July 2009
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(500) Days of Summer
“Ikea” I saw Transformers the day after it came out in IMAX - but I wouldn’t say that it was a film that I was anticipating in as much as I was more in it to be with some friends on the first day of Summer. To be honest, there are only two films that I’m looking forward to this Summer that come to mind. The first, in more of a ‘curious to see how it’s done...
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June 2009
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Jun 28th
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I posted the trailer to New Muslim Cool a few months ago, and it’s now been broadcast on PBS, is available on DVD, and is free to watch online at PBS.org, although I have yet to make that work. Enjoy this clip from the film, and be sure to catch it in any way possible. I know I will.
Jun 28th
Jun 23rd
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Say what you will about Night at the Museum, Shawn Levy, whatever - but this 20 minute “day in the life” video from MakingOf.com is pretty fascinating to someone like me. I love seeing as much uninterrupted, fly-on-the-wall sort of on-set footage as possible - Peter Jackson’s ‘King Kong Production Diaries’ (now on DVD), Edgar Wright’s ‘Scott Pilgrim’...
Jun 22nd
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“I haven’t seen [Jaws Revenge], but by all accounts it is terrible. I have,...”
– Michael Caine
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Not only perfect comedy, but also an amazing lesson in editing and writing in general. CHTV Strikes again. Hardly Working: Rap Battle - CollegeHumor Video
Jun 17th
The Machine is in Motion... →
Secured our place on Blip.tv today. If you’ve never used their services by the way, they’re pretty amazing and free - always a killer combination. See, obviously we want to make…
Jun 15th
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“Philosophical Bouncer” from CollegeHumor I post this video not only because it’s funny but because it’s the perfect example of how CollegeHumor is really putting a lot of effort into making some of the most proffesional video content on the web, comedy or not. Oh, and cause Streeter’s in it. 
Jun 12th
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Stressin'
From Michael Bay’s Blog: After a month and half seven days a week most days going till midnight me and my crew have just about finished Transformers. I have never seen such a level of dedication from every crew member in a movie before. Even today after the press in Japan and right before the premiere tonight, I have to sneak out to a digital house to approve the last few effect shots. ...
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Jun 9th
I hope Apple HQ _actually_ looks like how it is in the new iPhone ad: (image) http://digg.com/u15AWj
Jun 9th
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So the time has come to make me a nice big announcement. Starting at the end of this month, and working right through Summer ‘09, mkpmedia and I will be heavy into production on our first webseries, a 5-part comedic show called “School Daze”. Visit the site, makingschooldaze.blogspot.com, to stay up to date and follow along our unpredictable journeys through this. This is going...
Jun 9th
I think i like the Pre better than the iPhone, but the iPhone wins with the apps. Whatevs, I’ll stick with my VIrgin Mobile non-smart
Jun 8th
YES. Kinda expexted:RT @slashfilm: Disney confirms Pete Docter’s Monsters Inc 2 behind closed doors at licensing fair http://digg.com/u155c6
Jun 8th
I <3 this man RT @UP_dates: http://twitpic.com/6vx4b - John Lasseter is like a kid in a candy store right now at the Ghibli Museum in Tokyo!
Jun 8th
I’m super pumped for Google Wave, but wish I could use it now. I can already see tons of filmmaking uses that we’d love to use this summer!
Jun 8th
Thanks to SquareSpace for sponsoring This Week in Tech. Shows like these are real trailblazers in new media #twit
Jun 8th
'School Daze' Announcement Teaser →
Jun 5th
Tamanawis Secondary - Valedictorian Address 2009 →
Jun 5th
Avatar: The Last Airbender teaser is attached to Transformers and releasing online June 24. Confirmed by producer @LeDoctor .
Jun 5th
Reading John Lasseter’s interview in TotalFilm; he’s just such an inspiration. Fun fact1: Disney rejected Andrew Stanton 4x b4 Pixar got him
Jun 5th
Lasseter interview fun fact 2: after 20+ years of RenderMan, Pixar has developed something called E•System “It’s really amazing”, he says.
Jun 5th
Yo! Video of my valedictorian speech from grad this year is up on vimeo: ch-ch-chekkit: http://vimeo.com/5008395
Jun 5th
Pro tip: don’t upload 2 videos at once, even if you DO find them oh-so-exciting. It’s going super slow, FYI.
Jun 5th
RT @nader_khan: RT @farazrabbani: Full text of Cairo speech on Guardian website http://is.gd/NXB2 #cairospeech (via @musabb) #fb
Jun 4th
RT @cathicks: Lou Romano’s massive amazing post on the art of Up. http://bit.ly/y7nz1
Jun 2nd
RT @KulpreetSingh: Hey Canadians! Tomorrow is National Hunger Awareness Day. http://cli.gs/hunger PLEASE RT!
Jun 2nd