Andrew Wallenstein of Variety writes: Who says a reality show has to air on TV?
The Chernin Group is producing an audacious new unscripted series that will be distributed entirely on social-media platforms instead of having a home on TV, according to sources familiar with the production.
The series, entitled “@SummerBreak,” will play out largely on four platforms: Twitter, where Peter Chernin sits on the board of directors, and Tumblr, where he is among the investors, as well as YouTube and Instagram. Production has just begun and the launch is anticipated this summer with AT&T on board as sole sponsor and financial backer.
A rep for Chernin Group declined comment.
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PressKitchen writes: For Indian-born, Toronto-based director Deepa Mehta's motion picture Midnight's Children, Zoic Studios VFX Supervisor Ralph Maiers and VFX Producer Lauren Weidel led a team of artists into the dizzying world of Delhi's slums during the end of British Colonial rule. Zoic Studios worked exclusively from their Vancouver studio to create the visual effects for the film, comprised of 293 VFX shots. Midnight's Children was adapted for the screen by the novel's celebrated author, Salman Rushdie. The film will release in select U.S. theatres on April 26th, with a wider national rollout beginning May 3rd through Paladin/108 Media.
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PressKitchen writes: For Indian-born, Toronto-based director Deepa Mehta's motion picture Midnight's Children, Zoic Studios VFX Supervisor Ralph Maiers and VFX Producer Lauren Weidel led a team of artists into the dizzying world of Delhi's slums during the end of British Colonial rule. Zoic Studios worked exclusively from their Vancouver studio to create the visual effects for the film, comprised of 293 VFX shots. Midnight's Children was adapted for the screen by the novel's celebrated author, Salman Rushdie. The film will release in select U.S. theatres on April 26th, with a wider national rollout beginning May 3rd through Paladin/108 Media.
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Claire Lobenfeld of Sterogum writes: Sigur Rós is gearing up to release LP Kveikur in June and here is Ísjaki, our second helping from the record. It comes with a lyric video featuring an ominous hooded character, a total dichotomy with the swoony, energetic track. It’s a conundrum! But a lovely one. It’s no wonder that the band is so beloved by oddball Danny DeVito. Check out the video below.
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Emma Hall of AdvertisingAge writes: Jaguar has premiered the full 12-and-a-half minutes of "Desire," the film starring "Homeland" actor Damian Lewis that the automaker began promoting last fall ahead of the launch of its first new sports car in 50 years.
As we reported in November, when teasers were released, the film was created by The Brooklyn Brothers in London and RSA Films, and was shot in Chile's Atacama desert. Singer Lana Del Rey has also released a specially commissioned song, Burning Desire, to go with the film.
Nowness writes: A young man opens his heart to a beautiful woman via an old-fashioned letter in the post in this clip from Terence Nance’s first full-length feature, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, an Official Selection at Sundance 2012. Raised in Dallas, Texas, Brooklyn-based Nance wrote, directed, edited and played the male lead in the film alongside his real-life object of desire, Namik Minter, taking a magnifying glass to the miscommunications and anxieties of relationships through envelope-pushing cinematography interspersed with quirky animation.
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EDW Lynch of LaughingSquid.com writes: “crt mgn” by German artist Carsten Nicolai is a mesmerizing art installation that visualizes magnetic fields on television screens. The installation consists of two powerful magnets on pendulums that swing over two televisions. The magnets distort the pictures on the television screens whenever they swing near them. To see the installation in action, watch this short documentary by The Creators Project. “crt mgn” is on display at Eigen+Art gallery in Berlin through May 18, 2013.
Liz Pelly of Stereogum writes: Feist played three Canadian cities at once last night. Kind of. Using a new sort of holographic technology, the same Feist performance appeared in Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal. The event was coordinated by Samsung (the shows were Galaxy S4 launch parties) in collaboration with a projection company called Musion. Below, check out a video of the Feist hologram performing “How Come You Never Go There” in Toronto, as well as a video explaining the making of the Feist holograms.
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Rae Ann Fera of Fast Company writes: Talking to a hardcore film buff about the lineup of any given film festival can be exasperating. You know the type: the die-hards that, as if playing to stereotype, seem to go out of their way to name-check the most obscure art house directors. While you have to admire their dedication to the most difficult films, theirs is not the common filmgoer’s experience. In an attempt to break down the perception of elitism around such fests, theSeattle International Film Festival has created the "SIFFcurious" campaign, celebrating the festival’s commitment to showing a wide variety of films--from the little known to the mainstream.
Mekado Murphy of The New York Times writes: In Jeff Nichols’s latest film “Mud,” Matthew McConaughey plays the title character as a man who is always on the move. The character is discovered hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River by two Arkansas boys (Tye Sheridan and Jacob Lofland). To capture a constantly moving character, Mr. Nichols and his crew used a Steadicam camera to create sense of fluidity. In this video, Mr. Nichols narrates a scene where the boys bring food to Mud on the island. He discusses his camera choices and how they supplement his narrative.
