Film and Digital Media @ Messiah

Pope Benedict, in a May 23 address to participants in a meeting sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. explained that “if communication is to be effective it must be based on truth.”

“A communicator can attempt to inform, to educate, to entertain, to convince, to comfort; but the final worth of any communication lies […]

Thanks to the BBC

Keith Collea, co-writer and producer for The Gene Generation, also served as technical supervisor for the project. He used AJA’s Io HD as an integral part of a fully portable movie projection system that allowed the film to be projected on a Sony 4K digital cinema projector at the American Film Institute’s Mark Goodson Theater […]

Albrecht Dürer, Melancholia, an engraving

Germany, Signed and dated AD 1514

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The Wall Street Journal has a fascinating interview with David Mamet about his new martial arts film, RedBelt. Unlike some other American directors who have little first hand knowledge of martial arts, yet insist on directing martial arts films, Mamet has trained in the art of jiu-jitsu as well as traditional Western-style boxing and […]

Director Brandon Dickerson had seven days to shoot and post the music video promo for the upcoming Disney release The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. The concept was to take the […]

From May 14th to May 24th 2008, the Festival de Cannes will present the 5th edition of the Short Film Corner, where you will discover an array of activities designed to help you develop your film projects.

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The Messiah College Student Film Festival was held last evening, Sunday, May 11th, 7PM to 11PM in Parmer Cinema.

It was the strongest slate of films we’ve ever shown. The traditional pizza and cokes were served, with no paparazzi to spoil the elegance of the directors and actors!
Here is what was programmed:

Sibling Rivalry by David […]

History and Factoids about Podcasting
History of Podcasting @ Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast
RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(file_format)
It’s the syndication of the media in an audio or video Podcast that makes it different than basic streaming media. The use of a syndication protocol (like RSS) allows the media to be accessed on many kinds of devices, most importantly handheld devices […]

In an article titled Picturehouse, WIP to close shop — Warner Bros. shuts down specialty film units, Thursday’s Variety (5-8-2008), states

Warner Bros. has discovered a way to deal with the specialty film business — it’s staying away from it.
The flagship studio ended months of speculation Thursday by shuttering both

Picturehouse and Warner Independent Pictures. The closings […]