Final Cut Pro X $299. Ships in June.

Holy Cow. $299 for Final Cut Pro X. Downloads directly to your computer. Available in June. Apple is making a huge statement: we want to rule the editing universe. If you’ve been around this blog, you know that we have some pretty heavy-duty uses for Final Cut Pro. I edited Dying to do Letterman on … Read more

Final Cut Pro 7 Released

Update: This is the OLD version of Final Cut Pro. You want this post on FINAL CUT PRO X. Been waiting four years for a real upgrade to Final Cut Pro. Anxious to see if it lives up to the hype. What do you think? Check out the new features and let us know. [ad#Square]

Featured Kickstarter Project: How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song

Independent writer/director Gary King seems like one of nicest, most daring filmmakers we’ve never met–though we hope to change that someday. He’s currently raising funds to finish, of all things, a MOVIE MUSICAL called How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song. Now, full disclosure…we’re not really fans of musicals, though we can respect the … Read more

Dying to do Letterman Press and Teacher Love

Nice little article from the blog of one of the big A.M. stations in Cleveland. I wanted to post a link to it here because it speaks to something I’m very passionate about…teachers. And not all teachers…let’s face it, we’ve all had some pretty awful teachers along the way. But the good ones…the ones who … Read more

POV Video: Winning A Big Festival Prize

I’m proud to say that Dying to do Letterman won a top prize at The Cleveland Film International Film Festival. The final prize of the night, the Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Film Competition, which includes a $5,000 prize, went to us. I was rolling on my flip cam, but then so completely lost in … Read more

Steve and Biagio Delirious in Cleveland Video

Little sleep, too much caffeine, and no Joke to reel us in? Sounds like trouble! Check out me and Steve doing our best to talk Dying to do Letterman at the Cleveland International Film Festival:

Biagio Becomes a Walking Billboard

In a pinch, a good newspaper review and tape make a handy ad for your movie. Here at the Cleveland International Film Festival, we received such a great review in The Cleveland Plain Dealer that I’ve made myself into a walking billboard. Seems to be working. And if you missed it, we got to go … Read more

Joke and Biagio on Cleveland Local News

So cool…were interviewd by Cleveland legend Robin Swoboda on the local NBC nightly news, discussing our film Dying to do Letterman and its screenings at the Cleveland International Film Festial. Shot this on our flip cam off the hotel television as it aired.

Cleveland Rocks

We’re at the Cleveland International Film Festival! And this fest has some incredible people working at it. Lara Klaber, lead blogger for CIFF, was kind enough to get up an initial post about our movie. You can read it here. Our “street team” (Steve, Biagio, Biagio’s dad, and Biagio’s nephew Anthony) are passing out buttons … Read more