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The Nines

A hard time to be an indie

June 23, 2009 Indie, Projects, Sundance, The Nines

As a counterpoint to the utopian bliss of the Sundance Filmmakers Lab, I’ll direct your attention a speech given by James D. Stern] last week on the present and future of indie film.

Crowdediting The Nines

April 12, 2009 Projects, The Nines

Norman Hollyn, head of the editing track at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, has a blog post up about “crowd-editing,” the post-production equivalent of crowdsourcing. Right now, the Advanced Editing class at USC is made up of 11 students who have each taken the dailies of the feature film THE NINES (the really interesting and […]

Fansubbing

March 9, 2009 International, Projects, The Nines

It’s time for the studios to meet the demands of the international audience and avoid piracy at the same time.

Which project should I write?

February 11, 2009 Dead Projects, Psych 101, QandA, The Nines, The Remnants

I’d recommend writing the one that has the best ending.

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