Archive for July, 2008
Fair Use in Fiction Film
Quick note: none of the following is legal counsel, but rather an attempt to get my head around and share new information. Always consult a lawyer when dealing with these situations….
Over the past few weeks, producer Steve Beal and I have been getting a crash course in copyright law. Like many truly [...]
Work In Progress Screening, THE MOUNTAIN THIEF, July 17 at 7PM@ G. Village (2008 Narrative Labs)
Hi to all, My name is Gerry Balasta, the Writer/Director/Producer for the narrative film THE MOUNTAIN THIEF. The 2008 IFP Narrative Labs had encouraged and nurtured my film and myself in ways that I could not even express. I was literally just a few days away from shelving the project, after working on it for [...]
highly useful article - “The Nines” Post Mortem, by John August
Hello all . . . . perhaps some of you have seen this article already, but for those who haven’t it’s well worth a look. Apologies for the tangential post - more on what’s happening with our film soon . . . .
http://johnaugust.com/archives/2008/nines-post-mortem
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Notes from Okinawa and our preview screening at Ryukyu University
Our first night in Okinawa, our producer Koide picks us up with his schoolmate Higa. Higa’s ancestors were pirates who fled the mainland centuries ago and settled in Okinawa.Koide takes us to the Sakurazaka theatre, a new three-screen art house in downtown Naha that Koide thinks would be a good premiere venue for the [...]
