4 posts and columns on filmmaking

Pair of iPhone Filmmakers Try Their Hand at Editing on an iPad 2

in Mobile on March 14, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Filmmakers Michael Koerbel and Anna Elizabeth James have based their whole operation around Apple’s gear. They film their series on an iPhone and distribute it via iTunes. With the release of the iPad 2, the pair decided to see what role Apple’s new tablet might be able to play. Here are their initial thoughts.

Students Tap iPhone to Film, Distribute TV Series

in Mobile on January 28, 2011 at 5:20 am PT

Apple’s phone services are the means for both the cinematography and distribution for Majek Pictures, a venture established by two aspiring filmmakers.

BoomTown Heads to Sundance Film Festival in the Fifth Annual Meet-the-Geeks Pilgrimage

in News on January 21, 2010 at 5:19 am PT

Today, BoomTown is loading the wife and kids, along with mom, into our tricked-out All Things Digital Winnebago and heading to Park City, Utah, for the 26th Sundance Film Festival. Now, what I know about independent filmmaking could fit neatly into a thimble, with room to spare. But what has brought me back there for five years running is the chance to introduce those auteurs gathered on the frozen tundra to a slice of what’s to come from the digital world.
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Angel Group Likes Lights, Camera and Action of Indie Films

in News on October 12, 2009 at 1:31 pm PT

As an experienced tech entrepreneur and angel investor, Rizwan Virk was happy to see a solid return on one of his recent investments after just one year. But the exit didn’t come from a software start-up or social media company finding a corporate acquirer. Instead, Virk’s quick payoff came from an independent film.