August 2010

• Card Tips for DSLR Filmmaking
  →  Earlier this month I had the opportunity to spend some testing time with a collec...
  Published on the 31st. Guest post by Stephen Mickelsen.
• [Now Playing] “Old Fangs”
  →  Great work from Adrien Merigeau, Old Fangs is an animated short about three fores...
  Published on the 18th. Guest post by halstead.
• [Dailies] Creative Videos for the Corporate Web
  →  Branded content is reaching new industries, ones where the client wants video to ...
  Published on the 10th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

July 2010

• Old Spice and Old School
  →  Mustafa, my man! You and your pecs are all over all my pixel-producing products. ...
  Published on the 30th. Guest post by Jack Feuer.
• The Two Revelations in “The Five Obstructions”
  →  In Lars von Trier’s excellent documentary The Five Obstructions (2003), von Tri...
  Published on the 16th. Guest post by Rhett Dunlap.
• Writing Interactive Film for the iPad
  →  "Touching Stories" is a four-film experiment in short interactive filmmaking for ...
  Published on the 5th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

June 2010

• How to Create Buzz Before Opening Week(end)
  →  Today, the book "Ancestor" by Scott Sigler is available in stores from Crown Publ...
  Published on the 22nd. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• The Morality of Watching for Free
  →  When "Unthinkable," a new film by Gregor Jordan which stars Samuel L. Jackson and...
  Published on the 17th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• The Times vs. Wikileaks and the Convergence of War and Gaming
  →  The New York Times just printed a gushing (one might even say jingoistic) report ...
  Published on the 11th. Guest post by Eamon Kircher-Allen.
• Kickstarter: A New Way to Fund and Follow Filmmakers
  →  Through the course of history, artists have often survived thanks to wealthy patr...
  Published on the 7th. Guest post by Dagmar Weaver-Madsen.
• Creative Fundraising for Recession-Plagued Film
  →  Director Reynier Molenaar is knee-deep in making his most involved film yet. STRA...
  Published on the 6th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

May 2010

• LOST: DIY Titles
  → Namaste, LOST watchers. The final episode airs this Sunday, and soon we will have to ...
  Published on the 21st. Guest post by David Badgerow.
• FWDlabs.com User Survey Results
  →  We recently conducted a survey with users of FWDlabs.com and thought you might li...
  Published on the 18th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• “True Love” Nets New Directors Showcase
  →  You just got picked for SHOOT's New Directors Showcase, specifically with the spe...
  Published on the 12th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Jody Hill’s “Swagger”
  →  Toyota's latest commercial campaign ups the ante to sell the minivan as an object...
  Published on the 5th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

April 2010

• Guns and Redheads
  →  Today I came across M.I.A. "Born Free," directed by Romain Gavras and shot by And...
  Published on the 30th. Guest post by Chris Cuseo.
• Problems with Hulu’s New Monthly Subscription
  →  Hulu just announced a monthly fee of $10 to view part of their video portal: ...
  Published on the 23rd. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Parallel Filmmaking: 5 Visions, 1 Script
  →  Philips TV partnered with Ridley Scott Associates (RSA Films) to make five films ...
  Published on the 12th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Experiments with Social Viewing
  →  You're in front of your computer, logged into a social network and savvy to insta...
  Published on the 3rd. Post by Aaron Proctor.

March 2010

• [Tenacity] “Children of Invention”
  →  "Children of Invention," screening this week in Los Angeles and New York, is a pr...
  Published on the 15th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• [Dailies] Perspectives on Discussing Oscar Contenders
  →  In its run-up to this year's Oscar for Best Picture, "The Hurt Locker" is getting...
  Published on the 6th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

February 2010

• Create It For Yourself
  →  There’s a school of thought in business called the “Blue Ocean Strategy” wh...
  Published on the 26th. Guest post by Jaraad Virani.
• “Never underestimate the power of a great story”
  →  Part of their "Original Creativity" campaign, Canal+ has a history of develop...
  Published on the 10th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• [Dailies] Unintended Consequences
  →  I think we're consistently making content with one goal in mind. Sometimes, after...
  Published on the 9th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Building Relationships with Online Audiences
  →  After working at Imaginary Forces with Kurt Mattila on Spielberg's "Minority Repo...
  Published on the 2nd. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Thank you for everything, you useless reptile
  →  After 9 months of very challenging and very rewarding work, my employment on "How...
  Published on the 1st. Guest post by David Badgerow.

