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Hosted By::
Stupid Teenagers Must Die!
When:
Tuesday Jun 26, 2007
at 7:30 PM
Where::
CineSpace
6356 Hollywood Blvd. 2nd Level
Hollywood, CA 90028
United States
Erie, Pa. - Independent and student filmmakers are invited to show up and throw up excerpts of your film and video work for review by professional filmmakers at this year’s Erie Summer Festival of the Arts.
This event provides a venue for independent and student filmmakers to screen samples of their work, discuss techniques and receive guidance from professionals.
Bring a copy on DVD or VHS tape for exhibit.
Featured presenters include the Erie area’s top independent filmmakers,
instructors and film festival executives such as former Disney animator and
Edinboro University cinema professor Mike Genz.
Independent filmmaker with a Cannes Film Festival credit, Mark Steensland of Penn State University will preview his new film “Dead@17.”
Filmmaker John Lyons will preview of his new independent feature titled “Schism.”
Steve Ospansic of the Great Lakes Film Festival and Greg Ropp of the Erie Horror Film Festival will present and answer questions regarding getting your work into circulation, distribution mechanisms and submitting to festivals.
This event will be held in the Admiral Room at Blasco Public Library at 11:00am in Erie, Pa.
Also plan to attend the free screening of the NextFrame touring exhibition of international student film and videos, featuring experimental, animation, narrative and documentary shorts to be held in the Admiral Room at Blasco Public Library at 11:00am.
Video rental magnate Blockbuster announced today that they would be carrying High Definition content exclusively on Blu-ray format in 1,450 of its stores. This is a serious development in the continuing battle between Blu-ray and HD DVD for the future of the High Definition format.
Blockbuster states that, in the 250 stores where both Blu-ray and HD DVD were available, consumers chose Blu-ray more often. They also feel that Blu-ray has more titles available than HD DVD. Matthew Smith, senior vice president of merchandising told the Associated Press that he feels most studios who are putting out High Definition content are using Blu-ray, with the exception of Universal, who is exclusively using HD DVD.
Ken Graffeo, co-president of the North American HD DVD Promotional Group struck back, stating that Blockbuster’s move is short sighted and affected by the release of higher profile movies early in the year like Casino Royale and Spider-Man.
Interestingly, despite its announcement, Blockbuster will not be completely exclusive to Blu-Ray. HD DVD will still be accessible in 250 of its stores (presumably the test market stores) and through their online service. Considering the promotion of the online service (being able to return movies to stores and get more titles there), it seems odd that they would allow HD DVD movies to be available online but not in stores.