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“We Made This Movie” Crowdsourcing Musicians For Film Score
Posted by admin in General Industry News, Motion Picture/Television Industry Contract News, Studio/Network News, United States Industry News on April 22, 2012
http://www.bangstyle.com/2012/04/we-made-this-movie-musicians-score/ Rob Burnett, CEO of the production company of The Late Night Show With David Letterman, is offering up-and-coming musicians a tantalizing big break. Fresh off of his latest project, a film called We Made This Movie which he created with writing and producing partner Jon Beckerman, Burnett is hosting a contest using Red Bull [...]
Visual effects artists aim to create better work environments
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-visual-effects-workers-20120420,0,563491.story Visual effects artists complain they’re often employed in electronic sweatshops, working inhuman schedules, without health insurance or pensions. Their frustrations are fueling an effort to unionize. They called it the zombie walk. After midnight, when the coffee and Red Bull had worn off, Sari Gennis and her co-workers would take a brisk stroll to [...]
Kenya: New Magazine Highlights Film Industry
Posted by admin in Africa Industry News, General Industry News on April 18, 2012
http://allafrica.com/stories/201204160070.html BY LAURA WALUBENGO A magazine has been launched to cater to the diverse film industry in the country, and the author’s hope it will help put a spotlight on the immense talent displayed on Kenyan screens. The first edition of the magazine, Film Kenya, was released last week and it documents upcoming films, local [...]
MovieInsure.com is Now Providing Film, Movie, and Production Insurance in Ohio
Posted by admin in General Industry News, Studio/Network News, United States Industry News on April 15, 2012
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/04/15/prweb9403097.DTL MovieInsure.com, provider of film, movie, and production insurance is now licensed and transacting in Ohio. Woodland HIlls, CA (PRWEB) April 15, 2012 MovieInsure.com, a website owned and managed by Brilliant Insurance Services, is now providing Film, Movie, and Production insurance in Ohio. Getting cheap production insurance does not have to be hard, if you [...]
Can we stop Seattle’s film industry talent exodus?
Posted by admin in General Industry News, State/Government Production Incentive News, United States Industry News on April 12, 2012
http://crosscut.com/2012/04/12/films/22155/Can-we-stop-Seattle-s-film-industry-talent-exodus—/ Despite the renewed Washington Incentives program and a vibrant film community, local indie filmmakers are struggling to find work in the place they love. By Laura Kaufman The filmmakers of Safety Not Guaranteed needed a car for a chase scene, led by a mullet-sporting character intent on time travel. We’re not talking the plutonium-powered DeLorean of Back to [...]
Film and television industry ‘discriminates against women, ethnic minorities and the working class’
Posted by admin in Europe Industry News, General Industry News on April 10, 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/film-and-television-industry-discriminates-against-women-ethnic-minorities-and-the-working-class-7630929.html RICHARD HALL The British film and television production industry is dominated by the middle-classes who “hoard” opportunities and benefit from family ties, new research has found. A survey of professionals in the industry has found that working-class people are discriminated against because they do not have the “right accents, hairstyles, clothes or backgrounds.” Presenting [...]
Cheap Film and Video Gear from China Floods the Industry
Posted by admin in Asia Industry News, China Industry News, General Industry News on April 9, 2012
http://www.mediasyndicate.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=17768 Singapore, 9 Apr 2012 For Immediate Release The high definition video capable DSLR revolution in 2010 brought many changes to the industry. Expensive equipment once only available in the film and movie industry are now very affordably priced thanks to these video capable DSLRs. Before the entry of the video DSLR into the mainstream [...]
The SAG-AFTRA Merger Changed One Union Critic’s Opinion of Streamlined Certification Votes
http://wepartypatriots.com/wp/2012/04/03/the-sag-aftra-merger-changed-one-union-critics-opinion-of-streamlined-certification-votes/ The vote last week that merged the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) has caused one former union critic, Jon Healey, to rethink his support of the GOP’s anti-union talking points with respect to union certification votes. From his piece in the Los Angeles [...]
Stars fight to save film studio
Posted by admin in Europe Industry News, General Industry News on April 7, 2012
http://www.skynews.com.au/showbiz/article.aspx?id=737419&vId= Colin Firth, Sir Paul McCartney and Steven Spielberg have all signed a petition to save Twickenham film studios in Britain, which is under threat of demolition after 99 years. The studio which made the Beatles films, The Italian Job, Blade Runner and, more recently, Oscar-nominated movies The Iron Lady, My Week with Marilyn and [...]
Foreign Markets and the Big Screen
Posted by admin in Asia Industry News, China Industry News, General Industry News, India Industry News, Studio/Network News, United States Industry News on March 31, 2012
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-dodd/foreign-markets-and-the-b_b_1391653.html?ref=entertainment The motion picture industry, like all major American job creators, is part of a growing and interconnected world economy. But it might be surprising how important foreign movie theater audiences are to the millions of Americans who depend on the motion picture industry for their jobs. What country sells the most movie tickets every [...]
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