One of the main reasons I got into the business of film wasn’t to make money or be famous, it was because me and friends saw films like Swingers and Clerks, loved them, quoted them often, and desired to see versions of those films that featured versions of us. It was my friends who pushed [Read More]
Today I came across bechdeltest.com. On it you’ll find a list of films, going back to 1902, that have had the Bechdel Test applied to them. The test has three simple rules: 1. A film has to have at least two women in it 2. Who talk to each other 3. About something besides a [Read More]
What if Snoop Dogg battled Bowser as Mario, or waged one-man intergalactic war in Halo? You’d get this brilliant video. [Read More]
Ugh. Ugh I say. What has rendered me monosyllabic? Before I rant please read the following paragraph pulled from an online piece about Netflix’s stock and revenue performance and why Netflix’s growth is slowing down: Netflix prospects are being hurt by internet delivery of premium content through websites like Hulu, but, people are [Read More]
Coming to Atlanta July 15-18 is the 9th edition of ARGFest, a conference and gaming festival that’s all about Alternate Reality Gaming (ARG) and Transmedia Storytelling. If you think you haven’t heard of, or participated in an ARG, who’d be wrong if you followed on any level of The Dark Knight’s Why So Serious, Halo [Read More]
I guess we need good guys and bad guys in everything…including villains to blame for the less than staggering Summer Movie Season…and oh boy do we feel the need to pile on. [Read More]
PushPush Theater has always been engaged in some interesting projects since their inception. There are few multimedia arts organizations in Atlanta who are as actively experimenting with the integration of film and theater, as well as other mediums, as the Decatur based outfit. For awhile, their Dailies projects–a series of mostly quarterly [Read More]
Some Georgia Filmmakers are catching some viral buzz with their latest short film Carboard Warfare [Read More]
With each Twilight film, Summit has modestly increased the budget (37 to 50 to $68 million). Something you can do when the sequels are pulling in crushing world wide box office numbers. It’s a smart move as the increased budgets have allowed the movies to match the growing frenzy of the series with increased production [Read More]
After you’ve been into this biz for awhile, stumbling to find the best path, you soon learn that there is no best path. There are some set no-no’s, however the can-do’s, considering how many there are, how they can cross ethical lines, how they can contradict previously established guidelines, and how they often defy common [Read More]
The Professional Actor’s Studio offers great acting training for teens from 14-19. Our teen actors learn all the basics of acting, and are then encouraged to move beyond those basics and become stronger actors. They work on cold readings, improvisational exercises, and prepared scenes and monologues. They learn how to base all of their work [Read More]
Atlanta’s Festival League is back for another round, again bringing their coalition of film events and niche festivals to various venues around the city this August. Eric Panter and crew, to tie into Atlanta’s revitalized and growing film scene, have also designated the dog days of Summer as Independent Film Month here in the A. [Read More]