An Inkling of Creativity: An interview with the multimedia pioneers of Inkle Studios (Interview)

Posted by on Nov 5, 2013 in Articles, Behind-the-Scenes, Event Coverage, Featured, Interviews, Previews, Retrospectives | 1 comment

Jon Ingold and Joseph Humfrey have been taking the concept of gamification and multimedia creation and turning it on its ear over there! Embracing the notions of multipath story creation that were birthed with things like Choose Your Own Adventure books and Fighting Fantasy Roleplaying books, they've created a toolkit that creatives can use to make amazing stories and multimedia experiences without having to know any code to...

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John Badham: Crucial Topics on Directing in New Book (Video Interview)

Posted by on Oct 28, 2013 in Articles, Behind-the-Scenes, Featured, Industry, Interviews, MicroFilmmaking, Retrospectives, Tips | 1 comment

In this third of a three part interview, director John Badham (Saturday Night Fever, War Games) sits down with Microfilmmaker Magazine to discuss his new book, John Badham on Directing, as well as what got him into directing, his thoughts on industry changes and his approach to directing.

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John Badham: Technological Improvements & Filmmaking (Video Interview)

Posted by on Oct 21, 2013 in Articles, Behind-the-Scenes, Featured, Industry, Interviews, MicroFilmmaking, Retrospectives, Tips | 6 comments

In this second of a three part interview, director John Badham (Saturday Night Fever, War Games) sits down with Microfilmmaker Magazine to discuss his new book, John Badham on Directing, his thoughts on industry changes and his approach to directing in the midst of the technology upheaval.

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John Badham: What Sparked Your Interest in Directing?? (Video Interview)

Posted by on Oct 14, 2013 in Articles, Behind-the-Scenes, Featured, Industry, Interviews, MicroFilmmaking, Retrospectives, Tips | 0 comments

In this first of a three part video interview revolving around his new book, "John Badham on Directing," director John Badham (Saturday Night Fever, War Games) sits down with Microfilmmaker Magazine to discuss what got him into directing, his thoughts on industry changes and his approach to directing.

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The Do’s & Don’ts of Successfully Directing Actors (Article/Tips)

Posted by on Jul 24, 2013 in Articles, Behind-the-Scenes, General, Interviews, MicroFilmmaking, Retrospectives, Tips, Tutorials | 0 comments

As we prepare for John Badham's new book, John Badham on Directing, it seemed a great time to look at some advice from his last book, Creative Wars: I'll be In My Trailer. This piece comes straight from John Badham’s experience as a director and it rings just as true for the microfilmmaker with a $3000 budget as it does for the Hollywood director with a $300 million budget. However, these rules are perhaps most important to the microfilmmaker, because a microfilmmaker doesn’t have a studio sending someone to babysit him on his film and, if he screws the rules up, he doesn’t have the financial resources to recast it...

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