirit nominations. Juno got four! I can't tell you how cool that was.

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Your Brain On Reruns: TV Viewers on Strike

Patricia Draznin | Posted 11.18.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Writers Guild of America, Writers Guild of America Strike, Filmmaking, Writers' Strike Opinion, Television, Hollywood Strike, Writers' Strike, Moviemaking, WGA Strike, Hollywood, Entertainment News

If we don't start waving our surfing thumbs in protest, we're in for a long winter of no content.

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Three Random Things

Alec Baldwin | Posted 11.18.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Writers Guild of America, Writers Guild of America Strike, Filmmaking, Writers' Strike Opinion, Television, 30 Rock, Emile Hirsch, Ryan Gosling, Hollywood Strike, Writers' Strike, Lars and the Real Girl, Sean Penn, Into the Wild, Moviemaking, WGA Strike, Hollywood, Half Nelson, Entertainment News

I get uptight when I watch even a snippet of these debates. Is leadership there? Is greatness there? Is the end of the war there? Up on that stage?

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It's Not Only About Money: Are Far-Left Hollywood Producers In The Pocket of the Far Right?

Steve Young | Posted 11.18.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Fox News, Daily Show, Bill O'Reilly, Jon Stewart, WGA Strike, Colbert, Writers Guild of America, Writers Guild of America Strike, Filmmaking, Writers' Strike Opinion, Television, Writers' Strike, Hollywood Strike, Moviemaking, Hollywood, Entertainment News

The strike has taken away The Daily Show, Real Time and The Colbert Report and left us with The Factor and Entertainment Tonight.

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Tips For Surviving the Writers' Strike

Chris Case | Posted 11.15.2007 | Entertainment

The strike is the perfect excuse to get back in touch with your childish, self-destructive side that drove you to Hollywood in the first place.

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Note To Striking Writers -- At Least The Studios Aren't Spying On Them

Art Brodsky | Posted 11.15.2007 | Media

Read More: Writers' Strike, Copyright, Writers Guild of America, Writers Guild of America Strike, Filmmaking, Writers' Strike Opinion, Television, Hollywood Strike, Moviemaking, WGA Strike, Hollywood, Media News

It's not enough that AT&T is employing its spying expertise on all of your telephone calls. Now it's bringing the spying ethic to its Internet network, monitoring everyone's data.

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Writer's Strike: The Studios Are Record Companies and It's 1998

RJ Eskow | Posted 11.15.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Internet, New Technology, Entertainment, Futurism, Digital Content, Studios, Writer's Strike, Writers Guild of America, Writers Guild of America Strike, Writers' Strike Opinion, Writers' Strike, Hollywood Strike, WGA Strike, Moviemaking, Hollywood, Filmmaking, Television, Entertainment News

You're trying to withhold a share of money that you haven't even figured out how to collect. Instead, why not collaborate with your creative workforce on ways to profit from new technologies?

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One-Third of One Penny

Trey Ellis | Posted 11.15.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Writers' Strike, Writers Guild of America Strike, Writers' Strike Opinion, Writers Guild of America, Filmmaking, Television, Hollywood Strike, Moviemaking, WGA Strike, Hollywood, Entertainment News

We're asking for gold-plated Rolex Daytona watches and a fractional share in your corporate jet every time somebody clicks on what we created.

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Writers Guild Strike Primer: Part 5, The Little Guy

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 11.15.2007 | Entertainment

One of the problems when dealing with anyone who is not a writer is that none really understands what a writer actually does. Therefore, supporting writers in a strike becomes all the more difficult.

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Why Don't Journalists Get Residuals?

Albert Kim | Posted 11.14.2007 | Media

Read More: Writers Guild of America, Writers Guild of America Strike, Journalism, Filmmaking, Writers' Strike Opinion, Television, Hollywood Strike, Writers' Strike, Moviemaking, WGA Strike, Hollywood, Paying Journalists, Media News

As a writer who's worked both in Hollywood and journalism, it's clear to me that the arguments used to justify residuals in one field could certainly apply in the other.

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A Plea to My WGA Comrades

Jon Hayman | Posted 11.14.2007 | Entertainment

Have we forgotten that studio wish nothing more than to provide all with much needed respite from the tribulations we all endure here on the planet I like to call earth?

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I'm Not Writing This Blog

Kate Clinton | Posted 11.13.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Writers Guild of America, Writers Guild of America Strike, Kate Clinton, Filmmaking, Writers' Strike Opinion, Television, Writers' Strike, Hollywood Strike, Moviemaking, WGA Strike, Hollywood, Entertainment News

Please don't tell anyone I'm writing. Let's just say I'm journaling and then file-sharing. Otherwise there will be a huge inflatable rat outside my apartment.

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The Strike-Time Network Jokebook

Ian Gurvitz | Posted 11.12.2007 | Entertainment

A street bum asks a passing businessman for some help. The businessman gives him advice instead of money. The bum makes a derogatory, profanity-laced comment.

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Slipped Disc: Why DVD Residuals Still Matter -- and Always Will

Jonathan Handel | Posted 11.12.2007 | Media

Read More: Writers Guild of America, Writers Guild of America Strike, DVD Residuals, Filmmaking, Writers' Strike Opinion, Television, Hollywood Strike, Writers' Strike, HD Wars, Moviemaking, WGA Strike, Hollywood, Amptp, Hd, Writers Guild Lawyer, Blu-Ray, Media News

The fallacy in the conventional wisdom about the Writers Guild negotiations is assuming that packaged media will develop no further than Blu-ray or HD DVD. That ignores history.

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Things That Struck Me

Ian Gurvitz | Posted 11.11.2007 | Entertainment

Time will tell whether this will be a noble effort or a fool's errand but if you're going to ask people to stop working and stop pursuing work at least have the decency to trust them.

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