• Truffaut/ The film of tomorrow appears to me as even more personal than an individual & autobiographical novel, like a confession, a diary [Twitter]
• François Truffaut/ The young filmmakers will express themselves in the first person and will relate what has happened to them [Twitter]
• What is Cinema Minima? For movie makers — writers directors actors et alia — the era of the specialist is over [Twitter]
• Screenplay Europe by Michael Leahy is essential reading. Not much — but what’s there, is choice http://the-script.blogspot.com/ [Twitter]
• Spain/Andalusia/ Espacio Filmica/Andalucía Cinema by Sonia Blanco http://tinyurl.com/2jb7qu [Twitter]
• Spain/ following @sblanco Sonia Blanco http://www.soniablanco.es/ [Twitter]
• Spain/Málaga @sblanco Sobre Sonia Blanco http://tinyurl.com/33mkql | About Sonia Blanco http://tinyurl.com/36nuna [Twitter]
• USA/NY/ Strong European Showing at MoMA New Directors/New Films, by Sandy Mandelberger http://tinyurl.com/3degzv [Twitter]
• USA/ Imax signs mobile screen deal. ‘I *am* big. It’s the pictures that got small.’ /Movie Marketing Madness/ http://tinyurl.com/2q4pfn [Twitter]
• Holland/ Dutch Film Fund rewards experience, previous success; ups recognition abroad, larger audiences at home http://tinyurl.com/2pq8jf [Twitter]
• Thanks @NadineTilburg for Yale Film Analysis Web Site: The vocabulary of film studies and the techniques of cinema http://tinyurl.com/2mawfe [Twitter]
• Adobe Director version 11 upgrade: Features over-hyped, under-delivered; support for Windows Vista PCs, Intel Macs http://tinyurl.com/2wejm6 [Twitter]
• Imagination in production and distribution: To dress a title to express the meaning, genre of a movie /Imaginema http://tinyurl.com/2kwfn3 [Twitter]
• ?? BLIND MOUNTAIN by Li Yang: Human trafficking, Modern Slavery in Rural China http://tinyurl.com/3a5lvp [Twitter]
• The trouble with Chinese cinema: from money, to State Administration of Radio, Film & Television, to distribution http://tinyurl.com/3628jp [Twitter]
• China/ State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT) http://tinyurl.com/3cgnzn [Twitter]
• China/ A petition to stop the Government ban on actress Tang Wei, star of LUST, CAUTION http://tinyurl.com/2jxyoh [Twitter]
• Screenwriter’s Initial Draft Pad with formatting rules (non-reproducible blue lines disappear when photocopied) http://tinyurl.com/34mmby [Twitter]
• Hollywood/ 2 unions for movie actors split; will producers divide and conquer, or fight a two-front war? http://tinyurl.com/2jaag6 [Twitter]
• If you had to explain BitTorrent to a five-year-old, what analogy would you use? [1,289 words @andycarvin] http://tinyurl.com/2xpklr [Twitter]
• Japan/Tokyo/ YASUKUNI by Chinese Li Ying. Docu made with ¥7.5MM from Japan. Controversy kills screenings http://tinyurl.com/2a5vwf [Twitter]
• Slovenia/Celje/ Electric Rats Dream Video Dreams video festival 2008 July 2-6. Deadline 2008 May 25 http://tinyurl.com/377p6f [Twitter]
• EU/Slovenia/ Celje is city http://tinyurl.com/2m4h8a in Slovenia http://tinyurl.com/r2×7c in European Union http://tinyurl.com/evn9b [Twitter]

Shortly, the Cinema Minima Web site will be upgraded –

• Visitors to cinemaminima.com will get Web pages fast, and reliably;
• Reporters will discover a modern, easy-to-use interface.

Web service will resume Tuesday

Ordinary Web service will resume on Tuesday, April 1, 2008. Thank you for your patience! — Austin Burbridge, Editor-in-Chief editor@cinemaminima.com.

