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Sac Music Seen Winner Best of Program from 2010 Sacramento International Film and Music Festival

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:59:04 +0000

Zoo Human Project’s “NWT” dir by Scott Howe

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A Very Quiet National Dumbworld Day at Home with the Family

admin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:12:45 +0000

This year we decided that we would hide out at home and celebrate National Dumbworld Day quietly, instead of braving the the long lines at bars and craziness that such a day usually causes. However you celebrated it, we hope that you had a good time, were safe and remember the real reason why we celebrate.

Free Delorean (DLRN) The Bridge EP Download

admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:55:45 +0000

Good hip-hop music- and did I mention that it is free.

Sacramento Filmmaker Deon Taylor Featured on Huffington Post

admin — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:49:47 +0000

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. He said that if you are looking to get theatrical distribution as an independent filmmaker start out with a horror movie. They are relatively cheap to make, and unlike say comedies, which aren’t culturally universal (i.e. what is funny to an American isn’t necessarily funny to a Japanese or even a British person), Horror movies have a worldwide audience.

Fast forward to today and Taylor is the only Sacramento filmmaker that has scored theatrical distribution as an independent (correct me if I am wrong). Fresh off the success of landing theatrical distribution for his horror film Chain Letter (coming out in October), starring Nikki Reed of Twilight, Deon Taylor gets some love from Huffington Post. See the article for an insight into Taylor’s journey.

But as he shuttled between Los Angeles and his home in Sacramento, he kept his backpack full of movie materials and his spirit full of the foundation of his company, Deon Taylor Enterprises.

Read the rest here

The First Movie Shot on the iPhone4?

admin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:20:46 +0000

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.

MovieMaker Magazine Lifetime Subscription for $49

Nat King Turner — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:35:48 +0000

Here at Dumbworld, some would say we are lowdown cheapskates. We prefer frugal- so this deal sounds like the new black to us. Moviemaker magazine lifetime subscription for $49.

Dumbworld's Pick for the 2010 Academy Award for Best Picture. . .

dumbworldorder — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:34:31 +0000

and that is only after seeing half of it. Drum-roll please. . .

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXBkVsZnL2I]

There are so many people in this movie. Dude from Reno 911- Yeah he is in it.

Granted I haven’t seen a lot of the other choices for the Oscars this year. Why so many? Last year I said, I was going to have an Oscar party. It didn’t happen. I am OK with that.

Definitely when I get my ballot in the mail this year, I’m writing in Black Dynamite- fool is a bad ass with the nunchucks- if you know what is good for you- you will too.

A New Dumbworld Peace (15 sec spot for Capitol Proformance)

dumbworldorder — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:17:00 +0000

A commercial we did for Capitol Proformance (a sports training company) in Sacramento. It features professional baseball players Derrek Lee and Nick Johnson (among others).

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec0ROda5fbo]

I definitely need to work on improving the quality of my uploads for the web. It looks great on the HD closed circuit TV’s for Metro Hub Network– where it shows on a loop in bars, restaurants, taxis, etc.– but not so hot on Youtube (I’ve heard that videos don’t look as good on Youtube anyways). I have seen some “recipes” to make your Youtube videos look better– but I still am not happy with them. Let me know if you have a recipe for Compressor that you are happy with.