Originally posted on FESTIVAL for FAMILY:
AUDIENCE FESTIVAL AWARDS Best Film: MY LITTLE BROTHER Best Performances: CHALK Best Cinematography: PUSHING Best Sound Design: PEPITA & MAX WATCH the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: PUSHING, 10min, USA, Family/Drama WATCH Audience FEEDBACK MY LITTLE BROTHER, 6min, New Zealand, Family/Experimental WATCH Audience FEEDBACK CHALK, 10min, Family/Adventure WATCH Audience FEEDBACK PEPITA & MAX, 6min, Family/Animation …
Month: March 2018
ANIMATION 1st Scene Screenplay – MAIRE’S JOURNEY, by Keith Famie
Genre: Animation, Family, Adventure The journey follows Maire, a 23-year-old cancer patient, as she battles a rare heart cancer. Maire faces end of life issues and questions about where we go when we die. She befriends a blind carpenter who crafts her a small 3 ft wooden sail boat for her remains to go… Continue reading ANIMATION 1st Scene Screenplay – MAIRE’S JOURNEY, by Keith Famie
Photography in Film. The art of Cinematography
Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
FILM PHOTOGRAPHY FILMMAKING NOTES Cinematography is the art of manipulating light and shadow, and capturing it as a moving image. We’ll be posting articles and insights – maybe a bit of inspiration too! Whether you’re a pro or have hardly picked up a camera except to point and…
Cinematography Interviews and Production Notes
Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
Read the best of Director of Photography interviews and Cinematography notes from the to people working in the industry today: Interview with Cinematographer Chad Griepentrog (The Bachelor Reality TV Series) http://matthewtoffolo.com/2016/02/17/interview-with-cinemtographer-chad-griepentrog-the-bachelor-reality-tv-series/ Interview with Cinematographer Albert Arthur (Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad) http://matthewtoffolo.com/2016/02/16/interview-with-cinematographer-albert-arthur-better-call-saul-breaking-bad/ Notes on CINEMATOGRAPHY – SHOTS AND CAMERA ANGLES http://matthewtoffolo.com/2015/06/01/notes-on-cinematography-shots-and-camera-angles/…
Art Department Interviews
Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
Read interviews from top people working in the Art Department in the movie industry today. Production Designers. Art Directors. Storyboard Artists. Costume Designers. Interview with Oscar Nominated Production Designer Anne Seibel (Midnight in Paris, Bonjour Anne):http://matthewtoffolo.com/2016/02/19/interview-oscar-nominated-production-designer-anne-seibel-midnight-in-paris-bonjour-anne/ Interview with Oscar Nominated Production Designer Michael Corenblith (Apollo 13, The Blind Side): http://matthewtoffolo.com/2016/02/04/interview-with-oscar-nominated-production-designer-michael-corenblith-apollo-13-the-blind-side/…
Interview with Supervising Sound Editor Donald Sylvester (Logan, Walk the Line, 3:10 to Yuma)
Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
Donald Sylvester has worked on over 100 films in the last 25 years and is considered one of the top people working in the craft of Post-Production Sound today. I asked him a few simple questions via email and he countered with some really insightful and meaningful answers.…
Interview with Composer Mateo Messina (JUNO, BLOCKERS)
Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
What an honor it was to chat with composer Mateo Messina. Such a talented and positive guy. I was inspired after our 30 minute chat, I have to admit. A total pro who teaches you in this interview many things, including that it’s not a bad thing to…
Interview with Filmmaker Mike Johnson (OCEANIC ALIENS)
Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
OCEANIC ALIENS was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the November 2017 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Mike Johnson: A few years ago I fell in love with scuba diving and the underwater world. Being a filmmaker, my goal quickly…
Interview with Filmmaker Stephanie Knöbl (PEPITA & MAX)
Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
Stephanie Knöbl was the producer and co-director of the short film PEPITA & MAX. It was the winner of BEST SOUND DESIGN at the September 2017 Festival for Family. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Stephanie Knöbl: For a long time we have been dealing…
Interview with Animation Filmmaker Marleia A. Alfaro (BARRY THE BLOBFISH)
Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
BARRY THE BLOBFISH played to rave reviews at the December 2017 ANIMATION FEEDBACK Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Marleia A. Alfaro: It’s so difficult to come up with new characters that you’ve never seen in animation before. The story of Barry…
FEEDBACK Animation Film & Screenplay Festival 