Archive
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
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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
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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
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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
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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.

