This week in Media Match’s world…

Internships
Innermost Thoughts of an Intern :

2011 Movies
Feds Seize 16 Sites That Stream Live Sports : (Media Match Blog)

Oscars
Oscar Nominations Surprises and Snubs : (Media Match Blog)

Big Business
Cable TV and Movie Divisions Help Lift Time Warner Revenue : (NY Times)

Awkward
The most awkward hook-ups on television : (Flavorwire)

Quick Tip of the Week

Customized Job Alerts : This Quick Tip will walk you through the process of tailoring your emailed Job Alerts to alert you of more job opportunities, in the regions you wish to work.

Video of the Week

Timelapse Reel
Some timelapse footage shot by DGA Productions this past year. Music: Sufjan Stevens – “Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois”

Don’t forget to check out the latest US TV and film production jobs.

Enjoy your weekend!

The Media Match Team

This week in Media Match’s world…

Editor
Media Match TV/Film Industry Career Profile : (Media Match Blog)

Halted
Feds Seize 16 Sites That Stream Live Sports : (Deadline)

Poster’d
If 2012′s Oscar-nominated movie posters told the truth : (The Shiznit)

Told
Sh*t Hollywood Execs Say : (Youtube)

3D
Why 3D movies need to die : (The Oatmeal)

Quick Tip of the Week

Customized Job Alerts : This Quick Tip will walk you through the process of tailoring your emailed Job Alerts to alert you of more job opportunities, in the regions you wish to work.

Video of the Week

Happy Birthday, São Paulo
A tribute to the 458th birthday of São Paulo city, with the b-boy Chaverinho dancing in various important spots of the city. prod. execultiva: BEATRIZ SANO / direção e edição: PEDRO GOMES / fotografia e colorização: FELIPE ABREU / produção: EDUARDA GALVÃO / trilha sonora: “E Se” RASHID e LAUDZ / b-boy: CHAVERINHO. uma produção Catatau.

Don’t forget to check out the latest US film/tv production jobs.

Enjoy your weekend!

The Media Match Team

This week in Media Match’s world…

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
2012 Documentary of the Chinese dissident was premiered at Sundance this week : (Media Match Blog)

Hobbit-y
Elijah Wood talks filming in 3D, and the film’s similarity to Lord of the Rings : (Collider)

Scary
Simon Cowell & Will Smith Team With Sony TV For International Music Reality Series : (Deadline)

Rocky
Tracy Morgan Rushed to Hospital : (The Daily Beast)

Amaze-balls
Canon C300 Game Changer : (DoP Blog)

Quick Tip of the Week

Customized Job Alerts : This Quick Tip will walk you through the process of tailoring your emailed Job Alerts to alert you of more job opportunities, in the regions you wish to work.

Video of the Week

Gotye- Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra) (official video)
Film clip for the Gotye song ‘Somebody That I Used To Know (featuring Kimbra)’ from the album Making Mirrors. Directed, produced and edited by Natasha Pincus / Body art by Emma Hack / Cinematographer and colourist: Warwick Field / Scenic artist: Howard Clark / Key grip: Rob Hansford / Assistants: Rose Cidoni, Claire Leighton, Rob Murray / Original artwork by Frank De Backer.

Don’t forget to check out the latest US film/tv production jobs.

Enjoy your weekend!

The Media Match Team

This week in Media Match’s world…

Back To…
The Movies : (Media Match Blog)

FCC
Bloomberg jabs at Comcast on anniversary of NBC deal approval : (LA Times)

Protest
Hactivists Attack MPAA And Universal Music Sites Following Megaupload Indictments : (Deadline)

Kerrching
How much money does a movie need to make to be profitable? : (io9)

Disaster
Top 5 Ways to Avoid Catastrophe in Production and Post : (Studio Daily)

Quick Tip of the Week

Customized Job Alerts : This Quick Tip will walk you through the process of tailoring your emailed Job Alerts to alert you of more job opportunities, in the regions you wish to work.

Video of the Week

Need4Speed: Insight
Incredible footage via the team at Need 4 Speed. This extended length video documentary is the first in a series of videos to be produced in 2012 featuring the members of the BASE proximity flying team, who skim close to the ground at speeds of over 100mph.

Pilots: Robert Pecnik, Jeannoel Itzstein, Joakim Sommer, Edo Senica
Camera: Ludo Woerth
Editing & Post Production: Jarno Cordia airrebels.com

Don’t forget to check out the latest US film and TV production jobs.

Enjoy your weekend!

The Media Match Team

Online video website Vimeo has just announced that they are to hold their first ever video festival and awards event. In contrast to other online video sites, Vimeo focuses on original content, quality production and editing, and allowing users to share their work with groups of their peers.

Having just celebrated their fifth anniversary, Vimeo will launch the Festival + Awards in New York City on October 8-9, 2010 at IAC Headquarters and the SVA Theater. The Festival promises to “bring the world of online video to life like never before”, with two days of screenings, education, panels, installations, parties, and more. Line up, activities, speakers and of course, parties, will be announced shortly. Submissions for the awards are now open, and categories include….