In the meantime …

Get the latest updates online at twitter.com/cinemaminima

Visit these Web sites, which are published by Cinema Minima’s Correspondents –

• The Alternative Film Guide — critic André Soares in Hollywood
• Artmatters.info — festival director Ogova Ondego in Kenya
• Cynematik — filmmaker Cyndi Greening in Arizona

• Claude Lelouch: a filmmaker’s filmmaker not taken seriously because of the crowd-pleasing subjects of his oeuvre http://tinyurl.com/3ax7sf [Twitter]
• The French New Wave, by Jean Douchet, Robert Bononno. A big, elegant, smart book with pictures, facsimiles, text http://tinyurl.com/386gvv [Twitter]
• Peter Greenaway: Architecture and Allegory, by Bridget Elliot, Anthony Purdy. Architecture as a structuring device http://tinyurl.com/35kg2h [Twitter]
• The Writer Got Screwed (But Didn’t Have To): Guide to Legal, Business of Writing for the Entertainment Industry http://tinyurl.com/3dae4j [Twitter]
• Storyboarding 101: A Crash Course in Professional Storyboarding by James O. Fraioli http://tinyurl.com/2mezy6 [Twitter]
• Les Grands Classiques Claude Lelouch 6 features on DVD French with English subtitles http://tinyurl.com/2m3y4v [Twitter]

• Postproduction/Special Effects/ Art of Digital 3D Stereoscopic Film @shepherdfx http://tinyurl.com/3xn8ja [Twitter]
• @avanza Artists and Confession http://twitter.com/avanza/statuses/777129576 [Twitter]
• Following @filmstew Hollywood with a Grain of Salt http://www.filmstew.com/ [Twitter]
• Following @FactoryJoe blog: FactoryCity: ‘This can all be made better. Ready? Begin’ http://factoryjoe.com/blog/ [Twitter]
• Following @sarahatwood blog: \@w00d’s nerdtainment http://sarahatwood.wordpress.com/ [Twitter]
• EU/Austria/Vienna Kampfzone Kino | Combat Zone Cinema: Film in Austria 1918-1938 /2008 March 12-April 1 http://tinyurl.com/32db3v [Twitter]
• Brazil/Rio de Janeiro/ Watching cute ‘Festa Junina da Amora Parte 5′ by Tatiana Leão @SweetHell on YouTube http://tinyurl.com/2tclal [Twitter]
• @ThomasClifford Corporate films and the role of personal storytelling /Interview/Scott Andrews/ARRiiVE http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/37798 [Twitter]
• Film Finance/ IndieGoGo Do It With Others: 1st build your audience then raise $ to turn your project into reality http://tinyurl.com/32uu9l [Twitter]
• Film Riot uses the power of crowds for fundraising, promotion and distribution http://www.filmriot.com/ [Twitter]
• Finance/ Cambrian House crowdsourcing online create, share profit http://tinyurl.com/2jgrq5 [Twitter]
• USA/1960s/avant-garde filmmaker Warren Sonbert/elegant cinematic symphonies AMPHETAMINE, WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO etc http://tinyurl.com/2nbkjk [Twitter]
• USA/Current TV/ Pitch your program idea/ 1 will be produced with music by Saul Williams. 2008 March 25 - April 30 http://tinyurl.com/2mj2c6 [Twitter]
• UK/ London International Documentary Festival: A Conversation in Film. 8 days 8 venues 80 films. 2008 March 29 - April 5 http://lidf.co.uk [Twitter]

