Where Would Film Be Without Music?
What makes music great and how can I get some? Where would Jaws be without the ‘dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum’ score? read more …Continue reading Where Would Film Be Without Music?
Month: January 2017
Kuso trailer: Flying Lotus causes Sundance walkout with ‘grossest film ever made’
By Alexander McMahon. Remember the days when The Human Centipede was the grossest thing in cinema? Well, it looks Steve Ellison (AKA Flying Lotus) has read more …Continue reading Kuso trailer: Flying Lotus causes Sundance walkout with ‘grossest film ever made’
The Fix is in…or is it? – What is bid rigging and how does it affect your production?
by Marcus Honesta. There is a lot of talk at this moment of what has been a taboo subject in the Ad Industry for many read more …Continue reading The Fix is in…or is it? – What is bid rigging and how does it affect your production?
Bid Rigging: The new ticking time bomb for the advertising industry
By Marcus Honesta. Well it seems that further to the report that CTL first published on the 8th of December last year (AD AGENCIES PROBED read more …Continue reading Bid Rigging: The new ticking time bomb for the advertising industry
Tropfest announces 2017 finalists…and YES! Half of them are women.
TROPFEST, the world’s largest short film festival, has announced the 16 talented finalists for this year’s festival, and thank the lord, fifty percent of those read more …Continue reading Tropfest announces 2017 finalists…and YES! Half of them are women.
Can VR help save the world?
While many are looking at virtual reality as the next step in an accelerated gaming landscape, or an opportunity to tell stories in a different read more …Continue reading Can VR help save the world?
Cate Blanchett plays 13 characters to deliver Rosefeldt’s Manifesto
Without a doubt, Cate Blanchett is a modern giant of Australian stage and screen, with multiple accolades to her name, including six AACTA Awards, two read more …Continue reading Cate Blanchett plays 13 characters to deliver Rosefeldt’s Manifesto
Raw: The NSFW trailer of the film that is so hardcore it made audiences faint
If you don’t like the sight of blood and gore, look away now. RAW is the feature film debut of director Julia Ducornau. When the read more …Continue reading Raw: The NSFW trailer of the film that is so hardcore it made audiences faint
Attention filmmakers! Apply Now for TEDxSydney 2017 Film Program
Take a moment to think of some of the outstanding creatives around you in this industry. Even if you’re not one of them (managers put read more …Continue reading Attention filmmakers! Apply Now for TEDxSydney 2017 Film Program
I hear a train a’comin…Trainspotting 2 is almost here
By Alexander McMahon. Twenty years have gone by. Does it really feel like 20 years since you first witnessed the visual spectacle that was the read more …Continue reading I hear a train a’comin…Trainspotting 2 is almost here
When your $100,000 shoot turns to shit…here’s how you make it a diamond
By Alexander McMahon. For any of us involved in the creation process for any kind of moving image content, you already know the myriad of read more …Continue reading When your $100,000 shoot turns to shit…here’s how you make it a diamond
Millennials: Are they the mutant offspring of the blob, a Hollywood inspired fiction, or the future of your workforce?
By Marcus Honesta. Adnews recently reported on a high velocity twitter war, “Mark Ritson and Adam Ferrier Square Off In Millennial Showdown”. If you are read more …Continue reading Millennials: Are they the mutant offspring of the blob, a Hollywood inspired fiction, or the future of your workforce?
HTC is building a VR eco-system
By Jenny Brewster. Attendees at this year’s CES in Las Vegas were hoping for another year of major announcements from the current VR big guns. read more …Continue reading HTC is building a VR eco-system
Nike gave creative control to FKA Twigs and the result is FK-ing brilliant
By Alexander McMahon. A lot of brands try to associate themselves with film and music stars that they consider ‘cool’, but few might hand over read more …Continue reading Nike gave creative control to FKA Twigs and the result is FK-ing brilliant
How long does it take to write an award-winning, 30 second TV commercial?
By Aidan McGeady. Advertising people, even creative ones, are supposed to be professionals. That means they’re obliged to produce ads that work, (the creative), in read more …Continue reading How long does it take to write an award-winning, 30 second TV commercial?
9 things clients should know about their agency
By Charles Dodgson. Last week we published a handy and informative list of ‘9 things an agency should know about their clients‘. We were inundated read more …Continue reading 9 things clients should know about their agency
DOPs take note – Cinema’s most beautiful shots of 2016
Regardless of your role in the business of film, isn’t there a point where cinema – for whatever reason – captured your heart and sent read more …Continue reading DOPs take note – Cinema’s most beautiful shots of 2016
Go home Ad Industry, a student just outdid everything you will do this year
By Alexander McMahon. Let’s assume you’re working in the advertising industry. How much money, resource, time and man hours will be spent in 2017 trying read more …Continue reading Go home Ad Industry, a student just outdid everything you will do this year
Four new VR cameras that might change the way we work
By Raymond Leung. Soon (if not now) the days of strapping a bunch of GoPros to a stand will be something we reminisce about around read more …Continue reading Four new VR cameras that might change the way we work
Embracing design as therapy to get to the heart of business problems
By Gina Baldassarre ‘Empathy’ is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as “the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the read more …Continue reading Embracing design as therapy to get to the heart of business problems
Opinion: Will the traditional ad agency die like the dinosaurs?
In this piece by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, our writer ponders the future of the ‘traditional’ Advertising Agency in a modern age. AT LEAST DINOSAURS HAD read more …Continue reading Opinion: Will the traditional ad agency die like the dinosaurs?
CES 2017: Introducing the next wave of VR
For lovers of consumer technology, the annual CES Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a mouth-watering gadget banquet, where hundreds of manufacturers display their new read more …Continue reading CES 2017: Introducing the next wave of VR
9 things agencies need to know about their clients…
Apparently Bill Clinton, when he was president in residence, had a sign on his desk. It read, “It’s the economy, stupid”. Agencies should take note. read more …Continue reading 9 things agencies need to know about their clients…