Wait for it... Short film!

Here is a very interesting short film that shows the importance of using sound and symbols for impact... This same director also has a link on YouTube to a creative re-think of "fairies."

Premiere Pro Video Tutorial

If you are stuck with finding out how to do something on Premiere Pro, there are lots of online tutorials and help. Here is a pretty good basic how to use Premiere Pro. And the guy has a great accent. There are more tutorials by the same person: this one shows you how to get started.

For some reason, this will not play embedded in this blog post: click on the name of the tutorial below to open it on the Vimeo site and see what Jordy has to say about using Premiere Pro.

Premiere Pro Tutorial - The Workspace [2/5] from Jordy Vandeput on Vimeo.

Helena Brooks- Nothing Special

We have watched some Hallensteins and Glassons advertisements directed by Helena Brooks. Here is an interesting and funny short film she directed.

The Walking Dead

I am really enjoying this television series. It is about zombies: inspired by Romero and produced by Frank Darabont. The special effects are movie-quality and the dark, post-apocalyptic vision is nihilistic and captivating. It is also visually stunning. Check out these intense stills from the first episode:

Awesomely creepy New Zealand short film about a kitchen sink

I really love this short film because it is random and oh-so-creepy. Check it out.

Stunning short travel films

People are so clever! Check out these amazing short films that are a vivid way to share these guy's experiences with travel. This is what they said about it: "3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage... all to turn 3 ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food ....into 3 beautiful and hopefully compelling short films.....

= a trip of a lifetime.

move, eat, learn"

EAT from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

LEARN from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

How to fix horror films...

A very interesting piece in Slate about how the horror genre should reinvent itself. Have a read, it's thought provoking! And you could use it for your essays on genre! Here's the link. And if you are VERY BRAVE (and old enough), look at the slideshow of the most gory scenes from horror film.