January 2010

• Behind the “I’m With COCO” Movement
  →  It all began with a late-night tweet — "what do y'all think of this?" &mdas...
  Published on the 21st. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• [Dailies] Blockbusting, 3D Cameras, and Time Travel
  →  Lucas Looks Back On Movie-MakingFrom a recent interview on NPR's Fresh Air: "'We ...
  Published on the 13th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Making the hit web series “INST MSGS”
  →  One part Craigslist's "Best Of." One part quality production. INST MSGS is a new ...
  Published on the 8th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Necessity is the Mother of Invention
  →  On KCRW's radio program The Treatment, film critic Elvis Mitchell interviewed fas...
  Published on the 7th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

December 2009

• 10 Best Posts of 2009
  →  Of the 48 posts this year, here is a selection of favorite subjects covered on th...
  Published on the 30th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Immersive Filmmaking
  →  In the same vein as James Cameron's immersive experience with the 3D filmmaking of ...
  Published on the 26th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• [Dailies] Fantastic Fox, David Lynch, NBC, Rian Johnson
  →  MakingOf.com has a behind-the-scenes featurette about "Fantastic Mr. Fox" and the...
  Published on the 21st. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Making the 30 Seconds to Mars video for “Kings and Queens”
  →  Filmmaker Tim Cruz is no stranger to working quickly. Currently the show runner f...
  Published on the 7th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Making the Planned Parenthood PSA featuring Kathleen Turner
  → "Stop Stupak!" spotClient: Planned Parenthood Federation of AmericaLength: 0:49Direct...
  Published on the 4th. Guest post by Jaemin Yi.

November 2009

• Should Actors Be Paid for Unauthorized YouTube Uploads?
  →  Rebecca Tushnet’s 43(b)log alerted me to an interesting copyright/trademark iss...
  Published on the 24th. Guest post by Greg Jizmagian.
• Print is Dying, and Esquire is Killing It
  →  Last year, I was pretty put off by Esquire’s 75th anniversary, “e-ink” cove...
  Published on the 20th. Guest post by Thomas Smith.
• Making “Boom Boom Pow” Pop
  →  Artist/designer and technologist Josh Nimoy and VFX artist Matt Motal are rock st...
  Published on the 3rd. Post by Aaron Proctor.

October 2009

• 4 Years Later: Making the Short Film, “Paradise Regained”
  →  "Paradise Regained," a 15-minute thesis film written, produced and directed by Ja...
  Published on the 26th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Oscar-Winner Diablo Cody on Managing Expectations
  →  With possible expectation upon her to one-up her success with "Juno," which won h...
  Published on the 22nd. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Leveraging Your Fan Club
  →  Updated - 10/13 with Dan Carew's commentary We need to take a lesson from the...
  Published on the 6th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• “Rage” Over Piracy
  →  Accomplished writer/director Sally Potter on giving away her new film, "Rage" (vi...
  Published on the 2nd. Post by Aaron Proctor.

September 2009

• Starting Early with Adobe Story
  →  Adobe has released Story, a free screenwriting tool using online collaboration an...
  Published on the 22nd. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Jay-Z’s Rhapsody
  → As rap artist Jay-Z passes a new milestone, originally held by Elvis Presley with 10 ...
  Published on the 17th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Spike Jonze’s Authenticity
  →  In a new interview from The New York Times Magazine, journalist Saki Knafo speaks...
  Published on the 2nd. Post by Aaron Proctor.

