Saturday, February 4, 2012
Well, I couldn’t help myself. After my post yesterday, I made up my own Fake Criterion covers for three of my favorite films. Smiley Face Pootie Tang Let’s go to Prison
Thursday, February 2, 2012
I’ve always greatly enjoyed the stark artistry that Criterion collection covers offer. I could go on about positive and negative space, typography and all that jazz, but frankly they just look cool. Here are some real Criterion covers. 8 1/2 M Now, with that in mind, check out Fake Criterions. Somehow I missed the train on this [...]
(MERREL NOTE: I had a wonderful time speaking with Chris Newman. His candor and intensity for filmmaking was refreshing. This article originally appeared in the most recent issue of Sound & Picture Magazine) Award Winning Life Lessons with Chris Newman Newman & David Moshlak from the set of Shamus There are a handful of [...]
Wow! The non-stop gravy train that is the LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival continued yesterday with some great food, conversation, and networking. I spend lots of time at various conventions, festivals, and of course host Screenwriter Karaoke, so it’s always rewarding when an event is well orchestrated. (Translation: thanks for having your shit together LA [...]
The feel-good vibe here at the LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival keeps on growing. Friday, day two, was awesome! Sadly, I missed the panels in the morning, but was able to catch the evening screenings the Male Pattern Badness block (featuring. Atom.com). It’s not too late to see what else is going on for the [...]
It’s exciting to be a sponsor of the LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival, the vibe here in downtown Los Angeles is awesome. Over the next couple of days, me (@UncompletedWork) and Xandy (@CoverMyScript) will be tweeting and blogging talking about our experiences and all that fun jazz. Here is the lovely entrance way of the [...]
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World was unleashed last weekend. The $60 million, Edgar Wright directed video game romp is a strange foray into nostalgia, contemporary manga style fiction and stylistic filmmaking, so, when I went to see Pilgrim at the Arclight opening night, I had only an expectation: the film would be fun. Why then, [...]
Unlike novels, a script has implications far beyond the imagination of the reader. It is the document blue-print for an ultimately collaborative endeavor. In order to be an effective screenwriter, you need to be hyper aware of the production process and post-production process. I say aware, since you don’t have to do those tasks, you [...]
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Leah Meyerhoff’s film Twitch won the grand jury prize at Slamdance in 2007. Twitch went on to show at over 100 festivals and received many awards and was her first foray into the film festival circuit. Leah has been gracious enough to share a bit of her insight on her short filmmaking and how it [...]
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
(This article was originally written for FilmCrusade.com) During the summer of 1997, I worked in a Mom and Pop video store. We didn’t let the fact that we were small hold us back from being at the forefront. We were the first local video shop to carry a library of DVD’s while the behemoth retail [...]
