Where is the coolest, undiscovered joint in West Los Angeles? I rediscovered one of those places you walk by, when it's closed, and peek into the window to go, Wow, what a cool place.
Well, I'm now sick of my neighborhood WiFi cafe (Novel), and sought new places with the free, stick-it-to-Starbucks ($30-40/mo. to access). Google gets you to LA.com ( Read more... )

This past weekend was different: I finished the Myopia web site, an example of dynamic Flash with editable content, albeit for the director.

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Alwin H. Kuchler, sharp and fluid photograph of Proof, starring Jake Gyllenhaal with a new accent, which I saw thanks to KCRW, thanks to Miranda.
Kuchler often worked with Winterbottom, who I got to speak (albeit briefly, clichely) at SFIFF and outside a theater in London, and -- to my re-discovery -- shot Ratcatcher, an interesting first feature ( Read more... )

My new job sure is plush. Hired for web programming, but soon to split workloads with multimedia publishing, powered by this communications/advertising department. Today, field tripped to an Apple-sponsored Podcasting seminar. Now an expert. Hot.

What six-thousand dollars buys these days. Or what producers are likely to rent, to get the DP to shoot them some HD.

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At long last, dailies... but only a third of them for some reason. Reminds me of the good ol' days of finagling tapes (albeit to not much luck) from one stingy director. Fortunately, this shortage might be remedied.

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There's a trend on my paper. HD. High Definition. Cheaper than film. Better than DV. And I'm on course for a third gig this year in the sharp format.
The new film is one hot thriller. Twisted and careful. Complicated and taboo. Indecent and anxious.
These filmmakers, what they don't have in technique, they make headway in experience, they take ( Read more... )

Rock the boat.
Jock senior management.
Raise the bar.
Lower the boredom.
Push the envelope.
Pull the rug from expectations.
Take nothing for granted.
Take that raise any day now.
See-saw form and function.
Saw your seething web site, Mister.
Clean it up.
Knock 'em down.
Set the standard.
Sat smiling.

I've never been so excited, after three weeks ( Read more... )

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Sad for those attacked. Sad for the G8's own terrorism. Sad about the war, after Gunner Palace.