Directorama #24

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Directorama #23

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Directorama #22

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Directorama #21

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Directorama #20

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Directorama special in Smallformat magazine

I’m proud to officially announce that Directorama will be serialized in Smallformat, the bi-monthly magazine for fans of 8mm and 16mm film around the globe. Issue 1/2008 features a six-page special with the first 8 episodes of Directorama (the complete introductory story arc!) plus two pages of interview with yours truly, along with a couple of Negative Space cartoons.

Best of all, it has a brand new cartoon on the cover!

I haven’t received the issue myself at this point, but I’m expecting to within the coming two weeks. To order yourself a copy, simply go to www.smallformat.de, click on “subscription” and choose to buy just one issue, mentioning “issue 1/2008,” for the price of Euro/US-$ 10,-.

Aimed at amateurs as well as professionals, