August 31, 2018

This cockpit-style simulator will make your VR experiences more immersive

Do you want a cockpit-style VR gaming chair that looks like something a Star Trek captain would sit in? If so, this new 3 Degree of Freedom Motion Simulator Kickstarter may be for you.

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August 31, 2018

Blockchain Platform TREETI Wants to Empower You as a Filmmaker

In the ever-changing film marketing and distribution climate, it’s always exciting to learn about emerging companies and platforms that can provide new and innovative ways for filmmakers to engage their audiences and be compensated for their hard work.

Last week we joined Jennifer MacArthur, filmmaker and TREETI’s SVP of Global Marketing and Strategic Partnerships, at the Made In NY Media Center by IFP, to hear about the new start-up and why filmmakers should consider checking it out.

According to their website, TREETI is a “socially activated viewing platform dedicated to raising the value of content and providing ways for new creative voices to find an audience” that believes “a direct connection between filmmakers and fans is the future of entertainment.”

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Source: NoFilmSchool

August 31, 2018

Between the Ages of 18-24? Apply to the Sundance Ignite Short Film Challenge

Feel like you’re too young to get noticed? Let’s change that.

While there are numerous opportunities for filmmakers looking to begin their careers with a solid foundation and support system, few this good are age-specific. Sundance Institute and Adobe Project 1324 are teaming up once again for the Sundance Ignite program, a year-long mentorship program for 15 filmmakers between the ages of 18-24.

Created as a way to bring younger filmmakers into the growing Sundance family, Sundance Ignite seeks filmmakers with short films that show “what stories ignite you and demonstrate the power of film to ignite creativity, passion, and impact.” Below is a sample of last year’s fellows.

Sounds like a great, productive time, yeah? If you meet the age requirements, you can apply here. You will need to submit a one-to-eight minute short film (narrative or documentary-based) that emphasizes the mandate above. You will also need to complete the written portion of the application in order to be considered.

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Source: NoFilmSchool

August 31, 2018

‘If You Have a Vision, Try to Keep It ’: Mastering 1970s Crime Cinema in ‘Let the Corpses Tan’

“We want to be sensational.”

Filmmakers Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani have a growing reputation as the biggest and boldest purveyors of pastiche. Their latest film, Let the Corpses Tan, does not disappoint. This time exploring the erotic violence of the Spaghetti Western and psychedelic experiments of the 1960s and 1970s, the filmmakers are nothing short of visual masterminds.

Adapted from a 1971 novel by Jean Patrick Manchette, the film follows a cadre of criminals who hole up in a crumbling Mediterranean village with a has-been writer and his exquisitely destructive muse, Luce. In this cascade of genre fetishism, no shot is wasted.

Cattet and Forzani sat down with No Film School on the eve of the film’s theatrical release to talk about storyboarding in the script, creating meaningful mise-en-scène, and never surrendering your vision.

No Film School: How did you adapt the novel into the script, knowing that the imagery would be absolutely everything in this film?

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Source: NoFilmSchool

August 31, 2018

Get Hands On with the Canon CN-E 20mm Prime Lens

We test drive the Canon CN-E Primes with the Canon EOS C300 Mark II.

When Canon introduced the EOS C700 FF into its cinema ecosystem, the company also brought with it the new CN-E 20mm prime lens. The addition makes it the seventh in the series accompanying the 14, 24, 35, 50, 85, and 135mm.

While the CN-E Primes have been out for a while (now with positive reactions from those in documentary and narrative genres), we wanted to take a closer look ourselves. Canon supplied an EOS C300 Mark II and a full set of lenses to review.

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Source: NoFilmSchool