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ALMT-WW: Wordplay, Watercooler, Women, World, or What?
March 10th, 2010On ALMT-Wordplay Wednesday I like to monkey around.
We’re undergoing some major online renovations over here at ALMT and I’d love to get your feedback with a possible new direction for the blog. As you know, I love games and puzzles. That’s the idea behind Wordplay Wednesdays. But recently I got a couple of ideas that perhaps could be more interesting to you guys. And if you have other suggestions, I’m all ears.
Options are below:
March 10th,2010 Blogging, Poll, Wordplay Wednesdays | Sections: Poll, Watercooler, Women, World | 1 CommentALMT-TT #9: Dirty Dancers
March 9th, 2010On ALMT-Trivia Tuesdays we give away stuff.
Every Tuesday we ask a Trivia question about ALMT. Answer below in the comments. The right answer wins the prize and a chance to win the bigger quarterly prize. The BONUS question will win you a separate chance to win the quarterly prize and the grand prize which will be the new iPad.
Yes, I just said iPad.
If you have previously won, please do not answer the main question.
PRIZE: AUTOGRAPHED Girl In The Red Dress 1st Edition EP,
with poster and lyrics.
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TRIVIA TUESDAY #9:
Who choreographed Dirty Step Upstage?BONUS:
What “So You Think You Can Dance” dancer appears in DSU?March 9th,2010 Blogging, Trivia Tuesdays | Sections: Dirty Step Upstage, DSU, GITRD, giveaway, iPad, prize, trivia | 5 CommentsALMT-MM: The Weary Kind wins Best Song at Oscars
March 8th, 2010On ALMT-Music Mondays I write about music.
Happy International Women’s Day everyone! I am in a joyous mood because we have our first female Best Director in the history of the Academy Awards. Being a female filmmaker, I am very hopeful that this can open doors for myself and others in my shoes.
Women have stories to tell; people want to listen.
Now that I got that out of my system, it being Music Monday let’s talk music. Everyone will be talking about Sandra Bullock and Kathryn Bigelow, but let’s revisit the Best Song of last night: The Weary Kind, Theme from Crazy Heart.
I thought it was strange that we didn’t get to hear the songs, what with the 10 film profiles taking their space. I would have loved to hear the competition. Music buffs out there, what are your thoughts?
March 8th,2010 Blogging, Music Mondays, Video | Sections: Academy Awards, Crazy Heart, female filmmaker, Kathryn Bigelow, Oscars, Sandra Bullock, The Weary Kind | No CommentsALMT-FS: 1 Second Film and International Women’s Day
March 7th, 2010ALMT-Funday Sundays is a diversion from the rest of the week.
Tomorrow is International Women’s Day, an international holiday celebrating women’s achievements. It also happened to be the nine year anniversary for the 1 Second Film, a non-profit that celebrates art and the collaborative process.
I first came across the 1 Second Film in 2005 and I loved its premise: there are 24 frames within one second of animation and each frame of their one second film is a giant painting that was created during an art party at CalArts. Here’s the video of their painting party:
Another thing that I loved was the ability to donate to the project in return for a producer’s credit. The idea is not a new one, but the way they executed it was very clever, along with the ability to easily outbids celebrities like Christina Ricci, John C. Reilly, Michael Cera, Steve Buscemi, Woody Harrelson, Michel Gondry, Coolio, John Cameron Mitchell, Charlie Kaufman, Pierce Brosnan, Kevin Bacon, Stephen Colbert, Spike Jonze… the list goes on and on.
One year from tomorrow is their proposed deadline for this one second film, complete with an hour of credits accompanying a making-of-documentary. They intend to have a big red carpet premiere to all contributors. So, with as little as $1 you can become a part of collaborative history. Or if you like, you can tell them I sent you!
The 1 Second Film has raised $314,357.45 with a goal of raising one million dollars/members, with all proceed going to the Global Fund For Women. So whether you are a lady or love the ladies (or maybe just your mom), you can help out a great cause by being part of this stellar community.
And as a big fan of 24, I will leave you with the trailer and this video of generous Keifer Sutherland:
March 7th,2010 Blogging, Funday Sundays, Video | Sections: 1 Second Film, CalArts, Charlie Kaufman, Christina Ricci, collaborative, Coolio, documentary, International Women's Day, John C. Reilly, John Cameron Mitchell, Keifer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon, Michael Cera, Michel Gondry, non-profit, Pierce Brosnan, Spike Jonze, Stephen Colbert, Steve Buscemi, Woody Harrelson | 1 CommentALMT-SS: Would you like to bring Catwoman back?
March 6th, 2010On ALMT-Social Saturdays I write about Social Networking.
Recently I’ve been getting a bunch of requests for another Catwoman fan film (check out Catwoman-Resolution for those who aren’t familiar), so I thought I would see how eager the fan community is for the next Catwoman installation from ALM Talkies.Check out the poll below for the various levels of interest and please shout out your thoughts if I didn’t include them. I’d love to do another Catwoman film and I need to see how involved you want to get.
You can also visit this poll on my PollsBoutique page, where you can leave comments.
March 6th,2010 Blogging, Catwoman, Social Saturdays | Sections: Catwoman, Catwoman: Resolution, comic, comic book, fan film, film, Poll, Polls Boutique | 7 Comments
