I was interviewing a perspective student ten days ago and asked what part of the film business most interested her and she said the viral marketing of films. I was surprised because I ask this same question to all the
Let it Snow
I have been swamped with work and now a foot of snow. The dumb filmmaker apologizes for his absence from this page, but promises to return with all new exciting posts on viral marketing, Flashpoint Academy’s production-in-action- film, The Intruder,
The Internet, Kids Today and Heath Ledger
This past Tuesday the PBS series Frontline broadcast a fascinating look at teenagers who have grown up with the Internet. The program focused on a small New Jersey town about an hour’s train ride from Manhattan. It looked at a
The Name of the Game…
… is collaboration. All artists collaborate in one way or another, you must in order to succeed, and the most successful artists instinctively know how to work with others. More importantly they know their work will be better with the
My Cheatin’ Heart
“I was thrown out of college for cheating on my metaphysics exam. I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.” Woody Allen I heard an interesting piece on NPR earlier this week about how many young
Chris Burritt
On Monday my friend and former colleague at Columbia, Chris Burritt, died. Chris was a terrific lighting and camera teacher. His students loved him and I am writing this post because I know a lot of my former students, who
The Strike Beard
There is an interesting piece in the Talk of the Town section of the current New Yorker about the beards being grown as a sign of support for the writer’s guild strike. Perhaps the most famous of the beards belong
The Experimental Witch
The author Paulo Coelho is doing something interesting with his latest novel, The Witch of Portobello. Instead of selling the film rights to Hollywood he is inviting his readers and filmmakers to participate in making the movie. The plan is
Some Thoughts About Chevy Chase
A few weeks ago Chevy Chase came to Flashpoint to talk to our students and I didn’t have the time to blog about his appearance, but he has been on my mind so better late than never. I want to
Helvetica
During the late summer just before my friend Dan Devening, an artist, gallery owner and college professor, went to Austria on a fellowship (show-off) he told me about a film he just saw called Helvetica. It’s a documentary about the
