"The dream of the '90s is alive in Portland," sings comedian Fred Armisen in the opening song to the Independent Film Channel's television series "Portlandia." Read more...
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Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, co-creators and stars of the new Independent Film Channel show “Portlandia,” will be coming to De Neve Auditorium for a screening and Q&A.
(Courtesy of Scott Green)
It's amusing to think that if smartphones had existed in the 1950s, people probably would have used them to watch "I Love Lucy." Read more...
He was behind the camera when Jason Biggs got it on with an apple dessert in the 1999 hit "American Pie." He made sure Chris Rock was properly lit for his resurrection in the 2001 comedy "Down To Earth." And this spring quarter, cinematographer Richard Crudo will pass on his know-how and tricks of the trade to UCLA students as the 2011 Kodak Cinematographer in Residence. Read more...
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Cinematographer Richard Crudo speaks at a question and answer session after the screening of his film “American Buffalo” on Monday at James Bridges Theater.
A man made of Legos is fishing. The filmmaker takes a picture. He changes the Lego man's position just slightly. Read more...
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Zach Macias’ film “Stranger than Fishin’,” a film featured in the Office of Residential Life and Campus Events Commission’s Shorts on the Hill, uses Legos to tell its story.
Courtesy of ZACH MACIAS
On Dec. 10, 1997 environmental and social justice advocate Julia Butterfly Hill first climbed up the California redwood tree named Luna to save it from being logged in Humboldt County. Read more...
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Environmental advocate Julia Butterfly Hill will speak about environmental issues and sustainability today with actress Daryl Hannah of “Splash” and “Kill Bill” today at 7 p.m. in Ackerman Grand Ballroom. (courtesy of Shaun Walker)
Shower. Knife. Scream. Knife. Drain. It wasn't conventional filmmaking in 1960, but it became the recipe for one of the most iconic film scenes in history. But while it was that infamous sequence from "Psycho" that made audiences afraid in their own bathrooms, it's still being used as a valuable teaching tool for film students and aficionados the world over. It's scenes like this that will be on display Wednesday night at the Egyptian Theatre, as film consultant Thomas Ethan Harris hosts "In the Cut: Employing the Art of Editing." This is one in a series of "visual communication seminars," as Harris refers to them, that offer a communal atmosphere to talk about key elements in the filmmaking process. Read more...
When Professor Tom Denove first presented the idea of basing an entire film festival off of a children's toy, no one believed him. Read more...
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UCLA alumna Nolwen Cifuentes uses a Barbie Video Girl doll to film her submission to the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television-hosted Barbie Film Festival. Cifuentes’ film is a parody of an episode of the television show “The Twilight Zone.” The Barbie Video Girl features an embedded video camera located in the doll’s chest which presented student filmmakers with a new twist to the filmmaking process.
