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RiP: A Remix Manifesto

March 19, 2009April 17, 2009 Doug Groves mashup, remix0 comment

The new documentary “RiP: A Remix Manifesto” can now be watched at The National Film Board of Canada’s website, or at the director’s website OpenSourceCinema.org… In RiP: A remix manifesto, Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores issues of copyright in the information age, mashing up the media landscape of the 20th century and shattering the wall between users and producers. The films central protagonist is Girl Talk, a mash-up musician topping the charts with his sample-based songs. But is Girl Talk a paragon of people power or the Pied…

Ash The Potato

March 17, 2009July 25, 2009 Doug Groves 3D, Lightwave, lip sync, Magpie0 comment

This is part of an animation side project I’ve been working on. The site is finished, and the first couple of animations are in the can, so I thought I’d post the latest here for (what I hope will be) your enjoyment. The website is ashrants.com For those who are curious, the animation is done in the venerable Lightwave 3D, with an able assist in the lip sync department by a program called Magpie Pro. Magpie makes lip syncing dialogue easy, and can output for just about any 2D or…

The Return Of True Horror?

March 12, 2009April 17, 2009 Doug Groves horror, sam raimi, trailer5 Comments

One can hope. It’s been a long time coming, but Sam Raimi is back helming a horror movie about a witch who puts a curse on a loan officer who denies her a mortgage extension. Not a sexy Wiccan witch with parent issues, but a ripped from the pages for the Brothers Grimm wart-bespeckled old hag, complete with an evil eye. Way to kick it old school, while keeping it topical. Don’t be surprised if people start rooting for the witch to win, given the current economic climate. Another point…

McG a kickass filmmaker? Get outta here…

March 4, 2009March 5, 2009 Danny X terminator9 Comments

The new Terminator Salvation trailer was released today. In it we see John Connor coming to terms with being the leader of the human resistance, the rise of the Cyborg terminator, and, most importantly, a glimpse of what appears to be a well-made, well-directed, action-packed, moving story with substance. I might have to take back some of what I’ve said about Mc “Charlie’s Angels” G, because if the film is half as good as the trailer….damn. Watch for yourself above or at Yahoo movies. .

Climatology of a Cultural Ice Age, core sample #2

February 17, 2009February 23, 2009 Paul L Apple, canada, MPAA, RIAA1 Comment

A trial is convened in Sweden, in which the co-founders of filesharing directory The Pirate Bay face two years in jail and a €100,000 fine for “assisting copyright infringement”. YouTube begins crippling the audio on all of its content, whenever it auto-pattern-matches with any audio pattern claimed by a record company, sparking fears of the ‘End of Mashup Culture‘ and reports of the first massacres of teenage digital dreams. Then, just weeks later, as if to reassure any who might be in doubt as to whether there is room in…

Psychologists [and Watchmen mock newsreel] Demo Propaganda

February 9, 2009February 23, 2009 Paul L trailer, watchmen3 Comments

Psychologists have simultaneously discovered that synchronised behaviour (like, say… marching in step) increases loyalty, and that after being shown propagandistic images, people’s emotional profiles are changed. It’s something I’ve always noticed — people are like mirrors. From the article… Interest in the idea of a herd mentality has been renewed by work into mirror neurons – cells that fire when we perform an action or watch someone perform a similar action. It suggests that our brains are geared to mimic our peers. “We are set up for ‘auto-copy’.” Of course,…

Raindance Canada One Night Stands 2009

January 26, 2009April 17, 2009 Doug Groves 1 Comment

As the title suggests, Raindance Canada has a new series of course for the film maker in you. Our own Dave Lei has attended many Raindance events in the past, and can’t speak highly enough of them. Short, Sharp Essential Classes for Filmmakers – a great way to start your filmmaking year! Raindance Canada is offering a unique series of Wednesday evening classes beginning January 28th – February 25th as part of the Filmmakers Foundation Certificate Series, an investment of only $39.99 + GST in your film future!

Ralph Bakshi: Tips on Surviving In Tough Times

January 18, 2009 Danny X 5 Comments

Are you a creative struggling to stay afloat in harsh economic times? The guys over at Fanboy have posted a very interesting article that might appeal to you. In it, Ralph Bakshi, director of (what is potentially my favourite animated film of all time) Fritz the Cat and the grossly underrated Cool World, talks Lee Adama-style about seeing this situation as not a tragedy but an opportunity to seek out strange, new worlds. (Yes, I’m mixing my metaphors.) Essentially, his core message is, “If the industry isn’t working for you,…

“Star Wars: A Musical Journey” a reality. I have a bad feeling about this.

December 22, 2008January 6, 2009 Danny X 7 Comments

It’s actually not as bad as it might sound. In Star Wars: A Musical Journey, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will play a live score as excerpts from the six films are shown on a cinema screen. The show has been put together by director George Lucas’ company Lucasfilm and composer John Williams. It will premiere at the O2 arena in London in April before a European tour. It will not be a traditional musical with actors playing characters from the films, but will feature live narrators.(BBC) So at least we’re…

Toronto braces for a TROMA-tic experience as Lloyd Kaufman comes to town.

December 5, 2008 Danny X 1 Comment

All right everybody, drop your tacos or I’ll blow your brains out. Hot off the wire from our friends over at the After Dark Film Festival: Legendary cult horror filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman, who presented the hysterical zombie chicken musical POULTRYGEIST at Toronto After Dark Film Festival last year, returns to the city this weekend with a rare 35mm film print screening of his breakthrough cult classic film THE TOXIC AVENGER! The screening is tomorrow night (Saturday, Dec 6, 9PM) at the Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor Street West and will be…

RED news! Info for Scarlett & Epic Cameras released!

November 14, 2008November 18, 2008 kingpinlei 5 Comments

RED has finally released new details of their highly anticipated new Scarlett and Epic digital cinema cameras. Earlier this year, RED had pulled details of Scarlett and Epic in order to do a redesign of the cameras, citing that the camera market had totally changed and that they had to change as well to stay ahead. Dubbed the DSMC (Digital Still and Motion Camera), the Scarlett and Epic cameras are now the centre of a totally modular and customizable digital camera system. Built around the updated Mysterium sensor inside a…

变换并且铺开 (or, “Transform and Roll Out!”)

November 7, 2008November 12, 2008 Danny X 0 comment

(This image has very little to do with this article; I just thought it was funny. Stolen from gwjokes.) If you’re like the rest of the film-loving world who has an affinity for giant metamorphic interplanetary-war-fighting robots, you recognize that Michael Bay’s blow-em-up-real-good Transformers movie, um, sucked. Personally, I enjoyed putting my brain in cruise control for a couple of hours and was admittedly blown away by the effects in the flick, but on 2nd (and 3rd, and 4th, and 5th…I like robots) viewing, it’s plainly obvious Bay couldn’t make…