August 2009

• [New Resource] Apps for Cinema Artists
  →  Everyone in this industry seems to have one. But which iPhone apps can help get a...
  Published on the 27th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• [Dailies] Stunning Animation in Music Videos of the Last 25 Years
  →  We're seeing a lot of these lately. Coldplay just released an awe-inspiring one. ...
  Published on the 17th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Not Just For Boys
  →  In response to The Washington Times article, "Girls encouraged to enter technolog...
  Published on the 11th. Guest post by Nadia Kovacs.
• [Now Playing] “(500) Days” Music Video
  →  Commonplace in ad campaigns but less so in film and television campaigns, the bon...
  Published on the 6th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• “As Ridiculous As It Needs To Be”
  →  Updated 8/13: Watch more of Blomkamp's earlier work in a YouTube playlist of 14 w...
  Published on the 2nd. Post by Aaron Proctor.

July 2009

• “Can Do” Attitude
  →  Benjamin Franklin didn't invented the "can do" attitude, but he certainly possess...
  Published on the 31st. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• America, “Go Forth”
  →  Optimism and patriotism are afoot in Wieden + Kennedy Portland's new campaign for...
  Published on the 1st. Post by Aaron Proctor.

June 2009

• On-Set with “Night at the Museum” Director Shawn Levy
  →  A Day in the Life of Director Shawn Levy: http://is.gd/19pW8 You might not dig hi...
  Published on the 29th. Guest post by Jaemin Yi.
• Merlin Mann on Doing Creative Work
  →  Merlin Mann, creator of 43folders.com, a site about "finding the time and attenti...
  Published on the 23rd. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Future of Film and Television is Not on the Web?
  →  "Hollywood hits the stop button on high-profile Web video efforts," Los Angeles T...
  Published on the 18th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• [Now Playing] “IKEA Heights”
  →  "IKEA Heights" is billed as a "furniture store melodrama" shot guerrilla-style at...
  Published on the 17th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• [Dailies] “$9.99,” “Sorry I’m Late,” “Monsters”
  →  "$9.99" is a festival-winning feature playing this Friday in Los Angeles and New ...
  Published on the 16th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• No “Wolverine:” Feature Docs Premiering Intentionally Online
  →  YouTube will be premiering an environmental, non-profit feature documentary by Ya...
  Published on the 4th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Microsoft’s “Project Natal” Ad Works
  →  In an industry of smoke and mirrors, not everyday is there a gaming ad that works...
  Published on the 3rd. Post by Aaron Proctor.

May 2009

• [Dailies] “Girlfriend Experience,” New York Times, TED Talks
  →  "Stimulus Package," an interview with technology evangelist (and famed filmmaker)...
  Published on the 27th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• [Now Playing] “Colin”
  →  Currently abuzz at the 62nd Festival de Cannes is the feature zombie film, "Colin...
  Published on the 23rd. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Viral Video Evades the Censors in China
  →  A viral video in China has been raising eyebrows and causing much discussion. The...
  Published on the 21st. Guest post by Florica Vlad.
• Offended and Inspired
  → "Limits of Control" star, Isaach De Bankol Jim Jarmusch's "Limits of Control" uses...
  Published on the 8th. Guest post by Eric Szyszka.
• Breaking New Boundaries with Cinematic Ads
  →  At least three cinematic ads in the last four weeks have taken new leaps online t...
  Published on the 5th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

April 2009

• Persist Less to Succeed More
  → Figure 5: (a) Average rating of videos with different submission index. A producer's ...
  Published on the 19th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Wes Anderson’s Substance of Style
  → "The Substance of Style" Moving Image Source, a web project from the Museum of the...
  Published on the 15th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Exposing “What’s In The Box?”
  →  (View larger on official site.) What's In The Box?, a short "demo" from Ti...
  Published on the 10th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

March 2009

• Searching for the First DSLR Feature
  →  With just a trailer shot last weekend, the buzz blitz is on for the Searching for...
  Published on the 30th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Taking Guy Richie’s Nike Spot to Next Level
  →  Let's say you've got a gig that involves a camera rigged to a helmet for some poi...
  Published on the 18th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Mumblecore
  → New Yorker illustration by Adrian Tomine LOVE this newyorker article putting low b...
  Published on the 16th. Guest post by Judy Prays.
• David Lynch’s 55-second Lumiere
  →  When film reached it's 100th anniversary in the late 1990's, a Frenchman who had ...
  Published on the 14th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• More Than Fair Use of Shepard Fairey’s Obama HOPE Poster
  →  I just listened to Terry Gross' interview with both Shepard Fairey and the photog...
  Published on the 9th. Guest post by Mathieu Young.
• The Art of Deliberate Practice
  →  About three decades ago, at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Professor W...
  Published on the 7th. Guest post by Eric Yang.