• UK/N.Ireland/ Terry George premieres RESERVATION ROAD, teaches Master Class/Belfast Film Festival 2008 Apr 10-19 http://tinyurl.com/2w77hu [Twitter]
• Budgeting for marketing and publicity, at Film Publicity Help: Tips, Tricks, Traps, by Jane Green http://tinyurl.com/2vmzgm [Twitter]
• ‘We Tell Stories: Six authors, Six Stories, Six Weeks’ digital fiction from Penguin http://wetellstories.co.uk/ [Twitter]
• Story/ Emotion Engineering in Videogames. Players don’t play to complete games; they play to feel emotions. Here’s how http://fon.gs/msgy84 [Twitter]
• Historic Tale (Bayeaux Tapestry) Construction Kit. Cinema is the art of telling stories with pictures and machines! http://tinyurl.com/t3xe [Twitter]
• Super 8 + Red One Camera + MovieStuff Video Workprinter = high-resolution single frame capture at up to 30 fps http://tinyurl.com/3xxow4 [Twitter]
• Forget the film, watch the titles: Bob Kurtz’s animated title sequence for CITY SLICKERS http://tinyurl.com/2pgcam [Twitter]
• The Alternative Film Guide looks at CAREFUL, Guy Maddin’s (and his team’s) third feature (1992) http://tinyurl.com/35dep3 [Twitter]
• Con Los Ojos Abiertos: Críticas, crónicas de festivales, programación de cineclubes y apuntes sobre cine http://tinyurl.com/2oa6ba [Twitter]
• With Eyes Open: Criticism, festival reports, film society programming, and notes on movies. English translation http://tinyurl.com/3dxt2g [Twitter]
• Mexico/ From Berlin To Guadalajara: Robert Koehler reports the Guadalajara Film Festival http://tinyurl.com/38w9te [Twitter]
• http://www.robert-bresson.com/ Robert Bresson is the patron saint of Cinema Minima [Twitter]
• Hollywood/ Jordanian director Amin Matalqa’s American Film Institute thesis-film MORNING LATTE screens 2008 Apr 9 http://tinyurl.com/3yepg4 [Twitter]
• USA/Los Angeles/ One-Day MBA for Film Entrepreneurs 2008 March 29 Institute for Int’l Film Financing (IIFF) http://tinyurl.com/2j784n [Twitter]
• Robert Bresson: The Art of Showing Nothing /Reel Suave Cinema Extraordinaire http://tinyurl.com/2us4xv [Twitter]
• CAPTAIN ABU RAED by Jordanian director Amin Matalqa. Spring 2008 worldwide screening schedule http://tinyurl.com/33ne3h [Twitter]
• @DealFatigue Smart Money versus Dumb Money: The disparate thinking of movie producers and start-up entrepreneurs http://tinyurl.com/358jko [Twitter]
• Most philosophers focus on the medium of cinema. Stephen Mulhall argues for a different approach. Podcast/iTunes http://tinyurl.com/2rzpnw [Twitter]
• Film as Philososphy. Philosophy Bites interviews Stephen Mulhall http://tinyurl.com/38j2bk [Twitter]
• In his book, On Film, philosopher Stephen Mulhall treats ALIEN and its sequels http://tinyurl.com/34w2k2 [Twitter]
• LORD LOVE A DUCK by the great George Axelrod *Roddy McDowall*Tuesday Weld*Lola Albright*Ruth Gordon*Harvey Korman http://tinyurl.com/354nq2 [Twitter]
• EU/Austria/Vienna Willkommen im Cineastischen Wien! Sie finden hier ein Porträt Wiens als Filmstadt http://tinyurl.com/2rnkj4 [Twitter]

