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2025-03-12
News
For over 40 years, my friend, Dick Delson worked behind the scenes marketing and publicizing some of Hollywood’s most successful movies. He’s got lots of stories to tell and has no qualms about telling them. I couldn’t help but laugh while we were talking. If you are at all interested in the genesis of Star…
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Competitions
Wendy and Woody Woodhall, Co-Founders of the LA Post Fest, a competition for short films with a slant towards post production, enjoyed a successful run in their inaugural year and set the high bar for the future. Over 200 entries came in from many corners of the world, including Canada, France, Italy, Belgium, Austria, Qatar,…
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Co-Founder of the L.A. Post Fest speaks with LA Times’ Cirina Catania about the competition and gives some tips & tricks to help us become better editors. You can see the full story on USTimes.biz
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Giving Back
(Special to the USTimes, Pasadena, CA) Legendary American singer, composer and actor Pat Boone recently endorsed The Ark of Noah Foundation encouraging viewers to join him in supporting the life-size Ark of Noah replica, which is preparing to take sail across the Atlantic. The 2,500-ton ark is larger than a football field and stands 410…
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Bits & Bytes
We heard a rumor that internal SSD drives run too hot for our computers and could possibly damage the logic board. Larry O’Connor, Founder of Other World Computing (OWC) and guru behind MacSales.com disagrees. Part One of his interview defines the difference between SSD’s and HDD drives and gives a plausible argument for why it…
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Camera Gear
Grant Burton served for 20 years in the Royal Australian Air Force and for the last 14 years he has worked with them as a civilian in charge of shooting and post-producing their training videos. We spoke with him about his what he does and how he does it. It turned into a fascinating discussion…
Read More about The Art of Video: Grant Burton, Royal Australian Air Force Training Video Producer, Talks about Combat Survival, Fire School and Puppies
News
Partnered with UEFA EURO since 2000, Hyundai/Kia via its agency, Innocean Worldwide, continues its compelling ad campaign aimed at engaging fans of the international football event finals taking place in France beginning June 10th through July 10th, 2016. Two videos produced for the campaign have gong viral, obviously getting right to the heart of every…
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Giving Back
WASHINGTON, June 6, 2016 – The Obama Administration today named the final nine Promise Zones across the country – high poverty areas in select urban, rural and tribal communities. Through the Promise Zone Initiative, the Federal government will work strategically with local leaders to boost economic activity and job growth, improve educational opportunities, reduce crime…
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DEALS
Sigma Corporation of America, is running two camera lens bundle promotions until June 21. Purchase of the 18-300mm F3.5-6.3 DC Macro OS HSM Contemporary lens includes an instant rebate of $80.00 USD (original MSRP: $579.00 USD), a complimentary USB dock and a Sigma macro close-up lens upon purchase. The 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary…
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