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Light and negative space were key elements cinematographer Danny Ruhlmann focused on in creating the images for "The Raven."
Photo courtesy of: FilmNation Entertainment
Because most Australian features have a forty day shooting schedule, "The Raven" cinematographer Danny Ruhlmann, A.C. S., was familiar with the economical length of the production. He also felt the rainy, bleak, wintery weather during the two weeks of location shooting in Hungary worked perfectly for the film's mood and lighting. What did prove a bit complicated was finding crew in the unfamiliar countries. MORE... |
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Writer/producer Chris Nee can't keep still. While her career began as a writer for children's programming such as "Blue's Clues" and "Little Bill" (which earned her an Emmy and Humantis Prize), her itch to travel inspired her to begin producing nonfiction fare such as "The Real Roseanne Show," Morgan Spurlock's "30 Days" and "Deadliest Catch." On location in the Bering Sea, she wrote more children's programming, discovering her two greatest loves: animation and documentaries, merged nicely on the strangest shores.
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The script for "Man on a Ledge" called for protagonist Nick Cassidy (Sam Worthington) to spend the bulk of the tale perched 21 stories above a Manhattan intersection. Visual Effects Supervisor Richard Kidd had the responsibility of maintaining suspense throughout this thriller that was literally shot high in the air.
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New York City-based nonprofit organization Brooklyn Workforce Innovations will gather film and television production professionals for a celebration and networking event on the evening of Thursday, May 17th. The event – Breaking Boundaries – will offer valuable networking opportunities while celebrating industry diversity and a job training program that is connecting hundreds of diverse, low-income New Yorkers with significant career opportunities in the booming local television and film production industry.
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Rich Porter, co-owner of Action Theatrical, reached out to the Film Works campaign after visiting the Warner Bros. lot and noticing many campaign truck wraps on production vehicles. Earlier this month, campaign staffers paid Action Theatrical a visit to talk about runaway production and its effect on their business.
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Coming up in May, the 411 Production Tech Tips video will feature Technicolor at Paramount, the new audio post facility that opened on the Paramount lot this March. The new facility replaced an outdated structure at Paramount’s Hollywood location. Take a look at this nifty time lapse video clip on the Technicolor Facebook page that turns an eight year project into seconds of reconstruction:
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Welcome to the New LA 411 and NY 411 Listees
Congratulations to the following companies and listees who have been qualified and entered into the 411 directories during the month of March. LA: Buddy Systems Los Angeles Guest Suites PPM Filmproductions NY: Noise-Makers Tiffany Staropoli PPM Filmproductions Hilton Media Management NJ Chopper Div. of MTI
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April Production Tech Tip Videos: Completed Award Show Coverage
411 Publishing offers short video primers that highlight the latest developments affecting the film, video, and online production communities. Throughout the month of March videos were added to our archive from the Art Directors Guild Awards, Costume Designers Guild Awards, Visual Effects Society Awards, and the ACE Eddie Awards for editors. View these videos by visiting the Production Tech Tips page:
www.411publishing.com/TechTips/
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Register Today for Film Independents' Project Invovle
Project Involve is Film Independent’s signature diversity program, dedicated to increasing diversity in the film industry by cultivating the careers of under-represented filmmakers. The program, which runs from October through June, selects filmmakers from diverse backgrounds and filmmaking tracks. During the nine-months, the Fellows are paired one-on-one with a mentor from the film industry, assigned to a team to make a short film incorporating a given theme, and attend monthly filmmaking workshops and other educational seminars.
Application Fee: $45 Film Independent Members; $65 Non-members
Application Deadline: April 30, 2012
Click here for more information and to apply:
http://www.filmindependent.org/labs-and-programs/project-involve/
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Produced By Conference Adds Speakers to Slate
The 2012 PBC will feature more than 25 conference sessions, panel discussions, mentoring roundtables, networking opportunities, social events and workshops designed to provide producers with important career tools and insights necessary to compete in today’s competitive marketplace. Speakers include: Mark Cuban (Owner, HDNet), Nina Jacobson (The Hunger Games, One Day, Diary of a Wimpy Kid franchise), Grahm King (Hugo, The Departed, The Aviator), Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight films, Inception, The Presige, Memento), Andy Forssell (Senior VP of Content, Hulu), Robert Kyncl (Global Head of Content Partnerships, Google) and many more.
Reaching across film, television and new media industries, the Produced By Conference (PBC) is an educational forum that involves acclaimed producers, including countless Academy Award®-winning filmmakers and Emmy® Award winners, as well as the next generation of creative entrepreneurs. All profits from the Produced By Conference are reinvested into Producer Guild member services, including education, industry promotion, production standards development, market research and legislative advocacy. To register, please visit www.producedbyconference.com.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
NAB Show
04/14— 04/19
Las Vegas Convention Center
Las Vegas, NV
www.nabshow.com
The NAB Show is attended by leading media, entertainment and communications professionals who share a passion for delivering the next generation of audio, video, and filmed content across multiple platforms – from televisions, radios and computers to phones, the big screen and beyond.
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Understanding LOG
04/05
AbelCine, Los Angeles
Burbank, CA
www.training.abelcine.com
My First Fridays
04/06 — 04/07
The Living Room
Van Nuys, CA
www.drreo.com
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
04/10 — 04/15
Arclight Hollywood
Los Angeles, CA
www.indianfilmfestival.org
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Understanding LOG
04/04
AbelCine New York
New York, NY
www.training.abelcine.com
Introduction to the Panasonic AF100 - New York
04/05
AbelCine New York
New York, NY
training.abelcine.com
Smoke 201: Advanced Compositing
04/07 — 04/08
Manhattan Edit Workshop
New York, NY
www.mewshop.com
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The Comedy Awards
04/28
Hammerstein Ballroom
New York, NY
www.thecomedyawards.com
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