I just got back from the SXSW Film Festival, where I was shooting interviews for Jesse Thorn on behalf of his radio show, The Sound of Young America, as well as Philips Cinema. This is the first of the short interviews we did for Philips. David Wilson is the director of a beautiful short documentary that showed at the festival called Big Birding Day.

I’m sure many of us remember the scene in the clip above from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and may even have been in a classroom or two just like this. Students are disengaged at school for a number of reasons – but my present concern is disengagement in the form of Senioritis.

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So I’m in LA for a few days and had a break in meetings to go visit my homie Jameel Saleem’s set for a horror film he’s co-directing called “Fear Not”. The house they are shooting in was indeed scary. I don’t think they could’ve paid me to go down in the basement, based on the footage I saw. This cat stays hustling, which is the reason he’s been a repeat guest on The Double Down Film Show. Check out more of his work HERE!

(VIA Jameel Saleem YouTube)

*** THE DOUBLE DOWN FILM SHOW — SEASON 3: EPISODE 6 ***
WEDNESDAY, March 17th @ 9pm EST

Listen in LIVE from your computer HERE or listen in from your phone @ 646-929-1956

On the next Double Down Film Show, this Wednesday, March 17 – 9pm we’ll be giving away straight knowledge with a special preview of some of the one-of-a-kind filmmaking seminars we will be offering at Indie Film Boot Camp on Sat. March 27th in New York City.

This will be a full-hour of excerpts from our most popular filmmaking seminars. (Most of this content has never been shared publicly outside of private paid seminars.) From the technical to the practical to the political, we learned it the hard way so you don’t have to.

· Should you move to N.Y. or L.A.?

· How does one strategically woo a potential investor?

· Why is it vital to set your personal “price” upfront?

· How can you quickly excel from an entry-level position?

We’ll answer all of these pressing questions and more to help you succeed in the real world of film and tv and avoid the most common mistakes. Only on the Double Down Film Show.

If you like what you hear, hurry to register now to get ALL of the info you need to jump-start your filmmaking journey at Indie Film Boot Camp on Sat. March 27th. It’s an entire day of practical real-world filmmaking advice for aspiring filmmakers on the rise. 6 Seminars. 3 Speakers, 8+ Hours.

Get ‘em while we got ‘em. Tickets are moving fast. (*PSSST! -Use this discount code to get 10% OFF: DNDLUV-327) REGISTER NOW!!!

INDIE FILM BOOTCAMP (Promo 4) from Double 7 on Vimeo.

You know what it’s all about…These tickets have been mooooving and Ant, Ben, and myself are finalizing the tweaks on our presentations. For more INFO and TO REGISTER click HERE now!

Comedian and joke-musician Reggie Watts has a new music video co-directed by a friend of mine, Duncan Skiles! It’s very excellent.

Shout out to the cast and crew for another great day of shooting. We got it in! Special thanks to Iva and Mike on the location. It was a northeast monsoon and they were gracious enough to let us do our little webisode business in their beautiful space. Peep cinematographer Leyla Rosario’s BLOG for more images!

(Via Capture Rapture)

I’m into Day 3 at SXSW 2010 (aka South by Southwest) and I’m a little bit of everything. Excited, motivated, tired, but most of all, I’ve seen some great films…

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All true. MUST SEE.

Dope. Kind of. Right? Inspired by TRON.

(VIA GIZMODO)