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 … Continue reading “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 2012 site.
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 … Continue reading “Rear Window TImelapse”
Hungarian Dance No. 5
composed by Johannes Brahms
arranged for easy listening by Hugo Winterhalter
AFI Silver Hosts the 8th Annual New African Films FestivalThursday, March 8 – Tuesday, March 13AFI Silver Theatre8633 Colesville Road Silver Spring, MD 20910Get ticketsAFI Silver is proud to host the 8th annual New African Films Festival, co-presented by AFI, TransAfrica and afrikafé. The vibrancy of African filmmaking from all corners of the continent is … Continue reading “The 2012 New African Film Festival begins Thursday (and runs from March 8 – 13)”
AFI Silver Hosts the 8th Annual New African Films Festival
Thursday, March 8 – Tuesday, March 13
AFI Silver Theatre
8633 Colesville Road
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Get tickets
AFI Silver is proud to host the 8th annual New African Films Festival, co-presented by AFI, TransAfrica and afrikafé. The vibrancy of African filmmaking from all corners of the continent is on display in this year’s acclaimed selections.
To see the entire schedule, visit AFI’s New African Film Festival site.
MAMA AFRICA
Opening night: Thu, Mar 8, 7:00
Opening night tickets $12/$10 AFI Members
Additional screening: Mon, Mar 12, 9:20
The late, great singer Miriam Makeba (1932–2008) was one of the most charismatic African performers of her time. At the height of her popularity in Africa, Makeba boldly took a public anti-apartheid stand that led to the revocation of her passport and the beginning of a lifetime in exile. Director Mika Kaurismäki uncovers stunning archival footage that offers a rare glimpse into Makeba’s personal life, highlighting the admiration and gratitude that she felt for Harry Belafonte, who managed her career in the United States. This documentary reveals private moments which illuminate this legendary artist’s political activism. Official Selection, 2011 AFI Fest presented by Audi. – Courtesy of AFI Fest presented by Audi
DIR/SCR/PROD Mika Kaurismäki; SCR/PROD Don Edkins; PROD Rainer Kölmel. Finland/Germany/South Africa, 2011, color/b&w, 90 min. In English and French with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Mama Africa trailer
Mama Africa – Miriam Makeba from trigon-film on Vimeo.
To see the entire schedule, visit AFI’s New African Film Festival site.
Excerpted from the AFI Silver site.
Open Your Eyes to the New Vimeo from Vimeo Staff on Vimeo. Vimeo recently announced their new site. It’s is not currently live, but if you go to the new Vimeo page you can log in and request to test out the new Vimeo site. If you do not currently have a Vimeo account, you … Continue reading “An opportunity to try the new Vimeo”
Open Your Eyes to the New Vimeo from Vimeo Staff on Vimeo.
Vimeo recently announced their new site. It’s is not currently live, but if you go to the new Vimeo page you can log in and request to test out the new Vimeo site. If you do not currently have a Vimeo account, you will be prompted to create one in order to request to test out the site.
The Vimeo’s site redesign proudly claims to have “zillions of improvements”, many of which seem quite cool. The coolest improvement might be the full width video player. This enables you to view videos at nearly the entire width of your browser, while still maintaining more navigation and overall control than you would have with the regular full screen option. In order to make this possible, Vimeo has reorganized some of the tools and has included keyboard shortcuts.
There’s now a follow option so users can follow people, channels, or tags. Updates to items you follow end up in your inbox, which has been renamed your feed.
Uploading video is now more convenient because (according to Vimeo) you can easily upload multiple videos at one time without things freezing on you or taking forever. There are also thumbnail previews on the upload screen, which appear to be moving images of your video as it’s uploading.
Advanced searching is now available so you can do a search, click advanced and select options to further narrow your search.
There are more privacy options which allow you to block users from contacting you; you can hide videos, which will be clearly marked as private so you know which ones are public and which ones aren’t; and you can hide the stats of your video.
There’s also a newly created Creative Commons aspect to Vimeo. This means you can more easily browse videos with Creative Commons licenses.
Finally, they’ve enabled non-member downloading and more interconnectivity options with Facebook, Twitter, and Google’s photo organizing software, Picasa.
These are just some of the new features. For the full scoop and to register to be a tester, go to the new Vimeo page.
Fotoshop by Adobé from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo. Here’s a funny and creative video about the wonders of Photoshop. This is not a real fashion ad, just a funny video with a message created by filmmaker Jesse Rosten.
Fotoshop by Adobé from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.
Here’s a funny and creative video about the wonders of Photoshop. This is not a real fashion ad, just a funny video with a message created by filmmaker Jesse Rosten.
“Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Title Sequence by Blur from Motionographer on Vimeo. Check out this great Motionographer article/interview with Blur Studio where they discuss the creation of the opening titles for David Fincher‘s the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Blur Talks: “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Titles (Posted by Motionographer Staff) If you … Continue reading “Check out this Motionographer interview about the creation of the opening titles for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
“Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Title Sequence by Blur from Motionographer on Vimeo.
Check out this great Motionographer article/interview with Blur Studio where they discuss the creation of the opening titles for David Fincher‘s the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Blur Talks: “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Titles (Posted by Motionographer Staff)
If you haven’t seen Blur’s opening titles for David Fincher’s rendition of Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, now would be a good time to climb out from under your rock and check them out (above).
In addition to listing the top-billed talent in a film, the role of a good opening credit sequence is to mentally prep the audience for the ensuing film. In that regard, Blur’s titles are an exemplary specimen — perhaps the best from 2011. When the final frame flickers past, your heart rate will have doubled and your pupils will have fully dilated. Consider yourself ready.
Blur’s Tim Miller was kind enough to give us some background on the titles and share some making-of videos with us. Make sure to read on past the jump for all the goodies.
I don’t typically think of Blur as a designer of film title sequences, but it seems you guys are making a push to be regarded as much for your design chops as for your animation skills. Is that a fair assumption? What’s the plan?
We’ve always had an inhouse design group, it’s just not a large as the animation/FX side. So we’ve always been in the game. As for movie titles, I would say this was more a project of opportunity than part of some uber-plan. We’ve done other projects with Fincher in the past, and we have several on-going film development projects with him. For what David had in mind for this title, we were just a natural fit.
But with that said we would like to capitalize on the work. We enjoyed the process, and we like to mix it up and do different styles of work. So hopefully there will be other opportunities for us like this. It’s nice to do something that doesn’t have a big explosion, aliens or gunfire for a change. Though, of course, we love all that stuff!
Excerpted from Motionographer
See the rest of the interview, including some additional videos here.
Time is Nothing // Around The World Time Lapse from Kien Lam on Vimeo. Photographer Kien Lam created this time-lapse video of his journey around the world. 343 days, 17 countries, 19 airplanes, 58 buses, 18 boats, and 6237 photographs later he had what he needed to create this video, which is less than five … Continue reading “5-min Time-Lapse Video: A Journey Around the World”
Time is Nothing // Around The World Time Lapse from Kien Lam on Vimeo.
Photographer Kien Lam created this time-lapse video of his journey around the world. 343 days, 17 countries, 19 airplanes, 58 buses, 18 boats, and 6237 photographs later he had what he needed to create this video, which is less than five minutes long. Every 2 seconds of video consists of approximately 40 – 60 photos.
Discovered at PetaPixel
American University 2011 Holiday Video from American University on Vimeo. Hundreds of AU students, faculty, staff and alumni participated in the making of this Holiday Video, which was recently shot on the AU quad. Check it out. There are some interesting cameos in the video, and you may even spot a friend or you yourself! … Continue reading “American University Holiday Video Card”
American University 2011 Holiday Video from American University on Vimeo.
Hundreds of AU students, faculty, staff and alumni participated in the making of this Holiday Video, which was recently shot on the AU quad. Check it out. There are some interesting cameos in the video, and you may even spot a friend or you yourself!
Go to the American University Holiday page to see AU President, Neil Kerwin’s message as well as links to the credits, photo gallery, behind the scenes, and other cool things related to the video.
Happy Holidays!
An announcement from Professor Larry Engel: We’re pleased to announce that one of the films produced by students in the interdisciplinary class, “The Practice of Environmentalism: Science, Policy, and Communication” and its summer site visit to the Galapagos was accepted into the San Francisco Ocean Film Festival. “La Pesca Vivencial” . The production was filmed … Continue reading “AU Film Accepted into the San Francisco Ocean Film Festival: “La Pesca Vivencial””
We’re pleased to announce that one of the films produced by students in the interdisciplinary class, “The Practice of Environmentalism: Science, Policy, and Communication” and its summer site visit to the Galapagos was accepted into the San Francisco Ocean Film Festival. “La Pesca Vivencial” . The production was filmed entirely on location in the Galapagos and features fishermen who are trying to change the way they make a living from the ocean.
The ten-minute film was produced by College of Arts and Science, School of International Service and School of Communication students Megan Barrett, Ingrid Specht, Eileen Keegan, Jen Mandeville, Mark Petruniak, and Chris McMurrow. Chris and Mark participated in a Q & A discussion related to the film’s screening in San Francisco.
To enjoy the film for yourselves, please visit: Vimeo or Youtube