• USA/LA/ Intellectual Property In Entertainment & Media conference by California Bar Association 2008 March 25 http://tinyurl.com/3dns57 [Twitter]
• @DealFatigue Hollywood lawyer Peter Kaufman on actors’ union versus cable network http://tinyurl.com/2tjl44 [Twitter]
• Sony HVR-V1U 1080i/24p HDV Camcorder writes to disk and tape simultaneously, with time code synchronized http://tinyurl.com/2om3j9 [Twitter]
• The American screenwriters’ strike and the battle for virtual value, despite no revenues having been created by it http://tinyurl.com/2w76am [Twitter]
• Did Intellectual Property disputes over LORD OF THE RINGS and Hollywood Shenanigans Sink New Line? http://tinyurl.com/ynpsp9 [Twitter]
• Artists and How to Support Them. 1,000 True Fans: a model for patronage support of creative people http://tinyurl.com/2vurzb [Twitter]
• The Lumiere Manifesto: we believe in the personal viewing experience afforded by the computer http://videoblogging.info/ [Twitter]
• The Lumiere Manifesto: No zoom. No edit. No effects. 60 seconds max. Fixed camera. No audio http://videoblogging.info/ [Twitter]
• REMOscope is a new style of moving image: A tool, like stationery. REMO = Record, Expression, Medium Organization. http://fon.gs/remo/ [Twitter]
• @Dealfatigue is essential reading for movie makers everywhere http://www.dealfatigue.com/ [Twitter]
• Depuis…années le cinéma a bel et bien quitté son lit reculé ses frontières d’origine…de nouveaux territoires http://www.camera-stylo.fr/ [Twitter]
• REMOscope http://fon.gs/remo/ recalls the New Wave: Alexandre Astruc’s caméra-stylo [camera-pen] http://tinyurl.com/2jr54m [Twitter]
• USA/South Carolina/ Southeastern Film Association tries six degrees of filmmaking http://tinyurl.com/39g9wa [Twitter]
• USA/Carolinas/ Carolina Final Cut Pro User Group forums @shepherdfx http://www.carolinafcpug.org/phpBB3/ [Twitter]
• Caméra-stylo [movie camera-pen] explained http://www.ridm.qc.ca/archives/ridm9.e/films.officielle.camerastylo.php [Twitter]
• Birth of a New Vanguard: The Camera-Stylo by Alexandre Astruc, translated from the French by J. D. Copp http://tinyurl.com/33parb [Twitter]
• My Gleanings, a marvellous film journal by J. D. Copp http://jdcopp.blogspot.com/ [Twitter]
• The New ‘Petit Journal Du Cinema’ by J. D. Copp http://tinyurl.com/2uew8p [Twitter]
• ‘The Bernanos Letter’: an inquiry into Francois Truffaut’s writing of A Certain Tendency of French Cinema http://tinyurl.com/2wpzr7 [Twitter]
• @saskiawb Current TV has all its content online http://twitter.com/saskiawb/statuses/776636755 [Twitter]
• The @StandIn is back! [Twitter]
• Following @filmmaker http://youtube.com/scarredforlifemovie [Twitter]
• Online - short movies of @Marie_Guyot http://tinyurl.com/2l2owu [Twitter]
• @Marie_Guyot Culturofil/Le Fil Culturel en Ligne: Les articles sur le Cinéma http://tinyurl.com/2k2n7p [Twitter]
• Internet Video Policy Symposium: How broadband providers disclose activity, given complexity of traffic policy? http://tinyurl.com/3anp7b [Twitter]
• Deaf porn movies: Subtitles, sign language, cartoonish thought bubbles, full audio and blatant use of technology http://tinyurl.com/2wl44g [Twitter]
• Power Stories: Writer Billy Mernit on brevity, story essence, political master narratives, and six-word memoirs http://tinyurl.com/2mlyzf [Twitter]
• Brazil/Rio de Janeiro/ Frame 22 Produções http://www.youtube.com/user/frame22producoes [Twitter]
• Brazil/ Cinebrazil Movie Database - BMDb http://www.cinemabrasil.org.br/searchin.html [Twitter]
• Hollywood’s Record $$$ for 2007 shows the folly of Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) ‘piracy’ gripes http://tinyurl.com/2kctsk [Twitter]
• Creative Commons expands documentation project to make its copyright licenses easier to understand and to use http://tinyurl.com/2sulm8 [Twitter]
• Against character arcs: Let us put an end once and for all to the current madness about inner character arcs http://tinyurl.com/393s8s [Twitter]
• ZÉRO DE CONDUITE: JEUNES DIABLES AU COLLÈGE | F IN CONDUCT: YOUNG DEVILS IN PREP SCHOOL by Jean Vigo 1933 http://tinyurl.com/2lk8bh [Twitter]
• Suivant @zerodeconduite Zéro de Conduite: l’actualité éducative du cinéma http://www.zerodeconduite.net/ [Twitter]
• USA/ Another movie theater chain adds giant screens, digital projection (IMAX) http://tinyurl.com/2mhmjt [Twitter]

