I like presentations. Let me correct that. I like good presentations. People seem to have finally woken up and realize that good presenting requires a good story (and no bullet points).
Presentation Zen, both the book and blog, utilize the visual power PowerPoint/Keynote provide to make presentations better.
Of course you don’t have to be a Venture [...]

It’s time to pull out the razor blades, get a trim, and make it look like you’ve taken care of yourself for the past 6 months. That’s right, the parents are coming.
Just about every guy has gone under the scissors, myself included. What’s the occasion? The summation of all the past months worth of work [...]

I didn’t think much about wanting to see Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but I keep seeing signs that maybe I should. Such as a 5-star review on the radio when I turn on the car, or Roeper’s undying love for this movie plastered in a full page New York Times ad.
So now I want to see [...]

Richard Hammond Presents Bloody Omaha [Indy Mogul] - Really awesome video featuring the power of compositing. 3 actors + After Effects = Saving Private Ryan. It features Richard Hammond, one of the hosts of Top Gear, which is a show you should check out if you haven’t. I’m not a big car fan and I [...]

Perhaps a little heavy for a 10 AM screening, with an occasional missing head and dead body, I still enjoyed My Daughter the Terrorist. It’s about the civil war in Sri-Lanka - a war I didn’t know was happening. Labeled by the world as terrorists, the film follows two female best friends in the guerrilla [...]

The storm has calmed. Last week really was the perfect storm, as my friend Justin and I described it1. I had always heard stories of film schoolers getting loaded with a ton of work and scrambling to meet deadlines. I thought that was a myth. I was proven wrong.
As usual, a new draft of my [...]

“Full Frame is my Holy Grail, more than Sundance,” I overhear from a guy sitting behind me before a film starts.
“Did you go to Sundance?”
“No.”
While I’m in the same position as Mr. King Arthur behind me, having not attended Sundance to compare, I agree with his feelings - Full Frame is great. A lot of [...]

I raved about the great experience I had last year at the Full Frame Film Festival in Durham, so it’s no surprise that I am returning this year with a few classmates who felt the same way.
I’m leaving tomorrow, the day the festival starts. Armed with a student pass, I plan to see as many [...]