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March 13, 2017
‘Spettacolo’: SXSW Stranger-Than-Fiction Documentarians on Why Art Makes Life Worth Living
Jeff Malmberg and Chris Shellen’s ‘Spettacolo’ is an elegiac testament to the power of art.
Of all the virtues of art, perhaps the least celebrated is its ability to provide catharsis. In his 2010 Spirit Award-winning documentary Marwencol, Jeff Malmberg told the story of a veteran who returned home only to suffer a brutal attack at a local bar. He processes the trauma of the assault, which left him with severe brain damage, by building a miniature fictional town in his backyard in which he enacts complex theatrical narratives. Malmberg is at SXSW 2017 with Spettacolo, another documentary that examines art’s therapeutic capacity. But this time, it’s not just one man—it’s an entire village.
Source: NoFilmSchool
March 13, 2017
Vimeo Curators Reveal the Secret to Getting a Staff Pick
Here are six places where the Vimeo Staff Picks pickers find new videos to feature.
Since Vimeo’s Staff Picks launched back in 2007, the program has become the stuff of legend for independent filmmakers, generating an average of 100,000 views on the chosen videos, and launching the careers of makers like DANIELS and Kirsten Lepore, whose latest short Hi Stranger is playing at SXSW this year.
While it’s clear that a Staff Pick can be very meaningful for filmmakers, it’s been a little murkier to understand just how these picks are made—until now. At SXSW, three of the five members of Vimeo’s curation team—Sam Morrill, Meghan Oretsky, and Ian Durkin candidly shared some of their process.
The panelists said that, of the thousand or so videos featured as Staff Picks annually (out of tens of millions of uploads), each and every one is hand selected by curation team—no algorithms in sight. One of the main takeaways of use to aspiring pick-ees was the list of places where the team actually goes to find new videos to feature. Here are the top six:
Source: NoFilmSchool
March 13, 2017
ABDZ Photo Challenge: #abdz_nightphoto
ABDZ Photo Challenge: #abdz_nightphoto
A photo challenge! Yes! Mainly, It’s an open concept that is made purely for fun and also to improve your photography or mobile photography skills. The idea is simple! At the beginning of the week, we’ll share a theme through a hashtag for your pictures. During that given week, you will use that hashtag whenever you seem is appropriate or not. On Friday we’ll select and publish our favourite photos on the blog and also on Instagram account (@Abduzeedos). We look forward to see what you will come up with.
This for this week, we are going for the hashtag: –> #abdz_nightphoto. We thought about changing the game a little and push your creative boundaries. Let’s see how far we can take the technology of our smartphones and your vision of things at night. We can’t wait to see what you guys come up with.
Some Examples
qliebin
ghostdogpr
tatikoma1984
pierreputman
tty3122
Make sure to follow: @Abduzeedos
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Source: Abduzeedo Photography
March 12, 2017
Watch: Kenneth Lonergan Reveals the Emotional Journey of Storytelling
Every moment of the storytelling process is filled with emotion.
If you’re a fan of Kenneth Lonergan’s films and plays, you know that he tells stories with characters wrestling with their deepest emotions, many times struggling with very real existential crises. And yet, Lonergan also has a wonderful sense of humor that he laces throughout these emotional tales.
The Oscar-winning screenwriter of Manchester by the Sea and much lauded playwright recently gave a very interesting talk for the BAFTA Screenwriters Lecture series, where he works through his personal experiences and describes how they relate to his writing and directing. Check out the lecture below, and if you don’t have time for the full talk, you can read our takeaways after the video.
Source: NoFilmSchool
March 12, 2017
Giorgio Armani Chatbot and “Films of City Frames” Installation at SXSW
Sponsored Content Provided by Giorgio Armani
Giorgio Armani presents the third edition of Films of City Frames through a digitally immersive installation at SXSW 2017.
Armani has chosen to present the Armani Chatbot and this edition of Films of City Frames at SXSW because it sees the festival as one of the most innovative arenas for film, music, and interactive technology.
