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Groupon for Sacramento Film and Music Festival: $49 for all festival pass

Friday, July 16th, 2010

Groupon’s deal for the day is $49 all screening pass for the Sacramento Film and Music Festival ($120 value).  There is some fine print (if you aren’t familiar with Groupon, here is how it works).  You have five days to get in on the deal- so hurry.

Sacramento Filmmaker Deon Taylor Featured on Huffington Post

Saturday, July 10th, 2010

About 4 years ago, I attended a discussion panel on filmmaking at the Sacramento International Film Festival where Deon Taylor was a speaker.  Something he said that day made him stand out as one of the smartest people in the room, and a name to remember.  (more…)

The First Movie Shot on the iPhone4?

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

A USC cinema graduate student from Sacramento, has shot the first movie on the iPhone4 and has got some buzz with some help from Twitter.  Good Idea.  When the iPad gets a camera, I am shooting the first movie with it.  Probably not, but it will be worth some buzz.

A week after the iPhone4 was released, a USC cinema graduate student from Sacramento is making news online and with Mac World movers and shakers.

via News10.net

See the iPhone4 movie, Apple of My Eye, shot in 48 hours on vimeo.

Sactown Magazine Featured in New York Times for Scratch and Sniff Cover

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Reading about this took me back to the eighties.  Also, remember those markers that smelled like fruit? Believe me, they didn’t taste like fruit though.

“This was a great way for us to be interactive and engage the reader,” said Rob Turner, who owns and edits the magazine with his wife, Elyssa Lee. “It’s the kind of thing that brings a smile to everyone’s face. It’s nostalgic for a lot of people.”

Read the rest here.

Is Daunte Culpepper Coming to Sacramento?

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

The Detroit Free Press is saying that Daunte may be reuniting with Dennis Green in Sacramento as a Mountain Lion.