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News & Updates
January 31, 2020
Canon Confirms 8K EOS R Camera in Development
Canon has an 8K mirrorless in the works.
Rumors have been circulating all week that Canon will be announcing a 45MP full-frame mirrorless camera capable of recording 8K 30fps. Canon Rumors has been on top of the story since it broke, including a report from Canon laying out its future plans for EOS R. Canon Rumors also made light of an interview on Imaging Resource where Canon confirms that 8K is in the EOS R pipeline. We now have two different Canon sources saying that it will develop an 8K mirrorless camera, but will it come as early as next month as online sources suggest?
Here’s what we know so far.
On page 13 of a report Canon says, “Although we have launched two full-frame mirrorless cameras as well as ten dedicated lenses, our lineup is still insufficient. In order to recover from our late entry into the mirrorless camera market, we have plans to launch a model that incorporates a newly developed image sensor and image-processing engine that offer even more advanced features.”
So what does this mean?
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January 31, 2020
4 Things Your Movie Needs If You Want It at Sundance
Sundance is one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world. It’s a top target for filmmakers everywhere. How can you get your project in?
Here is the thing: we’ve done the research.
We’ve covered a lot of Sundance Festivals, but more importantly than just attending and seeing the films there, I’ve spoken in-depth and at length, on the record and off, with programmers, senior programmers, screeners, filmmakers, founders, and directors.
In the process, I’ve boiled it all down to four key things you need to get your project to Sundance.
I have done this to report on it and share it for you, but I’ve also taken the time to perform a little critical analysis for your benefit.
For everyone’s benefit.
Why?
Because I want everyone to know if they have a chance, how they can have a chance, and what not to waste the submission fees on.
Source: NoFilmSchool
January 31, 2020
Sundance's Record-Breaking Deals Are a Cease-Fire in the Streaming Wars
An emerging hybrid deal structure means that filmmakers don’t have to choose between selling to a streaming platform and a theatrical distributor.
The biggest breakout success of last year’s Sundance was Lulu Wang’s The Farewell, which premiered to unanimous critical acclaim and quickly became the crown jewel of the festival’s hype cycle. Inevitably, the bidding wars ensued. Wang found herself with two enticing offers and a difficult choice to make: A24 wanted to buy her film for $6 million, and a streaming service was offering her more than double that amount to host the film on their platform.
Source: NoFilmSchool
January 31, 2020
'Beast Beast' Filmmaker Danny Madden Brings Family-Style Filmmaking to Park City
Danny Madden’s debut feature Beast Beast weaves together three quintessentially American tales.
The inability to see right from wrong, healthy from unhealthy, cool from pathetic—dichotomies that are too-often blurred in American life are blurred further by the dangerous commingling of a love affair with firearms, the advent of self-editing, and a rapidly domineering obsession with the concept of the public self.
Director Danny Madden’s skillful juxtaposition of untouchable moments of youth and the cringing flounder of poor decisions come to a boil in an all-too-familiar stew of American incapacity. We caught up Danny Madden and one of the stars (his brother!) Will Madden in Park City to talk about their film Beast Beast, directorial processes, and how to keep a film feeling fresh.
Source: NoFilmSchool
January 31, 2020
What Do the 2020 Oscar Contenders Look like Behind the Scenes?
Let’s take a look at the bold choices the best movies of the year made behind the scenes.
Time on set is special. It’s where you get to sense the internal vibe of the movie and the chemistry of the people involved. In 2019, the best movies had crazy stories on set, like scraping script pages, de-aging actors, and moving performers one millimeter at a time.
These bold choices allowed these movies to reach great heights and be nominated for Academy Awards in 2020.
Today, I want to celebrate some of the nominated movies this year and take a look behind the scenes of their productions in hopes that we can get a deeper appreciation for the art we see on the screen.
Check out this video from Insider and let’s look at some photos after the jump!
What Do the 2020 Oscar Contenders Look Like Behind the Scenes?
To be frank, I love the Academy Awards. They’re not perfect, but they exhibit the best things our industry has to offer. And they do it on a scale unlike anything else. For many readers of No Film School, we cannot imagine playing with the budgets these movies have.
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January 31, 2020
SXSW 2020 Presents College Music and Radio Day: Saturday, March 21
SXSW is excited to present a full day of college music industry-focused programming for 2020 on Saturday, March 21.
Forward-focused discussions will include the state of college and community radio, and its critical place within current broadcasting and new music landscapes.
