That’s right, Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood, and Danny McBride are playing Mike D, Ad Rock, and MCA in the short film called “After the Party…”. Jack Black, Will Ferrell, and John C. Reilly play the future Beastie Boys who use time travel to challenge their past selves in a dance battle… and yes there’s a […]
Continue readingBanksy welcomes Oscar nomination for ‘Exit Through The Gift Shop’
“I don’t agree with the concept of award ceremonies, but I’m prepared to make an exception for the ones I’m nominated for. The last time there was a naked man covered in gold paint in my house, it was me.” Banksyin an official statement concerning his directorial debut Exit Through the Gift Shopbeing nominated for […]
Continue readingNetflix at a crossroads. The costs of mailing DVDs vs. streaming content.
Netflix is offering streaming-only service in Canada and they’re starting to heavily push that option in the US. Whether they can ramp up the selection of streaming titles without raising subscription costs precipitously is a big question. Will instant access trump the loss in quality and occasional network glitches inherent in streaming video? Will a […]
Continue readingThe 2011 Golden Globe Awards
Check out all the winners and nominees here. Best Motion Picture Nominees In Our Collection: The Social Network – HU DVD 7969 winner Winter’s Bone -HU DVD 7696 Alice in Wonderland– HU DVD 7719 and HU BLU-RAY DVD 7719 Toy Story 3 – HU DVD 7770 and HU BLU-RAY DVD 7770 winner The Kids Are […]
Continue readingIn the spirit of the Sundance Film Festival, here’s a great post about past year films…
http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2011/01/17/greatest-sundance-hits-must-see-indie-classics/ Here’s a collection of films that have played at the Sundance Film Festival…
Continue readingDMS [Awesome] Help –
Watch this and tell me it’s not an awesome intro. Any interest in learning how to do this? Or maybe you’d like to learn how to add amazing special effects to your PREEXISTING film. Or maybe you need to spice up your motion graphics portfolio? Either way, you MUST see Video Copilot (the video above […]
Continue readingDMS Help – Awesome Photoshop Effects to Jazz Up Your Project
Photoshop CS5 (academic price): $250 Stock photo of a blonde holding back her hair: $5 Taking the time to check out the tutorial below on how to spice up the photo of the blonde: $0 + 60 minutes Putting this image up on the board during project presentations in your class (and consequently showing up […]
Continue readingTodd’s Tips – Overlay Video Or Photos Over Video in iMovie ’09
Often times students come to us in the Digital Media Studio with an assignment to create a video about a particular subject. More often than not this “video” assignment doesn’t actually involve shooting a video and then editing it together to tell a story. Typically students are told to create a montage of images and […]
Continue readingQuentin Tarantino’s First Film – My Best Friend’s Birthday
My Best Friend’s Birthday is the first film made by Quentin Tarantino, eight years before Reservoir Dogs. It was created as a collaboration with Roger Avary in 1984 and shot on a budget of $5,000. A 70-minute rough cut was made, but a fire at the lab damaged the film and only 36 minutes of […]
Continue readingNow in Media Services – Chronicles of the Refugee – DVD 7721 – 7723
Chronicles of the Refugee is a 6-part documentary film series looking at The global Palestinian refugee experience over the last 60 years. Starting with ‘al-Nakba’ (catastrophe) in 1948 (part I) and continuing through repeated community and individual expulsions (part II) and enduring discrimination by virtue of being Palestinian (part III), the first three episodes are […]
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