by Iain Blair
Bumped into VFX wizard and Oscar winner (for “The Matrix) Kim Libreri at the Santa Monica Fine Arts Gallery annual open house. The ties between artists and VFX people have always been strong, notes Libreri, now a VP at Digital Domain, who was checking out the crowded art scene. He’s […]

 by Iain Blair
When you’re an indie filmmaker, you need passion for your project  - and plenty of patience and nerves of steel when it comes to financing. “The bottom line is always scary,” says filmmaker Tony Porter, who told me he did “whatever it takes” to help finance his new feature “Prefab doc” which he […]

 By Iain Blair

I went to The Venice Media District’s 2nd Annual Fall Mixer at the Canal Club last week. Organized by Hype PR, the evening featured several speakers for the evening, including industry luminary, Scott Ross, founder of Digital Domain. Ross spoke at length about the problems of being in the service industry and how […]

 by Iain Blair

Shared a tuna fish sandwich and fries with Julian Schnabel poolside at The Four Seasons hotel. The NY-based director and artist was bundled up against the cold but was in high spirits about his third film, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” which grabbed him the Best Director prize at Cannes this year. […]

by Richard D. Lewis
Last year Congress approved legislation that set a date of February 17, 2009 for the switch from analog to digital television. Managing that transition has already began. As of March 1, 2007, the FCC has required all televisions manufactured or imported into the United States to incorporate digital tuners. For televisions […]