Posted on: November 28th, 2008 The Cambodian Children’s Fund / Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Cambodian Children’s Fund was founded by Hollywood film executive Scott Neeson, who travelled to Cambodia on holiday in early 2003 and found his life changed by the desperate circumstances and unlikely courage of Phnom Penh’s most impoverished children.

After a 26 year-career in the film business, including tenure as president of 20th Century Fox International and a similar position with Sony Pictures International, Scott exited the industry to establish and oversee CCF. He is now Executive Director and lives year-round in Phnom Penh.

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The Cambodian Children’s Fund / Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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Posted on: November 28th, 2008 UNIT 10 Productions short film competition

Are you a filmmaker, writer or performer? Do you have a special talent that everyone should know about?

Do you experiment with film? Have you always wanted to produce a short film but never had the resources?

Unit 10 productions are experienced in producing audio/visual online content. We, work with artists, directors and performers to create cutting edge short film.

Unit 10 are launching a competition in the hope of finding and supporting new undiscovered talent. We will produce a series of three 30 sec – 1 min films, to be launched as an online series in collaboration with tourdates.co.uk.

Working with a wealth of experienced editors, camera operators, producers and directors your ideas could be made into a series of short films viewed internationally.

We are looking for an individual or a group who have an interesting take on short film which works with audio. Whether you’re a filmmaker and your idea only currently exists as a script, a storyboard, video experiments or synopsis we want to hear your ideas. Or if you’re a performer with a specific talent we can help you get yourself seen. Or if you just have a really good idea we want to get you involved.

The winning candidate will work with our team at unit10 productions, to budget, produce, edit and distribute 3 short films in 2009.

The competition is geared towards generating short form video for viral distribution. Over a period of 3 weeks the films will be launched through video sharing platforms for viral distribution with the purpose of driving traffic back to the tourdates.co.uk website.

The winning treatment has to fit within a specific structure.

• The idea has to be able to be produced over a series of three 30 sec-1min episodes.
• The winning applicant can be involved either as performer, director, script writer/screenplay.
• The idea has to be effective in driving traffic and generating interest.
• The comp is aimed at experienced; amateur, and novice filmmakers, unit10productions take the responsibility for working with the winner to produce their film as effectively as possible.
• The film has to work directly with sound in any form to create the link back to the tourdates.co.uk website

The winning applicant will receive £200 and the technical resources/support of unit10 Productions.

Please submit your initial applications to lucy@unit10productions.com and we will send you a creative brief to work to.

Please include the following:

Proposals must outline how specific ideas can be broken down into short episodes, full running time may be 3 mins, but the winning film will be distributed in 1min episodes.

Name:
Address:
Mobile contact:
Synopsis of idea:

Optional additional material
• Storyboard
• Written description of idea up to 500 words
• Photographs/Images with short outline of idea

Closing date to submit final proposals: Dec 5th 2008
All films to be produced in Jan-Feb 2009

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Posted on: November 28th, 2008 The Hindu Business Line : They don’t speak for me


Proud to be Indian citizens.

Rasheeda Bhagat

When one of the terrorists holed up in the Oberoi hotel demanded while talking to a television channel “Release all the Mujahideens, and Muslims living in India should not be troubled,” he was certainly not speaking for me. Or millions and millions of Indian Muslims either.

Yes, Indian Muslims today face a plethora of problems. Problems related to an economic downturn that impacts their jobs, if already employed, or makes more bleak the prospects of the unemployed hunting for jobs.

Problems related to galloping food prices shrinking their monthly grocery supplies. Problems related to inadequate and poor quality education putting good jobs beyond their reach. Problems related to the land that they till failing to give them a decent livelihood. And so on.

The Hindu Business Line : They don’t speak for me.

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Posted on: November 28th, 2008 Smaller pics groom actors for Oscar – Entertainment News, Anne Thompson, Media – Variety

Ever since Sally Kirkland landed a supporting actress Oscar nom for 1987 micro-indie “Anna” by throwing a few parties for her actor friends and by taking out some “for your consideration” ads, it is widely believed inside the Hollywood community that it is possible for a long-shot actor to score a nomination — even without spending scads of cash.

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Smaller pics groom actors for Oscar – Entertainment News, Anne Thompson, Media – Variety.

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Posted on: November 27th, 2008 raindance.co.uk: John Truby Breaks Down Changeling

Changeling is a harrowing story of one woman’s nightmare when she tries to find her missing son. For screenwriters it shows the benefits, but also the difficulty, of combining the thriller with the social drama.

Drama is one of the great storytelling forms, but it has become rare in a Hollywood that requires all its movies to have blockbuster potential. Most writers of classic drama have moved to television where the level of writing has never been higher. But to get a drama made in film, you have to combine it with a more sensational genre that can pull in the big audience. Enter the thriller.

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Posted on: November 27th, 2008 Advent Conspiracy Promo Video

Goes for Hannukah too!

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Posted on: November 26th, 2008 Cost Effective Rich Media Content Creation IT Infrastructure Primer Free Webcast

Upgrading storage capacity, bandwidth, and network capabilities are incremental large-business expenses that content-creation businesses pay close attention to as the demand to provide ever-higher resolution content increases. The cost to implement greater networked storage capacity and bandwidth has dramatically decreased over the past several years. This is in part due to the ever decreasing cost of computing power, and in part driven by competition for market share among content-creation platforms. Recently, Autodesk has relinquished their lock on their expensive proprietary storage and networking solution in order to stay competitive with other platforms.

