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Steadicam tests for Asdin/X-otik

( Film-Making and General and Cinema and My Life )

Just some random steadicam tests using my Flyer and Asdin’s Sony camera. I’ll probably help him shooting the next Adrone’s music video. We’ll see…
We can see Asdin giving a try with the steadicam near the end of the video

PS: Yes I know I should add weights to the sony camera, but I didn’t […]

Lindsay Lohan “Parodie Harry Potter”

( Delirium and Cinema )

This is the closest you are going to get to a Hermione nude scene…

Lindsay Lohan "Parodie Harry Potter"Uploaded by WarthogCelebVids

Links of the Week 2

Ok, I’m late, it has been two weeks now. Here is the (lengthy) list:
News:

Obama Smeared As Former ‘Madrassa’ Student
CNN Debunks False Obama ‘Madrassa’ Smear
Police slash tents of homeless people

Educational:

Children see, Children do
List of full length documentaries
Frank Zappa debates about censorship
How Black Children View White Children
Why US Math education sucks
Black man trying to get a cab
Sniper […]

Links of the week 1

As Promissed here is a small list of interesting or funny links for this week:
Articles and News:

YouTube exposes torture in Egypt (direct link to videos: http://youtube.com/watch?v=8c1QfFiLDDI, http://youtube.com/watch?v=5QFSN8fyYHM, http://youtube.com/watch?v=r0-rQr6Np7A, and http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZQom4edkHkw

Colorblind Test
HD-DVD Volume Unique Keys Discovered (although I really don’t see what is so extraordinary about it)
Upside-Down-Ternet (having fun when a neighbor is stealing […]

The Seven Deadly Sins of Horror

A fellow filmmaker (screenwriter to be exact, author of Severance, a horror movie which made it to the big screen and DVD) wrote this post about the horror genre: The Seven Deadly Sins of Horror.
It’s quite funny to read, you should definitely check this blog out.
Moreover, for us fellows filmmakers, it’s always interesting to see […]

The Parlor: Short Film starring “Mr. Kim” from Prison Break

( Cinema )

Hey guys, check this video out.
It’s a nice short film written and directed by Geoffrey Haley entitled The Parlor and which is starring quite a few known actors. For instance, you might recognize “Mr. Kim” from Prison Break (Reggie Lee).

It’s hard to give a synopsis of the film without giving it all away, so I’ll […]

Hate Trailer Added

( Film-Making and Cinema and My Life )

Hey guys, check out the Videos and Films page. I added Hate Trailer and the videos are now on youtube, so it should work pretty much everywhere.
I noticed that Hate trailer is 16/9 vertically stretched though… We’ll need to reencode that.

nycmidnight screenwriter’s challenge 2006

( Film-Making and Cinema and My Life )

Congratulation to Vijay who made it to the final of the nycmidnight screenwriter’s challenge 2006!
You can check it out yourself: Group 13 results. The theme for this group was “Soldier(s) drama”, and he finished first in his group. Not bad!
The second round (and final) will be on September 22th 11:59PM EST. Let’s hope for the […]

Kevin Smith on his worst sexual experience

( Delirium and Cinema )

I found this hilarious and I thought I might share it…
Video of Kevin Smith on his worst sexual experience
Enjoy!

Finally a Steadicam!

( Film-Making and Cinema and My Life )

After a lot of trouble I will not elaborate here, I finally got my Steadicam Flyer!
This thing is amazing. We quickly played around with Oscar and Vijay while recording everything. Here is a small video (2.6M, again you’ll need Quicktime 7).
As you can see on the results, I have a lot of practicing to do… […]