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Pain in Film

debbie — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 02:42:37 +0000

If the screen is the playing field for the desires and fears of its audience, then the subject matter of its artifacts becomes a matter of great importance to anyone trying to understand the same audience. Looking at film, or any cultural artifact for that matter, is a way to understanding that culture. They [...]

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Financing Your First Film and Building a Career

Do you have what it takes to get the shot?

debbie — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:57:31 +0000

Shooting films for an organization such as National Geographic is the dream of thousands of filmmakers, so it takes more than just some skill with a camera and a dream to get the job. You need to not only be willing to do whatever it takes to get amazing shots, but also have a sincere [...]

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Funding the Indie First

debbie — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:51:00 +0000

When a new filmmaker decides that all the schooling and experiments with friends have reached their zenith, and there’s still much more to say, and a larger audience to reach, it’s natural to think about a bigger picture. This is literal as well as metaphorical. Metaphorical because every developing artist reaches the point where [...]

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Don’t be Ashamed to Get the Help You Need

debbie — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:48:25 +0000

If you find yourself struggling with a drug or alcohol problem it can often feel like a tug of war is going on inside of you. You will probably be flicking between convincing yourself that you don’t actually have a problem to wondering if you are strong enough to seek the help that you’re pretty [...]

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Horse Power to Horsepower to Air Wars

debbie — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:00:00 +0000

There is a certain forward momentum in film that unhinges in certain uncertain moments. Looking at the span of years where the Western served as the great genre for action and adventure, and then looking at the years where the less-determined action genres where cars serve as the primary source of transportation, and there is [...]

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American Graffiti and the Invention of Nostalgia

debbie — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:00:00 +0000

In terms of pure nostalgia, thinking about the past is never an attempt to rescue it. Nostalgia works through the elusive senses, particularly through smell, opening up a passageway that is entirely temporal and always on the verge of closing again forever. Smell is the thing that wafts in and wafts out, and nostalgia works [...]

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The First Movie with the Handheld

debbie — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:29:11 +0000

It might just be every young filmmaker’s dream to make the perfect buddy movie. Most aspiring performing artists have considered it at one time or another, getting a camera and taking a road trip with friends, and faking their way through the rest of it. Even the ones who do break through in the business [...]

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Home Movies vs. Movie Theaters

debbie — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:10:51 +0000

Everybody loves to sit down and watch a good movie. Whether it is better to do that at home or at the move theater is a question being debated more and more in a world where movies are available on demand, or can be sent right to your mailbox. There are a few definite advantages [...]

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Financing Your First Film and Building a Career

debbie — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 06:00:00 +0000

Many people have fantasies about being a movie star, rock star or other famous celebrity. Meanwhile, there are others who seem to be oriented toward a passion for film or music and these are the individuals that actually devote their lives to perfecting their trade and dedicated themselves to their career. This is a particularly [...]

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Pain in Film

Home & Garden TV – Helping Home Buyers

debbie — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:28:06 +0000

TV channels like Home and Garden TV highlight the difficulties that homeowners go though trying to decide on a home that is right for them. However the reality is that for many prospective home buyers getting a mortgage can often be more difficult than choosing what home is right for them. With mortgage rates at [...]

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