New Concept in Digital Filmmaking

The best part of digital filmmaking is that it can be highly innovative, and of course, such innovation lies in the imagination of the beholder! Leapfrogging technologies and the ever expanding internet with its plethora of options has been instrumental in bringing about a seachange in the way films are made.

Today, I am talking about a do-it-yourself collaborative filmmaking website called RootClip.com, where the creative team make a short video clip or "Rootclip" to start the story. Amateur filmmakers watch their video, then shoot their own rendition of what should happen next in less than 2 minutes. The result is an entire short film made by amateur filmmakers.



I think it's pretty exciting. Their last film actually debuted at the Travese City Film Festival. ust say this has got a lot of potential.

CHIEF wins accolodes at LA Short Film Festival

CHIEF - a short film written and directed by Brett Wagner and produced by Dana Satler Hankins, has won "Best Dramatic Short" at the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival on August 22nd.

Jurors included actress Sandra Oh, HBO Executive Producer Andrew Reimer, and L.A. Weekly film critic Ernest Hardy. L.A. Shortsfest is an Academy Award accredited film festival whose winners are eligible to be nominated for an Oscar in the short film categories. CHIEF was among thousands of shorts submitted to the fest for consideration.

CHIEF's winning run started in January, when it became the first Hawaiian short film ever to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. IndieWIRE declared it "one of the 10 must-see shorts of the festival."

The film received a British Academy of Film and Television Certificate of Excellence and won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Short at the Maui Film Festival. CHIEF has been recently screened at the Festival of Pacific Arts in American Samoa.

Thanks to a sponsorship from Hawaiian Airlines, Wagner and lead actor Chief Sielu Avea were able to travel to Pago Pago and present the film to enthusiastic audiences at the quadrennial event. CHIEF's Honolulu premiere will take place in October at the Hawaii International Film Festival.

More about the movie - including styills and info available at http://www.chief-movie.com/

Required - Film Editing Instructor at NYFA

Yours truly was just looking through interesting filmmaking jobs at mandy.com when one particularly interesting one caught the eye.

The New York Film Academy (NYFA) seems on the lookout for a new film editing instructor. The invite for applications looks something like this:

Vacancy: Editing Instructor
Employer: New York Film Academy
Location: Universal City
Duration: part time, starts ASAP

Los Angeles area film school seeks instructor of Editing. Topics include: basic and advanced editing, color correction, sound editing, compositing, titles and the fundamentals of VFX. All classes are taught on Final Cut Pro. MFA or
equivalent industry experience required. Position is part time and starts immediately.

Web: http://nyfa.edu/

Apply to: Kristen Abitabile, 100 Universal City Plaza Drive, Building 9128, Suite 179, Universal City, CA 91608

Interested parties should apply directly using the online form at mandy.com via this link.