Category: Commentary
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Why Not FCPX
Final Cut Pro X: The FUD is strong with this one. Except it actually works, exceptionally.
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Continue The Snowbate Program
Dear Honorable Conference Committee Members, I am writing today to express my support of the MN Film and TV Board’s Snowbate program and urge you to continue this vital program. My name is Jeremy Wilker and I am a filmmaker, small business owner, and board member at IFP Minnesota. Snowbate affects me directly as a…
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Sundance 2014
My third year at Sundance definitely meant seeing more familiar faces, more invitations to parties, and the weather was just phenomenal for this Minnesota boy with polar vortex overload. Not even the buggy eWaitlist could get me down for long. Thankfully, the app was updated and I had better success with tickets starting on the…
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3 Reasons Your Indie Film Just Got More Expensive
Attention indie filmmakers: Your budget isn’t nearly big enough and it just got a lot harder to get into iTunes. Why? Accessibility, language, and rating requirements.
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Shazam Bugs Your Life
I recently saw the new Star Trek movie with my wife (we enjoyed it quite a bit) and in the pre-movie advertising there was an advert with a Shazam logo on it and if you tagged the ad audio using your Shazam app it would hook you up to a store site so you could…
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Sony FS100 Review
The Super-35mm sensor Sony FS100 video camera has been out on the market for several weeks now and yet there still seems to be confusion and a lack of good hands-on material. Probably because those that have the camera are having so much fun shooting with it that they haven’t made time to sit down…