• Movie makers need negotiation skills: How to Overcome Obstacles/Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table http://tinyurl.com/32zo8o [Twitter]
• Digital Filmmaking, by Mike Figgis. A short, candid, practical handbook, by the director of TIMECODE http://tinyurl.com/ysfndm [Twitter]
• Playing to the Camera: Film Actors Discuss Their Craft, by Bert Cardullo http://tinyurl.com/2tkdgv [Twitter]
• Cinematography: The Essential Guide to the Cameraman’s Craft, 3d edition, by Kris Malkiewicz and M. David Mullen http://tinyurl.com/2u6zda [Twitter]
• Film Publicity Help: Tips, Tricks, Traps, by Jane Green http://filmpublicityhelp.wordpress.com/ [Twitter]
• Following @FeralFilmLLC on Twitter.com. Feral Film & Interactive production company http://feralfilm.com/ [Twitter]
• USA/NYC A FOUR LETTER WORD by Casper Andreas. Gay romantic comedy opens 2008 March 28 Chelsea Clearview Cinemas http://tinyurl.com/34fete [Twitter]
• USA/Florida/Miami Women’s International Film Festival/Florida Media Market seminars 2008 March 29 http://tinyurl.com/39rbbz [Twitter]
• India/Mumbai/ FICCI Frames 2008 ‘Asia’s largest convention on the business of entertainment’ 2008 March 25-27 http://fon.gs/qcp3en/ [Twitter]
• Cinemusic’s Paul Cote on Bryan Tyler’s music for RAMBO http://tinyurl.com/2srtur [Twitter]

• Screenwriter John August on handing exposition: How to explain quantum mechanics is screenwriter Joh.. http://tinyurl.com/2ug2ys [Twitter]

• Latest news for movie makers 2008-03-15 from twitter.com/cinemaminima: Go to Twitter.com/cinemaminim.. http://tinyurl.com/yo9b9p [Twitter]
• Cinema Minima stories available under a Creative Commons license: Cinema Minima News for Movie Maker.. http://tinyurl.com/2qlffw [Twitter]
• Actor Paul Scofield 1922-2008 Requiescat In Pace http://tinyurl.com/39ez6t [Twitter]

• The Grip Guide: all the essential information you need for life on a film set, by Brent Bye video podcast http://www.pixelcorps.tv/node/400 [Twitter]
• Color correction on a finished item? After Effects Scene Detector tool saves you from having to find each edit http://tinyurl.com/3y3fqv [Twitter]

• Thanks, @pacificIT: Browsershots tests your web design in many different browsers, free http://twitter.com/pacificIT/statuses/773188151 [Twitter]
• London. Director Anthony Minghella 1954-2008 Requiescat In Pace http://tinyurl.com/yo2nuv [Twitter]
• Georges Méliès: First Wizard of Cinema (1896-1913) review in New York Times http://tinyurl.com/2qsatg [Twitter]
• Georges Méliès: First Wizard of Cinema (1896-1913) 5-DVD set at Amazon http://tinyurl.com/2pec8z [Twitter]
• @NeilPatel excellent advice for movie makers who attend festivals/conferences http://twitter.com/NeilPatel/statuses/773514640 [Twitter]

• Chris Weagel is one of the best movie makers working online http://www.chrisweagel.com/experience.html Proof: http://www.human-dog.com/ [Twitter]
• Fiz @01000101 downloads Buster Keaton films. Keaton was great; easily the equal of Chaplin http://twitter.com/01000101/statuses/772710739 [Twitter]
• HungryFlix.com ups uploads to 1GB for HD movies. Site offers indie movie downloads to iPod, PSP, computer http://tinyurl.com/3eyoy4 [Twitter]
• Following @hungryflix, which distributes indie movies to iPod/iTouch/PSP/PC; offers movie makers 60% of take http://hungryflix.com/ [Twitter]
• Robert Bresson: ‘When one is in prison, the most important thing is the door.’ About Pedro Costa’s montage http://tinyurl.com/38rkz3 [Twitter]
• Thanks @chutry for pointer to Chris Marker shop http://twitter.com/chutry/statuses/772979156 [Twitter]
• Chris Marker in IMdB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003408/ [Twitter]
• Chris Marker in Wikipedia http://tinyurl.com/2w8zpq [Twitter]
• Chris Marker in Amazon.com http://tinyurl.com/39zmbg [Twitter]

