source What are the Duties of an Assisant Director? Joe Njiki asks: There is this unending contoversy about the role of an assistant director and what is supposed to be his job. Some people in the industry have gone as far as creating things such as “Artistic director” simply because nobody wants to an “assistant”  [ Read More ]

I found this article on Variety.com and think it’s really interesting. Source   Location shoots: Rewarding, but risky Shooting goes smoothly for ‘Hereafter’ By PETER CARANICAS peter.caranicas@variety.com Shooting a major feature around the world is something like mounting a military campaign, with location managers coordinating the action on several fronts. Clint Eastwood’s “Hereafter” centers on  [ Read More ]

Experience the studio time of New Moon

David Raether worked on famous sitcom “Roseanne” from 1992 to 1996. He occupied several production levels, working as part of the screenwriters’ team, as a producer, story editor and executive story editor. In this exclusive interview, he talks to us about his writing experience and shares with us the process of writing for a sitcom.

source Summit Entertainment‘s newest film, Push — starring Dakota Fanning — may have been the main event at its premiere last night in Los Angeles. But the studio still trotted out several Twilight actors to walk the red carpet, and the upcoming sequel New Moon was definitely on everyone’s mind — including whether Fanning would  [ Read More ]

source page1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page1 Question: Why would you say is the reason for the incredible popularity of the series that you started? What do you think the essence of why so many twelve and fourteen year old girls cannot live without reading every one of these books? Stephenie Meyer: I  [ Read More ]

Source Stephenie Meyer: This is me with the humans who don’t get enough love and director Catherine Hardwicke in the “Forks” high school cafeteria. I got to watch the filming of several key lunch scenes, and see how amazingly well the actors were portraying those human characters. Watching them be Mike and Eric and Jessica  [ Read More ]

Source page 1 page 2 page 1 By now you must have seen it in the air or heard it in the wind — a preview, a poster, a blog, an Entertainment Weekly cover (or ten), hysterical girls, a Today Show appearance, and women, from their early teens to late thirties, flailing and wailing at  [ Read More ]

Source Q&A: Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger page 1 page 2 page 1 For years, Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger were unlikely friends. Friedman was the corporate insider who spent years at Warner Bros. before becoming vice chairman and COO of Paramount, then parted ways with the studio when Brad Grey took over in 2005.  [ Read More ]