Hollywood movies have their share of very long takes with the camera moving around a set catching various bits of action. The opening shot of Pride and Prejudice (2005, with Keira Nightley) is an extremely …
Archive for September, 2009
One take video
Monday, September 28th, 2009Iowa film office confused, puts movies on hold
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009The Internet Movie Database (IMDB) shows 268 titles with locations in Iowa. John Wayne was from Iowa. Cloris Leachman came from there. Field of Dreams (1989) put the state on the map. The state of …
October Sky comes alive — sort of
Monday, September 21st, 2009In its reaching for the sky and space beyond, this feat is reminiscent of the rocket launch in October Sky (1999), except this was a balloon. And it has got to be one of the …
The Sensation of Sight
Thursday, September 17th, 2009The Sensation of Sight is an independent movie by Aaron J. Wiederspahn, produced by Either/Or Films as their first feature film project.
Interesting about it is that the creators just recently launched a new …
Customer service done right
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009Customer service is a bit of a buzz word. So many companies claim to value it and so frequently it’s missing in action.
Just before Labor Day weekend, I took delivery of a brand spanking new …
When UPS makes no sense (and don’t even talk about the carbon footprint)
Thursday, September 10th, 2009Waiting for a package to be delivered today to me here in Little Rock, AR. It started its journey in Phoenix, AZ. UPS saw fit to send it to Louisville, KY (I hope they …
Day without cats on the web: NOT
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009The humor site urlesque has called for a ban on cats on the web on 9/9/09.
Apparently they favor bunnies instead. That may be their thing.
Just so you know, at Film & Company, we are not …
IKEA Heights: what was he thinking?
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009Premise: Go to a large furniture and home furnishing store that invites people to come in and hang out, and bring a script, actors and camera and shoot a web soap opera. After all, the …
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