February 2009

• Film Tweets: “Coraline”
  →  This Valentine's Day weekend especially, hundreds of tweets were posted about "Co...
  Published on the 15th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Apple to Revolutionize Pre-production
  →  You can never be too prepared, right? Whether it's pen illustration, 3D animatics...
  Published on the 1st. Post by Aaron Proctor.

January 2009

• Working for the Small Screen
  →  OK Go's "Here It Goes Again" video from 2006. Watch on YouTube.com or MTV.com. ...
  Published on the 27th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Museo del Prado’s 14-billion pixel masterpieces
  →  Watch the "making of" on YouTube (embedded above) or the Prado Museum's web site....
  Published on the 13th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Chris Milk’s heartache
  →  Gnarls Barkley: Who's Gonna Save My Soul Director: Chris Milk Production Co...
  Published on the 10th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• [Dailies] Oscar contenders, Valkyrie’s screenwriter, Japan’s Watchmen
  →  Oscar Roundtable The Hollywood Reporter brings together Oscar contender direct...
  Published on the 6th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

December 2008

• 10 Best Posts of 2008
  →  Of the 53 posts this year, here is a selection of favorite subjects covered on th...
  Published on the 26th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Creativity with Your Music Video Treatment
  → Still from the music video for Linkin Park "Faint," directed by Mark Romanek, who pos...
  Published on the 21st. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Eyeing the cover
  →  The latest Eye magazine, an seasonal review of international graphic design, conj...
  Published on the 20th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Tilt-shift time-lapse
  →  Short film "Metal Heart" by Sydney-based photographer Keith Loutit. "These...
  Published on the 10th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• [Dailies] Cover models, pushing forward, gaming YouTube
  → Cover models Artist Thomas Allen made models out of book covers Penguin Boo...
  Published on the 7th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

November 2008

• Jason Polan’s Criterion
  → Jason Polan does Criterion Collection David Hudson's midnight post on GreenCine Da...
  Published on the 25th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Ticket to the big time
  →  In the article "How to Build a Director", Creativity Magazine rounds up 14 execut...
  Published on the 19th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Future of music videos
  →  Is it an ad or the future of music videos? Leave it to the Antville.org music...
  Published on the 11th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• [Tenacity] “Slumdog Millionaire”
  →  John Horn's article in today's Los Angeles Times on various challenges that faced...
  Published on the 9th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Will this change everything?
  → "Reverie," a short film by Explorer of Light/PrintMaster Vincent Laforet, shot on the...
  Published on the 6th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

October 2008

• Mixing up “L’homme 100 tetes”
  →  Directed by French artists, Julien Lassort (web design site, Vimeo profile), ...
  Published on the 31st. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Take risks like Charlie Kaufman
  →  Charlie Kaufman said he always thought "Being John Malkovich" would be a sample. ...
  Published on the 30th. Guest post by Eric Szyszka.
• For the love of “Mad Men”
  → "This Room is Occupied," Season 1, Episode 5 Dyna Moe takes on the personal challe...
  Published on the 24th. Guest post by Jeremy Troy.
• Wayne Wang’s challenge to filmmakers
  →  On Friday, YouTube premiered its first full-length studio feature, the Wayne Wang...
  Published on the 20th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Mark Lewis’ Moving Pictures
  → Lewis' 2007 project, Isosceles, can be viewed online. The 3 minute piece was sho...
  Published on the 14th. Guest post by weinstein.
• By the end of the day
  →  "We didn't know exactly why, I guess we were hoping to expose a slice human emoti...
  Published on the 10th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• [Dailies] Content and Community of Gary Vaynerchuk
  →  Thousands of people tune in to every episode of Wine Library TV, a fast-paced web...
  Published on the 4th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

