Cinema Minima News for Movie Makers Worldwide 2008-04-30T10:05:14Z WordPress http://www.cinemaminima.com/index.php/feed/atom/ Austin Burbridge http://austin.burbridge.name/ <![CDATA[Africa: Hollywood can’t get it right]]> http://www.cinemaminima.com/?p=186 2008-04-30T10:05:14Z 2008-04-30T09:40:24Z Hollywood’s depiction of Africa has changed little since the days of TARZAN and OUT OF AFRICA and — despite the rise of Hollywood activism — Africa is still shown as a place which must be either subdued or saved, writes Sasha Polakow-Suransky in Good Magazine. The author traces the trends in Hollywood stories since 2001, starting with BLACK HAWK DOWN, through BLOOD DIAMOND. He observes that — with the exceptions of HOTEL RWANDA and SOMETIMES IN APRIL — Hollywood’s “themes [have] remained constant: jungle fever, white heroism, and white martyrdom,” concluding, “An Africa that is more than lush landscapes, bloodthirsty tyrants, and trigger-happy killers is long overdue.” [Source: Hollywood Can't Get Africa Right in: Good Magazine] End of Story dingbat

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]]> -1 Martin Leduc <![CDATA[CopyCamp copyright conference in Toronto 2008 April 29-30]]> http://www.cinemaminima.com/?p=185 2008-04-30T09:03:44Z 2008-04-22T18:40:57Z BY MARTIN LEDUC. TORONTO, ONTARIO CANADA (CINEMA MINIMA) — The second session of CopyCamp will take place 2008 April 29 - 30 in Toronto. The conference treats art, copyright, and the Internet. It follows an “unconference” model in which activities would be organized by all participants online via wiki, or spontaneously at the event. The 2006 CopyCamp had brought together a number of filmmakers, artists, activists, lawyers, and other stakeholders in copyright. Registration information for the event is available at its Web site.

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]]> -1 Austin Burbridge http://austin.burbridge.name/ <![CDATA[Color correction in features now as aggressive as commercials, videos]]> http://www.cinemaminima.com/?p=184 2008-04-02T10:15:08Z 2008-04-02T09:07:08Z The current trend in motion-picture color correction, observes visual-effects artist Stu Maschwitz, is uncompromising preservation of “correct” skin tones.
As filmmakers’ sensibilities became influenced by the possibilities of the digital intermediate (DI) — popularized by colorist Stefan Sonnenfeld’s work on Bad Boys II and that of Jet Omoshebi on Underworld — more “pushed” looks became commonplace. Aggressive color correction is more likely to render skin tones in an unflattering way, so a colorist’s capability has been judged by the skill to hold pleasing skin tones through severe corrections.

Maschwitz’s article is illustrated by examples from THE INCREDIBLE HULK and LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD. He offers specific recommendations for primary and secondary color correction, taken from his book, The DV Rebel’s Guide: An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap. [Prolost]

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]]> -1 Austin Burbridge http://austin.burbridge.name/ <![CDATA[Video podcast tutorial: export multiple file formats]]> http://www.cinemaminima.com/?p=183 2008-04-02T07:59:24Z 2008-04-02T07:59:21Z This video talks about exporting your podcast into compressed formats that are ready for download. This video touches on multiple different file formats that your video can be exported too. The export procedures are gone through using Apple’s iMovie HD application. [Digital Producer -- Home Splash]

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]]> -1 Austin Burbridge http://austin.burbridge.name/ <![CDATA[Largest Final Cut Pro User Group meeting in Las Vegas 2008 April 16]]> http://www.cinemaminima.com/?p=182 2008-04-02T06:23:42Z 2008-04-02T05:58:38Z The 7th Annual NAB Final Cut Pro User Group SuperMeet will convene in Las Vegas, Nevada USA 2008 April 16 18:30-22:30 at the MGM Grand Hotel, during the NAB Show. The SuperMeet is the annual event of the Final Cut Pro User Group Network, which includes user groups in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Final Cut is a Non-Linear Editing (NLE) application for editing motion pictures, including features, using Apple computers.

The NAB Show takes place 2008 April 11-17 in Las Vegas. The show is put on by the American National Association of Broadcasters. On Monday April 14, Tim Robbins will deliver the NAB show’s keynote speech. The actor-director-producer will look at the changing face of entertainment, and how new distribution and content-creation opportunities will affect Hollywood. [Apple]

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]]> -1 Austin Burbridge http://austin.burbridge.name/ <![CDATA[Latest news for movie makers 2008-04-01 from twitter.com/cinemaminima]]> http://www.cinemaminima.com/index.php/2008/04/01/181/latest-news-for-movie-makers-2008-04-01-from-twittercomcinemaminima/ 2008-04-02T05:24:58Z 2008-04-01T23:59:59Z
  • Cambodia/ JUMNO PHOUM BAKPREA, Khmer movie clip online [Twitter]
  • Korea/Seoul/ Migrant Worker Film Festival for, and by, migrant workers and Koreans. 2008 Aug 31 - Sep 2 [Twitter]

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    ]]>     -1     Austin Burbridge http://austin.burbridge.name/ <![CDATA[Reform the world. Start with the movies]]> http://www.cinemaminima.com/?p=180 2008-04-01T08:58:03Z 2008-04-01T08:58:03Z Diary of American film director King Vidor 1914 July 17 Friday Diary of American film director King Vidor 1914 July 17
    “I see the Hand of Fate calling me to reform the World. I will start with the Movies.” — King Vidor (1894-1982)

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    ]]>     -1     Austin Burbridge http://austin.burbridge.name/ <![CDATA[Latest news for movie makers 2008-03-31 from twitter.com/cinemaminima]]> http://www.cinemaminima.com/index.php/2008/03/31/179/latest-news-for-movie-makers-2008-03-31-from-twittercomcinemaminima/ 2008-03-31T23:59:59Z 2008-03-31T23:59:59Z
  • 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]

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    ]]>     -1     Austin Burbridge http://austin.burbridge.name/ <![CDATA[Cinema Minima is getting an upgrade!]]> http://www.cinemaminima.com/?p=172 2008-03-30T11:04:09Z 2008-03-30T10:39:26Z 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 –

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    ]]>     -1     Austin Burbridge http://austin.burbridge.name/ <![CDATA[Latest news for movie makers 2008-03-28 from twitter.com/cinemaminima]]> http://www.lightandpower.net/index.php/2008/03/28/170/latest-news-for-movie-makers-2008-03-28-from-twittercomcinemaminima/ 2008-03-28T23:59:59Z 2008-03-28T23:59:59Z
  • 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]

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