Des Moines, IA A Midwestern publisher is further blurring the lines between media platforms with a new video ad. Embedded in a print magazine. Meredith Corp.’s August issue of Successful Farming magazine has a double truck ad from Bayer Crop
Every first Tuesday of the month the little eastside haunt of El Cid will now be overrun with web series creators thanks to promoter Michael McCarthy. Tubefilter caught up with Michael to hear about the new web series night he’s
Vimeo, the fast growing IAC unit, is throwing a two day online video festival and awards program to celebrate the community of video creators. The event on October 8 and 9 is being held at the Frank Gehry
Beverly Hills, CA — The Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 15 scientific and technical achievements have been selected for further awards consideration. The list is made public to allow
Beyond The Trailer’s Grace Randolph shares some big news about an amazing opportunity for indie filmmakers Relativity Media’s Rogue and AMC Independent will be releasing one lucky film in fifty theaters this spring, and host Grace Randolph is going to
Every year, around this time, I get a booklet from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), called “Rules”. For those of you who wonder just what that AMPAS thing is, let me tell you that it’s the
It’s a privilege to present the last interview with François Truffaut, who died in 1984. The interview was done (and extremely well) by Bert Cardullo, and previously appeared only in the (utterly engaging) book “Action Interviews with Directors from Classical
Arabic WordArt + girly glitter graphics + trashy collages + mid 90s Java effects = M.I.A’s latest video, obviously, from Laundry and HELLO Click motionographer.com for the whole story.
GSD&M Idea City has produced a five part video Web series profiling local artists and their relationship with Austin and creativity. The Austin creative agency made the videos to generate buzz for the Launch787’s Austin Fashion Week kick off event
Advertisers and backers are beginning to return to entertainment videos made exclusively for the Web, following a tough time during the start of the recession, the New York Times reports. One recent example, according to the article, is a branded entertainment
This is the latest campaign element for the launch of The Expendables movie, a YouTube takeover that features as an interrupted interview with Sylvester Stallone. While I love YouTube takeovers, I felt a little let down by this one (I’ve got high standards
New York I'm a little surprised it took Levi's excellent "Walk Across America" this long to appear on the Viral Video Chart given press attention and pass around its received over the past few weeks. The video debuted on the
It is a culmination of all we do at IFP, incorporating elements and individuals from our year long programs including Independent Filmmaker Labs, Envision, ...
Premiering tonight after a brand new Jersey Shore (yay ) is Kanye West's much anticipated music video for "Power." Only, according to Kanye, it's "not a video ... it's a painting." Confused as to what the hell that means, we
Michael Helfant of Troika Pictures Talking to Sul Set Subscribers Live Tuesday, August 17 at 1pm PST.Producer Michael Helfant of Troika Pictures (www.troikapictures.com) will be visiting Sul Set’s offices to interact with subscribers via live stream on Tuesday, August 17
When you’ve had the kind of 2009 that Kanye West endured, only to return the following year to promote your new album, how do you organize your charm offensive to tell your audience you’re not the same person you used
UPDATE Remember how, over a year ago, Reality TV production companies like Next Entertainment (The Bachelor) and Rocket Science (Joe Millionaire) were accused of violating labor laws by a writers' lawsuit orchestrated by the Writers Guild Of America as a step
Documentary filmmakers won an important ruling Monday, when the U.S. Copyright Office ruled that they could legally circumvent DVD copy protection in order to rip content covered under fair use. The ruling, which provides an exemption to the Digital Millennium
Miami's Surf Past Comes Alive in a Series of Silent Archive Films at The Webster “We have such a strong surf culture, even though we don’t have a bounty of waves,” Michael Laas, of Miami’s Surfrider Foundation, says of
How much do I love it when Hollywood bigwigs go online and try to put on a show? Muchly, as it is usually a highly entertaining slow motion accident. Except, this online interview show called “Red Band Trailer,” hosted by