http://designwisefilms.com ...located in Door County, Wisconsin Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:30:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A screening of "Wo Ai Ni (I Love You), Mommy" followed by a discussion with the film's director, Stephanie Wang-Breal kicks off 3-day NALIP Workshop, Stephanie Wang-Breal is fortunate to have a foothold in two worlds. Born in the USA to Chinese speaking parents, she is fluent in English and Mandarin. ... http://designwisefilms.com/2010/07/day-1-nalip-workshop-opens-with-a-screening-and-discussion-with-filmmaker-stephanie-wang-breal/ Chicago, Illinois - USA October 22 to 24, 2010 In the Spotlight this week is the 5th Annual ILLINOIS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (IIFF), celebrating a broad spectrum of indie films and screenplays against the vibrant backdrop of Chicago, Illinois. With the belief that no matter the film's budget or the director's vision it's ... http://designwisefilms.com/2010/07/illinois-international-film-festival-october-22-24/ I hope to meet you at "Doing Your Doc," an upcoming 3-day seminar in St. Paul sponsored by the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) in conjunction with Native American Public Telecommunications, Native American Journalists Association, InMotion, St. Paul Neighborhood Network, IFP Minnesota, Intermedia Arts, UST, Latino Public Broadcasting, ... http://designwisefilms.com/2010/07/3-day-seminar-in-st-paul-to-make-your-documentary-happen-july-18-20/ The Oscar-winning documentary film has been edited by Japanese distributor Unplugged, blurring out faces of fishermen and police, inserting tickers that express opposing points of view in parts where opinions differ. If that's not bad enough,  3 of the 26 theaters that planned to screen the film have backed off, ... http://designwisefilms.com/2010/07/will-126-million-japanese-be-denied-freedom-of-speech-the-cove-is-shaking-up-nationalists-in-japan/ They call TestTube, an "ideas incubator." This is where YouTube engineers and developers test out the latest advancements in beta format and ask you to test drive them. Here you can find the new online video editing application YouTube just released. The new YouTube video editor is still in development, so ... http://designwisefilms.com/2010/06/testtube-is-the-youtube-development-laboratory/ "Alejandro is on the radio. Fuck it sounds so good, we did it little monsters," - tweets Lady Gaga. The dissolution of boundaries between music, art, theatre, dance and film, underway since the launch of MTV: Music Television in 1981, occasionally spawns elegant short form works of cinematic fine art. I ... http://designwisefilms.com/2010/06/lady-gaga-channels-fritz-lang-master-of-darkness-in-the-masking-of-alejandro-video/ Come back every day to vote for your favorite submission – even if it’s your own. Keep up with the contest on Twitter using the #pbsvideocontest hashtag. At PBS.org, you can watch your favorite PBS shows on the new video player, in their entirety, whenever you want. You can interact with ... http://designwisefilms.com/2010/03/%e2%80%9cnot-your-parent%e2%80%99s-pbs%e2%80%9d-video-contest-post-your-entry-by-april-18-2010/ As part of the BBC's SuperPower season, take part in the MyWorld competition - make a two-minute video about how you see the world and you could be broadcast by the BBC around the world. [caption id="attachment_158" align="alignleft" width="166" caption="Stephen Kastner"][/caption] MyWorld The BBC says, "No-one sees the world the way you do. ... http://designwisefilms.com/2010/02/i-blog-for-me-then-for-you-seeking-my-synopsis-for-the-bbc-2-minute-film-contest-my-world/ Ingenuity goes a long way toward compensating for lack of capital, an axiom Kenneth Cole proved back in the early 1980s when he launched his fledgling shoe store out of a borrowed truck parked along a fashionable Midtown Manhattan street. Gaining a parking permit required a clever ruse. Cole added ... http://designwisefilms.com/2010/01/bootstrapping-with-kenneth-cole-productions-inc-to-launch-%e2%80%9cthe-birth-of-a-shoe-company%e2%80%9d/ Working with Debra Hadraba is an effortless "task" thanks to her innate capacity to spontaneously animate her songs. She calls it "working from the heart." There has been much written about the heart-mind connection. Lots of it covers all of the negative emotions and their effect on health and well ... http://designwisefilms.com/2009/12/and-it-seems-like-yesterday-i-was-a-child-my-second-music-video-time-on-fire-with-debra-hadraba/