Planning distribution early in production is key to a film’s success.

Success brings contracts, and contracts bring legalese. To get past the legalese painlessly, you need a good crib sheet and The Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers gives you just that.

Learning the basics of animation on your own is very doable. This second of a four part series on the tools of the trade looks at inexpensive, small, and fast storyboarding softwares used for animation.

Here are a few simple things to keep in mind the next time you decide it’s not worth your time to interview for a job you are not sure you want.

The deadline for applications to participate as a student volunteer at SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 is July 3.

LeapFrog announced their partnership with Zinkia to bring global children’s hit POCOYO to the LeapPad.

How do we anticipate the future and what will be the role for artistic individuals in its shaping? What kind of creative canvases will the future offer us? How will technology, sciences and their fusion with arts impact our creative powers? How will imagination fit into this brave new world?

William McDonald has been appointed the new Chair of the Department of Film, Television and Digital Media (FTVDM) at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT), effective July 1, 2012.

We often say things to sound prolific, savvy, or with it, but do you know how it sounds to the person sitting on the other side of the desk?

Ron Meyer, Universal Studios President and COO, will be the 2012 Commencement Speaker for this year’s UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s (TFT) commencement ceremony.