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Taking motion pictures from script to screen

Signiant, a leading developer of digital media distribution management solutions, announced that Deluxe has chosen its Digital Media Distribution Management Solution to automate, accelerate and secure the distribution of post-production materials for motion pictures from major Hollywood studios and broadcast companies. Post-production and distribution of films has become more complex, especially as releasing films simultaneously ….

360 LIVE unveils robust database for San Diego film and meeting industries

In Hollywood, it’s all about who you know. In San Diego, knowing the right people just got a whole lot easier. After several years of planning and development, 360 LIVE has launched its unique database of film, television, meeting and event professionals in San Diego. A grassroots effort spearheaded by film industry veteran Richard Crow, ….

Job Search TV brings employment want ads to you

Job Search Television Network, a new cable channel that launched in the Chicago market in July, is using TV to reinvent the traditional job search. Television distribution has allowed JSTN to take want ads and on-line job boards to the next level by featuring the ‘company-behind-the-job’. With the appeal of television and mainstream exposure, JSTN ….

SMPTE Expo to showcase new and emerging entertainment tech

New and emerging entertainment technologies of practical use to content creation, management, distribution and display professionals will be the focus of SMPTE 2008 Annual Tech Conference & Expo. Early bird registration is now open for the international event, it was announced by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), technical society for the ….

Moving Pictures Magazine 2008 Film Contest

The Moving Pictures Magazine 2008 Film Contest hopes to forge relationships with talented new filmmakers, provide them with contacts and a platform to show their work. Best in Show awards will be presented to shorts and features in narrative, animation, and documentary categories. Certain winners will also receive Movie Plan film investment software, while all ….

Cinnafilm ships Cinnafilm HD1, industry’s first all-in-one format conversion platform

Cinnafilm recently announced the availability of Cinnafilm HD1, the industry’s first all-in-one format conversion platform designed specifically for film simulation and unlimited frame rate conversion of digital video. The unique combined hardware and software platform leverages the power of graphics card parallel processing to deliver unmatched quality format conversions and celluloid simulations quickly, easily, cost ….

Indie filmmaker hub OpenFilm goes live with user-generated clips

Openfilm announced the public launch of its next-generation video sharing website. The site showcases a fast-growing collection of high quality short films and animations displayed in high resolution. Openfilm provides a venue for users to watch premium video content, as well as for filmmakers to exhibit their works, and to enjoy a full-featured, social networking ….

Filmaka announces four branded competitions in partnership with WhatOnEarthIsGoingOn?

Filmaka.com announced a partnership with WhatOnEarthIsGoingOn? to provide creative artists around the world with an opportunity to produce content for its socially relevant online channel – WhatOnEarthIsGoingOn?, distributed on MSN. In support of the new venture, Filmaka is enabling its members to submit films that are impactful, ignite passion and evoke positive change from all ….

Georgia offering record tax credits to filmmakers

According to a report I read on Variety, Georgia is looking to boost its position as a major film production locale with the 2008 Entertainment Industry Investment Act, signed by Governor Sonny Perdue last month. The governor said, at a ceremony surrounding the event: We know that our excellent talent base and outstanding locations make ….

U.S. Film and Media Education Programs – Part 1 (listed by state)

The following is a listing of film and media arts programs throughout the United States. For more information about each program, click on the program to go to that school’s website. For changes, corrections or additions, email film@filmfetish.com ALABAMA Auburn University Department of Communication Birmingham Southern College Theatre Arts Jacksonville State University Dept. of Communications ….

Mexico’s top helmers looking for 5 pic deal

Mexican directors Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuaron and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu have banded together with Cuaron’s younger brother, Carlos, and director Rodrigo Garcia in search of a group development deal. The deal is to be budgeted at $100 million, and the slate will feature one film directed by each creator. No deal has been reached, ….

Screenwriter creates unique marketing tool

Like many young screenwriters who move to Los Angeles, Aaron Wolken, a 24-year-old native of Missouri, had few to no industry connections when he arrived in 2006. “I read all the books about breaking into the industry, and having lived here for a year, I found their advice disappointing. My five screenplays and two-episode pilot ….

David Koepp talks screenwriting and Indiana Jones 4

Writer/filmmaker David Koepp (Mission: Impossible, Jurassic Park, Spider-Man, Panic Room) recently spoke with Filmstew about his year working with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas on the script for Indiana Jones 4. Among other things, he discusses how the first Indiana Jones film inspired him to be a screenwriter, and the pressure one feels when handling ….

Atlantic Syndication Seeking Independent Film Projects

Atlantic Syndication Network, a U.S.-based multi-media, television production and distribution company, announced that it has recruited big-budget talent and veterans to meet the current market demand for quality low-budget Independent films for domestic and international distribution. The producers and ASNI management are actively reviewing a proposed slate of films with budgets under $2 million for ….

Power Up Filmmaking Grants Available

I just got some updated information on the Power Up Filmmaking Grants. Here ya go: POWER UP Filmmaking Grants Available. Don’t miss the opportunity to have your short produced. Applications are available for the 2006 Filmmaking Grant Program. After a one year hiatus to shoot the feature film ITTY BITTY TITTY COMMITTEE, (http://www.myspace.com/ittybittymovie) directed by Jamie ….