#film experience

[pdproblems]

How to Get a Film Crew Job

There’s a lot of information out there regarding the best ways to get jobs in front of the camera, but what about everyone who wants to work behind the scenes?

I would like to add to please be careful when you’re approached about a gig either online, email, text, or in person.  Always do your research on the person, film company, email address, phone number, etc. Especially if something feels “off” about the film job.  

[smk-forever]

I have never cried as much during a film at the cinema as I did today with The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Talk about new experiences. But a great film all the same. :) Thanks to waltzing-on-the-border for going with me and helping me through my tears. Half of it was the music. Also, lots of fun with dogs and pigs. ;)

[tugginc]

Do you love experiencing a film on the big screen?! Enjoy your favorite films with friends through Tugg! 

[thefraynyc]

Under Armour + HUSH Deliver a Unique Pop Up Experience

Hush Studios developed this immersive experience for a pop up store in Shanghai. It begins with a long tunnel of light that preps the viewer for the experience to come . . . a 270 degree panoramic film that engulfs you in the "brand" experience, demonstrating Under Armour's role in a pro athletes life. "I Will" is the brand's "Just Do It", but it's the film that brings this slogan to life. When you walk out of the experience into the pop up store, you're pumped to shop! 

I believe these kinds of sensory experiences which deliver beyond the confines of a simple video, immerse one in the brand, bringing it to life. Cultural institutions have other communicative goals, by immersion is a common thread. Imagine an exhibit like the Brooklyn Muesum's War/ Photography: Images of Armed Conflict and its Aftermath, in a 270 degree experience comprised of photos, music and voice overs from soldiers, family members and victims. The exhibit is quite moving & impactful as is, I can only image the effects of this same content just presented in this other way, maybe as the last thing you see before exiting, the culmination of everything you've just seen,  leaving you with visceral feelings you won' soon forget. 

[mollielarue-blog]

For a clever young girl intent on evading such genteel intellectual snares, the lure of movies - notably movies idealized as 'trash' - was strong. As Kael once wrote, it's not 'what we have been taught is art' that tempts us into movie theaters, but the 'opening into other, forbidden or surprising, kinds of experience.'

"Finger in the Fuse: Becoming Pauline Kael" by Robert Polito, Harper's Magazine, September 2012

[livinginthelonelyworld]

The Adventures of Tintin

I've just came back from the cinema and I can confirm that the new Steven Spielberg movie is awesome.

I really enjoyed the movie. It was adventurous and full of action. I particularly liked the action sequence in Marocco, that was very cool. There was a good amount of humour and I liked the music as well. It amazed me how much has the CGI technology developed since I saw Avatar last year in January. I'm not surprised my grandmother thought the characters were real human. I admire the actors and I think they did a great job as well as the director. Steven Spielberg mixed the new tehnology with a clever story and add very cool camera shots and atmosphere. 

I went to a small cinema in Veselí nad Moravou but it surprised me that not many people went to see this movie. It's one of this rare occasions when I'm proud to be an European because it's probably the first time that we see an American movie in Europe before the audience in the USA. The opening night of Tintin was on Friday and I got to see it on Sunday. I wish I could see more movies this fast and didn't have to wait half year after the American premiere.