Combine iMovie Projects Using a Text Editor
A while back I wrote a piece for Macworld about how to combine iMovie projects… using a text editor! The final piece had to be edited down quite a bit for space, but I’ve put the original article online (which is referenced in the book) for anyone who needs to split a project into discreet ...
New Power Mac G5s
In case you didn’t see the news yesterday: Dual-Processor, Liquid-Cooled Power Mac G5s Announced (TidBITS). Speedy and quieter than current Mac towers? Sounds pretty good to me.
New Canon DV Camcorders
Canon announced today two new compact DV camcorders: the Optura 500 and Optura 400. Tiny, attractive, and packed with megapixel goodness. The Optura 400 will sell for $1,000 and the Optura 500 will go for $1,200. Both feature 2.2 megapixel CCDs; the Optura 500 also sports a high-resolution 2.5 inch LCD, MPEG4 support, and USB ...
Okay, a Positive Movie Review
My wife was working late last night, so I stuck around at the office and watched Changing Lanes, a taut film starring Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Affleck (after seeing Paycheck, I wanted reassurance that Ben can do better with good material). The movie was very well directed, expertly acted, and kept me on the ...
Never Mind John Woo: Stop Stephen Sommers!
Some friends and I were going to catch a sneak preview of the disaster flick Day After Tomorrow, but we got there too late and the theater filled up. Still in the mood to see a movie, we instead saw this enormous pile of stinking shit: Van Helsing. Seriously, Paycheck was so much better than ...
Someone Tell John Woo He Can’t Make Any More Movies
Just finished watching Paycheck, unfortunately. I knew it wasn’t going to be good, based on the reviews, but still: sci-fi, Philip K. Dick story, heck, I don’t even mind Ben Affleck. And actually, those elements (and Paul Giamatti!) were the good parts. The bad part was the director. I’ve never seen any of John Woo’s ...
NYTimes on Distributing Home DVDs
The New York Times today published an article about how some people are taking advantage of home DVD-creation technology to put out discs of niche subjects, such as high school football seasons and independent features: Technology > Circuits > In the Era of Cheap DVD’s, Anyone Can Be a Producer” href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/20/technology/circuits/20dvdd.html?8dpc”> In the Era of ...
Bush Throwing Money at Programs He Wanted to Cut
And for today’s blood-boiling moment, Bush’s administration is trying to buy votes by funding programs that it has actively tried to cut — programs that happen to be in key voting states: Washington > Campaign 2004 > White House Is Trumpeting Programs It Tried to Cut” href=”http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/19/politics/campaign/19GRAN.html?ex=1400299200&en=668e78e1a96567b8&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND”>White House Is Trumpeting Programs It Tried to Cut ...
Lighting Course on DVD
DVCreators.net has released a DVD-based course on how to light your scenes: DV Enlightenment.
Screenwriters in Coffee Shops
I’ve done my fair share of writing in coffeeshops, even writing about writing in coffeeshops (370 K PDF file), so it comes as no surprise that Hollywood screenwriters are staking out tables and power outlets at LA-area cafes: For Screenwriters, Inspiration Smells Like French Roast (NYTimes.com, free subscription required). What’s nice about this piece is ...
Jeff Carlson | Never Enough Coffee Creations 