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July 28, 2017

FIELD TEST: Trigyn Apex Wireless Performs for Less


As film sets increasingly require wireless video transmission, Trigyn offers an indie friendly solution.


One day we blinked and wireless video became the norm. While big productions have long run wireless video across wide distances, and wireless setups have been a bastion of live production for a while, indie shoots held out, saving money by just running a cheap SDI cable to give the director or client a view of what was being shot.

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Source: NoFilmSchool

July 28, 2017

New Music! SXSW Artist Releases – Friday, July 28

2012 SXSW Showcasing Artist Cage the Elephant

Between looking over Showcase Applications and getting ready for registration and housing to open next week for SXSW 2018, we’re staying busy over at SXSW HQ. If you stil haven’t submitted your band for consideration, you can apply here.

This week’s releases are as diverse as ever. New York based indie-rockers Joywave release a new album titled Content that features more conventional rock songs balanced by more atmospheric material. Trippy pop act Passion Pit release their fourth LP called Tremendous Sea Of Love. The Autobiography, the second album from Vic Mensa, also drops and contains an impressive cast of guest features including Weezer and Ty Dolla $ign.

Each week we pick one of the album releases and make a playlist for fans who are enjoying the album but want to discover more more music from past SXSW artists. This week, we’re selecting a guitar-rock playlist inspired by Cage the Elephant whose new live album Unpeeled released today. Go ahead and give it a listen because these playlists will only be active for one week before we pick a new artist to focus on. Follow us on Spotify to keep up with our playlists each week, and be sure to follow the playlist.

Release of the Week Playlist

Past Showcasing Artist July 21st Releases

Joywave – Content
Manchester Orchestra – A Black Mile To The Surface
Passion Pit – Tremendous Sea Of Love
Vic Mensa – The Autobiography
Cage the Elephant – Unpeeled

2012 SXSW Showcasing Artist Cage the Elephant – Photo by Kevin McGehearty

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Source: SxSW Music

July 28, 2017

2018 SXSW Registration & Housing Opens Tuesday, August 1

Mark your calendars – SXSW 2018 is open for business on Tuesday, August 1!

Join us for the 2018 SXSW Conferences & Festivals from March 9-18 for an event packed full of showcases, screenings, conference sessions, exhibitions, tacos (so many tacos), workshops, networking events, mentor sessions, unexpected discoveries, and so much more.

Save big when you register early for SXSW 2018 and get the most hotel options. With expanded access to events for all registrants, attendees will receive primary access to programming associated with their badge type but now also enjoy secondary entry to most other SXSW events.

Find out which badge is the perfect fit for you – registration rates and badge information are available now. After you register, make hotel reservations through SXSW Housing & Travel. Rooms during March go quickly, so on Tuesday, August 1 be sure to check the Availability page and enter your dates to see all available hotels, room types, rates, and amenities.

Recently Announced 2018 Programming

Earlier than ever before, we have already revealed the first SXSW Conference announcement of the season including three Keynotes and five Featured Speakers. Keynotes announced include Academy Award-winning writer and director Barry Jenkins (Moonlight, Medicine for Melancholy), psychotherapist and best-selling author Esther Perel, and technology entrepreneur and quantum computing expert whurley. Featured Speakers announced include space entrepreneur and futurist Bob Richards, Kaiser Permanente chairman and CEO Bernard J. Tyson, Empowering a Billion Women by 2020 chairman and CEO Ingrid Vanderveldt, artist and poet Cleo Wade, and author and founder of the Future Today Institute Amy Webb.

Stay tuned to SXSW News for many, more announcements, programming updates, applications, awards, and beyond throughout the 2018 season.

Apply to Participate

Learn how to participate in one of the many prestigious SXSW categories including SXSW Film Festival submissions, SXSW Music Festival Showcasing Artist applications, Interactive Innovation Awards, SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event, David Carr Prize, SXSW Art Program, and SXSW Community Service Awards. Then help shape the March event during PanelPicker Community Voting from Monday, August 7 – Friday, August 25.

Apply to Participate Now

Join Us for SXSW 2018

On Tuesday, August 1, register to attend and book your hotel to begin your SXSW adventure! Get ready to help us write the next chapter of SXSW during March 9-18, 2018.

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SXSW Conference & Festivals – Photo by Carol Watson

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Source: SxSW Film

July 28, 2017

‘Operation Apex’ will let you take a virtual reality dive with great whites

If you are looking to cure yourself of a lingering fear of the ocean and of one of its largest predators, Curiscope’s Operation Apex will take you on a virtual reality tour of the ocean and a close look at great white sharks.

The post 'Operation Apex' will let you take a virtual reality dive with great whites appeared first on Digital Trends.

