23September2009

Even great movies have problems getting to the screen

Posted by admin under: Filmmakers; Filmmaking; Movie; Pre Production; post production.

Godfather
There’s a great piece on the making of FFC’s “Godfather,” over at the Telegraph. In it, they talk about all the problems getting the film to the screen including the writer trying to get his book published eight publishers passed on it. Even with the success they didn’t give only 50k for the finished book for the film rights. The crazy thing is they gave 35k to Pacino for his part in MICHAEL.

It’s a great read and you get a better insight to how the other side works, check it out here.

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16September2009

Camera test with the top three consumer cameras

Posted by admin under: Video; web.

Red One, Canon 5D Mk II, and Panasonic Lumix GH1 Footage Comparison from Birns and Sawyer on Vimeo.

This footage was shot for us by Byron Shah, Jason Ensler and their team and was shown at our in-house event in July. If you are interested in more of our events, please check out our website at www.birnsandsawyer.com . Byron is shooting more footage………will post it when we finish.

This is great Byron Shah took the three cameras that everybody is salivating for and shot some test foogate. Check it out and see which one you like / want to shot your next project with.

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12September2009

Film Festival Secrets

Posted by admin under: Festivals; Filmmaking; web.

Check out Chris Holland’s Book Film Festival Secrets online for free. If you like it or find it helpful make sure you donate something.

Found via Massify.com

Author’s web site here.

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11September2009

The making of Kubrick’s “the shining”

Posted by admin under: Filmmakers; Filmmaking.

shiningHead over to /slashfilm blog for a few behind the scenes footage on the making of “The Shining.”

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