The Vimeo Award: The Best Video Award will be selected by a group of judges from multiple categories and the Vimeo Awards staff. Winner will receive a $25,000 grant to produce new work.
Narrative: Live-action narrative fiction told through the medium of film/video.
Remix: A film/video that is comprised of elements such as sound and picture of other works which then combines them to become a metamorphic work.
Original Series: A periodically released collection of episodic content.
Documentary: Short films/videos that seek to document compelling actuality or reality.
Music Video: Short films/videos that accompany a complete piece of music or song.
Animation: A simulation of movement created by displaying a series of pictures or frames.
Motion Graphics: The use of the principles of graphic design to create a film/video using animation or filmic techniques.
Experimental: Short films/videos that experiment with new ideas, forms, techniques, and expressions that are often characterized by the absence of a linear narrative.
Captured: Videos that capture an artistic expression or performance.

Honorary Awards:

Digital Maverick: Honorary award for pioneering spirt in the world of online video.
The Feature Presentation: Honoring the vanguard and innovative release of unique feature film online.

The Vimeo Awards will accept submissions from June 3, 2010 – July 31, 2010 for a $20 (U.S.) fee per-video ($5 for Vimeo Plus members) at www.vimeoawards.com. Entrants can submit any original work as long as it has premiered online between June 3, 2008 and July 30, 2010 or has never been premiered anywhere.

For more information on the Vimeo Festival & Awards, head to http://vimeo.com/awards.

Lee Jarvis.

The Film, Stage and ShowBiz Expo is billed as “a five-star event that brings everyone in show business together under one roof.” Having been involved in the entertainment industry here in Southern California for almost thirty-five years (twenty-four of them as President of my own company, The Research Department), I had been a fairly regular attendee of this event when it was held annually in Los Angeles up to 2002. Since 2003, Producer Zachary Lezberg had been producing the twice-annual Film, Stage and ShowBiz Expo events only in New York City so I was excited to learn about his plans to “relaunch” the Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center on October 17, 2009.

Personally, I find the benefit of these events to be highly relational to an individual’s needs. In a nutshell, the day pretty much becomes what you make it. I always pack plenty of business cards, brochures and a notepad. Don’t worry if you forget your pen, you could have at least a half-dozen by the time you clear the first row of exhibitors. More importantly, I bring along a broadly optimistic attitude that goes something like this: if I make a new friend or business connection or reconnect with one old friend plus maybe learn a few new things then I figure it was worth my time.

For the full article, please head over to http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2330344/review_showbiz_expo_returns_to_los.html?singlepage=true&cat=2

Article by Christopher Darryn

The next Los Angeles ShowBiz Expo is scheduled for April 24th and 25th in 2010.

Shortly before his death in January 2008, actor Heath Ledger directed a music video for the song “King Rat” by American indie rock band Modest Mouse. Released last week, the powerful yet dark video features a group of whales hunting for men to feed to baby seals. Designer Daniel Auber told The Times “it was very important for him to make a video that would make an impact. We needed to have the shock factor because if it wasn’t dark it wouldn’t be impressive, and if it wasn’t impressive nobody would think about what we are doing to wildlife in the ocean”.

King Rat

The video is available to buy at iTunes, and for the first month of release, all proceeds from the download sales will be donated to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

Lee Jarvis.

This week, Hewlett Packard announced the HP You on You project, a worldwide contest that ask you to showcase yourself creatively and share who you are on Youtube, without showing your face.

Using the new video creation tools on Youtube allows people of all skills and experience to enter, and to further inspire, HP are giving away more than $300,000 in cash and prizes, ranging from the HP Artists Edition Notebook, to $2,500 for various stage winners and semi-finalists, to be chosen by both Youtube and their viewers.

More information about the HP You on You project is also available at http://www.youtube.com/hp

That’s essentially it! Get out there and create! I’ve already found some great entries, and would love to view more, so please feel free to ‘Declare Your Story’ here on the Media Match blog. Leave a link for your fellow production job hunters in the comments

Lee Jarvis.

In its continuing effort to promote original filmmaking by individuals from around the world, The Global Film Initiative is pleased to announce the Summer 2009 cycle of its feature–film Production Grants program. Applications will be accepted from April 30, 2009 to July 15, 2009, and decisions will be announced in September 2009.

Global Film Initiative production grants are awarded twice a year, in winter and summer, to filmmakers whose work exhibits artistic excellence, authentic self-representation and accomplished storytelling. The granting program furthers the Initiative’s mission of contributing to the development of local film industries while offering audiences a variety of cultural perspectives on daily life around the world. Monies received through the Initiative’s granting program are used to support completion of film production, and to subsidize post-production costs, such as laboratory and sound mixing fees and access to modern editing systems.

Applications will be accepted starting April 30, 2009. Application deadline: July 15, 2009.

More info at http://www.globalfilm.org/granting.htm

Please share with your global network, best of luck to all that apply.

The Media Match Team.