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The Spotlight shines on Emerging Filmmakers from Germany At Winter Film Awards Indie Film Fest #WFA2015
New York, NY (02/05/2015) New York City’s rapidly growing Winter Film Awards (WFA) Indie Film Festival, now in its fourth year, is establishing itself as a dynamic celebration of emerging filmmakers from around the world. The Festival runs February 25-28 in New York City with three packed days of film screenings, discussion panels, and networking events.
Opening night for the 2015 Festival will take place February 25 with a filmmaker’s reception and kick-off party at Van Diemens NYC (383 3rd Avenue, New York, NY 10016). The Festival will come to a close on the evening of February 28th with a glittering Awards Ceremony and after-party at Club 230Fifth (230 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10001), livestreamed globally by Worldcast Inc.
Among the 76 Official Festival Selections to be screened at the Blue Diamond Theater in the heart of Times Square (777 8th Ave New York, NY 10036), the WFA team is proud to showcase an exciting slate of nine films from German filmmakers, providing a fascinating overview of the best of Germany’s indie film community. Read the rest of this entry
Google Glass Enrolls in Film Schools
Five schools to get the technology for experimentation in filmmaking
Lights, camera, Google Glass!
Google announced Tuesday that its buzzed-about high-tech specs will be made available in a select group of film and design schools this fall in order to spur innovation in production. “We’re really interested to find out how Glass will contribute to the craft of storytelling, specifically through film,” the company said in a blog post issued this morning on Google+.
Participating schools at launch include The American Film Institute (AFI), California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television, and the University of Southern California; more are expected to join that list.
Each of the five schools will get three sets of glasses. Known as Glass Creative Collective, the partnership entails the schools submitting “proposals considering how a first-person POV, hands-free communication, and the potential for new narratives will change the way we capture and tell stories through Glass.”
Reblogged from Variety.com
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The Top 25 Film Schools in the Country – 2013 Edition
Forget about writing the Great American novel. Today’s students want to direct the next great blockbuster — or maybe write the next great art film. To meet that demand, film schools have been beefing up their programs. To reflect the changes, a brain trust of industry insiders have been consulted, asking them to rate programs nationwide — serving undergrads, graduate students and, in some cases, both. To broaden the pool of opinion, an online ballot containing potential nominees, which could be filled out and submitted anonymously, was sent to members of the Writers Guild of America West, American Cinema Editors and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
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1. University of Southern California
With its new 60,250-square-foot Interactive Media Building — bristling with 4K digital projection, Oblong g-speak gesture-control computing, multitouch screens, a game innovation lab and a mixed reality lab — USC’s School of Cinematic Arts has become a virtual laboratory for future Hollywood talent.
Tuition: $22,800 undergraduate; $71,896 two-year master’s; $84,968 three-year master’s
Notable Alumni: Ron Howard, Jon Landau, George Lucas
Winter Film Awards 