Hadn't thought of this, but it's true. If the US Postal Service doesn't deliver mail on Saturdays as has been proposed starting in 2011, then Netflix could be the biggest loser in that deal...http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36100708/ns/business-the_big_money/-Bla...
Press release from Content Film (Fireworks) about PINK being at the international MIP-TV market, along with several of their other new "digital" acquisitions like RIESE, GIRL NUMBER 9 and SPLATTER...http://www.contentfilm.com/index.php/news/347.htmlHopefully they'll sell some new territories!-Bla...
My online series 'PINK' has been rather successful for me over the past several years, and now we've just had the good fortune of landing a foreign distribution deal too. This is no small achievment in general, but especially for a "web series".Generate, our domestic distributor (and primary owner of the show) did the deal with Fireworks International, the TV and digital distribution arm of Content Film (http://www.contentfilm.com/). They also distribute several high profile series like VALEMONT...
ARRI's new ALEXA camera looks really great. It's affordable (within reason, especially for rental houses - but some owner/operators), it has 13 stops of lattitude and uses 35mm lenses...
Here's a link to two videos about the camera. The first one is a demo/preview of the actual prototype (that will be unveiled at NAB soon). And the second one is an interview with the main ARRI guy responsible for the design, etc.
http://www.thefilmbook.com/top/techne/arri-alexa-prototype.php
I keep saying this, and it's very true - it's a GREAT time to be a filmmaker.
-Blake
The final episode of this season's FOX TV show 'House" is to be shot on the Canon 5D. Let me say that again, a NETWORK TV SHOW is going to shoot a multi-million dollar episode of their series on a $2700 camera (sans lens). This is ground-breaking and I don't say that lightly.Here's a link to the news:http://www.cinema5d.com/news/?p=2818I believe this to be accurate too as I got it from Rodney Charters on Twitter - the DP for FOX's series '24'. The other tidbit is that it appears they might shoot...
Really nice interview with Matt Nix, the showrunner for "Burn Notice" and the new series "The Good Guys"...http://www.deadline.com/2010/03/action-comedy-tv-showrunner-matt-nix/I like what he's doing Out There.-Bla...
Check out the indieWIRE article on Paramount's new venture (spawned after the success of micro-budgeted "Paranormal Activity")...http://www.indiewire.com/article/hollywood_studio_boosts_micro-budget_movies/So, this looks like a pretty cool thing on the surface, and I am interested to see how it pans out (might even try to pitch them myself). But with my recent ventures in the studio world I'd be surprised if 1) they can pull off a feature for $100k, and 2) if the filmmakers will live to tell about...
