Around Space Television Show Interview July 2, 2008
Posted by stephenv2 in : the film , add a commentLast summer, I did an interview on “Around Space“, a public access show from the Washington, DC area. They were very interested in the film. This was around the time I was in difficult negotiations with investors from the YouTube exposure.
In my hotel room in Dulles, I started contemplating a budget scenario to do the film for 1/4 of the original budget and a couple of months later turned down the investors and went with current non-profit donation funded plan.
The show runs about 29 minutes and I can’t stand watching myself, so I’ve actually not seen the whole thing. Let me know if I say something stupid. The show is created by a group of volunteers and they’ve been doing it for years. Check their site here.
Outside In featured in the Big Movie Zone June 26, 2008
Posted by stephenv2 in : the film , add a commentSorry for the quiet here, but last weekend was the 48 Hour Film Project here in Greensboro and for the fifth year in a row I was stupid- er, brave enough to enter with my team Summer of Love again. I’m just starting to get my brain & body back together (and swearing yet again not to do it ever again).
If you are in the area, we are screening our in the 7pm block this Saturday night. Details and tickets here.
The 48 Hour is the complete opposite of Outside In - you have to write, shoot, edit and post a 4 to 7 minute movie in 48 hours. But despite that, stuff is continuing to happen. As result of the article in LF Examiner, the Big Movie Zone has listed the film. The Big Movie Zone is the place for all things IMAX and Giant Screen cinema and it’s a honor to be listed.
Will post more Outisde In news soon, but busy printing t-shirts for our screening…
“Outside In” to be featured in LF Examiner June 19, 2008
Posted by stephenv2 in : the film , add a commentSome very exciting news! LF Examiner, the independent journal of the Large Format industry, is publishing a nice article on “Outside In” for this month’s issue. LF Examiner is a subscriber-only print publication that covers the industry and is the bible of what’s happening in the giant screen world.
It’s a honor to be covered in it and is the first real introduction of “Outside In” to the industry. I’m a little nervous but mostly excited. Thanks again to the editor, James Hyder, for his support and interest.
Of course, the article won’t appear online, you have to subscribe to read it. But here’s a snippet from email update I just got that highlights the issue’s contents. It’s just fun to see what started as crazy little project back in 2004 now listed as an real IMAX film:
TOP STORIES, Summer 2008 (full details in the print edition)
First IMAX Digital Theaters to Open in July
The first six IMAX digital projectors are set to be installed in AMC multiplexes in Maryland, Virginia, and New Jersey in July and August.
Making a Giant-Screen Film in My Basement
Inspired by NASA images of Saturn, filmmaker Stephen Van Vuuren has been working on his own for four years to make a giant-screen film about the ringed planet.
Getting Lightfoot Song for “Mysteries of the Great Lakes”
Director David Lickley recounts the on-again, off-again process of getting permission to use “the” song about the Great Lakes.
The Insiders: Mary Jane Dodge
Dodge looks at the changes to the marketing of giant-screen films brought about by the World Wide Web.
Fantastic Set of Cassini Images June 8, 2008
Posted by stephenv2 in : the film , add a commentI’ve always loved B&W photography and Cassini happens to take some of the best. Boston.com has put up an amazing collection of some of the best in hour of Cassini’s 4 year mark at Saturn. Highly recommended.
See them here - one small sample below.
Saturn’s Secrets on National Geographic Channel June 3, 2008
Posted by stephenv2 in : the film , add a commentThe ever helpful James Hyder of LF Examiner gave me the heads up on a episode of “Naked Science” on the National Geographic Channel on Saturn. It’s called “Saturn’s Secrets” and next airs Thursday, June 6th at 6PM. I’ve not seen it nor do I have cable but going to find some that does and check it out.
If you see it, let me know what you think. It looks pretty interesting in the promo clip.