• Project Witness provides training, video cameras for local groups to use in human rights advocacy campaigns http://tinyurl.com/2wlhmh [Twitter]
• @kentyatta following Kenyatta Cheese - avatar of new new online video/media (NY chapter). His tumble log http://finalbossform.com/ [Twitter]
• USA/ Hollywood studios to provide more 3-D for movie houses ~ 10,000 screens to be converted http://tinyurl.com/3×7kmr [Twitter]
• @aliciarenee L’ANNÉE DERNIÈRE À MARIENBAD is comedy not puzzle: A man chases a woman around hotel w/the oldest line: Haven’t we met before? [Twitter]

• Postproduction. ‘Stop Staring and Start Grading with Apple Color’ training DVD/9 lessons/2 hours http://tinyurl.com/ytgreo [Twitter]
• USA/Philadelphia ‘Given Enough Eyeballs’ show Esther M. Klein Art Gallery 2008 March 14 - April 26 http://tinyurl.com/24nl5o [Twitter]
• @maryrosecook @tweviews - Following Tiny Reviews on Twitter http://tweviews.com/ [Twitter]
• Scotland. Creative Scotland bill to replace Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen http://tinyurl.com/365vzg [Twitter]
• UK/Scotland/Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF): Free Web Memberships/ Platinum Festival Pass giveaway http://tinyurl.com/3cm7nc [Twitter]
• @aliciarenee I agree: Frank Langella was a great, sexy Dracula in John Badham’s version http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079073/ [Twitter]
• Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant Garde Film 1894-1941. 7-DVD set from Anthology Film Archives - Wow! http://tinyurl.com/3y88cf [Twitter]
• Designing new Cinema Minima site strictly for benefit of readers and correspondents - no consideration to Google PageRank, no SEO nonsense! [Twitter]
• Talk about curmudgeons! "I Hate Everything" reviews LA VIE EN ROSE http://tinyurl.com/2pzygh [Twitter]
• Movie Marketing Madness reviews the latest ‘domestic’ (USA) trailer for SPEED RACER http://tinyurl.com/2rslyw [Twitter]
• USA/NY/Brooklyn "The Blazing World" show inaugurates the Light Industry avant-garde cinema gallery 2008 Mar 25 http://tinyurl.com/2nzxqa [Twitter]

• Latest news for movie makers 2008-03-13 from twitter.com/cinemaminima: Bombay Cinema: An Archive of .. http://tinyurl.com/yrhalb [Twitter]

