Sacramento Metro Edge Night with the Kings and April Second Saturday Pre Party

For young professionals in the Sacramento area, watch the Kings versus the Clippers on April 8, 2010 with Sac Metro Edge for $19.50 for upper level tickets.  Your tickets include a special pregame mixer with Kings Senior VP of Business Operations John Rinehart, who will discuss the “Business of Pro Sports.” Halftime show by Sacramento [...]

Meet David W. Valetin of ILM at the California Film Meeting (Sacramento)

David W. Valetin is a VFX coordinator and producer for the likes of Quentin Tarentino’s Grind-House, Hero with Jet-Li , Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World, Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace and The Green Mile, and will talk about his experiences in the industry, April 2, 2010, 6:30-8:30 pm at the Studio Center [...]

Scoring a Film

For some reason this really interested me.  Matt Mariano, performing and recording the score to Made In China. Update: Just saw some additional scenes from Made in China, and producer James Choi spoke on the film.  Was shot on the HVX200, won the grand prize award at SXSW, was shot for “a little more than [...]

Dumbworld Hearts Sacramento Connect

Dumbworld  is one of the sites “handpicked by Sacramento Bee editors for their consistent quality” to be included in the launch of their new Web 2.0 network called Sacramento Connect. Don’t worry. We won’t let it go to our heads, and we will continue to give you the lack of quality that you expect from [...]

10 Tips for Networking for Filmmakers in the Sacramento Region

From the Capital Film Arts Alliance’s Newsletter, 10 Tips for Networking for Filmmakers. In part, it is based off a list for London filmmakers (my people!!!) from Raindance.org. I don’t usually post entire articles, but this is worth it. If you are a filmmaker in the Sacramento area, and you aren’t a CFAA member, go [...]

Making a Music Video

A good primer into the world of independent filmmaking can be a low budget music video. Videomaker has an article on music video making, including an interview with MTV contributor Ali Santana (Automatic Writing) and independent film director Jessie James Jackson, Jr (Oh Jesus).

“Crowdfunding” to Finance Your Independent Film Project

I’ve heard of IndieGoGo and Kickstarter as crowdfunding sources, but here is a success story.  Gregory Bayne raised $27,210, from 410 contributors, in 20 days for his new documentary on UFC fighter, Jens Pulver | Driven.  Check out his blog New Breed, and his guiding principles on crowdfunding. via the workbook project

Tiger Woods Returns in 3D?

If you care, I guess you couldn’t make this stuff up if you wanted to: Tiger Woods times comeback to coincide with the first broadcast of the Masters Golf Tournament in 3D. “The production will primarily focus on the second nine of Augusta National and will be distributed live to those in the U.S. with [...]

Workshop on How to Create Your Own Animated Characters- Sacramento

A drawing workshop with storyboard artist Larry Scholl, whose credits include work with Disney, Warner Brothers and Cartoon Network (Mulan, a Star Wars Special and Robot Chicken), is taking place Saturday March 20th, from 4-7pm at the Capital Art Center S12.  The cost is $50. See Sacramento365.com for more details.

Footage from Rodriguez’s Predator Sequel Predators Revealed at SXSW

From Wired: As in the original film, every Predator is a trophy hunter and an expert in stalking and killing its prey, but each monster has its own specialized skill. There’s a falconer Predator who has a little UAV that serves as its eyes in the sky, a dog handler Predator (we got to see [...]