| Fanning the Flames of "What is Indie?" |
04/28/2004 |
Okay, I'm catching up here on this whole blog thing, but I just read Anthony Kaufman's fine rant on The Passion of the Christ and figured I'd join the rumble.
First, let me also admit that I have not seen The Passion of the Christ nor do I feel compelled to do so (twelve years of Catholic school education is quite enough, thank you). I do, however, have problems with using the word "indie" to describe what the film is rather than as a description for how the film was financed and made.
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| Beta-7 wins Andy Award and Yahoo Big Idea Chair |
04/28/2004 |
What the hell IS a big idea chair anyhow?
Adweek has reported on the awards won by a campaign I directed and cowrote with my partner at Haxan, Ed Sanchez. It was a three-month online narrative campaign for the ESPN NFL Football console video game. Check out this 9-minute video on iFilm for an overview of the story, and then go look at Beta-7's blog for more of the story.
A creative director at another agency had this to say:
"It's so ahead of its time it's almost unjudgeable," added judge Guy Seese, creative director at Cole & Weber/Red Cell in Portland.
Awwww, shucks!
This kind of marketing is a natural for films... I wonder why more independent filmmakers don't sit up and take notice? More on this subject soon...
| Orlando finally gets a Media Arts Center! |
04/27/2004 |
This is HUGE news for Orlando! We have a brand new media arts center, called DMAC Orlando (Digital Media Arts Center) that just opened to the public. The center has an 80 seat digital projection theater a café and an art gallery.
» Continue reading "Orlando finally gets a Media Arts Center!"| Genius |
04/26/2004 |
"Genius is the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way" - Charles Bukowski, 1981.
| Film school shorts |
04/26/2004 |
I finished my first semester as a college professor... what a trip that was. I enjoyed the energy and passion of the brightest students but it was a great deal more work than I had anticipated.
The class was called Guerrilla Marketing for Independent Filmmakers...
» Continue reading "Film school shorts"| The Third Man |
04/23/2004 |
I was fortunate enough to be in NY last week and managed to visit the Film Forum for their revival of Carol Reed's The Third Man. I've seen it a dozen times, own the Criterion DVD and it still blows me away. Over 50 years since it premiered and it still has an edge. If you live in NY you must not miss it. If you live elsewhere, grab the DVD.
