I love when “research” time comes around at the office. It gives me a valid excuse to do what I clandestinely do the rest of the week: Surf the Internet. We’re deep into work on an architectural firm and researching all [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, June 15th, 2009
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Though a relatively famous short film, I saw C’était un rendez-vous by french director Claude LeLouch for the first time this morning. In short, it’s an 8 minute tour through Paris by way of a camera strapped onto the front [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
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DOXA Documentary Film Festival is launching something new at this year’s festival-their first-ever celebrity camera auction. Equipped with single-use cameras, some of our favorite famous people have unleashed their point & sh [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, May 22nd, 2009
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DOXA Documentary Film Festival Needs Our Help Graphic designers don’t often participate in documentary filmmaking, which is a shame. Just as our craft helps shape culture, documentaries are powerful storytelling vehicles, often re [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
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I have just discovered that Tim Burton is making a live-action and CGI version of the classic “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” to be released in 2010. Christopher Lee, Alan Rickman join his usual cast of Johhny Depp [...]
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Monday, January 19th, 2009
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Our old friend Ze Frank has been a little harder to find since The Show went off air (or I guess offline) two years ago. A project he was recently involved with came online, a short 12 minute film called “The Remnants”. Well [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, January 16th, 2009
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[/caption] Our old friend Gary Hustwit, who brought us the feature-length film Helvetica about typography, graphic design and global visual culture, is putting the final touches on his newest documentary project, Objectified—this time a [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, January 5th, 2009
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Filminute is billed as The International One-Minute Film Festival and now the 2008 finalists are all online and awaiting your vote! You do the math: 25, one-minute films won’t take that long to watch. Screen them all for the shortes [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, September 15th, 2008
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This came in today via LiquidTreat. It’s a documentary called Died Young, Stayed Pretty which is billed as a candid look at the underground poster culture in North America. These artists dig deep into the culture of our times, and [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, August 15th, 2008
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Let’s face it: Gary Hustuit’s documentary Helvetica was a runaway hit. I certainly didn’t expect so many designers and non-designers alike to get so goofy about a film about a typeface. Building on his success and reputa [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
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