by Joey Daoud | Jun 19, 2011 | Cameras
The Great Camera Shootout 2011: SCCE ~ Episode One | Zacuto USA. Last year Zacuto did the very informative 2010 shootout between DSLRs. They’re back again with an enormous production comparing 11 cinema cameras, cameras (and film stocks) that could be used to...
by Joey Daoud | Jun 7, 2011 | Projects, Tips, Video Apps
It’s always been a dream of mine to have a wall covered in seamless dry erase board (yeah, I have weird dreams). But just imagine having such a large space to brainstorm, draw, write notes, etc. I wanted to have one for the edit suite of Bots High, and I had a...
by Joey Daoud | May 27, 2011 | Links
Tim, a master of many mediums—audio, film, video, photography—was not interested in being labeled. He was neither a filmmaker nor a photographer. He was, as he often said, working at “transjournalism”—a term he used to describe his multidisciplinary approach. via...
by Joey Daoud | May 19, 2011 | Distribution
Checked out the Espresso book machine today at McNally Jackson books. It’s an on-demand printer that can print and bind a single copy of a book. They had some samples out and it was quite impressive – I couldn’t tell the difference in quality from...
by Joey Daoud | Mar 24, 2011 | Video Apps
In the recent Vanity Fair article on Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter and now running his new payment startup Square, he references a speech he gave at Square on design aesthetic using the Golden Gate Bridge as an example. That speech is now online on TechCrunch, and...
by Joey Daoud | Mar 20, 2011 | Bots High
A few weeks ago we finally got an official trailer up for Bots High. There had been one up for a while (well, first it was a teaser, then a trailer). The problem is it took way too long to get to the action. Here’s the old trailer: And below you can see the hot...
by Joey Daoud | Mar 17, 2011 | Coffee & Celluloid
A Brief History of Title Design from Ian Albinson on Vimeo. Very nice collection of movie title designs in chronological order. via Watch A Brief History of Movie Title Designs | /Film.
by Joey Daoud | Mar 9, 2011 | Distribution, Exhibition, Film Festival
Bots High was rejected from SXSW. Bots High is playing next Tuesday in Austin in a SXSW venue. This Friday it will also be represented at an official SXSW event. This took about two emails and ten minutes to make happen. And it’s free. Here’s how. Bots...
by Joey Daoud | Mar 6, 2011 | Coffee & Celluloid, Documentary, Exhibition, Projects
This Tuesday I’ll be getting on a bus of about 30 entrepreneurs for a road trip from Miami to SXSWi in Austin, TX. During this trip these entrepreneurs will be working in teams to launch a company, in time to pitch at the conference. It’s the Miami...
by Joey Daoud | Feb 24, 2011 | Distribution, Documentary, Marketing
Damn, it’s been long since my last post. Too long. It’s not from forgetting – I have dry erase boards and notecards full of blog posts ideas. And Andrew and I have had countless conversations that end with, “This should be a Coffee and...
