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Slugline. Simple, elegant screenwriting.
Red Giant Color Suite, with Magic Bullet Looks 2.5 and Colorista II
Thursday, November 9, 2006 at 2:15AM The 20-minute short, which played at numerous festivals and on iFilm, is presented on the DVD along with a commentary track and visual effects breakdown. The many effects in the film are used as examples throughout the book.
Thursday, November 9, 2006 at 12:06AM Scott Kirsner (CinemaTech), who interviewed Jonathan Rothbart and I not long ago, has compiled our interview, several others, and his own insights on web video, viral media, and the economy emerging around them into a must-read ebook.
The Future of Web Video: Opportunities for Producers, Entrepreneurs, Media Companies and Advertisers
I applaud Scott on three fronts for this: 1) Self publishing is cool. 2) Writing a book is hard. 3) There's some crazy shizzle going on right now, and it's a great time to be a filmmaker.
Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at 11:59PM FlipFlop is a small, free Mac OS X application designed to assist filmmakers with on set monitoring/previewing using a laptop and a firewire connected camera. The features came mostly from reading many peoples requests on various forums such as DVXUser and Redrock Micro.Wicked cool! I'm all excited about ScopeBox, but FlipFlop is free and available now, which are two of my favorite software features.
The importance of full-resolution monitoring and scopes is something I cover in The Guide.
Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at 9:53PM I've updated the Rebel's Guide site a bit and added a page about the squib elements included on the book's DVD. You can download a free sample while you're there. Comp it into your next shootout scene!
