Pinboard: bookmarks for McChris tagged 'film'

RSS

McChris + film 46

[close]

select: none ‧ this page no items selected

mark as read ‧ unread ‧ private ‧ public ‧ add stars ‧ remove stars ‧ delete

tag: add or remove tag

THIS IS BOILERPLATE confirm ‧ cancel

Observations on film art : Pandora’s digital box: Pix and pixels

David Bordwell asks preservation experts about how the challenges of preserving traditional film in the digital future.

preservation video film
february 2012 by McChris

copy to mine

Austin American-Statesman: Burnt Orange Productions stops making films

I'm disappointed but not surprised to see this project fold. Although I had some concerns about the ethics of building a business based on student labor, it was great to see students get big-budget experience.

utexas austin film education
july 2008 by McChris

copy to mine

Bicycle Film Festival 2008: Austin

"More info coming soon."

film austin bicycle to:attend
may 2008 by McChris

copy to mine

film music: mobygratis.com

Electronic music artist Moby has made selected works free for non-commerical media use. It's a pity he didn't use a creative commons license.

music freeculture film
february 2008 by McChris

copy to mine

Goodbye Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, hello Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz

The Alamo cinema chain's downtown location is moving from the Warehouse District to the old Ritz theater on Sixth Street. An Alamo projectionist and RTF doctoral student discusses the implications of the move.

austin film
march 2007 by McChris

copy to mine

CHUD: What if they released a movie and no one came?

The movie Zyzzyx Road grossed a total of thirty dollars in its six-day run at a Dallas movie theater.

film texas oldmedia weird
january 2007 by McChris

copy to mine

DMCA exemptions issued

Among them include the ability for media studies instructors to lawfully circumvent DRM for compiling clip tapes.

DRM education film copyright DVD
november 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

Cinematical: Time for Mike Judge to Go Indie

Jette discusses the local success of Mike Judge's film Idiocracy after its distribution was quashed by FOX.

film business distribution stupid
october 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

Was 'Idiocracy' treated idiotically?

"Fox is doing zero marketing for the movie — no trailers, posters, television spots or even press kits for media outlets." Conspiracy theories are flying around Austin about Mike Judge's latest picture.

film austin distribution weird
september 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

Lights Out: The halcyon days of film programming at the University of Texas

An older story that discusses how the VCR killed public screenings at UT-Austin.

film video utexas austin oldmedia history
august 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

Not Coming to a Theater Near You

This blog-like site has features about movies that won't be in wide distribution and capsule reviews of forgotten chestnuts.

film review video distribution blog
august 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

The Believer - Interview with Steven Soderbergh

Soderbergh comes across as a strange, strange man. I'm frankly a little jealous.

film interview
august 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

Helvetica, The Film

This is an upcoming documentary about what is probably the world's most overused typeface. Please ignore the face you're currently reading...

typography film documentary design history
august 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

Blank on a Blank Filmmaking Challenge completed films

You can view entries from Alamo Drafthouse's Blank on a Blank contest on this page. Contestant received a randomly-generated pair of items like "Sloths on a Tank" for the basis of their flims.

sloth contest film cheese austin
august 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

International Home Movie Day in Austin

This sounds pretty cool.

film austin memory archive event
august 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

The Tangled Web of Syriana

This Flash-based chart explains the characters and plot-points of the movie Syriana. It was inspired by Roger Ebert and Jason Kottke's discussions about "hyperlink movies."

film visualization
july 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

Pitchfork: Ian Curtis Movie Begins Shooting

Pitchfork has more details about *Control*, a movie about Joy Division.

film punk biopic music history
july 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

Pervert's Guide to Cinema - Part 1, 2 & 3

A series featuring Slavoj Zizek and his ideas about film. According to Tom Coates, this has been playing on British television. I wish American TV was so cool.

film academic TV
july 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

Control - A Film By Anton Corbijn

about Joy Division.

music punk film biopic
june 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

MySpace exploration is marketer's dream

This Hollywood Reporter story discusses how studios are using MySpace to promote their pictures. I'm often a little surprised to see non-Fox productions promoted, but I suppose money swears for the folks at MySpace.

myspace yasns film advertising business
june 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

Digital Poetics: The X-Men Surrealists

"Sure the pace of X-Men is faster, and it's less pretentious, and less aggressively self-conscious, but on the sheer level of images, it's as striking as the Cremaster cycle."

film animation humor
june 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

Harvard Film Archive: The Vietnam War on Film

Wow, I wish I could attend this series; last summer I worked on a little Vietnam and popular memory project. At least this gives more movies to add to my list.

war film history popularmemory
june 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

Tron's World | TwitchGuru

Long article detaling the production history of Tron.

history film geek animation
may 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

Spacegrinder! - MPAA training police dogs to sniff out DVDs

via /. - the copyright cops are really out of control.

lawenforcement DVD film intellectualproperty copyright surveillance
may 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

Warner Bros. to sell movies, TV shows via BitTorrent

Wow, Warner Bros. is coming out with all kinds of surprising news.

business TVontheWeb TV film file-sharing
may 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

Buzzplant: none more crass

Matt Haughey reveals the lame efforts to get bloggers to promote Flight 93, a movie about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

stupid business advertising film
april 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

Arrested Development by Chase Black

Visual mashup of Star Wars and "Arrested Development."

humor TV film fandom
april 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

YouTube - Disney Vault

Gotta hurry... I'm sure this link will rot as soon as NBC knows of it's existence. SNL's "TV Funhouse" segment exposes the lesser known parts of Disney history. Look out for "Jungle Book 3.0: Jungle Blog."

animation TVontheWeb film history satire
april 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

SFFS International Remix

Online tool that allows you to re-edit clips from films in the San Francisco Film Festival. Take that, Chevy Tahoe!

video film neato mashup
april 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

Tulsa's Lost Twins: Home of the Midnight Movies

Lost Tulsa's elegy to midnight movies.

film tulsa end-of-life
april 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

Reel.com: DVD Royalty

Interview with the president of the Criterion Collection, Peter Becker. The criterion re-releases classic films on DVD and formerly LaserDisc. I wish they'd hurry up and release Alex Cox's _Walker_ on DVD.

video film history archive business
march 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

onsuper8.org: Kodachrome deadlines!

Kodak is end-of-lifing Kodachrome is Super8 and 16mm. They have already stopped production, and the last day for processing is August 1st 2006.

oldmedia film end-of-life
march 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

The Best Worst Movie of the Year

Background on _Snakes on a Plane_.

film camp cheese blog meme
march 2006 by McChris

copy to mine

TagWorld :: snakesonaplane

The upcoming Samuel L. Jackson vehicle _Snakes on a Plane_ is inviting bands to submit music for the project's soundtrack.