On the same day, the SXSW Music Festival will present a College Music Day Stage showcasing some of the most anticipated new music on college radio.
As part of this programming, we are awarding a limited number of complimentary SXSW 2020 Music Badges to college radio stations! Learn more about the application criteria and submit your application now through Sunday, February 2, 2020.
We also encourage students involved in college media to apply for a press credential. Student publications approved for press credentials will receive SXSW Music Badges and camera tags for the event through Wednesday, February 5, 2020.
Enrolled non-media students are eligible to purchase a SXSW Music Badge at a discounted student rate.
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to experience this programming at SXSW 2020, where College Media and the Music Industry come together. For any questions about this College Music Day programming, please reach out to collegemusic@sxsw.com.
Black Pumas – Photo by Merrick Ales
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January 31, 2020
Streaming and Beyond at SXSW Music Track Sessions
The streaming wars are in full effect but do we know who is winning? And for those who aren’t is there a place of refuge?
Artists, producers and streaming services alike need tools to navigate the new era of music and we are here to help. This year’s two music tracks – Creating & Monetizing Music and The Future of Music – include sessions that will analyze the current industry’s landscape and provide practical steps for success.
Are Streaming Giants Playing Favorites?
As a matter of fact, streaming services are playing favorites, surprisingly to the benefit of local artists. In our session How Streaming Can Save Indies from the Pop-EDM Onslaught panelists will discuss streaming’s ability to influence people’s diversity of listening and how this has impacted the rise of the local and indie artist in this new streaming era.
While local and indie artists are nurtured by algorithms driven by streaming subscriptions, do listeners also benefit? User Centric: Streaming Gentrification or Fairness introduces the current “streaming gentrification” model in which fans pay for music they don’t listen to. The panel will question the “user centric” or “ethical pool” alternative to the status quo and invite audience participation to find a better solution, if there is one.
Beyond Streaming
Artists are not bound to monetization through streaming alone, and are branching out in creative new ways. In our Featured Session: The Music World Beyond Streaming President & CMO of WeTransfer, Damian Bradfield and Troy Carter, founder of Q&A, the Atom Factory and formerly Head of Creative Services at Spotify, will discuss modern brand and artist partnerships and other non traditional paths for musicians. With experience from working with artists such as Lady Gaga, John Legend, Lykke Li, and FKA twigs, the two will speak on the importance of artists’ individual stories and give brands guidance on how they can tell these.
One way artists and brands are partnering is via live events. New technology is bringing live event discovery to the forefront of music. Learn more during the session Supporting Artists Beyond the Stream featuring YouTube’s Sanjay Amin, Dan Armstrong from Ticketmaster, and Lindsey Colli from Facebook.
Explore The Music Tracks
Surf the SXSW Schedule for all sessions across our 22 tracks of Conference programming teed up for this March. And make sure to take note of badge access when registering to attend to make the most of your SX experience.
See You This Spring
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Featured Session Heavenly Pop Hit – Photo by Amanda Stronza
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January 31, 2020
Title Design Competition: 2019 SXSW Film Festival Selections [Video]
The Features and Episodic Premieres Lineup is here! While you wait for 2020 Shorts Program, revisit some of the Title Sequences that played at SXSW 2019.
The Title Design Competition is inspired by an essential part of the theatrical experience, these are works of art in their own right.
If you want to indulge in more shorts, take a look at our SXSW Film Festival Vimeo Channel.
