The DVD of Plain Face is now officially on sale at Indieflix.com! Check it out! It comes with two additional short films (A Moment’s Reverie and Gaijin/The Foreigner) as well as a ten minute Behind the Scenes featurette, and animation extras which include a timelapse, instructions on how to joint a back-lit puppet, and how [...]
Check out this great NYT article about the history of formats for watching movies – from 35mm, through VHS and laserdiscs to DVDs. The future: Blu-Rays or Netflix streaming? As an independent filmmaker its nice to think that streaming sites will become the norm – it’s already easier to get your film on Netflix rather [...]
Hello! I hope everyone’s having a great holiday period! I know I’ve been enjoying the sudden influx of free time after finishing Plain Face, getting lots of stuff done that I hadn’t had time for. Just a quick note that a few festival deadlines are coming up for those short filmmakers/animators out there. The SIFF [...]
A new fundraising page is up and running for my current project Plain Face. This time around I’m hoping to get funds for the distribution costs so that the film will be seen by real people like you! Check it out here for all the details, including specially framed artwork from the film you can [...]
A couple nights ago I saw this little gem at the Metro cinema in the U-District. It is playing definitely until Thu, June 3rd. So GO now before it leaves. Trust me, you want to see this one on the big screen. The Secret of Kells is an animated feature out of Ireland (from studio [...]
I was just talking last night with some animator friends about new ways to get your film out there. Here is a nice WIRED article outlining alternative methods of distribution, that includes mentions of Nina Paley’s Sita Sings the Blues and Cory McAbee’s Stingray Sam (recently on show at Seattle’s NW Film Forum). Also, thank [...]