Filmmaking involves a complex process to take a movie from an idea to screen. An idea must be developed into a screenplay, casts and crew must be hired, budgets drawn up (and followed), and locations scouted – all before the concept is even applied to film.
COVID-19 shuttered the San Diego Comic-Con but wily organizers were quick to react. The event has shifted to Comic-Con@Home. It takes place July 22-26 – and it’s FREE! There will still be tons of panels and interactive events like you would normally see at the San Diego Convention Center. Below is the schedule (Pacific Time)…
Hollywood unions and guilds have released their COVID-19 safety guidelines that will be required for Hollywood film producers as they begin filming on June 12. I have included the full report below with important sections highlighted.
The Kid (1921), Cops (1922), and Safety Last (1923) each had scenes shot in the alley. The location was popular because at the time, it was one of the few passable gritty lanes in an area that was still mostly fruit orchards.
In Hollywood movie lore, there have been several movies deemed to be “cursed”, bringing bad-fortune and even death to primary participants in the film project. But only one movie *script* has proven so deadly and wrapped with misfortune that directors and actors no longer want anything to do with the as-yet-unfilmed movie project. Thus far,…
Hollywood green screen (chroma key compositing or chroma keying) special effects were introduced in the 1930’s as a “blue screen” or “travelling matte” special effect created by Larry Butler (who won an Academy Award for the blue screen special effects in The Thief of Bagdad). Rudimentary, crude, and time consuming, blue screen special effects were…
I loved the movie Gravity! The photography was beautiful and the 3D imagery phenomenal to experience. George Clooney was great (while he lasted) and Sandra bullock a pleasant wonder to watch (as always). Still, I couldn’t help but wonder how accurate the portrayal of the space environment really was. As it turns out, the physics…
In northern Utah, there exists a “ranch” so strange, so bizarre, that the National Institute for Discovery Science purchased it solely for scientific research purposes. Located in the Uintah Basin near the town of Fort Duchesne, paranormal activities have been reported on the 480 acre Skinwalker Ranch for hundreds of years. It is estimated that…
Universal Pictures’ movie Riddick, starring Van Diesel as the shining-eyed Richard B. Riddick, is scheduled to be released September 6, 2013. Riddick began filming in January 2012 in Montreal, Canada (after being shut down temporarily in 2011 due to lack of funding). Riddick has been the antihero of four previous films in the Riddick series,…
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