November 27, 2009 1:20 am
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The earliest surviving copyrighted motion picture, the Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze is a short film made by W. K. L. Dickson in January 1894 for advertising purposes. Often referred to as “Fred Ott’s Sneeze,” this is is one of the world’s earliest motion pictures and America’s best known early film production. The star is Fred Ott, an Edison employee known to his fellow workers in the laboratory for his comic sneezing and other gags. This item was received in the Library of Congress on January 9, 1894, as a copyright deposit from Dickson.Two other Edison experimental films on the Library’s YouTube site – DICKSON GREETING (May 1891) and NEWARK ATHLETE (May or June 1891), predate The Sneeze. The Sneeze was submitted for copyright as 45 frames from the motion picture printed as positive prints on paper rather than as a reel of film. The prints were mounted on cardboard and submitted to the Copyright Office in this form. The video of the Sneeze on loc.gov and YouTube was later rephotographed and turned into a moving image from these mounted frames.SUMMARYFilm made for publicity purposes, as a series of still photographs to accompany an article in Harper’s weekly.OTHER TITLESSneeze Fred Ott’s sneeze CREATED/PUBLISHEDUnited States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1894.NOTESCopyright: W. K. L. Dickson; 9Jan1894; 2887. Performer: Fred Ott. Camera, William Heise. Filmed ca. January 2-7, 1894, in Edison’s Black Maria studio. SUBJECTSSneezing.Publicity.Motion picture industry–Public relations–United States.ActualityRELATED NAMESDickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie), 1860-1935, production.Ott, Frederic P., performer.Heise, William, camera.Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress) Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) DIGITAL ID edmp.0026A http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.0026A
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The National Film Board of Canada, in association with the Cannes Short Film Corner and partner YouTube, welcomes you to this NFB competition, now in its fifth year.Its your turn to choose. Internet votes will decide the best film, and the winner will be announced at Cannes on May 21. The prize: an HD MINI-DV camera and a mobile studio including laptop and editing suite.Director: Jordan CanningRunning Time: 9’01Country: CanadaCategory : ComedyA Roald Dahl-like fable about an ill fated professional pianist who comes down with a unique affliction: he is losing the use of his fingers. His life spirals downward as, one by one, his digits stop functioning.Jordan Canning is a filmmaker living and working in St. Johns. Over the last four years she has directed eight short films and a number of music videos. In 2006 she was chosen for the Corus Young Filmmakers Initiative for her film, Here on In. Next she scaled back to create The House Series, a trilogy of shorts produced with no budget and each filmed in a different room of her home. Last year, Bedroom screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and was awarded Best Atlantic Short at the Atlantic Film Festival. Her most recent short, Countdown, is an NSI Drama Prize.
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February 15, 2009 1:55 am
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An abridged history of American-centric warfare, from WWII to present day, told through the foods of the countries in conflict.For a breakdown of the actual battles portrayed in the film, visit:http://www.touristpictures.com/foodfight/index.htmFor the official cheat sheet (breakdown of the foodstuffs), visit:http://www.touristpictures.com/foodfight/cheat.htmNow, to answer some FAQs…- The food in this film was consumed either by myself or my dog after shooting. None of the cast went to waste.- The software used was photoshop and after effects.- The film took me 3 months to do.- Although it seems like stop motion, most of it was stop motion created within After effects, using keyframe animation. I am basically moving the food around within the the program, frame by frame, which is the same as traditional stop motion, only it’s digital.
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