September 2008

• Participating after the credits roll
  → Photo by Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times Stuart Townsend, actor-turned-writer...
  Published on the 29th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Writing through the block
  → The infamous blank page Part of a series of posts about adventures in screenwritin...
  Published on the 20th. Guest post by James Granger.
• Mark Coleran’s Flow of Visual Design for Film
  →  Mark Coleran designs computer screens for the big screen. According to his record...
  Published on the 13th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Will You Watch Strike.TV?
  →  During the 100-day Writers' Strike that ended in February, the idea of an online ...
  Published on the 7th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

August 2008

• Common Business Mistakes of Creative Services
  → AIGA, the professional association for design, provides free professional resources a...
  Published on the 31st. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Location Based Mobile Cinema
  →  "Movies as derives," notes D. Scott Hessels, media artist and filmmaker based in ...
  Published on the 19th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• How to make a story-rich music video
  → Crew members Larkin Seiple and A.J. Whittaker working with director Hank Friedmann, r...
  Published on the 8th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

July 2008

• [Dailies] Poster extras, Radiohead downloads, Tarantino buffs
  → "Man on Wire" poster by All City Media London's All City Media "Man on Wire," a...
  Published on the 26th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Can “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” Change the Way We Watch?
  → Dr. Horrible, the latest web series -- a sci-fi musical, too -- for the "low six figu...
  Published on the 21st. Guest post by Eric Szyszka.
• Finding your own film on YouTube
  → David Badgerow's film, Jungle Gym I've been intentionally avoiding posting Jungle ...
  Published on the 18th. Guest post by David Badgerow.
• iPhone Apps for Filmmakers
  → Attention: Check out the more-inclusive Apps for Cinema Artists to see even more iPho...
  Published on the 14th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

June 2008

• Salon Gathering: Community outside your space
  → Mike Rohde's sketch of Gary Vaynerchuk's talk Recently at the SEED 3 conference in...
  Published on the 29th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Hillman Curtis’ Latest Short Film for the Web
  → Bridge by Hillman Curtis Hillman Curtis, resourceful trailblazer and playful maest...
  Published on the 22nd. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Double Message of “The Girl Effect”
  →  Matt Smithson is the director behind the new viral video calling for social chang...
  Published on the 8th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• How IMDb could boost its street cred
  →  IMDb has a new gimmick for independent filmmakers. The legitimizer of film and te...
  Published on the 5th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

May 2008

• Salon Gathering: First of many to come
  →  "Muse me: inspiration drawn from foreigning the familiar. ... It's a beautiful th...
  Published on the 23rd. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• How small, steady improvement wins the race
  → The McKinsey Quarterly interview on innovation at Pixar with director Brad Bird K...
  Published on the 11th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• ABC Online Ads Multiply
  → ABC.com's online full episode player Circulated today in the world of digital ad s...
  Published on the 6th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Spike Lee, Filmmakers on Mobile Filmmaking
  → Spike Lee's page on the Nokia Productions web site Oscar-nominated director Spike ...
  Published on the 3rd. Post by Aaron Proctor.

April 2008

• Criterion’s Correction
  →  The Criterion Collection recently announced the re-distribution of Bernardo Ber...
  Published on the 29th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Finding a Familiar Face
  → I'll just do that in grad school. Print by Sam Fuchs available at HellaMoreFunner.com...
  Published on the 13th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• My First Red Camera Experience
  → Updated 12/23: Looking to go Red on your next project? We're in business. Updated 8/1...
  Published on the 6th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

March 2008

• “You don’t want to be making mediocre stuff”
  → Photo by Nancy Updike "Failure is a big part of success. If you're not failing all...
  Published on the 27th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Pittsburgh’s Film Kitchen
  → Poster for Film Kitchen by Brett Yasko Last Tuesday, March 11, and for many second...
  Published on the 15th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• How Filmmakers Use Basecamp
  → Welcome everyone from the tweet on the 37signals Twitter! Check out the latest posts,...
  Published on the 9th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