Chat with @Armani on Facebook messenger for a chance to win “Frames Of Life” Armani sunglasses.
Visit the Giorgio Armani installation at 314 East Cesar Chavez, from March 12–15 10:00am–6:00pm.
For more information, visit FilmsofCityFrames.com.
Photo Courtesy of Giorgio Armani
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Source: SxSW Interactive
March 12, 2017
Socialize from the comfort of your couch with Rooms 1.2 on Gear VR
In an effort to introduce even more people to social virtual reality experiences, Oculus today began to roll out support for its highly anticipated Rooms and Parties features to the Gear VR.
The post Socialize from the comfort of your couch with Rooms 1.2 on Gear VR appeared first on Digital Trends.
Source: Digital Trends VR
March 12, 2017
Interactive Keynote Jennifer Doudna at the 2017 SXSW Conference [Video]
“What if a cell’s DNA could be edited just like the text of a document so that you could actually erase letters, you could erase whole sentences, [you could] replace sentences, and you could do things that would enable scientists to change the mutations that might cause genetic disease, make changes that allow us to understand the function of DNA and different kinds of organisms and perhaps, enable us to really direct the way that organisms are evolving on the planet?”
Named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in 2015, Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D. is a professor of molecular and cell biology and chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, where she holds the Li Ka Shing Chancellor’s Chair in Biomedical and Health Sciences and is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. As a coinventor of CRISPRCas9, a process that revolutionized gene editing, she has received numerous honors including the NSF Waterman Award, the FNIH Lurie Prize, the Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research, the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, the Gruber Prize in Genetics, the Massry Prize, the Heineken Award, the Gairdner Award, the Nakasone Award, and the L’Oreal UNESCO International Prize for Women in Science.
Watch the video above for the full 2017 SXSW Conference Keynote Session with Jennifer Doudna. Get inspired by a multitude of diverse visionaries at SXSW – browse more 2017 Keynotes, Featured Sessions, Red Carpets, and Q&A’s on our YouTube Channel.
Each day of SXSW 2017, we will also be live streaming exclusive conversations with SXSW Conference speakers from our Facebook Live Studio – view the schedule here.
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2017 SXSW Conference Speaker, Jennifer Doudna – Photo by Nicola Gell/Getty Images
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Source: SxSW Interactive
March 12, 2017
Seth Rogen on Adapting ‘Preacher’ From Comic to Series: ‘There’s No Line You Can’t Cross’
Seth Rogen pitched a series based on the controversial comic for 10 years until he got the green light.
Sitting down for a session focused on the making of Preacher, Seth Rogen, showrunner Sam Catlin, and original comic creator Garth Ennis gave behind-the-scenes explanations about how to keep the show grounded while still exploring blood, blasphemy, and what everybody else considers way too f*cked up. No Film School sat in on it and compiled some of the best points from the talk.
Be persistent—the industry might change
Rogen first recalled talking about how much he wanted to make this show on the set of Pineapple Express in 2006. “The project kept going to more qualified people, but we kept pursuing it. Eventually, we were the guys who were left. In that time, TV went from just a thing you watched on Thursday night, to a place where you could watch incredible things. In that decade, TV became the platform that could support something like this.”
“TV went from just a thing you watched on Thursday night, to a place where you could watch incredible things.”
Source: NoFilmSchool
March 10, 2017
Learn Languages VR: Our first take
Learn Languages VR, by Mondly, transports you to numerous everyday experiences as you learn how to answer common conversational questions in a different language. The free app promises to help you learn through life-like experience.
The post Learn Languages VR: Our first take appeared first on Digital Trends.
Source: Digital Trends VR
March 10, 2017
Oculus exec John Carmack launches $22.5M lawsuit against ZeniMax Media
Oculus VR chief technology officer John Carmack has filed a $22.5M lawsuit against his former employer, ZeniMax Media, claiming that the company still owes him money from its purchase of id Software in 2009.
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Source: Digital Trends VR