From the 1978 Kenny Everett TV show.
Kenny Everett’s Captain Kremmen> More info about the podcasts HERE
Kevin Rudd – The New Australian Prime Minister
Yes, that’s him on the left (surprise, surprise) eating his own earwax. He was also caught drunk in a New York Lap Dancing club and was so drunk he couldn’t remember even being there.
Here’s a NotKat video just to lighten the mood:
Camera Review Sony HDV Z1U
Written by Andy Yardy
Based out of LA, he creates films under his production company, New Link Media.
As a filmmaker, I dreamed of the day that I could toss my standard def camera for a high Def one. I started pricing them about 5 years ago and one hundred grand was the best price I could find. It took a couple years until it had come down by half to fifty grand. Even then, I was never going to have the kind of a budget to own or even rent such a camera. Then, in late 2004, Sony broke the $10,000 barrier and released the FX1 and, in 2005, the Z1U, bringing the dream of owning an HD camera to regular people like you and me. Over the last year Panasonic, JVC and Canon have followed suit giving microfilmmakers everywhere broader options in cameras and more tools to tell stories at a much higher quality than they used to have. Since I owned a Sony PD-150, which I liked a lot, I naturally leaned toward the Sony HDV camera. I did my homework on all of them and in the end I decided to go with the Z1U. It has its ups and downs but over all it has lived up to the hype.
There are a lot of reviews available on the Z1U. As a shooter I found that those reviews glossed over a lot of things that effect me in the practical day-to-day use of this camera. In this review I have glossed over a few of the features that will make your jaw drop in awe in favor of giving you a perspective that has some practical value to the microfilmmaker. That way when you drop a few grand on getting this camera you at least know all sides of the picture.
Fascinating video of how to cheat a rubik’s cube.
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The Champions, based on the 1968 British TV series of the same name, follows the adventures of a team of secret government agents who are rescued from a plane crash by an advanced civilization and given superhuman abilities. Created by Monty Berman and Dennis Spooner, the original series starred Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo and William Gaunt and mixed adventure, humor and glamour into its plotlines.
Read More Here
The Champions Official Website as it is today
Alexandra Bastedo’s Official Site
Sunset Strip Club Shows Free For Screenwriters
The roxy The Roxy on the Sunset Strip is providing free admittance to Writers Guild members during the strike.
WGA writers will be allowed into any shows that are not sold out by showing their membership cards.
“People forget sometimes that Los Angeles is as small; as it is big,” said Roxy owner Nic Adler. “Writers, like musicians, are here to entertain the world. We support artists here at The Roxy, that’s what we do.”
For ticket availability, call 310-278-9457.
Gee, how ironic, in this 3rd week of the Writers Guild of America backed writer’s strike sparked by writers demanding payment on new media like the internet etc., and so we damn well should……NBC Brings ‘Quarterlife’ On TV
by Chris Georg 00:49, November 18th 2007
NBC Brings ‘Quarterlife’ On TV
Becoming the first network to have made such a deal, NBC announced the acquisition of internet-based series “Quarterlife” which is set to make its television debut early next year.
Read On…………
Quarterlife Official Website
The website includes subscriber’s profiles as well as the show’s episodes.
Keep up-to-date on the Strike below:
Nikki Finke’s blog
Speed Racer is the new movie from the Wachowski brothers and is based on a 1960′s Japanese animated series created by anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida. It stars Emile Hirsch and Christina Ricci.
Official Site
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Producer Joel Silver talks briefly about the Wachowski brother’s interest in the project.
More Video Here
Shot on the CineAlta F23 HD camera
Release Dates: UK 30 November 2007 USA 21 November 2007
Much hyped new movie from producer J.J. Abrams and a bunch of other TV types revolving around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people. Viral marketing campaign in full swing by Paramount right now. Due out Jan 2008. Playing in my own player here.
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Budget
$30,000,000 (Estimated) Tech specs: Camera = Panavision Genesis HD Camera
Film negative format (mm/video inches)
35 mm
Cinematographic process = Digital Intermediate (master format)
HDCAM SR (source format)
Here’s the camera for professional shoots:
Product Features:
The Hasselblad H3D is the world’s first 48mm. full-frame, large-sensor, medium-format DSLR camera system. The H3D has been developed around a brand new digital camera engine producing increased lens performance and a new level of image sharpness. By focusing solely on digital camera architecture, Hasselblad is able to offer photographers the full benefits of professional medium-format digital cameras as well as the ease of use of the best 35mm DSLRs
Features:
- Large format 48 x 36mm digital capture
Today’s digital photography demands higher resolution, less noise, and improved compositional choice, all of which the CF backs provide. The sensors are 22 or 39 megapixels in size and they are both more than twice the physical size of today’s 35mm sensors. This means more and larger pixels, which ensures the highest possible image quality and moir? free color rendering without gradation break-ups – in even the most subtley lit surfaces. - More
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Fuji Fineix S9600
Although as a Pro I don’t recommend zoom lenses I do recommend this one as it’s for your Xmas snaps. It’s got everything you’d possibly need, even a hot-shoe and red-eye reduction, and at £200 (approx) it won’t break the bank:
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Embed your youtube videos through wordpress
Posted Apr 24, 2007
Learn how to embed videos
Here’s one I did earlier.
Beowulf – Trailer
Posted Jul 31, 2007
In a legendary time of heroes, the mighty warrior Beowulf battles the demon Grendel and incurs the hellish wrath of the beast’s ruthlessly seductive mother.
Ray Winstone’s new movie – first leading role.
I am continuing with 3 scripts right now, and all have interest from production companies through my new agency. However as I want to produce them myself I am negotiating deals to do this as well as direct. Yes, I know, I can’t just go the easy route.
I have been busy during the summer researching new film equipment, films, video tech, streaming technology, CGI technology, all with a view to building the Studio Complex which will be somewhere in either London (expensive) the West country or eastern Europe.
There will be a restructuring of the site to encompass the blog , new video chat room and filmmakers forum. This will enable the British film community to meet up online and share the latest news, organise meetings or anything useful it can be used for to assist filmmakers reach their goals, learn something useful, look for work, hire technicians or just chat with the buddies you made on your last movie. Whatever, it’s all good ya’all! Catch y’on the rebound mofo!
Here’s a trailer for Rent a Rasta, a film that claims each year approximately 80,000 middle aged, middle class women go to Jamaica looking to rent the BIG BAMBOO. Scandalous!
This is some of the imported news page from bulletmovies.com.
The rest is at http://bulletmovies.com/News
Some Bat For Lashes videos. She’s from Brighton ya know!
