Inside the Film Production campus
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Film Production students learn to edit with industry-standard software.
Find out more about VFS’s one-year Film Production program at www.vfs.com/film
George Hickenlooper, Documentary Filmmaker, Dies at 47
Mr. Hickenlooper won an Emmy for his documentary film about the making of Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now.”
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Channel 4 launches Film4oD
The video-on-demand digital film service hopes to rival Lovefilm and Blinkbox Channel 4 has teamed up with FilmFlex to launch a video-on-demand digital film rental service for Film4 with more than 500 titles available at launch. Film4oD, which Channel 4 claims will have more films available than rivals such as Lovefilm and Blinkbox, will offer a 48-hour rental service with titles priced from 50p …
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Hike to old ‘MASH’ set launches fundraiser for California parks
An upcoming two-day film festival will showcase five classic movies filmed in various state parks, with ticket sales supporting the parks. Supporters of California’s parklands called on Hollywood’s star power Saturday to kick off a fundraising effort for cash-strapped state parks.
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