2019 SXSW Title Design Competition Selections
A Handful of Dust / Company: Its Got Stealth / Title Designer: Jordan Turner
Aquaman / Company: Filmograph / Title Designers: Aaron Becker, Simon Clowes
Babylon Berlin / Title Designer: Saskia Marka
Black Panther Main on End Title Sequence / Company: Perception / Title Designers: John LePore, Russ Gautier, Justin Molush, Alex Rupert, Sekani Solomon
Bonanza Festival Titles 2018 / Company: Clemens Wirth Motion Design / Title Designer: Clemens Wirth
Bucketheads / Company: Its Got Stealth / Title Designer: Jordan Turner
Castle Rock / Company: Imaginary Forces / Title Designer: Jeremy Cox
Curtiz – Title Sequence / Company: JUNO11 Pictures / Title Designers: Emil Goodman, Tamás Yvan Topolánszky
Deadpool 2 Main Titles Sequence / Company: Method Studios / Title Designer: John Likens
La Casa de las Flores / Company: Diecinueve36 / Creative Director: Maribel Martinez
Lost In Space / Company: Imaginary Forces / Title Designer: Karin Fong
Mowgli / Company: MOMOCO / Title Designers: Nic Benns, Miki Kato
Novoland Eagle Flag / Company: Linmon Digital Images / Title Designer: Lei Han
OFFF CDMX Title Sequence / Company: Framestore / Title Designer: Sharon Lock
Personality / Title Designers: Ethem Cem, Enes Özenbaş
Phenoms / Company: Coat Of Arms / Creative Directors: Clara Lehmann, Jonathan Lacocque
Sacred Games / Company: Plexus Post / Title Designer: Vijesh Rajan
Semi Permanent 2018 – Opening Titles / Title Designer: Joyce N. Ho
Smoke / Company: Plexus / Title Designer: Yashoda Parthasarthy
Spider-Man Homecoming Main On End Titles / Company: Perception / Title Designers: John LePore, Doug Appleton, Chris Carboni, Handel Eugene
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Main on End Titles / Company: Alma Mater / Title Designers: Brian Mah, James Ramirez
Take Your Pills / Company: Blue Spill / Title Designers: Allison Brownmoore, Anthony Brownmoore, Joe Nowacki, Oliver Weinfeld
TEDx Sydney 2018: Humankind / Company: Substance / Title Designer: Scott Geersen
Touch of Class / Title Designer: Yorgos Karagiorgos
The Darkest Minds / Company: Imaginary Forces / Creative Director: Michelle Dougherty
Unspeakable / Title Designer: Harshit Desai
Veneno: The First Fall (Dominican Republic) / Company: La Visual Sonora / Title Designer: Marc Cordoba, MODAFOCA
Other Title Sequences that were part of the SXSW 2019 program, but are not yet available to watch on Vimeo include:
- Game Night / Company: Aspect / Creative Director: Jon Berkowitz, Title Designer: Kimberly Tang
- Motherland / Company: Picturemill / Title Designers: Cecilia DeJesus, William Lebeda
- Villains / Company: Star Thrower Entertainment, The Realm / Title Designer: Matt Reynolds
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January 30, 2020
Beth B Discusses Her Retrospective on Lydia Lunch – SXSW Filmmaker In Focus
The 2020 SXSW Film Festival is almost here! Before you make your way down to Austin, TX, get to know films from our lineup a little bit better with our Filmmaker In Focus series.
Dive into our Q&A with director Beth B as she tells us about her film Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over, which will screen in 24 Beats Per Second.
In your own words, what does this film mean to you?
Beth B: As New York City’s preeminent No Wave icon from the late 1970s, Lunch has forged a lifetime of music and spoken word performance devoted to the utter right of any woman to indulge, seek pleasure, and to say “fuck you!” as loud as any man. In this time of endless attacks on women, this is a rallying cry to acknowledge the only thing that is going to bring us together: art, the universal salve to all of our traumas.
What motivated you to tell this story?
BB: I’ve known and worked with New York No Wave legend Lydia Lunch since the late ’70s when we broke boundaries, confronting audiences with uncensored poetry, music, and films. Reflecting on the groundbreaking defiance Lydia has personified for over 30 years, she is a survivor who creates a dialogue of universal truth through her music and spoken word performances.
In 1984, she penned the subversive and prescient spoken word piece Daddy Dearest, defying the gag order, and spoke out about the sexual abuse she suffered as a young girl at the hands of her father. Women and children have been compelled to hide the abuses perpetrated against them, and/or have been re-victimized for speaking out.
With the current explosion of women stepping out of their silence regarding sexual harassment in the workplace, Lunch continues to expose the patriarchy, sexual abuse, the cycle of violence, and corporate greed with stubborn resistance.
What do you want the audience to take away?
BB: My documentary films are social, political, and personal investigations — home movies focusing on people I know or have come to know. Lydia was 19 and I was 23 when we met in the late 70s New York music/film/art scene and brought our radical visions to the underground where we broke boundaries, simultaneously shocking and enticing our audiences with our uncensored music and films.
I want people to understand that voicing the unheard and seeing the unseen creates dialogue, community, and a place for self-knowledge and acceptance. There is power in creating and claiming a new vision of woman.
What were you doing when you found out you were coming to SXSW?
BB: I was furiously working on my film, trying to raise funds to finish the film, and received a beautiful email from Janet [Pierson].
What made you choose SXSW to showcase your film to the world?
