I love this interview as it is so intimate and packed with very straightforward advice. J.J. Abrams (Star Trek Into Darkness, Lost, Super 8) fills us in on balancing intimacy with hyperreality, why TV leaves room for surprises and the best advice he’s ever been given. Watch
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Photo via: CBC News Art & Entertainment The way we publish our media projects is changing everyday with the advent of digital distribution and publishing technologies. Amazon seems to be leading the way with it’s e-publishing platforms and Kindle technology. Tim Ferris is most known for his
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Blackmagic Production Camera 4K Compact 4K camera with large super-35 sensor, global shutter, Ultra HD and 4K support, built-in SSD recorder, touch LCD metadata entry, compressed CinemaDNG RAW and ProRes recording, Thunderbolt and EF lens compatibility, Includes DaVinci Resolve and UltraScopes. Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera Ultra-portable super-16
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This short film was shot along the Dotonbori River side in downtown Osaka, Japan. Don’t know about you guys but every time I walk by the this area I always get that futuristic impression so I decided to do something with my thoughts. It is set to
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Photos and story by David Simpson Recently I took a trip to Shanghai to visit friends. I stayed in the city for five days of catching up on stories, drinking, dining, sightseeing, and enjoying good times. After I returned to Japan a lot of people looked very
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This short film has truly inspired me more than any other in recent memory. I bought the Henri the film and the Behind the Scenes film about five minutes after I first saw the trailer. Eli Sasich has managed to bring together all the things I love
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In Japan, vending machines are known as 自動販売機 (jidō-hanbaiki) from jidō, or “automatic”; hanbai, or “vending”; and ki, or “machine”, 自販機 (jihanki) for short. In my opinion they are some of the most interesting machines in the world. I love Japanese vending machines because they are always
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First, check out some new photos of the camera (thanks to Cinescopophilia for the heads-up): Recently the camera world has been pumping out one new innovation after the other. So, along with the Black Cinema Camera and the Digital Bolex there is another camera in the same space. The Chinese
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So far learning Japanese has been a real challenge. You have to learn three alphabets and a whole new set of pronunciations before you can even really get into the language. When I first arrived in Japan I suffered under a wrong assumption about learning the
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Illsheep is not a movie update website, however, when it comes to certain movies such as Blade Runner(based on ‘Do Androids Dream of Illectric Sheep?) we like to stay informed. So far Ridley Scott has mentioned talk of Harrison Ford possibly returning to the film and
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