Category: media

“The intention, in at least some cases, is to pitch viewers into the middle of the action, giving a visceral experience, in the words of Australia’s Phillip Noyce, who directed the recent hyper-kinetic Angelina Jolie thriller Salt. But at its worst it can amount to over-the-top, incoherent filmmaking, sound and fury signifying nothing.”

“Using full orchestras for games is becoming the norm and the production values are equal to film. So much so, there’s now a lot of crossover between the creative industries with film composers crossing into games and vice versa. Indeed, some games are actually better resourced than television where it’s par for the course to produce thin scores. Games expect cinematic values.”

Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer “were joined in the studio by the seven actors who played the Von Trapp children. During the telecast, they shared stories from the shooting of the movie, which took a total of nine months for rehearsals and filming.”

“California law (namely the Coogan Act) states that a child actor’s income is 100% theirs, making it difficult for parents to use the money to support the family. But the issue is largely rendered irrelevant when one when examines the earning potential of the typical “successful” child actor.”

“Cheap, friendly and emphasising the community and performance side of the festival experience, these upstarts – which include Flatpack in Birmingham, London’s onedotzero, and Abandon Normal Devices (AND) in Manchester and Liverpool – have had phenomenal success despite their relative youth.”

“The government yesterday maintained its stake in Peter Jackson’s two-part fantasy epic by promising to rewrite the country’s labour laws and offering a $25m tax break to the Hollywood studio Warner Bros. The last-ditch deal brings an end to weeks of protests and uncertainty when it looked as if the production – a prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy – would move elsewhere.”

Oscar-winning director Nikita Mikhalkov (Burnt by the Sun), notorious for his monarchist views and his connections to the new Russian oligarchy, has set off a political furor with a 10,000-word manifesto which he titled “Right and Truth.”

“Major studios, cable and technology companies on Wednesday announced the launch of an Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR) to track movies, TV shows and other assets much the way books are coded.:

According to internet research company famecount.com her total currently stands at 1,002,734,757. Tweeting to her nearly seven million followers on Twitter she said “we reached one billion views on YouTube little monsters!”