Archive for January, 2010

The Sacramento Film and Music Festival is Looking for Music for The 2010 Sac Music Seen Program

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Sac Music Seen pairs local musicians with local filmmakers to create music videos.  Dumbworld has participated a few times, and it is always good to see your work on the big screen (which is always a learning experience). The deadline for music submissions is March 26th.  See sacfilm.com for more info.

"Italy proposes mandatory licenses for people who upload video"

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

This can’t be real, can it? What’s happening Mussolini?

Italy’s Berlusconi regime, already known around the world as an enemy of free speech and popular access to the tools of communication, has now floated a proposal to require Italians to get an “uploader’s license” in order to put any “moving pictures” on the Internet. via Boing Boing

h/t Lee Stokes

Next Week (Jan 28, 29, 30): Sacramento Electronica Music Festival 2010

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

Maybe you’ll see me there doing the robot and making movies in my head.

At the Townhouse Lounge.  See Sacramento Scoop for artists and times.  Sacramento Press has more info on the origins of the festival.

How to Create the Pleasantville Effect in Final Cut Pro

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

A nice tutorial.

via Genius DV

Cocaine and the Space Shuttle. . . Good Times?

Friday, January 15th, 2010

NASA is investigating how a bag of cocaine got into the hangar that houses the space shuttle