The BBC today launched New Music Shorts 2007 – an initiative offering aspiring filmmakers a £5000 budget to make a music-based short film with a professional production company and have it premiered at the BBC Electric Proms festival in October. BBC Electric Proms, Film Network and New Talent are inviting budding filmmakers to visit www.bbc.co.uk/newtalent
We stumbled upon a great site for film news and reviews in the form of FilmSchoolRejects.com. The site is a community driven blog that unleashes some of the world’s brightest aspiring movie critics on thousands of readers daily! Film School Rejects is updated tow or three times per day with reviews and other movie content.
Recently updated to 1.0.6 PulpMotion by Aqufadas is a fantastic way to showcase your photos and video . PulpMotion is not a Pro app but it offers the ability to create screen savers and movies with excellent motion graphics. The application has an iLife feel and is very simple to use and like other iLife applications can call media from iPhoto etc.
The use of the silhouette in design is being explored in a book entitled “99 Silouettes“. From signage on toilet doors to Japanese shadow puppet theatre, the silhouette can boast both a wonderful and rich history – and contemporary appeal.
Amazon are releasing “Digital Film Making” by Mike Figgis at less than half price if you pre-order. The 176 page paper back is available for only 3.99. In this indispensable step-by-step guide, leading director Mike Figgis (“Timecode”, “Leaving Las Vegas”, “Internal Affairs”) offers
Anyone who knows DigMo! knows we love the Fxhome suite of CGI software. Effects lab is a low cost CGI application that offers effects such as light sabre, muzzle flare, fog etc with only a few mouse clicks. If you don’t know Effectslab then head over to
