Thursday May 31, 2007 Freeze Frame: Issue 229
Stop hiding your homemade masterpieces. Send them into Digital Video and we will showcase them to the world ...
Digital Video 230: out today
Yes, it’s that time of the month again when a brand spanking new issue of Digital Video hits the newsagents. And this month, the focus is on becoming a moviemaker.
Inside we have all the advice you need to pick up a camcorder and start making movies....
Thursday May 24, 2007 Digital Video hits cruise control
Though it might not quite be reminiscent of the Marie Celeste, yesterday Digital Video was a quiet ship. Dep Ed Jamie, was at home suffering from man flu, while our utility player (Assistant Ed and Production Ed in one), Marc Chacksfield, was chewing the fat...
Tuesday May 22, 2007 Digital Video on location
Calm has descended like a cosy blanket across the Digital Video team. The most recent issue has been put to bed and we are all behaving a lot more like civilised young folk, than we were in the days leading up to what we call ‘pass for press’ – the ultimate...
60-Second Trailer competition
Only one week and one month left for a chance to win over £14,000 worth of filmmaking gear… ...
Thursday May 17, 2007 Because we Cannes, Cannes, Cannes
It may not be the oldest film festival – Venice trumps it by seven years – but Cannes is certainly the most prestigious, where even the lowly paparazzi need to wear a tux if they are to photograph the stars. It’s back, and looking mighty fine for the ripe old...
Wednesday May 16, 2007 Under the influence
Studiodaily.com has just released The Visual Effects Society's top 50 most influential visual effects movies. You can find the full list here , but the top 10 is as follows:
1. Star Wars (1977)
2. Blade Runner (1982)
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey ...
Tuesday May 15, 2007 Tintin: so good they (sort of) named him twice
Racist, fascist and colonialist – no it’s not a description of Digital Video ’s magazine regime but just a few of the words that have been used to describe the Tintin comics (well, if you count Wikipedia as a reliable source). Of course, they weren’t...
Monday May 14, 2007 Worst movies ever!
Sometimes, a movie is so cringeworthy that you can't help but laugh. Here someone has collected some of the worst movie moments ever to show just that. So sit back, laugh, cry and feel somewhat happy that, no matter what kind of film you make, it will never be...
Friday May 11, 2007 It’s Hammer time
There’s nothing quite like a Hammer film. The fantastic MC’s nuanced performance in Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ’Em: The Movie inspired a new generation of actors to make films about the ’hood. It’s great then that the man himself is about to make a comeback....
Thursday May 10, 2007 Down the YouTube
Here's a small ditty we made for YouTube a while back. Just thought we'd resurrect it from the grave.
Enjoy!
Mission status: Issue 230
Bank holidays, you love ’em, right? I’ll admit the idea of a three-day weekend is constantly appealing, but from a magazine point of view the sight of a bank holiday on the horizon makes me sigh in a discontented/resigned kind of way. It’s another day lost...
Blame Canada
Well, Warner Bros isn’t quite doing that but it is banning preview screenings of all its films in the country. This has something to do with Canada’s lax copyright laws when it comes to banning film cameras from cinemas. Well, when we say they’re lax, they...
Tuesday May 08, 2007 Web watch
While Hollywood blockbusters are still big business when it comes to box-office success, they do seem to be failing to ignite cinemagoers’ passions. Of course this as sweeping a statement as you’re likely to get, but it felt this way when I went to the cinema...
Another day, another deadline
It’s been an intriguing process seeing my friends and colleagues at Future Publishing, and on Digital Video , embracing and/or dealing with the concept of blogging. During my time away from the magazine I’ve naturally been keeping an eye on what’s going on...
