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  • Adrian’s Perspective

    One of my students, Adrian Esposito, was recently featured on Rochester’s Channel 13 News. Reporter Jane Flasch spoke with Adrian as part of a series of stories on Autism. Adrian is open about discussing his Asperger Syndrome and how it affects his filmmaking interests. As his instructor at the Animation Workshop for the last several […]

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  • Rochester Filmmaking gets some Press

    This week’s City Newspaper has a good overview of the local film community, written by Susie Hume. Susie is the reporter who spoke with me last year for the Rochester Insider. This time, she took on the entire film scene and talked to tons of people. John Vincent and Matt Ehlers get some facetime, as […]

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  • A Plethora of Podcasts

    It’s time for an update on what I’ve been listening to. I started using Mypodder when I got bored with Itunes, but then I overloaded Mypodder. Now I’ve divided my feeds between the two aggregators, with Mypodder for my favorites and Itunes for video downloads and audio ones that update infrequently. Aside from using Mypodder […]

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  • Rochester Film Links

    Here’s a collection of film related links for the Rochester, NY area. I’ll be updating this periodically.

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  • The Other Gods on AWNtv

    The AWN’s media website has changed its name to Animation World Network Televeision, or AWNtv for short. H.P. Lovecraft’s The Other Gods, which previously had a home in the “demented” area of the media site, has a new address at http://www.awntv.com/videos/the-other-gods There’s plenty of other great independent animation at AWNtv.com, so head on over and […]

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  • A horrifying day in Buffalo

    March 27th was Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Day at the Buffalo Niagara Film Festival. John Vincent and I took a break from our busy lives in Rochester to check it out. First off, I knew the venue was a killer one. I had been to the Riviera Theatre in North Tonawanda for a rock […]

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  • The MDM Podcast hits iTunes

    We’re legit! Not only do we have 4 audio episodes and 2 video supplementals under our belt, but The MAD DOG MOVIES Podcast now has a listing on iTunes. To subscribe (for free!) through the shiny Apple interface, click HERE. Our latest episodes address music rights, getting started in the business, the basics of special […]

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  • Amazing Box Office Receipts Graph

    Over at the NY Times website, there’s an incredible demonstration of box office trends. It’s an interactive flash graph of every(?) movie from 1986 through 2007. Rollover the peaks and valleys to see how much cash each movie made. If you move the slider at the bottom, you can go back all the way to […]

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  • Rock the Sansa

    I’ve been using the 4 gig Sansa e260 from Sandisk for a couple months now, and color me satisfied. Pros: Long battery life (15-19 hours?) and easy to charge using USB I can read the titles and authors of podcasts now! No more renaming files to 6 digits or less. Compact and light Easy to […]

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  • The Launch of the Mad Dog Movies Podcast

    After many months of John Vincent and I saying “We should do a podcast,” we finally got our act together, sat down, and recorded ourselves talking shop. The first episodes of The Mad Dog Movie Podcast are online at http://www.maddogmovies.com/podcast The goal is to offer a behind-the-scenes look at independent filmmaking. We’ll talk about issues […]

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