January 2010
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A Young Man's Game
“Screw business!” you might say, but the reality is that filmmaking is a collision between art and commerce (even the cheapest of films will cost more than your average Mercedes). And within the context of Asian American films, the big elephant in the room has always been its business viability. “It’s a young man’s game,” a filmmaker once told me about Asian American films, “it’s fun to talk about...
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The Moment I Became a Director
Featuring: Kathryn Bigelow James Cameron Lee Daniels Jason Reitman Quentin Tarantino
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Dahil Sa Iyo
My dad shared this with me over the holiday, and it got me curious and excited about delving more into Filipino culture (which I’m learning I actually know little of).
It’s the introduction video from the Filipino American Symphony Orchestra (FASO) Gala on May 17, 2009.
I love the music and voiceover that accompany the footage on screen; it’s all very nostalgic, even if...
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Lou Romano
Awesome post by Lou Romano featuring some art he did for Pixar’s Up. He has posted other artwork he has done for previous Pixar films as well. So wonderful!
Also check out his youtube page for some more great animation tests and story reels.
Annabel Lee Color Story Reel:
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Q: But presumably you can’t rework indefinitely....
A: Yeah, but then you say, ‘What do you want it to be? On time and on budget and bad? Is that what you really want?’
It’s got to be about making the movie great, at all costs. That’s what we’ve always done at Pixar and that’s what we did here.
- John Lasseter (Interview at TotalFilm)
Woohoo for taking your time and using it effectively (which I need to work on)!