Source: Digital Trends VR

July 28, 2017

Watch: This Simple Exercise Will Make You a Better Director


All you have to do is watch a bunch of movies.


There’s no easier way to learn how to make a movie than by watching a bunch of movies. The trick is not to be a passive audience member. As you watch, look to deconstruct the film in as many ways as you possibly can. In breaking down the most minute details (such as editing, framing, types of shots etc.), the intentions behind a director’s choices grow more and more evident.



If we’re trying to learn from the best, then there’s no better entry point than through a combination of The Nerdwriter and Paul Thomas Anderson. in the video below, today’s premiere video essayist takes us through a simple film analyzation exercise that he likes to employ when watching movies. Let’s call it the “Count The Shots Method.”



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Source: NoFilmSchool

July 28, 2017

SXSW Film Festival Headliner Atomic Blonde in Theaters Now [Video]

“This was really a job that was a bit of a dream come true, I developed this five years ago from very, very little. You never know the journey of a film, and to be here today, and to have the film that we have, and how incredibly proud we are of it, and how it turned out, happens very rarely, ” – Atomic Blonde Cast Member, Charlize Theron.

Much like Baby Driver and The Disaster Artist, SXSW audiences were exhilarated at the world premiere of Atomic Blonde at the SXSW Film Festival in March, seeing for the first time director David Leitch’s action packed cold-war thriller, starring Theron and James McAvoy, equal parts spycraft, sensuality and savagery. Check out the SXSW Q&A and get to a theatre for this exciting film!

Leitch is an actor, writer, producer, stunt coordinator, and film director. He made his directorial debut in 2014 with John Wick, co-directed by Chad Stahelski. He begins production on the highly anticipated Deadpool 2 this summer.

Learn More About SXSW 2018

Learn how to successfully enter your film to the 2018 SXSW Film Festival with our How to Submit Your Film video and find out more information about deadlines and fees here.

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, August 1 when registration, housing, and press accreditation opens for the 2018 SXSW season. We hope to see you in March!

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and SXSW News for the latest SXSW coverage, announcements, application tips, and updates.

Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for SXSW

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Source: SxSW Film

July 28, 2017

Amazing Architecture Photography of ICC

Amazing Architecture Photography of ICC

Lars Stieger is a freelance designer and photographer from Hamburg, Germany posting some incredible posts on photography and architecture on his Behance profile. Most of them are about architecture or parts of the urban landscape. The difference is the color treatment applied to the photos and of course the capture itself. The composition is flawless in my opinion. It might look easy to do that, but I challenge you to go out to your downtown area and snap some photos. After doing that you will be able to understand how hard it is to capture images like the ones like the Internationales Congress Centrum Berlin or ICC project that Lars shared. 

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For more information make sure to check out Lars work at:

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July 28, 2017

How ‘Spiderman: Homecoming’ DIT Francesco Sauta Spun a Web With ACES


On-set color workflow keeps changing, and the ‘Spiderman: Homecoming’ team tried the brand new ACES workflow on this summer’s hit edition of the franchise.


After years of using the traditional Rec. 709 HD color space, Spiderman: Homecoming DIT Francesco Sauta and cinematographer Salvatore Totino implemented the ACES color management workflow for the first time on this year’s superhero reboot. The ACES system is designed to help filmmakers manage their color workflow from capture through distribution and help match cameras and formats throughout production. Despite a few small hiccups, on this project it helped the pair maintain color fidelity for the signature red and blue web slinger.




“Even with ACES, you still need to know what you are working with, what the monitoring format will be, and what each camera can do.”

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Source: NoFilmSchool

July 28, 2017

The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, July 28

In a busy July week, “The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women” list started countless conversations. Other topics linked in the Daily Chord include Quincy Jones, SoundCloud, Lilith Fair and the iPod Shuffle. Click through our weekly review here, and subscribe to our email blast for a weekday morning update.

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Friday, July 28

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Source: SxSW Music

July 28, 2017

Interaction Design & UI/UX: Kickstagram, an Instagram Marketing Tool

Interaction Design & UI/UX: Kickstagram, an Instagram Marketing Tool

Let’s take a look at this interaction design & UI/UX project from the folks over Bachoo Design Studio. Their project is called: Kickstagram, an Instagram Marketing Tool. We’ve seen many Instagram tools out there but a lot of them lack features that will actually make us use it even more. If you remove the UI aspect from Kickstagram that is simple and clean. I liked the features that complement the application as well like Drafting & Posting and especially the Drag & Drop Scheduling is a neat idea.

Bachoo Design Studio is a design team located in Kyiv, Ukraine. They would mainly work into web design, graphic design, UI/UX and more. You should definitely follow their work on Behance.

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Interaction Design & UI/UX: Kickstagram, an Instagram Marketing Tool

 

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