February 2008

• Collective Action of Pangea Day
  →  Since I first heard about it, I've been a fan: TED -- Technology, Entertainment, ...
  Published on the 28th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• How to Use Facebook Film
  →  Today, social networking leviathan Facebook introduced "Film on Facebook," along ...
  Published on the 27th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• “Please don’t interrupt our movies”
  →  "Please don't interrupt our movies" punctuates the new public service announcemen...
  Published on the 26th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Ups and Downs of Social Video
  →  Love at first sight? Hulu, the industry's response to the user's demand for video...
  Published on the 25th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Oscar Nominees as Posters
  → These are the picks for best films of 2008: fiction juxtaposed with non-fiction, side...
  Published on the 19th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• [New Feature] Your Collaborators
  →  One of the missions of FWD:labs is to easily expand your network or reconnect with ...
  Published on the 17th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• [New Resource] Artist Gathering Venues
  →  Maybe you're looking to finish your screenplay, check your YouTube comments, or j...
  Published on the 16th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• User-Generated Spots for Super Tuesday, not Super Bowl
  → Political ads, made independently by supporters and detractors alike, are abundant in...
  Published on the 2nd. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Frozen Grand Central abuzz
  → 207 "agents" of Improve Everywhere recently stopped in their tracks at Grand Central ...
  Published on the 1st. Post by Aaron Proctor.

January 2008

• My First Sundance Experience
  →  Early birds: parking galore in Park City before 9am Wi-Fi is hit-or-miss outsi...
  Published on the 20th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Ode to Regional Cinema
  → Pack the trunk, check the oil, and hit the gas. You've got a screening to make upstat...
  Published on the 10th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• P.T. Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood” Viral Video
  → The Academy Award nominee for Magnolia and Boogie Nights, and Best Director winner at...
  Published on the 6th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

December 2007

• Modern-Day Newsreel of Forward-Thinking Ideas
  → This week is the annual "Year in Ideas" issue from The New York Times Magazine (12/9/...
  Published on the 11th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• “What movies are meant to be like”
  → Overheard tonight after a packed screening of Juno, the little film that's generating...
  Published on the 7th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

November 2007

• Julian Schnabel’s Memory and Imagination
  → Tonight, the local picture palace was packed for a preview screening of The Diving Be...
  Published on the 27th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• [New Feature] Traffic Report
  →  As any kind of artist, you want the general public to experience your best work a...
  Published on the 25th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Forward: Getting Real about FWDlabs.com
  → Part of a series of posts about the updates and upgrades of the quick iterations and ...
  Published on the 17th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• [Now Playing] “No Country for Old Men”
  → I didn't need to see the trailer, visit the web site, or notice the poster before I o...
  Published on the 6th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

October 2007

• Vimeo, underdog video network, leads the pack
  →  For taking on 1280x720 HD ahead of other social video networks and for reminding ...
  Published on the 15th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

September 2007

• The 5 Year Plan
  → Every freelance cinema artist is looking 5 years ahead. By 30, you're here. 35, you'r...
  Published on the 29th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• [Now Playing] “We Need Girlfriends”
  → "We Need Girlfriends" is one of the best shows online today. Good writing, regular pr...
  Published on the 16th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

August 2007

• Cinema Artists’ Manifesto
  →  It was a real role reversal when Aaron first started talking to me about FWD:labs...
  Published on the 29th. Guest post by Mathieu Young.
• Take The 2 Hours
  → It's only playing at four movie theaters right now, so you might need to take your bu...
  Published on the 18th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Online Marketplace: Watching on Demand
  → You'd rather watch ads than pay to download-to-own or rent a film or show. Google Vid...
  Published on the 12th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

