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FREE MOVIES THIS WEEKEND!
The recession got you down? Has a night at the movies with popcorn and a soda added in taking a bigger bite out your wallet than usual? Well the CFP has your answer, at least for this weekend, as they are presenting two nights of locally produced short films and the admission is something everyone [...]
Continue reading...Brain Twisters
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Although a headline on a local newspaper states that the film is set at a “midwestern university,” the 1991 low-budget indie feature Brain Twisters was actually filmed on locations throughout the Wilkes-Barre/Scarnton area. Shot throughout the month of August 1990, the production used such familiar locations as Marywood College, The Woodlands and Market Street Square. [...]
Continue reading...Sundance Film Festival In Your Own Home
Monday, January 19, 2009
If you’re like me and chose to forgo the bitter cold of Park City, Utah for the bitter cold of Pennsylvania, you can still enjoy some of the cinematic treats that those in Park City are getting this week at the Sundance Film Festival. For a limited time, iTunes and Sundance are offering 10 short [...]
Continue reading...Philadelphia Film Festival’s Festival Of Independents Deadline Extended
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Want to try and get your film into next spring’s Philadelphia Film Festival? Check out the following press release- The Philadelphia Film Society (PFS), parent organization to the Philadelphia Film Festival, is pleased to announce an extended deadline and a further call for entries for the Philadelphia Film Festival’s Festival of Independents. The new deadline [...]
Continue reading...Local Film Productions Get Some Ink
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
The Times Leader ran a nice piece this past weekend about some of the local film productions currently shooting. You can read the piece at their website here.
Continue reading...The Secret Of WINGMAN!
Friday, December 28, 2007
You thought there was secrecy surrounding the upcoming monster-eats-Manhattan flick Cloverfield? Well that has nothing on the upcoming short film Wingman. While some of you may think it is a comedy, you’d be wrong. We just spread a few whispered rumors that it was a comedy to throw people off the track of what it [...]
Continue reading...How Hollywood Really Works
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
As you undoubtedly know, the Writers Guild of America has been involved in a rather nasty strike with the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers over a number of issues. Reportedly, the negotiations have been rather nasty, but the true extenant of that hasn’t been known until this hidden camera footage found its way [...]
Continue reading...Scranton & Wilkes-Barre In Entertainment Blog
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
NBC’s The Office isn’t the first time that Scranton has been mentioned, or even used as a setting, in a television series or film. The folks in the Reference Department of Scranton’s Albright Memorial Library are cataloging our region’s history in entertainment through the appropriately titled Scranton & Wilkes-Barre In Entertainment Blog. The site continues [...]
Continue reading...DIY Film School: Camera Rigs And Mounts
Friday, September 7, 2007
Over at the DIYLife website, they’ve just started a new series of articles called “DIY Film School,” with the intention of showing you how to give an extra layer of professionalism to the look of the films you shoot. The first installment looks at various camera rigs and mounts, from a basic, east-to-build steadycam mount [...]
Continue reading...Black Bear Film Fest Submission Deadline Approaching
Thursday, August 2, 2007
The deadline for submitting a film, short, feature or documentary, to the annual Black Bear Film Festival in Milford, Pike County, PA, is fast approaching. August 15 is the date you’d need to have your film to the festival for consideration. You can find more informationn and downloadable applications at their website. This year’s fest [...]
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
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