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Staff BlogsOff-Topic Category
RIP Paul NewmanWe just lost a legend. RIP. More details: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7639614.stm Categories: Industry, Off-Topic Max Payne trailer 
Categories: Off-Topic iPhone App Store now officially online Now, one thing you may have noticed is a distinct lack of any Digital Rebellion tools in there (or, indeed, any related to filmmaking at all). I'll be honest here - native iPhone application development is not an area I have properly researched yet. I do, however, plan to transition the iPhone-compatible web apps we currently have to fully-fledged iPhone Apps eventually but time is currently not on my side. I hope to have all of them ported within the next two months though, assuming Apple grants the company a license (not all developers have been accepted). Do rest assured, however, that the apps will still be available for the ultra-low price of free and in the meantime, you can access them from your phone (now at 3G speeds) from our resources page. If anyone finds any great iPhone apps for filmmakers in the store, be sure to post them in the comments. Categories: DR News, Apple, Off-Topic Perfect Sport wins MyFestival, screens at SIFF Perfect Sport won the Feature Film category, with the short film Robbie's Withdrawal being screened before it. This takes the movie's total festival wins to two so far, the previous being Best Dramatic Feature at WorldFest. The screening takes place at the Harvard Exit on Sunday June 15th at 6:30 pm. Tickets are $11 General Admission or $9 for SIFF Supporter. Tickets can be purchased here. I'd recommend the theatrical screening for the best possible experience but the film is still available for viewing on the MyFestival site until June 15th. Read the press release here. Categories: Festivals and Awards, Off-Topic Last chance to catch Perfect SportHere's what some people had to say so far: Digg: Just got done watching the movie on MyFestival- "socially-challenging while delightfully entertaining" sums it all up. Its a movie I won't soon forget. IMDb: Building on a very creative script with an unexpected plot and believable, fully human characters, the actors make unusual choices that bring even more life to their roles. Your typical sports movie this ain't. Perfect Sport is also set against a beautiful score. I'd recommend this movie to anyone who wants to see something original and gripping. It's so nice to see a movie where you don't know everything that's going to happen in advance. Loved it! Hope it comes out in wider release soon. http://myfestival.indieflix.com/FilmDetail.aspx?filmid=12 Definitely not a movie to be missed. Also don't forget to post your thoughts on the movie into the comment box on the MyFestival site as feedback is really helpful for filmmakers. P.S. I'm going to have limited internet access over the next few days so apologies if I can't answer your emails quickly. Categories: Festivals and Awards, Off-Topic R.I.P. Sydney Pollack  Read more... Categories: Industry, Off-Topic If you need an editor in the Southern California area... He doesn't have a reel at the moment but you can see the movie he edited online for free: Perfect Sport at MyFestival (requires signup) So if you're looking for an excellent editor for a future project, look no further. He's had experience with short-form, long-form, dramas, comedies, etc, and tells me that he's open to anything sent his way. Here is his resume and if you would like to hire him or speak to him further, please contact him directly. Robby Stambler Resume (DOC) Categories: Off-Topic Baz Luhrmann offers free filmmaking course on iTunes It lasts until October and each podcast features a specific aspect of the filmmaking process (e.g. set design, cinematography, etc) on Baz's new feature film, Australia, starring Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman. The first one, On Set Photography, is available now. Peter Jackson did something similar on King Kong which ended up being very successful. If you're a high school or college student, five of the podcasts come with a challenge at the end. Complete the challenge, post it to the Apple Student Gallery and you could be in for the chance of winning an iPod shuffle, iPod nano, iPod touch, or a MacBook Pro. A trip for two to Australia is also up for grabs, and the top prize in the final challenge is a trip to Australia with a chance to meet Baz and travel with him on the movie's promotional tour. Your project will also be featured on the movie's DVD release. For those who aren't students, I think the podcasts are still very interesting regardless. I have a lot of respect for Baz and his work so I will be subscribing to this for sure and no doubt hanging on his every word. [via CamcorderInfo] Categories: Off-Topic Perfect Sport wins Best Drama at WorldFest I saw a great review on IMDb from someone who saw it at WorldFest that summarizes the movie far better than I ever could: I loved this movie! Caught it at Houston Worldfest where it won for Best Drama. For those of you who haven't seen it yet (don't worry, no spoilers here) here's a mini-review: Building on a very creative script with an unexpected plot and believable, fully human characters, the actors make unusual choices that bring even more life to their roles. Your typical sports movie this ain't. Perfect Sport is also set against a beautiful score. I'd recommend this movie to anyone who wants to see something original and gripping. It's so nice to see a movie where you don't know everything that's going to happen in advance. Loved it! Hope it comes out in wider release soon. And finally, LA Times has a sneak preview. The movie will be entered into other film festivals and I will let you know more about that when information becomes available. When it comes to your town, I definitely recommend checking it out. Categories: Festivals and Awards, Off-Topic NewsFire now completely free So what is it and why do you need it? Well, those little orange buttons  you see on web pages are links to RSS feeds. An RSS feed is a tiny file containing textual information such as posts from a blog or software updates. If you have a favorite site or blog, you can be notified of updates without having to visit the site every day. Obviously this saves a lot of time and bandwidth.I didn't think I needed one until I tried it, and the time I saved was tremendous. If you see a new site you like the look of, put it in your feed reader and forget about it until the next update. Visiting a site to check for updates that don't exist is very inefficient. NewsFire is a great program because, as the developer himself says: "Unlike other readers, NewsFire is designed with a deliberately minimal interface. The news is what matters and it takes center stage." And now it's free, so try it out. We have several feeds on this site, listed here. We also have an appcast feed that tells you when one of our applications is updated. 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