The Alamo Drafthouse is one of the world's coolest movie theaters, a place where the cinematic experience comes first and a love of film seems to spill through the entire establishment. They also famously have a strict no talking/texting policy that they actually enforce, unlike most movie theaters which are either too scared or too lazy to do anything about disruptive audience members. The Drafthouse's tactics sometimes lead to hilarious results, but founder Tim League isn't laughing today. He's just posted a blog entry laying out his thoughts against "texting friendly" theater screenings, and he makes some great points. Read on! The Wrap's Chris Davison wrote an article proposing the idea of introducing "texting friendly" showings of certain films in movie theaters across the country, and Nato (National Association of Theater Owners) passed the article around to their members presumably in an effort to convince some of them to...
- 7/18/2012
- by Ben Pearson
- firstshowing.net
By Chris Davison
I had a film in the Short Film Corner at Cannes. It’s not a feature film in competition for the Palme d’Or, but it’s a start. We submitted our film, received a “we are pleased to” email and set about planning our visit to the Croisette.
We learned that our participation grants us two Festival de Cannes badges, which are strictly reserved for members of the film's cast and crew. We figured that if we’re going to make the transatlantic journey, then we’ll go as a group, so I asked for the second badge to be assigned to our director of photograp...
I had a film in the Short Film Corner at Cannes. It’s not a feature film in competition for the Palme d’Or, but it’s a start. We submitted our film, received a “we are pleased to” email and set about planning our visit to the Croisette.
We learned that our participation grants us two Festival de Cannes badges, which are strictly reserved for members of the film's cast and crew. We figured that if we’re going to make the transatlantic journey, then we’ll go as a group, so I asked for the second badge to be assigned to our director of photograp...
- 5/27/2010
- by Lisa Horowitz
- The Wrap
By Chris Davison
I’m a new-media guy. I love technology, I love change and am always looking toward the horizon, watching for the next big thing.
But I recently had a chance to celebrate some Hollywood history, and I have to say I had a blast!
I attended the TV Land Awards, and to give you an idea of what kind of day it was: At a young lady’s request, the inimitable Jack Jones sang her a few bars of the “Love Boat” theme song. Tom Cruise: great. Angelina Jolie: wonderful. Having Jack Jones personally sing the “Love Boat” to you: priceless.
One of the ...
I’m a new-media guy. I love technology, I love change and am always looking toward the horizon, watching for the next big thing.
But I recently had a chance to celebrate some Hollywood history, and I have to say I had a blast!
I attended the TV Land Awards, and to give you an idea of what kind of day it was: At a young lady’s request, the inimitable Jack Jones sang her a few bars of the “Love Boat” theme song. Tom Cruise: great. Angelina Jolie: wonderful. Having Jack Jones personally sing the “Love Boat” to you: priceless.
One of the ...
- 4/23/2010
- by Lisa Horowitz
- The Wrap
By Chris Davison
In the moment. You’re on set and your inner monologue becomes clear, your rhythm settles to perfection and your character begins to speak in its own voice … Cut! The camera needs adjusting. The lighting isn’t right. The sound wasn’t clean. Loved it but need you to do it again so we can get it in close-up … Just do exactly what you did, again. Ugh.
An impulse was just about to manifest itself in the fundamental truth of the role, stopped dead for reasons of technology and technique.
What if you could stay in the moment? What if you could esc...
In the moment. You’re on set and your inner monologue becomes clear, your rhythm settles to perfection and your character begins to speak in its own voice … Cut! The camera needs adjusting. The lighting isn’t right. The sound wasn’t clean. Loved it but need you to do it again so we can get it in close-up … Just do exactly what you did, again. Ugh.
An impulse was just about to manifest itself in the fundamental truth of the role, stopped dead for reasons of technology and technique.
What if you could stay in the moment? What if you could esc...
- 3/5/2010
- by Lisa Horowitz
- The Wrap
By Chris Davison
With a DVD, you buy it wherever and it will play in a DVD player or in your computer, regardless of maker. With an MP3, you buy it wherever and it will play in a digital audio player or in your computer, regardless of maker.
With digital video files, you have an Avi or an MP4 or a Wmv or an Flv or perhaps an Mkv and it might play in your computer or it might not, it might play in your mobile phone but it probably won’t, and forget about playing it in your DVD player.
The decentralized, proprietary nature of digital video files has been a problem for many years, making it...
With a DVD, you buy it wherever and it will play in a DVD player or in your computer, regardless of maker. With an MP3, you buy it wherever and it will play in a digital audio player or in your computer, regardless of maker.
With digital video files, you have an Avi or an MP4 or a Wmv or an Flv or perhaps an Mkv and it might play in your computer or it might not, it might play in your mobile phone but it probably won’t, and forget about playing it in your DVD player.
The decentralized, proprietary nature of digital video files has been a problem for many years, making it...
- 2/5/2010
- by Lisa Horowitz
- The Wrap
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