This week in Media Match’s world…

Welcome to our highlight of this week’s videos, news, views, and reviews, and also our Quick Tip of the Week for using the Media Match website. Week ending 18th May 2012.

Breakthrough
5 Top Tips for Making Your Movie and Breaking into the Film Industry : (Media Match Blog)

Biopic
A Transcendent Film About A Forgotten Hero : (Media Match Blog)

Film Tax Credits
California TV/Film Tax Credit Lottery June 1 : (Deadline)

Revenge?
George Lucas Does Something Likeable For a Change : (Movies.com)

On Set
Breaking Bad Season 5 with Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul : (AMC TV)

Quick Tip of the Week

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Video of the Week

Building a Snorricam
Vimeo Video School enroll Justin Johnson and Erik Beck of The Indie Machines show us how to build a snorricam.

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A Transcendent Film About A Forgotten Hero

By Media Match member Taylor Segrest

Our rabid media culture devours and discards its subjects with the same apparent disregard with which it distracts society from any contemplation of causal relationships or underlying significance. In this hyperactive contemporary media environment, a historical film as fresh, compelling and beautifully crafted as the forthcoming American Experience premiere, Jesse Owens, produced and directed by Laurens Grant and written and produced by Stanley Nelson, can seem like an oasis in a flood of mirages.

The transcendent sports biopic is timely in its anticipation of the forthcoming London Olympiad and the 75th anniversary of the riveting 1936 Berlin Olympics, where Owens made his mark in an epic match-up of nationalist narratives that pitted him against Adolf Hitler, but it is also a story that merges a rich array of seemingly timeless as well as uniquely American themes.

“I think it’s a real cautionary tale about the ephemeral nature of sports celebrity in America,” says Mark Samels, executive producer of American Experience. “I don’t think that’s changed a great deal. We worship athletes, but our attention is distracted by the next coming thing. It’s a very short lifespan for a sports celebrity in our gaze.”

As sports writer William Rhoden comments in the film, “It was extraordinary when you think about it. There are these moments in history when the actors understand that moment in history and they just do the right thing.”

Rhoden’s sentiment indirectly captures the ethos of not just Jesse Owens, but also the American Experience series at its finest. For Samels, this awareness is strong. “Each one of us has the potential for having the reigns of history in our hands at some point,” he notes. “Some people seize it and really affect great change and make this country a much better place.”

Yet even within his lifetime, in fact for much of his life, Owens experienced first-hand the racist forces that he had tried so hard to escape. After winning four gold medals in Berlin in defiance of Hitler’s agenda, the American hero Owens returned to his home country to find himself paraded and then swiftly pushed back to the margins he had fought so hard to escape. He and his wife were unable to get a hotel room in New York City until one allowed them on the condition that they use the service entrance. The creative team behind Jesse Owens fully explores the tragic and shocking post-Olympics denouement that ensues as Owens struggles gracefully to provide for his family – racing against a horse, running a dry-cleaning business. Here, and at other surprising junctures, the film poignantly demonstrates the elusive nature of social progress in America through Owens’s very personal plight.

Here’s a link to the full piece I recently wrote about the film, including interviews with producer/director Laurens Grant and American Experience Executive Producer Mark Samels.

Jesse Owens premiered on May 1st on American Experience on PBS. Click here for trailer and local listings.

This week in Media Match’s world…

Welcome to our highlight of this week’s videos, news, views, and reviews, and also our Quick Tip of the Week for using the Media Match website. Week ending 11th May 2012.

Rolling!
Bike Chicago Video Contest : (Media Match Blog)

Genre-fied
Disney Dark : (Media Match Blog)

Production
Amazon Studios Will Develop Comedy And Children’s Series : (Deadline)

Kerching!
‘Mad Men’ Paid $250K for Beatles Song : (Rolling Stone)

Sound Off
Do film schools do enough to promote good audio? : (Media Match Blog)

Quick Tip of the Week

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Video of the Week

the camera collection
animation – antonio vicentini // boobiesareawesome.tv
illustration – billy brown // robobilly.com
music – ben hantoot // benhantoot.com

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This week in Media Match’s world…

Welcome to our highlight of this week’s videos, news, views, and reviews, and also our Quick Tip of the Week for using the Media Match website. Week ending 4th May 2012.

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

Submissions
Lifetime Unscripted Development Pipeline : (NYTVF)

Finale
Mick Jagger to Host Saturday Night Live : (Vulture)

Kerching!
‘Avengers’ nabs $18.7 mil midnight take : (Variety)

R.I.P.
Joel Goldsmith (1957-2012) : (Ain’t It Cool)

Quick Tip of the Week

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Video of the Week

Venice in a Day
A day in Venice (Venezia) in Italy, from daybreak to sunset in timelapse. It’s really a great place and I hope I can share some of its magic with this short video. Some technical specs: Shot mainly with my trusty Canon G10 (and not a G12, like I wrote here first). Post in Motion, After Effects and Final Cut Pro X. Music: Heart of Champions, Chris Haigh, premiumbeat.com

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This week in Media Match’s world…

Welcome to our highlight of this week’s videos, news, views, and reviews, and also our Quick Tip of the Week for using the Media Match website. Week ending 27th April 2012.

Yikes!
Top 15 Most Controversial Music Videos : (Media Match Blog)

Grrr!
20 Most Annoying TV Characters Ever : (EW)

Wha…?!
David Lynch’s ten weirdest scenes, by film : (Westword)

Cut!
Alec Baldwin is once again pretty sure that 30 Rock is about to end : (A.V. Club)

Ahoy!
PBS Salutes Earth Day : (Ain’t It Cool)

Quick Tip of the Week

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Video of the Week

Jaws Film Restoration
Academy Award Winner Steven Spielberg’s iconic summer classic comes to Blu-ray for the first time ever on August 14th, digitally remastered and fully restored in honor of Universal’s 100th Anniversary Celebration .

