December 2008
37 posts
THAT LAST POST SHOULD’VE SAID “CHECK OUT YOUR TWEETS” STUPID IPHONE TYPING :\
GAZA: STOP THE BLOODSHED, TIME FOR PEACE →
“With already 300 dead and continued shelling of civilians in southern Israel, now is the time to issue a demand to world leaders that the spiralling violence that has characterized the Israeli-Palestinian conflict must come to an end. Sign this petition, to be delivered to the UN Security Council and key world powers, urging them to act to ensure an immediate ceasefire and address the...
“This is not a war on Hamas; it is a war on the Palestinian people,” he...”
– Mustafa Barghouti, Palestinian parliament member (via CNN.com)
Checking out @MrTweet, my personal assistant for discovering the great followers and influencers in my network! http://mrtweet.net?c=11!
Sitting with a calculator thinking it’s probably easier to make a return on a $2 million movie than a $20K one (incl. marketing in budget)
“Word of mouth publicity is a myth.”
– Yash Chopra (director, producer, distributor). Cool (via TheTumbler)
Re: “outliers” 10,000 hours rule: Me: there’s no career based on being sad Sister: it’s called theatre
AGH I so meant to be at the filmmaking central Christmas show!!! I wasn’t even doing anything, I’ve just been spoiled by on demand content
Retweet: Benjamin Button, Fincher, and Final Cut: http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/action/button/index2.html
So down to watch Jason Reitman’s “Up in the Air”. I wonder when it’ll start filming…
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Wow, Hancock is just so much FUN!
Sudden decision: I shall now call cell phones “pocketphones”
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“…distribution has reached such a dismal state. I wrote to a reader about...”
– Roger Ebert
Back from the zoomfest awards gala - no wins, but it’s still cool to be nominated!
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David Stripinis on Waiting for Technology (from...
Filmbot: must totally agree with Stu from recent Redcentre why am I worrying about cameras a year away when i can shoot with what I have now.
davidstripinis: @Filmbot exactly. It's like deciding to make a film about a single mom, but waiting till Dakota Fannning is old enough for the part.
“Alright kids, kashifpasta.com is back in action. Something randomly went wrong...”
– Kashif
AH! kashifpasta.com is down!!!! Someone with tumblr experience help!!!
I’d make a short film about procrastination - seems like good drama + conflict - but if it didn’t get done, the irony would kill me
Epiphany from History class today: In order to be a dramatic success + get its point across, a modern war film needs music from the 60s
I just just got featured on Leechon Films! http://tinyurl.com/LeechonKashif !
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A Primer on Kashif Pasta (me!)
Welcome to KashifPasta.com. Thanks you so much for caring even a little bit and clicking through to here. I really do appreciate it!
First things first, yes - Pasta is my real last name. Yup.
I’m a 19 year-old Muslim film-maker and media producer from Surrey, British Columbia, a city of about 400,000 people in the suburbs of Vancouver, Canada. I founded my own media production company,...
AWESOME. Totally relates to my History 12 work -... →
SUP KIDS. @themediamogul ‘s http://filmschoolondemand.com/ has just officially launched! Sign up; I did + it’s ~$100 off right now!
I’m done being over-excited for RED. Back to learning how to use this DVX, lemme know about 5K when I’m 20…