• Bombay Cinema: An Archive of the City, by Ranjani Mazumdar http://tinyurl.com/33ys4g [Twitter]
• USA. Actors. The California labor law: how talent agencies must behave http://tinyurl.com/26xurm [Twitter]
• Film Festivals. List in Wikipedia http://tinyurl.com/2mdwg2 [Twitter]
• London. Human Rights Watch International Film Festival 2008 March 12-21 http://tinyurl.com/3yxv9b [Twitter]
• USA.Los Angeles. Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival celebrates mixes of race, culture 2008 June 12-15 http://tinyurl.com/36crof [Twitter]
• Babelgum Online Film festival online, but will anyone watch? Spike Lee judges, awards seven Euro 20,000 prizes http://tinyurl.com/2lt6o5 [Twitter]
• CANADA/Toronto Sprockets International Film Festival for Children 2008 April 12-18 Tickets on sale now http://sprockets.ca/ [Twitter]
• Dubai Film Festival. In 2008, Muhr Awards for Arab Cinema will be expanded to include Asia/Africa Competition http://fon.gs/63×3re [Twitter]
• Hollywood. Paramount Pictures finally grasps that online sharing of clips of its films benefits the studio http://tinyurl.com/2gk3vf [Twitter]
• London. In the Sign of Sex and Psychedelics: tribute to cinema of 1968: LSD; A CELEBRATION OF AMATEUR HOME SEX CINEMA http://fon.gs/2d9lkz [Twitter]
• Poland. Edward Klosinski 1943-2008 cinematographer for Poland’s great directors Wajda, Zanussi, Kieslowski http://tinyurl.com/2o2she [Twitter]
• Cinematographer Roger Deakins on his work on NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES… http://tinyurl.com/349nhv [Twitter]
• By providing YouTube as service to publishers, network now competes with numerous white-label video startups http://tinyurl.com/2s9u8a [Twitter]
• Ireland. Darklight Film Festival deadline 2008 March 14 http://darklight.ie/pages/2007schedule.htm [Twitter]
• Story. Steal This Pitch: 8 Unstoppable Rules For Writing Killer Short Stories http://tinyurl.com/36bopz [Twitter]
• Postproduction. Digital Film Tools Power Matte: Pulling a Key in After Effects. A step-by-step example http://tinyurl.com/39weaj [Twitter]
• Postproduction. Compositing, color correction. Start in Final Cut; end in Adobe Premiere Pro, via Automatic Duck http://tinyurl.com/3yv34d [Twitter]
• Postproduction. Effects in 10,000 BC. In-depth examination of the complex task of producing photorealistic mammoths http://fon.gs/07zaf6/ [Twitter]
• VideoSpace calculates disk space for a given duration, CODEC, frame rate, audio setting. Free widget/Mac OS X http://fon.gs/wmtba8/ [Twitter]
• Although the late UK director Derek Jarman’s features are scarce in USA, his music videos are readily available http://fon.gs/w23ojm/ [Twitter]
• Cult directors introduce, comment on trailers for cult films, e.g., Allison Anders on PEEPING TOM http://tinyurl.com/2wzesp [Twitter]
• If Saul Bass had made the opening credits to STAR WARS … http://fon.gs/uoo2k3/ [Twitter]
• Buying Movies on Flash Drives: Nice idea that doesn’t work; memory won’t be cost-competitive with discs for years http://tinyurl.com/yq6oug [Twitter]
• Video Road Hogs Stir Fear of Internet Traffic Jam http://tinyurl.com/2olfeb [Twitter]
• Singapore Short Film Festival: 31 international shorts 2008 March 13-17 http://tinyurl.com/2t355b [Twitter]
• New Super 8 projector kit: Hand-cranked, battery-powered, white-LED lamp http://tinyurl.com/2kq37t [Twitter]
• University Film and Video Association contest for short docs employing Fair Use. Deadline 2008 May 1 http://tinyurl.com/2739ld [Twitter]
• USA/NY/Ithaca Project Look Sharp: Media Literacy Institute 2008 July 14-18. Course credit. http://tinyurl.com/32d7ak [Twitter]
• USA/NY/Brooklyn Black Film Academy benefit show: "Black Film Renaissance" premieres shorts 2008 Mar 13 http://tinyurl.com/2rvca5 [Twitter]
• USA/Iowa Interrobang?! Film Festival deadline 2008 May 31. Cash Prizes http://tinyurl.com/2qkuav [Twitter]
• USA/Los Angeles. Noor Film Festival. Iranian-American fest will focus on documentaries by women. 2008 April 6-13 http://tinyurl.com/ytdj7z [Twitter]
• Film Resources: BY CYNDI GREENING, PHOENIX, ARIZONA, USA (CINEMA MINIMA) — You may have noticed that.. http://tinyurl.com/37jj43 [Twitter]

USA. John Polonia 1968-2008 prolific B-movie director, based in Pennsylvania. Requiescat In Pace

Dear Hollywood Studios: [Let My Video Go](http://tinyurl.com/yr3j5x) by Frank Rose.

Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) [not the best for arranging collisions between objects](http://tinyurl.com/2tkvbq).