Tag: film
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Five
Skram Firstly, I started as an abandoned architecture photographer, and that starting influence remains strongly within my aesthetic. This photo was taken in black and white film and colorized. This was on the rooftop of an abandoned mining train factory, Goodman Manufacturing, in Chicago on the south side. This panel either controlled the industrial elevators…
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Pre Production Stages — our Alaska Documentary
Been meaning to write this pre production post for about five months, but I’ve been absolutely slammed. Apologies aside: as those of you who subscribe to the updates know, I’m in the thick of pre production for a documentary which — if funded — will start in Alaska and likely involve other interesting places around…
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Kubo and the Two Strings Analysis
Thanks to Micah Foreman for lending me his copy of Kubo and the Two Strings. I first heard about this film from Patrick Rothfuss back in May. Obviously after Coraline, I’ve been a big fan of Laika and I’m looking forward to their Wildwood adaptation, though I doubt it’ll come out quickly. In any case,…
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Making The Joplin Undercurrent — Our Second Photonovel
Making the Joplin Undercurrent, our second photonovel, may be the trickiest ledge I’ve ever had to walk creatively. And you guys know I love walking that line. Two years ago through our working relationship with the Joplin Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, Mark Neuenschwander and I talked over the virtues and vices of Cold Brewed, which is…
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At the North American Premier :: Of Men and War
By some luck and love, Tara and I received memberships to MoMa this year for Christmas. Among the benefits are free tickets to every showing they offer, including their various festivals. We made it to the North American premier of the film… Of Men and War by Laurent Bécue Renard Man were we in…
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CASTING CALL :: Joplin, MO Film Shoot
:: CASTING CALL :: Production title: Untitled Heist / Adventure Union / Non-Union: Non-Union Posted: Friday, November 25th, 2014 Production location: JOPLIN, MO Company: …
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047: Things to Bring Tonight
burlap sack. guns (those pistols and the shotgun). stuff for making bruises. chair. shop lamps. crappy rope. a sharp kitchen knife. dry ice… chocolate syrup. a generator. the script. your camera. the director’s chair. oh, and fedoras. Lots of fedoras and overcoats. }{ For newcomers — a note on 50 @ 25: Once upon a…
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Titanic: The Real Heart of the Ocean
Took Kiddo to the centennial showing of Cameron’s Titanic Saturday. I got my money’s worth-it held up well after all of these years. Not the boat, the film. Boat still sank. I expected the post-production 3D rendering to ruin the experience for me, but I conceded to take Kiddo anyway. After all, she never saw…
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Sitting at the Feet of a Film Analyst (part 4)
Last week, The Boy Wonder and that other schmuck in the black suit talked on voiceover, visual show-don’t-tell and the power of good dialog. This week, we dig into the meat: SYMBOLISM! LS: Something we were talking about, symbolism in general, there’s a picture that was posted of Rothfuss’ Facebook page. This guy said, “I…
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Sitting at the Feet of a Film Analyst (part 3)
Last time, the film hero Doug Welch (and your Daily Bugle rep here) talked through show-don’t-tell, the evil of voice-over and the benefit of imagery when used in voice over’s stead. They also read some comics aloud… LS: That might be a really terrific exercise to sift through [Shawshank] and say what does that show…
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Sitting at the Feet of a Film Analyst (part 2)
When we last left our unlikely heroes, they dealt with the questions of the maturity of film as a medium, art verses advertisement and the realist movement in film. They also made fun of Superman, comparing him to a homesick little boy at summer camp, but that’s neither here nor there… Lance Schaubert: That’s where…