Career Coach: The Golden Rule
Pam draws important lessons from the late Huell Howser.
Tagged With: People
Nick Park Helps Launch UN Short Film Contest
Oscar-winning filmmaker Nick Park, the magic behind “Wallace & Gromit” and “Chicken Run,” helps kick off a new UN initiative, “Forests for People: UN International Short Film Contest.”
Career Coach: You’ve Got a Friend in Me
Pam talks about the tremendous outpouring of resources and community support in the wake of Digital Domain’s Port St. Lucie shutdown.
A Place in the Crowd
Crowdfunding on sites like Kickstarter has taken off as a financing vehicle for a variety of projects, from music albums to software. Crowdfunding may sound like an apps-to-riches story. But executing a crowdfunding campaign isn’t as simple as it may sound.
Tom Perlmutter and Canada’s Venerable NFB
Heading into his second term, the NFB Chairman discusses his plans for keeping things artistically and fiscally relevant.
The Paralympics Get Animated
100s of disabled and non-disabled young people from 12 countries and 23 schools are connecting live online to produce an animation celebrating the Paralympics in time for London 2012!
Mind Your Business: Comic-Con Alter Egos – Part 2
…When we last left Mark, he was battling with a number-crunching Klingon and trying to Trek into the big Comic-Con sessions, where evidently too many had gone before him…
Andrew Stanton Talks 'John Carter'
With the Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD of the heroic tale, John Carter, about to be released, acclaimed director Andrew Stanton talks about the epic project in a Q&A.
In CG, Films, Home Entertainment, People, Visual Effects, CG, Films, Home Entertainment, People, Visual Effects | Headline News | Geographic Region: North America
Fatties
Through the use of a short story, the Animation Pimp delves into the issue of why short films continue to get bigger.
The Animation Pimp: Fatties
An Aussie, a Brit, a Latvian and an Israeli walk into a bar - The Animation Pimp discusses the issue of why animators are making such big, fat films.
Visions of the Future for Computer Graphics and Communication
NYU Media Research Lab founding director Dr. Ken Perlin discusses the past, present and future use of computer graphics technology for human interaction and communication.
NBC Likes Sci-Fi Beautiful People
NBC has ordered a pilot for the future-set drama BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE from COUGAR TOWN co-exec producer/director Michael McDonald, reports Deadline.com.
In Films, People, Visual Effects, Films, People, Visual Effects | Headline News | Geographic Region: All
Goals Met
I thought I was the only one who came to the realization that I’m not coming home with signed contracts. As a successful producer and creator of content, she said that her expectations are the same as mine. But would she miss a market? No.
Filling the Stadium for 'Moneyball'
Bill Desowitz gets the lowdown on crowd duplication in Moneyball from Edwin Rivera of Rhythm & Hues.
Career Coach: Life Lesson: You Are Not Your Job
Pamela Kleibrink Thompson reminds us that one cannot define themselves around their current job.
Career Coach: Hot Tips for Conferences, Festivals and Conventions
Pamela Kleibrink Thompson shares some hot tips on attending conferences, festivals and conventions.
Career Coach: Too Independent
Pamela Kleibrink Thompson discusses an important facet of empowerment.
Goyer Bringing 100 Bullets to TV
David S. Goyer is set to write and exec produce a TV series based on Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso's 100 BULLETS for Showtime, reports Deadline.com.
Pacific Star Enlists in World War Z
James Badge Dale (TVs THE PACIFIC) is in talks to join the cast of WORLD WAR Z, reports Show Blitz.
In Acting, CG, Films, People, Visual Effects, Acting, CG, Films, People, Visual Effects | Headline News | Geographic Region: All
Aardman Director Produces Viral Film To Mark MS Week
Aardman director Darren Robbie, who was a lead animator on the classic film Chicken Run and is also known as Chopsy Animation, has produced a stunning short animated film for the MS Society which graphically and powerfully depicts the reality of living with multiple sclerosis (MS).
Celebrating Grim Natwick
Begins: June 12, 2011
On June 12, 2011 I turn 65. Thought I would have been killed long before this.
Years ago a bank manager asked, with a sneer, if I had a goal.
I told him my goal was that if I lived to be 100 I wanted to be in my own home with people around me who love me. "I do not want to be ekeing out an existence in a home for senior citizens being spoon fed and sponge bathed by people who don't give a damn whether I live or drop dead." I told him.
In Event Types: Screenings, Animation
Career Coach: DUMB Stuff People Do
Pamela Kleibrink Thompson has some great advice that's no April Fool's joke.
Green Screens presents The Refugees of the Blue Planet 7 PM
Begins: April 6, 2011
Wednesday, April 6 – Green Screens presents The Refugees of the Blue Planet
7 PM
FREE
It Can Start with a Commercial
Commercials have the highest budgets above any other type of production. The advertiser only has 30 seconds to convince the viewer to buy their brand of toilet paper.Frame for frame a commercial costs more then even LORD OF THE RINGS.
Day 1 of Kidscreen Summit: No Rest For the Weary
It’s was officially day one of the Kidscreen Summit 2011 in NYC and the conference was in full swing. Producers and broadcasters from all around the globe are here in record attendance with unconfirmed reports of over 1600 people registered -- probably a couple hundred more not! Kidscreen has morphed from a chilled out meet and greet, development, co-production, “take a step back and have a bird’s eye-view of the business” to a mini MIPCOM market.
