Tuesday July 31, 2007 Director Michelangelo Antonioni dies, aged 94
It’s a sad week when two consecutive blogs you post are about the deaths of revered directors, but Digital Video is saddened to announce that the director of ’60s classic and Palme d'Or-winning Blow-up has also passed away. The film, which was Michelangelo...
Monday July 30, 2007 Ingmar Bergman dies, aged 89
The word ‘auteur’ is bandied around far too much when talking about filmmakers, but it is one that sums up Bergman, who died earlier today. Bringing his own unique vision to cinema since the age of 28, the filmmaker started out as a ‘script doctor’, until he...
Friday July 27, 2007 Digital Video: issue 233 out now
You may have already seen us in the shops. We’re the mag that has the sleek-looking motorbike careening its way through Premiere Pro’s new edit suit. It’s an image that sums up what to expect in this month’s issue of the magazine that likes to live in the...
Tuesday July 24, 2007 Short film of the day: Found Photo No 1
This short made by IamCubeHead is a surreal little animation that takes old photo booth photos and (kind of) brings them alive. Enjoy! " target="_self">Photo No 1
YouTube puts candidates in dock
When the snowman asked the question about global warming we knew we were seeing something new in the history of US electioneering. YouTube is the new medium for politicians to get their message directly to the voters bypassing the suits, politicos and media...
UK film industry earns Brown-y points
The British Film Industry is officially thriving having contributed over £4.3 billion last year thanks to the tax breaks awarded to it in 2004. Revenues in that period have increased by 39 per cent. And the chancellor of the time, Gordon Brown, can still point...
Friday July 20, 2007 The China syndrome
With the ever-expanding blogosphere ever expanding it seems that we all have something to say. Whether people want to read what we want to say is a different matter entirely. Somebody that seems to have something to say that people actually want to read is Xu...
The camera never lies… not if you’re watching TV
The controversy surrounding the faking of parts of popular TV shows and the ‘outrage’ of rigged competition phone-ins has prompted the public (or perhaps it’s just the media itself) to doubt TV more than they ever have. But why has this taken so long? When a...
Short film of the day: Lifted
It's Friday and that means a slow news day. We will, as always, be posting more stuff throughout the day, but to keep you amused for the time being, here's a great animated short by cartoon kings Pixar. Go to www.dailymotion.com/video/x2jr81 and enjoy!
Thursday July 19, 2007 Filmmaking cubed
There’s a new movement afoot to get 3D TV and cinema off the ground, and part of the plan is to sidestep those silly multi-coloured glasses. Red and green should never be seen is the new dictum, and the results look rather impressive.
Among the key players...
Child’s play
For most of us in the UK, the 37th Giffoni Film Festival would pass us by. But this year it’s different. One of the directors showing off work is an 11-year-old boy. And he’s giving the adults a run for their money.
Kishan Shrikant’s film, Footpath , is...
Tuesday July 17, 2007 Trailers under scrutiny from gamers
Trailers were once the preserve of the movie world. At the recent E3 show in Santa Monica the games industry demonstrated how crucial they are to the success or failure of its new launches. But however spectacular the new games may actually be if it’s marketed...
Freeze Frame: issue 231
Impressed by what you see? Then send in your short films and you too can be part of Digital Video’s filmmaking elite… ...
Monday July 16, 2007 Welcome to the lives of the, er, ‘lifestreamers’
We all knew it would happen. With the advent of social networking sites, everyone knows pretty much everything about everyone else. We are already in a Truman Show world where anyone can log on to read what you’re up. Whether it’s the Facebook ‘status...
Advert as art
Every once and a while an advert comes along and does more than it sets out to do – it gains artistic credibility. This new advert for American phone company Sprint is one such advert. Using still-camera time exposures, the director of the ad has created...