July 2007

• The Social Video Networks You Need to Know
  → As a creative, you care about control and trust. In the frenzy of build-ups and buy-o...
  Published on the 21st. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Watching Alfresco
  → Today, the Los Angeles Times ran a front-page story on the Guerilla Drive-In, a film ...
  Published on the 14th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• [Tenacity] “The Lazarus Effect”
  → Mathieu Young, a young filmmaker whom I first met by hearing his pitch for an action ...
  Published on the 12th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

June 2007

• Filtr’d Cinema
  → Update (07/07): Since this was first posted, Filtr is now a registration-required pub...
  Published on the 25th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Profile: Eric Szyszka, Screenwriter
  → As a headstrong cinema studies grad of Suny Purchase, Eric Szyszka calls it like he s...
  Published on the 18th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Four Degrees of Social Advocacy
  →  Think about the under-popularized satellite photos of genocide: that is where fil...
  Published on the 7th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

May 2007

• Business Cards for Artists Who Love Quality
  →  Format Cool business card designs (creativebits.org) "Combine different papers...
  Published on the 30th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• No TV, No Problem – How Quality Content Can Succeed Online
  →  Wired Magazine ran a blog post on May 21, 2007 about failed TV shows going big, t...
  Published on the 23rd. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Profile: Max Sokoloff, Director
  →  Max Sokoloff is a 14-year old director in San Francisco. His film, "Voyage of the...
  Published on the 19th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

April 2007

• Gratefulness
  →  On April 8th, 2007, the Washington Post conducted an experiment during a Washingt...
  Published on the 24th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Thanks Technology, I’m Looking Better Already
  →  A handful of professional editors recently contributing to the 2006 ACE survey. F...
  Published on the 20th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• 5 Problems with All Flash Web Sites
  →  1. Linear lock-down Problem: Start at the beginning. No user-empowerment. No "chap...
  Published on the 12th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Anatomy of a Saul Bass Title Design
  → With Otto Preminger's 1959 film Anatomy of a Murder, film critic Leo Goldsmith -- a c...
  Published on the 8th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

March 2007

• Archive
  → 
  Published on the 30th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Adobe’s Creative Suite for “Web, Design and Video”
  →  Adobe Creative Suite 3 (CS3), announced Tuesday, is an upgraded line of software ...
  Published on the 28th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Killing Your Conceptual Babies
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  Published on the 24th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• 5 Steps to Getting Your Film on Social Video Networks
  →  Updated 3/2009: LiberatedFilms.com bit the dust. In our first public resou...
  Published on the 21st. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• [Now Playing] Peer-assisted, streaming mesh networks for video
  →  At the OMMA conference today in Hollywood, the editor of Mediapost, Joe Mandese, ...
  Published on the 19th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• How They Said It
  → Interview with "How Do I Say This?" site creator, Aaron Koblin, on collaboration, cha...
  Published on the 15th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Problem at Large: Organizing Video
  → Over at the SXSW festival, just like at Sundance panel discussion, organizers brought...
  Published on the 12th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• Tarantino’s Loaded Gun
  →  From Tarentino's article, "I call the shots here," on Times Online: I've given...
  Published on the 9th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

February 2007

• Apple Brings Shorts to iTunes
  → To coincide with the Academy Awards, a new set of short films became available on iTu...
  Published on the 28th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

January 2007

• Films Online are More Than Marketing, Money
  → At the Sundance Film Festival this last weekend, a forum of online film execs like Su...
  Published on the 29th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• [Tenacity] “Ever Since the World Ended”
  → Sir Winston Churchill once wrote that "a pessimist sees the difficulty in every oppor...
  Published on the 4th. Post by Aaron Proctor.

December 2006

• Growing Pains, but Growing Greater
  → In the last two months, FWD:labs has experienced some long-awaited growing pains. Rec...
  Published on the 24th. Post by Aaron Proctor.
• An Anti-Burnout Case
  →  In the December 4, 2006 issue of New York Magazine, the cover story follows burno...
  Published on the 2nd. Post by Aaron Proctor.

November 2006

• Blog Launches
  → 27 days in the right direction. November 1st marked the first step ahead for FWDlabs....
  Published on the 27th. Post by Aaron Proctor.