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WORLD PREMIERE OF DISNEY•PIXAR’S BRAVE AT LA FILM FEST (5/18/2012)
Disney•Pixar’s Brave, a groundbreaking adventure full of humor, heart and breathtaking action, extends its pioneering spirit to its world premiere on June 18, 2012, marking the Grand Opening of Hollywood’s Dolby® TheatreSM. The red-carpet event is a special presentation for the LA Film Fest. Premiering -- continue reading →
A TRIP TO PASADENA WITH WILL SLOCOMBE (5/17/2012)
A familiar face at Film Independent is taking his creativity and work ethic to a film set for his very own directorial effort, Pasadena. Will Slocombe (Events Coordinator extraordinaire here at Film Independent) has contributed his film experience to our website’s library of resources before -- continue reading →
short fix: INCEPTION (SWEDED) (5/16/2012)
We are, admittedly, big fans of “sweding” here at Film Independent. So we were completely smitten when we discovered the short film Inception (Sweded) as a submission to the Los Angeles Film Festival’s High School Short Films category. The three teenaged directors, Marco Duran, Joachim -- continue reading →
GUEST DIRECTOR AND ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE AT LA FILM FEST (5/15/2012)
Academy Award-winning director William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection) will serve as the Los Angeles Film Festival’s Guest Director, presenting a screening of his latest film Killer Joe, starring Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch and Juno Temple. Artists in Residence this year will be legendary -- continue reading →
FIND ANSWERS: Tecia Esposito on Script Supervision (5/14/2012)
In our Ask A Pro series, script supervisor Tecia Esposito shared advice for those interested in script supervision as a career gleaned from her work on such films as Miranda July’s The Future, Azazel Jacobs’ Terri, and Ben Lewin’s upcoming Sundance hit The Surrogate. Tecia -- continue reading →
REEL FRIDAYS: Comic Book Movies (5/11/2012)
Unless you’ve been meditating in a cave on the top of K2 for the past year, you’re probably aware of The Avengers and its record-smashing box-office success. Even from K2, you probably saw it coming. After all, comic book movies are virtually synonymous with Big-Budget, -- continue reading →
ASK A PRO: Mary Jasionowski, Production Accountant (5/10/2012)
Mary Jasionowski majored in film at Boston University. After moving to Los Angeles and working her way up in production, she had every intention of becoming a line producer. Somewhere along the way she realized that production accountants had better hours, if smaller paychecks. Better -- continue reading →
MEET THE STARS OF MAGIC MIKE (5/09/2012)
As we announced last week, the dramatic comedy Magic Mike will close out this year’s Los Angeles Film Festival. Adding to that, Magic Mike star Channing Tatum recently announced the opportunity for fans to attend a meet and greet with him and his co-star Matthew -- continue reading →
TRICKS FOR MASTERING THE DOC DISTRIBUTION CIRCUS (5/08/2012)
During the live case study of their acclaimed “father-daughter interspecies love story,” also known as the poignant documentary One Lucky Elephant, director Lisa Leeman and producer Jordana Glick-Franzheim walked our members through the process of getting their labor of love funded, premiered at major festivals -- continue reading →
FIND ANSWERS: PETE HORNER ON POST-PRODUCTION SOUND (5/03/2012)
Skywalker Sound sound designer and re-recording mixer Pete Horner recently shared the knowledge he’s culled from working on such films as Errol Morris’ Standard Operating Procedure, Francis Ford Coppola’s Tetro and Lauren Greenfield’s LA Film Fest 2012 selection Queen of Versailles in our Ask a -- continue reading →
