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I'd personally classify partial nudity as covered nudity. They are technically nude, but covered by a blanket or something for camera.

Try posting on Craigslist.

You said that the unions are greedy and think, rather bafflingly, that the actors should side with the same big studios that are trying to screw everyone out of their due residuals. I don't think that counts as "neutral." And here's more news about the GG: The WGA has stated that they will...

That's exactly what it sounds like. Do you have ANY idea what the writers are striking about? They want to be paid when the shows they create get seen on the internet, shows that the networks sell ads to and make money from. The studios, the ones that YOU think the actors and directors...

You're not the least bit interested in how that statement is defined. You've already made up your mind that it means that the actors were ordered against their will to avoid the Globe cast, and would have otherwise gladly crossed the picket lines because a shiny gold statue is more important to...

Exactly. It sucks in the short term for a tiny handful of actors, but it helps everyone in the long term.

"We applaud our members for this remarkable show of solidarity for striking Writers Guild of America writers." They are saying that the MEMBERS have unanimously agreed not to cross the picket lines. No one is mandating anything. It's called union solidarity. While writers may not hire the...

I concur completely.

Hi spinner, I wouldn't presume to be a veteran or an expert, but I am a working professional in the movie industry in LA and I have sold a feature film to domestic and international DVD distribution (US release in April of 2008). Unfortunately, the closest I've come to documentary filmmaking is...

Man, if only there was some place one could go to find such information. ;) In the case of the Academy Awards, there is no panel of judges. There are 6000 members from every field of motion picture making. Members of specific Academy branches vote for their nominees and then the Academy at...

But there can be a general consensus about what's considered good and what is not. For me, Titanic certainly has its flaws, but it's hard to argue with nearly $2 billion in grosses around the world, 11 Academy awards, and an 83% on the Tomato Meter. Mass popularity, Oscar-winning, AND critical...

I pretty much echo everything Will says. There are RARE exceptions, with Swingers being the best example ($250K budget), but for the most part rom-coms require names. Amy's O is another, although that film had a bigger budget. That said, it might be possible to recoup an investment with a...

Writer/directors aren't uncommon and most of them have a very involved hand in editing. What Rodriguez does that's unusual is that he is also his own a) DP b) visual effects supervisor c) editor and d) sound mixer. IMO, that's just too many hats. I did all of that for my film out of necessity...

I like Flash for boards. It's quick and easy to sketch, and if you feel like timing it out as part of the process, you get a full blown animatic, which can be a lot more useful. You can then render out key frames into Photoshop and use the Contact sheet action to create pages of boards in any...

Agreed on both counts. Youtube is rife with three minute films that have at least a minute's worth of opening titles. IMO, short films need the title and maybe one or two other credits at the most.

And on MY sets, using the term C47 in my presence would likely result in ridicule and jibes. So I guess you never know. :)

We definitely agree about that! :)

A clothes pin. And I will say for the record that I refuse to call it a C47 on set. I also refuse to call an extension chord a "stinger." But that's a whole other rant. :)

Who's saying anything about thinking of it as a hobby? You can either learn this stuff from books or learn it on the set. For a PA, both are perfectly acceptable. Learning what a C47 is takes about 2 seconds. As long as we don't have to repeatedly explain what an apple box or a C47 is, then...

Like I said, if he wants to study it and know it ahead of time then good for him. Why is the DP asking the coffee guy or the runner for a C47 in the first place? And if he does, then he probably prefaces it with, "that's a clothes pin" or asks for a clothes pin in the first place, assuming...