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“Crowdfunding” to Finance Your Independent Film Project

dumbworldorder — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:47:27 +0000

I’ve heard of IndieGoGo and Kickstarter as crowdfunding sources, but here is a success story. Gregory Bayne raised $27,210, from 410 contributors, in 20 days for his new documentary on UFC fighter, Jens Pulver | Driven. Check out his blog New Breed, and his guiding principles on crowdfunding. via the workbook project

Tiger Woods Returns in 3D?

dumbworldorder — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:16:48 +0000

If you care, I guess you couldn’t make this stuff up if you wanted to: Tiger Woods times comeback to coincide with the first broadcast of the Masters Golf Tournament in 3D.

“The production will primarily focus on the second nine of Augusta National and will be distributed live to those in the U.S. with television sets and computers that are 3-D capable,” the Masters Tourney announcement said.

It should be an even more over-the-top media circus. Awesome!

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Workshop on How to Create Your Own Animated Characters- Sacramento

dumbworldorder — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:46:12 +0000

A drawing workshop with storyboard artist Larry Scholl, whose credits include work with Disney, Warner Brothers and Cartoon Network (Mulan, a Star Wars Special and Robot Chicken), is taking place Saturday March 20th, from 4-7pm at the Capital Art Center S12. The cost is $50. See Sacramento365.com for more details.

Footage from Rodriguez’s Predator Sequel Predators Revealed at SXSW

dumbworldorder — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:42:52 +0000

From Wired:

As in the original film, every Predator is a trophy hunter and an expert in stalking and killing its prey, but each monster has its own specialized skill. There’s a falconer Predator who has a little UAV that serves as its eyes in the sky, a dog handler Predator (we got to see production art of its dog, sort of a dinosaur-wolf hybrid) and a “Super Predator” the production team refers to as “Mr. Black.”

Rodriguez is a writer and producer on the project. A trailer was up but has been removed by 20th Century Fox. The movie comes out in July.

Who Stole the Soul? James Brown’s Body Missing?

dumbworldorder — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:38:21 +0000

What happened to the Godfather of Soul’s body. Dumbworld won’t sleep until there are answers. OK- we will sleep, but we won’t like it. OK- we will like it, but we will be wearing our special pajamas for safety.

Natasha Made It into the Sacramento Bee

dumbworldorder — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:25:48 +0000

One of the Sac Bee’s three to see this weekend:

Sacramento-raised Natasha Kmeto discovered, while at music school in Los Angeles, that composing on piano just didn’t cut it.

read the rest

Looks Interesting. . .

dumbworldorder — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:16:57 +0000

Bloodline from Matt Thompson (one of Sacramento magazine’s 15 people to watch), Oasis Motion Pictures and Silverado Studios.

The Most Expensive Documentary Ever Made- Oceans

dumbworldorder — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:27:23 +0000

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Was reading in Film and Digital Times about the film Oceans and all of the work that went into it. From the producers and directors of Winged Migration, it is a film that was five years in the making. It opens in the US on April 22nd, and is distributed by DisneyNature. Here is a link to the French trailer, which is a little less “Disneyfied”

Canon adds 24p to the 5D Mark II

dumbworldorder — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:40:10 +0000

A little late to this, but due to popular demand, Canon is adding 24p to the 5D. via ProLost. And in related news, until the end of March, you can get one from Amazon with 0% interest, if you pay it off in 12 months (monthly payments required). See their site for the small print.

48 Hours Sacramento

dumbworldorder — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:30:57 +0000

It is the Sacramento International Film Festival 48 Hour Film contest time again. Cast and Crew call March 12th. The contest runs from March 19-21.