Posts tagged film
First teaser trailer is out for The Social Network!
I’m still super excited for this David Fincher-directed, Aaron Sorkin-written movie about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Eisenberg seems to have the Zuckerberg voice down in a way that sounds right but isn’t spot-on enough for the movie to be as unbearable as listening to Mark for two and a half hours.
Justin Timberlake manages to sound the best, even with just one line “You know what’s cool? A billion dollars.”
I would say this is also an explanation of why Inception is my most anticipated film of Summer 2010.
“Look what movies are coming out this summer: Sex and the City 2 (sequel to a movie based on a TV show based on a book based on newspaper articles), Iron Man 2 (sequel to a movie based on a 2nd-tier comic book), Jonah Hex (based on a 5th-tier comic book), The A-Team (based on a campy 80s TV action show), Macgruber (based on a series of TV comedy skits based on a campy 80s TV action show) Robin Hood (beyond being basically a Bible story in terms of freshness, it’s also for all intents and purposes a sequel to the film Gladiator), Step Up 3D (sequel to a sequel… in 3D!), Toy Story 3 (sequel to a sequel… in 3D!), Shrek Forever (sequel to the sequel to the sequel to a movie based on fairy tales and fart jokes), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (based on the sequel to a computer game), The Karate Kid (remake of an 80s movie that spawned several sequels, starring the sequel to Will Smith), Ramona and Beezuz (based on children’s books which have already inspired filmic adaptations), The Last Airbender (based on an animated TV series), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (based on a graphic novel), Nanny McPhee Returns (sequel to a movie based on a series of books), Piranha 3D (remake of a movie that was based on ripping off Jaws), Predators (you know, like the movie Predator, but plural!), Dinner for Schmucks (remake of a French film from a decade ago), Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (sequel to a movie called Cats and Dogs that I’d never heard of until I Googled it so I could write this). That’s not counting films whose plots are just lazy retreads of previous films. And that’s also not counting the Marmaduke movie.”
- Joe Mathlete, of Joe Mathlete Explains Marmaduke
They are the best, and they specialize in the ridiculous!
I can’t wait to get a chance to finish up this film, Jinx. The problem is that the longer I take, the higher the expectations rise, but it was all really just an excuse to hang out with some friends, which caused a lack of finesse in the filmmaking that’s drawing out the post-production process just to make it watchable.
A glasses-free Kevin Lam makes an appearance in this still. I say glasses-free because they were violently removed for him by a soccer ball moments before this shot. True story.
It is greater dawah when Muslims don’t have a particular Muslim theme.
Video Updates!
So I’ve recently been posting about a video per day, but have just realized that I’ve missed updating THIS site with those videos. Here they are!
1. Vlog Six | On the Set of “Jinx” (Part Three)
More from the shooting of our new short.
We couldn’t sing at him, and we couldn’t ignore the ridiculousness. The internet was our only way to call out the grade 11 kid acting *way* too cool.
2. Vlog Seven | On the Set of “Jinx” (Part Four)
We’re done Day One of filming. Just lettin’ loose.
3. Vlog Eight | On the Set of “Jinx” (Part Five)
Our second and final day of filming. We find an AV cart and things get crazy professional. But crazy first.
4. Vlog Nine | Vancouver 2010
The opening ceremonies of the Olympics? More like the opening ceremonies of the future.
If you don’t like reading words, you’ll love this description:
Started shooting a new short today. Here is some extra footage.
At TEDxVancouver a few months ago, our region’s best working filmmaker, Neill Blomkamp (now an Academy Award-nominated writer, ya heard?) was featured as a headlining speaker.
Now as if this fact wasn’t enough to get me excited (the newspaper I read about it in was unfortunately printed after the conferences registration deadline; of COURSE print is going to survive…), it was his topic and the way he presented it that left me pretty amazed.
The basic premise of his talk? The aliens in District 9 are nothing like how he believes real aliens are/would be. Fair enough, one would go on to expect 13 minutes about Weta and the impracticalities of non-humanoid creatures in a narrative film. This does not happen.
What he does, rather, is take advantage of the medium of a pre-recorded talk (he was out of town during TEDx) to edit together and narrate a captivating, theoretical science-driven vision of our universe, life on other planets, and the future of human civilization in a way that most of us probably haven’t ever thought of.
I know the man has his passions, but his level of research and knowledge on this topic is still surprising. I can’t help but feel that he might be using at least part of this as his next film, another sci-fi piece that he seems incredibly excited about in other interviews and spaces.
If it isn’t part of his next film, it’s still a fascinating quarter-hour to watch. If it is, however, we’re in for a mind-bending treat once his second film is unleashed in cinemas in the next couple of years.
There is no longer any doubt in my mind that DSLRs are potent tools for real filmmaking. shot on the Canon 7D by Eliot Rausch Luke Korver, and Matt Taylor, this short-form doc captures a beloved dog’s life as it comes to a close.
Beautiful, touching, and near-impossible to make or see without modern technology.
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