Biagio

Biagio married way out of his league when he bamboozled Joke into saying "I do." Together he and his wife produce television, film, a podcast, and anything else that requires no sleep and a touch of crazy. Find Biagio connecting with you on Twitter, putting out video on Youtube, liking what you do on Facebook, and trying to understand Google+.

Camera Mapping Gorgeous Motion Pictures from Still Photographs

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Awhile back we wrote a post about a technique called camera mapping, which is essentially taking a still photograph and “projecting” it onto 3d geometry to essentially fake motion picture footage. If that sounds a bit complicated, Nick over at Grey Scale Gorilla has a great post on camera mapping explaining how it all works … Read more

Follow Rian Johnson’s Lead to Jumpstart Your Filmmaking Career

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Rian Johnson sold LOOPER the same way we’ve sold all of our TV shows and pilots…using great tape to generate excitement.

Clip-O-Mania

If you haven’t seen it already, Rian released the “clip-o-matic” tape he put together to help generate interest in his latest box-office hit LOOPER starring Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon- Levitt.

Have a peek:

Talk about a super-cool behind the scenes look at the birth of a film.

A Tried and True Technique

Clip reels like these are created for every kind of project you can imagine, and the good ones really do open doors.

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Journey Through Fire

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Vijay Rajan
Vijay Rajan, director and producer of Journey Through Fire.

True documentarians tackle tough subject matter.

Vijay Rajan is doing just that in an intimate, cinematic, and heart-wrenching portrayal of a young woman named Elisabeth in his feature documentary Journey Through Fire.

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J.J. Abrams Loves New Indie Film Gear SnapFocus

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Couple weeks back we featured the new SnapFocus Follow Focus System, one of the coolest Kickstarter projects we’ve seen. You can now even see me in the latest video, testing it out, and it’s awesome. (And yes, I’ve bought one. I’m not trading quotes for gear, I love this thing.)

But don’t take my word for it. J.J. Abrams has taken notice of the campaign by Brandon David Cole, getting himself a SnapFocus and sharing the simple, clean statement “love the project.”

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The Wire: The Musical

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As huge fans of HBO’s The Wire, this may be the funniest video we’ve seen in years. Thank you to the cast for reprising their roles in a way sure to leave a huge smile on your face: (Streaming from Funny or Die) The Wire: The Musical with Michael Kenneth Williams from Michael Kenneth Williams

Featured Kickstarter Project: SnapFocus

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What magic is this wizard cooking up?

A young man teams up with his aging neighborhood machinist to create an almost magical piece of filmmaking gear — inspired by bicycle parts.

The sequel to Hugo?

No, the true story of Brandon David Cole (indie filmmaker, editor, giant dreamer) and his new invention, the SnapFocus Follow Focus System.

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Caged Epilogue

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The online epilogue to one of the best TV shows we’ll ever make, Caged on MTV. Caged: 3 months later: (loading from MTV – please give it a moment.) MTV Shows It’s been a journey. Read more here: Our MTV Caged Blog And if you like, follow us on our main twitter account, @jokeandbaigio or … Read more

Robin Williams Discusses Dying to do Letterman

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It’s always a bit scary when an Academy Award winner shows up to see your movie. Make that double scary when he’s one of the most famous comedians in the world and your movie is set in the world of comedy. Here’s what Robin Williams had to say about our film Dying to do Letterman:

Hannah McFarland

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Hannah McFarland

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She’s the heart and soul of our 3rd Caged episode, and her story continued in a major way during last week’s episode 4…

And yet I’ve never interviewed her, filmed with her or even had the pleasure of meeting her.

An Amazing Story

For anyone who hasn’t seen an episode of Caged (BTW, you can catch up on MTV.COM), Hannah’s life was tragically cut short 4 years ago and she was the girlfriend of cage fighter Daniel and sister of his best friend Dane, both of whom we follow on the show.

Hearing Hannah’s story and living with Daniel through the immense pressure leading up to his fight on the anniversary of her death, experiencing the electricity in the air that night of the fight, was one of the most amazing experiences in my life.

It is also the reason why I love unscripted story telling.

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