Take a look at the extensive process that went into restoring this unforgettable film.

Jaws will be available on Blu-ray Combo Pack with DVD, Digital Copy, UltraViolet and over 4 hours of bonus features including an all-new documentary “The Shark is Still Working.”

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This week in Media Match’s world…

Welcome to our highlight of this week’s videos, news, views, and reviews, and also our Quick Tip of the Week for using the Media Match website. Week ending 20th April 2012.


A week in the desert. With Gear. Lots of gear : (Media Match Blog)

Media Match Blog Promotion: Working with Maya Angelou : (Media Match Blog)

Matt Damon to Film “Anti-Fracking Blockbuster” : (Alternet)

New York City Is Getting The Alamo Drafthouse : (Ain’t It Cool)

A How I Met Your Mother Themed Party : (Media Match Blog)

Quick Tip of the Week

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Video of the Week

Biotechnology was a collaborative art project shot by Jake Snider in Los Angeles, exploring the artistic relationship between modern technology and the natural world. Produced by Farida Amar and Gabriel-Bello Diaz / Architect: Gabriel-Bello Diaz / Writer: Sherry Youssef / Vocals: Caitlin MacKenzie / Flute, Bass, Guitar, Hopi UFO: Matt Piper / Percussion, Synthesizer: Zach D’Agostino / Sound Mix and Master: Sarah “Billie” Bearse / Chef: David McConnell / Photography: Will Van Beckum / Video: Jake Snider.

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This week in Media Match’s world…

Welcome to our highlight of this week’s videos, news, views, and reviews, and also our Quick Tip of the Week for using the Media Match website. Week ending 13th April 2012.

NAB 2012
A week in the desert. With Gear. Lots of gear : (Media Match Blog)

Storytelling
Media Match Blog Promotion: Working with Maya Angelou : (Media Match Blog)

Pre-production
Matt Damon to Film “Anti-Fracking Blockbuster” : (Alternet)

New Screens
New York City Is Getting The Alamo Drafthouse : (Ain’t It Cool)

Offbeat
A How I Met Your Mother Themed Party : (Media Match Blog)

Quick Tip of the Week

Apply To Jobs:
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Video of the Week

Biotechnology by Jake Snider
Biotechnology was a collaborative art project shot by Jake Snider in Los Angeles, exploring the artistic relationship between modern technology and the natural world. Produced by Farida Amar and Gabriel-Bello Diaz / Architect: Gabriel-Bello Diaz / Writer: Sherry Youssef / Vocals: Caitlin MacKenzie / Flute, Bass, Guitar, Hopi UFO: Matt Piper / Percussion, Synthesizer: Zach D’Agostino / Sound Mix and Master: Sarah “Billie” Bearse / Chef: David McConnell / Photography: Will Van Beckum / Video: Jake Snider.

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This week in Media Match’s world…

Welcome to our highlight of this week’s videos, news, views, and reviews, and also our Quick Tip of the Week for using the Media Match website. Week ending 6th April 2012.

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

Advice
Media Match Blog Promotion: Rules for Making TV : (Media Match Blog)

Theater-life
The Death of the Cinematic Experience : (Moviedex)

Screenplay
Bob Dylan’s Blood On The Tracks might become a movie, because, really, it’s sort of lacking as an album : (A.V. Club)

If Only…
The Star Wars Cast We Almost Saw : (Oscars)

Quick Tip of the Week

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Video of the Week

Sound in Film
Munch Monet discusses the importance of using an original score in a narrative film.

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This week in Media Match’s world…

Welcome to our highlight of this week’s videos, news, views, and reviews, and also our Quick Tip of the Week for using the Media Match website. Week ending 30th March 2012.

Soundtracks
Using The Vimeo Music Store : (Media Match Blog)

Jobs
Media Match Blog Promotion: What Does a Colorist Do? : (Media Match Blog)

Event
Hammer Museum Open Projector Night : (Industry Happenings)

Talking Shop
Scripter Seth Grahame-Smith Discusses The new Beetlejuice Movie : (Aint It Cool)

Storytelling
Billy Wilder’s Tips for Writers : (The Uncool)

Quick Tip of the Week

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Video of the Week

FilmTools 3025 Triangulation Kit Triple Test: Highway, Speed Bumps and Gravel Road
Filmtools Gripper 3025 Triangulation Kit Drive triple test. The rough road footage was impressive. Shooting wide is the key. The 3025 Gripper kit is well worth the money as well. Shot with Canon T2i, Tokina 11-16mm f2.8.

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This week in Media Match’s world…

Welcome to our highlight of this week’s videos, news, views, and reviews, and also our Quick Tip of the Week for using the Media Match website. Week ending 23rd March 2012.

Festival
CIMMfest 2012 Line-up Announced : (Media Match Blog)

Review
Media Match Blog Promotion: My Favorite Film of the Fabulous 50′s : (Media Match Blog)

Adaptation
New film version of George Orwell’s 1984 assigned to Ministry of Remakes : (AV Club)

Interactive
How ‘Titanic 3D’ Will Have an Awesomely Social Premiere : (Mashable)

Duh!
Ten Dumb Things Said During Job Interviews : (Fins)

Quick Tip of the Week

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Video of the Week

“What is Motion Design ?”
“Motion Plus Design” is a project which aims to create the first exhibition center
dedicated to Motion Design in Paris, france. This is a non-profit project. Students, professionals and anyone interested could discover artists, meet and learn. This centre will also provide an opportunity to promote artists in other design departments so the different graphic design worlds could cross.

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