New media: YouTube creative artists pride themselves on being a separate breed Popular series have gone subscriber-only, and Hollywood has come knocking, but independent spirit reigns. Popular series have gone subscriber-only, and Hollywood has come knocking, but independent spirit reigns. Read more on Los Angeles Times NVIDIA’s Parallel Computing Architecture Driving Growing List of Groundbreaking Video Processing Solutions International … [Read more...]
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With Msian Indie Filmmaker, James Lee Image by edmundyeo Blogged here. June 2005. With award-winning Malaysian indie filmmaker James Lee. 'Devil' filmmakers ratchet up tension Yet they recognize that his name comes with some baggage these days. Since the Oscar-nominated success of 1999's "The Sixth Sense," Shyamalan has become a controversial figure, someone critics and audiences seem to love to hate, even though his films tend to perform well … [Read more...]
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On the Bowery: movie review The 1950s documentary ‘On the bowery’ took men at the bottom of their lives and spun a story. Read more on The Christian Science Monitor The Leading Business Weekly FILMMAKER, director and a “minor local television celebrity” Ben Mahaka recently spoke to Ngoni Muzofa about, among other things, his motivation, current projects, and the impact his wife has had on his career and new found faith. Read more on Zimbabwe … [Read more...]
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Whiting Petroleum Lowers Q3 Production Outlook, Backs Full-year Forecast - Update Independent oil and gas company Whiting Petroleum Corp. (WLL) on Friday lowered its production outlook for the third quarter of 2010, saying that production was impacted by pipeline maintenance on the Enbridge system. However, the company maintained its full-year production guidance. Read more on RTT News Whiting Petroleum Corporation Updates Production … [Read more...]
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Existence - a short film Image by ©sammie A short film made by Sammie Caine (me) and Charlotte Looker (a good friend). Featuring the amazing Chloe Makin (another good friend). We made it at film school this summer, and this is the poster we used for our film at the showcase. We entered it in to Young Filmmaker of Mann. Finger's crossed it gets shortlisted! Please become a fan on Facebook. UPDATE!!! I have no uploaded the film to YouTube. … [Read more...]