Filmfest DC begins Thursday, April 12 and runs through Sunday, April 22!!

Welcome to Filmfest DC: April 12 – 22 The 26th Annual Washington, DC International Film Festival…for people who love movies! Featured this year will be: The Lighter Side – A series of international comedies. Politics isn’t the only funny thing in Washington. Caribbean Journeys – New films from Jamaica, Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago, the Dominican […]

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Visions 2012: Submit now!

Submissions are now being accepted. The deadlines are 5PM on April 20 for screenplays and 5PM on April 27 for general submissions. The Visions 2012 event will take place in Katzen Arts center Theater on May 4, 2012. The reception is at 7:30PM and the Awards Ceremony is at 8:00PM.For more info check the Visions […]

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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson gets James Cameron to fix a scientific inaccuracy for the 3D version of Titanic

SlashFilm recently posted a great article about how Neil deGrasse Tyson noticed that the sky in the scene were Rose (Kate Winslet) is floating on a plank and gazing at the sky. According to Neil deGrasse Tyson, the sky is completely inaccurate for the time of night on that particular date (April 15, 1912 at […]

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The New Media Center is NOW HIRING

Are you a tech savvy frequenter of the NMC with a wealth of knowledge in Adobe CS 5, Final Cut Pro 7/Final Cut Pro X, and iMovie? Are you an audio junkie who’s into Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Audacity, and GarageBand? Have you got a demo reel/sample to prove it? Do you have what it […]

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Rear Window TImelapse

Check out this cool timelapse video of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window. If you have yet to see this classic, be sure to check it out from the Media Services Home Use Collection. Rear Window – HU DVD 368 All footage taken from the original Rear Window (1954) directed by Alfred Hitchcock.The order of events is […]

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How to make a movie with your smartphone

Times are changing and it appears that smartphones with video capabilities are continually putting once popular pocket video cameras like the FlipCam, the Kodak ZX1, and the Kodak Zi8 out of business. What better time to hone you smartphone cinematography skills? Check out this cool video about shooting video on your smartphone.Seen on BBC Future

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