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• The Hermetic Life Of A Film Festival Programmer -- Part 2

  by temerson August 23, 2009
  [link="http://tallgrassfilmfest.com/"]Join Us For The 7th Annual Tallgrass Film Festival This October![/link] So, I just got back from a programming meeting a couple of hours ago.  Like most festivals, we do a lot of catering to our local professionals because local sponsors like to see that and be...

• The Hermetic Life Of The Film Festival Programmer -- Part 1

  by temerson August 22, 2009
  Sundance.  TriBeCa.  Cannes.  Toronto.  How do the movies we know and love so much get into festivals like this?  Politics.  The studios make "indie" films, now really just a budget status than the spirit of what independent filmmaking used to be.  But what about all those other festivals that e...

• "Hollywood Goes Haywire" -- National Law Journal

  by temerson August 5, 2009
  HOLLYWOOD GOES HAYWIRE Talent boutiques have proliferated, but the deals are drying up By Amanda Bronstad National Law Journal, 27 July 2009 So much for a Hollywood ending.  The economic recession has hit the most escapist of industries as deals for actors, musicians, directors and other talent in t...
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• Bright Lights, Big City

  by temerson June 29, 2009
  Going to be in New York City July 7 - 11.  Looking for cool things to do (film-wise).  Anybody gots anything righteously awesome in the goings on of their life?

• Screenplays -- What's Selling?

  by temerson June 12, 2009
  So, for those of you interested in what's selling these days, here's a couple of low budget and no budget alternatives to a lifetime subscription to Variety or Hollywood Reporter: [link="http://www.donedealpro.com"]Done Deal Pro[/link] [link="http://tracking-board.com/"]The Tracking Board[/link] Bot...

• I Need My Death Star!

  by temerson June 8, 2009
  So, for those of you who read me (that's only a little creepy.  ESP'ers, stay the hell away from me!  I don't need you in my dirty thoughts!), you know that I am involved with the [link="http://tallgrassfilmfest.com/"]Tallgrass Film Festival[/link] and the [link="http://www.myspace.com/wichitamotion...

• Stupid Pet Tricks -- The Final Cut Pro Gambit

  by temerson June 6, 2009
  So, as I was browsing the classifieds on a couple of my other favorite sites dedicated to the Dickensian chore of finding work in this global financial quagmire, I find myself continually stumbling across the exact same problem.  Lately, I've been working on editing -- not post-FX, not post-sound, n...
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• Stupid Pet Tricks - Directors Hate

  by temerson May 29, 2009
  Oy, gevault!  So, I just finished up school for the year and I've been roped into a few different projects.  One of them is an ongoing series of videos I'm doing for one of my professors.  He does motivational speaking, political commentary and consulting and has been putting his website together an...

• Fun Is Where The Pirates Are

  by temerson March 19, 2009
  Haven't blogged in a while, it's late, and I have work early in the morning.  Figured I'd create a list of fun, funky foreign movies that you should really check out.  They're not all "Amelie," but they are pretty cool.1. Cool (Netherlands)2. Brice de Nice (France)3. Advertising Rules! (Germany)4. L...