If you’re already familiar with Robert Rodriguez’s back story and filmmaking philosophy, you won’t find a whole lot that’s new in his recent interview with Gizmodo Australia. If, however, you’re not familiar with his “Ten Minute Film School,” with his book Rebel Without a Crew, or the DVD extras on his first film, El Mariachi,

If you’re in NYC this coming week, you might want to check out the offerings at the Third Annual Zero Film Festival. At a time when the traditional “independent” film festivals have become increasingly corporatized, it’s comforting to know that new avenues of truly independent film continue to open up. From their About Us: Zero

If you’re in NYC this coming week, you might want to check out the offerings at the Third Annual Zero Film Festival. At a time when the traditional “independent” film festivals have become increasingly corporatized, it’s comforting to know that new avenues of truly independent film continue to open up. From their About Us: Zero

After a couple of tech-focused posts, I thought it was high time to provide a bit of perspective by mentioning a short film I watched this past week, which was made on a scanner. The short was shown at this year’s Disposable Film Festival whose mission statement is “to celebrate the artistic potential of disposable

In case you haven’t been following recent tech news, both Canon and Sony have responded to Nikon’s announcement of the D3100. It was only inevitable…but within a week? Having recently purchased a T2i, I am glad to see that Canon does not plan to rest on its laurels. For an initial review of the Canon

For those of you who have been waiting for Nikon to catch up to Canon’s HD DSLR offerings, your wait is (finally!) coming to an end. At first blush, Nikon’s D3100 looks like an incredibly serious challenge to the other cameras in the market segment (and particularly Canon’s T2i). Some of the D3100′s chief selling

I just stumbled upon Bank Run, an interactive movie/video game created by Portland-based Silk Tricky (& Co.). If you haven’t checked it out yet, you owe it to yourself to do so. Bank Run is brilliant in a number of ways: 1) It’s addictive. Bank Run fuses narrative film with interactivity in a way that

If you’ve ever dreamed of creating films using your camera phone, Darklight’s “Free Your Film” competition may be for you. What is particularly cool about this competition is that the winners will use their prize money to shoot their short film using Sony Ericsson’s new Vivaz HD Camera Phone. Looking through the Vivaz site, however,