Storage and network integrator Jeff Elterman has many years of experience and will tie together the disparate requirements of content creation into a primer for planning a cost-effective roadmap for your business’ content-creation IT infrastructure.

Those who should attend are companies that produce rich media content such as:

* Editorial postproduction companies

* Computer graphics and animation companies

* Broadcast companies

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Posted on: November 26th, 2008 Looking for Writers and Segment Producers for an Idealist Doc/ News series show

Looking for a Writer who is also a Producer/ Associate Producer for a groundbreaking new series show being developed for Broadcast Cable Network and their Web Affiliate.

A News Clip Show with Field segments in the style of MTV News and Current TV with a similar demographic but the focus being special interest segments that cover the work being done in many fields by organizations and individuals who are making a positive difference in the world in large and small ways! Covering everything from the Peace Movement and organizations like “Code Pink” to other activist groups, non-profits and individuals who have inspired millions. We will have stories that focus on positive real advances in the Environmental movement, Human Rights causes as well as a leaning toward Metaphysical Spiritual perspectives on consciousness and the world today as we show those that lead the field in shifting humanity to being more hopeful and united in creating a better tomorrow for the whole world.

This is the ultimate cause as it’s about informing and inspiring everyone to take part in creating their future and the future of their communities and the world at large.

The Writers/ Segment Producers will collaborate with the Show Runner/ Producer and have the opportunity to express their creativity and individual perspectives by researching and pitching their own story ideas and collaborate with a team to produce them.

Looking to fill positions of contributing writers as well as staff Writer/ Producers.
Writer/ Producers Qualifications:
- 3 Years + experience working in the industry at some level of Producing and or writing (Experience Producing or writing for Clip shows or Doc series shows a plus)
- Experience writing Narration and Host Scripts, ability to show a demo or writing samples
- Self-motivated and creative writer, avid reader/ researcher of current news on special interest subjects regarding the Peace Movement, Environmental activism and scientific advances, Social and Humanitarian movements, Alternative Wholistic Health and wellbeing, Visionary Arts, Personal Growth and/ or Metaphysical/ Spiritual leading edge thinkers.
- Ability to write informative, insightful, truthful, entertaining and humorous coverage of one or more of these various subjects in a way that will reach the younger MTV/ Current TV demographic.
- A passion and drive to report and write about positive news with the intention to inspire and help continue to ignite a shift towards positive change and unity in the world.
- A plus and advantage if you own your own mac laptop and have experience with editing on Final Cut Pro and are web savvy (Producer/ Writers may be asked to assemble rough cuts and do basic editing or uploading of video to servers)

Oasis TV is a small but growing cable channel now but with BIG aspirations to make BIG waves as we continue to grow as a media outlet and organization.

Oasis TV’s mission is to become the world’s leading video programming service of news, information and entertainment to improve people’s lives and help make the world a happier place.

History: In September 1997, the Oasis Television Network launched on satellite to become the world’s first holistic/personal growth cable/satellite programming service in the world. Since then, Oasis TV has been operating as a cable channel and Internet video content provider. It has provided branded video to USA Broadcasting, RealNetworks and MSN. Currently, Oasis TV is available in 1.1 million Los Angeles cable households 24×7 on Time Warner Cable channel 1 and in 700,000 Houston, Texas cable households 7 nights a week from 9-11pm on Comcast channel 19.

Now: We are increasing our production value and content with this new ambitious hosted show and are looking for writers and producers excited to join our team!

If interested please contact me with a cover letter, resume and writing sample or demo.

The Rate/ Salary is negotiable depending on experience. This would start on the low end but increase considerably as we attach advertisers and sponsors to the show. There is much room to advance and grow and a great opportunity for Associate Producers wanting to advance in creative control and responsibility.

Maia Monasterios
Executive Producer
Ignite the Light Productions, LLC
Oasis TV Network
Los Angeles, CA
maia@maiamfilms.com

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Posted on: November 26th, 2008 Giz Explains 3D Technologies

Giz Explains 3D Technologies

By Staff

Nov 20, 2008, 13:48

Last week, CNN’s attempt to display the future of TV news ended up making 3D look like the gimmick that it is. Yep, 3D is a gimmick, most associated (outside of CNN) with those stupid glasses designed to fit Blockheads from Venus. But as you know, there are many different scientific approaches dedicated to tricking you into thinking bullets—or other deadly projectiles such as children—are popping out of the screen and coming right at you. Here’s a quick and dirty guide to 3D magic.

Most 3D operates on a single basic principle—tricking our dumb, binocular brain into interpreting a 2D image into one with depth. The most basic way to do this is stereoscopy, which is essentially showing a slightly different image to each eye which the brain mashes together into a 3D image. We’ve broken up the million different ways to do 3D in a few broad categories.

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Posted on: November 26th, 2008 Post/Editorial Executives and Artisans Assess the Impact of New Technology, Approaches

November 21, 2008, — While the technology curve continues to be steep with new innovations making an impact both on the creative and business fronts, sometimes the cause and effect can get lost in the shuffle as companies scramble day to day to maintain a positive momentum.

So SHOOT thought it a good time for reflection, asking post/editorial executives and artists to assess how new advances in hardware and software—as well as how new ways of doing business—have come to roost and affect their professional lives.

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Videography – Industry News.

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