Posted By Neil Matsumoto
With video sharing sites such as Vimeo and YouTube becoming a viable platform for indie filmmakers, are the days of film festivals numbered? Why bother with expensive entry fees only to have your magnum opus rejected by an unpaid festival intern? After all, with the Internet, you can upload a 1920 x 1080 movie to
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
Robert Redford kicked off Sundance Film Festival, which runs from January 19th – 29th, on a down note, commenting on the “grim times” we’re living in due to the economy and divided government. Nonetheless, we still have our movies. Now in its 32nd year, Sundance 2012 is living in a brave new world and faces
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While at the this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Avid has produced a great video explaining the making of director/producer Steve James’ latest documentary, The Interrupters, which tells the engaging stories of three “Violence Interrupters” who try to protect their Chicago communities from violence. One of the best documentary filmmakers working today and a veteran of many
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
I usually bring a DSLR to Sundance every year to take photos that will appear in the magazine and website. This year, instead of lugging my Canon 7D and heavy Zeiss lenses around, I decided to travel light and try my luck with my iPhone 4. Here are some photos I took, courtesy of my
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
If you were into indie rock in the early ’90s like I was, you may recall a famous audio recording that went viral way before we heard the now infamous Christian Bale rant on the set of Terminator 3. The audio recordings were known as “Shut Up Little Man!” and were recorded in 1987 in
Posted By Neil Matsumoto
The first film I’ve seen at this year’s Sundance Film Festival is Buck, a documentary in U.S. Competition directed by Cindy Meehl. Real-life cowboy Buck Brannaman is considered a living legend in the horse world and was the real-life inspiration for The Horse Whisperer, which was directed by Sundance founder Robert Redford, who is also interviewed
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In past years, whenever I would find myself walking down Main Street during the Sundance Film Festival, my iPhone would suddenly drop its signal. The reason for this was the high number of film industry people with their smartphones at hand making their way to Park City, UT to network, make deals, shop, and oh
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In a little more than two years, we’ve seen a revolution in independent filmmaking like never before. This revolution has has had a huge impact in not only how low budget films are made, but also how they are viewed. Two of the biggest factors responsible for this revolution are the Canon 5D Mark II
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