BB: As Lydia Lunch – The War Is Never Over focuses on the music and life of Lydia Lunch, it seemed the perfect fit for SXSW. It is not only a music film, but has a powerful message about the times we are living in and the voices that need to be heard again and again. The platform that SXSW offers for filmmakers and musicians is unique. They also invited her to perform live, which showcases not only the film, but Lydia Lunch in the flesh.
Add Lydia Lunch – The War Is Never Over to your SXSW Schedule. Stay tuned as we share more interviews with our SXSW 2020 filmmakers!
Join Us for SXSW 2020
Discover what’s next in film with a 2020 SXSW Film Badge. From March 13-22, 2020, experience 10 days of conference sessions, screenings, exhibitions, networking events, mentor sessions, and much more. All attendees will receive primary entry to programming associated with their badge type, in addition to enjoying secondary access to most other SXSW events.
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Lydia Lunch – The War Is Never Over – Photo by Kathleen Fox
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January 30, 2020
Stories to Celebrate Black History Month
Celebrate Black History Month by listening to stories of black identity, struggles, and excellence in America.
As a bonus, because February 2020 marks the 150th Anniversary of the 15th Amendment, we’ve put together a special collection featuring themes of representation, universal suffrage, and Civil Rights. The 15th Amendment, one of the cornerstones of Civil Rights, granted men of all races the right to vote in 1870.
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The 150th Anniversary of the 15th Amendment
"I was 15 years of age when I first started having my own private sit-ins."
Dion Diamond: Reflections on 60 Years of Civil Rights Activism
Dion Diamond recalls his activism and resistance, that began at the young age of 15. He shares how he got started challenging a segregated society while growing up in the 1950’s and 1960’s, through sit ins and peaceful protests.
Originally aired January 12, 2019, on NPR’s Morning Edition. Read the full transcript here.
"I'm not so sure the Civil Rights Act would have been passed had there not been a St. Augustine"
Remembering a Civil-Rights Swim-In
JT Johnson and Al Lingo were two of the several protesters who jumped into a “whites only” pool at the Monson Motor Lodge in St. Augustine, Florida. The protest escalated quickly, and is often remembered as a tipping point that led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1968.
Originally aired January 18, 2019, on NPR’s Morning Edition. Read the full transcript here.
“I sat up in my bed and I was immediately engulfed in fear."
Remembering the Assassination of Civil Rights Leader Edwin Pratt
Miriam Pratt recalls the assassination of her father Edwin Pratt, the head of the Seattle Urban League, who dedicated his life to fighting against employment, housing, and education discrimination.
Originally aired March 22, 2019, on NPR’s Morning Edition. Read the full transcript here.
"They intended to get all of us January the 10th, 1966."
Remembering the KKK Killing of a Voting Rights Activist
During the 1960’s Vernon Dahmer dedicated his life to ensuring that African American persons had the right to vote, making him the target of many Ku Klux Klan hate crimes. Ellie and Bettie Dahmer reflect on the traumatic incident that resulted in the death of husband, father and Civil Rights Leader Vernon Dahmer.
Originally aired January 13, 2017, on NPR’s Morning Edition. Read the full transcript here.
A More Perfect Union
Theresa Borroughs reflects on her relentless efforts to become a registered voter, despite being of age, during the Jim Crow era in the rural South.
More Voices
"I truly think everyone should do what they can to sustain their country."
Olivia J. Hooker, Pioneer and First Black Woman in the Coast Guard
Amongst her other achievements, Dr. Olivia J. Hooker was the part of the first class of African American women in the Coast Guard in 1944 during WWII, as part of the SPARS program.
Read the full transcript here.
"It was like driving an automobile at a hundred miles an hour and running into a stone wall."
Memories from an Air Force Test Volunteer
In the mid-1950s, before NASA existed, Alton Yates was part of a small group of Air Force volunteers who tested the effects of high speeds on the body. His contribution aided the process of sending Americans into space.
Originally aired August 29, 2014, on NPR’s Morning Edition. Read the full transcript here.
Driven
Wendell Scott, the first African American person to be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, began his career in 1952, during the end of Jim Crow era. Despite not having the recognition, fame, or resources of his competitors, he won countless races, serving as an embodiment of perseverance and passion.
“Being in a place like that, I didn’t feel like we was human.”
The Leesburg Stockade Girls
"When all the parents leave, it goes crazy…"
“When all the parents leave, it goes crazy…”
"All I wanted to do was get revenge."
“All I wanted to do was get revenge.”
"My grandmother used to take my brother and myself to the south every summer…"
“My grandmother used to take my brother and myself to the south every summer…”
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