Saturday, March 27, 2010

Snag Films is loaded with great documentaries for instant viewing

At present there are a reported 850 films available. The list includes work from ITVS, PBS, National Geographic, and several notable independents including Icarus Films and Kartemquin Films. Titles that might be familiar include: The American Ruling Class, Biggie and Tupac, Cosmos, Father Roy: Inside the School of Assassins, The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg, The Times of Harvey Milk, Trembling Before G-D, and T-shirt Travels.

Even the lesser known titles such as Agile Mobile Hostile, a film about R & B legend Andre Williams, and loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies look cool.

If you know anyone planning to teach a distance ed class, this site should be given the once-over cause there's a lot here that have been used in courses at AU and could really enrich an online course.

Snag Films link

Watch Logorama now - before it disappears

The 2010 Academy Award winner for animated short is kind of a mix of Pulp Fiction, Die Hard, and Dark Knight all animated with corporate logos. Brilliant but stay away if you would take offense at Big Boy, Ronald McDonald, and the Michelin Man cussing and shooting things up.

Logorama at Vimeo

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

A Contest for Multimedia Work at AU

Media Services' Digital Media Studio and the New Media Center are jointly sponsoring a contest to promote multimedia work created in our labs. Submit your class assignments, win prizes and come to the festival screening May 1. Contest rules and application form.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

TONIGHT - Tuesday, March 23 at 7pm - Nick Clooney Presents... Movies that Chnaged Us

Tuesday March 23 at 7pm in Ward 2
The Movies that Changed Us

Join Nick Clooney for an evening of clips from Birth of a Nation (1915), Love Me Tonight (1932), Triumph of the Will (1935), and the Best Years of Our Lives (1946). Discover how each of these films helped change the country's political and social consciousness. Nick Clooney is Journalist in Residence at the School of Communication and host of SOC and Newseum's Reel Journalism.

TONIGHT - Tuesday, March 23 - Shooting in the Wild





Tuesday, March 23 at 7pm

Preceded by a reception at 6pm next to the Wechsler Theater (with drinks and food)

Shooting in the Wild: An Insider’s Account of Making Movies in the Animal Kingdom

An Evening with Chris Palmer. Introduced by Caroline Gabel, Board Chair, Environmental Film Festival

Using clips from his award-winning films on bears, wolves, and whales, Chris Palmer offers preview of his insights in the wildlife film business from his upcoming book, Shooting in the Wild, which will be published in May by Sierra Club Books. Chris will also announce the winners of the Eco Comedy Video Competition and show select clips.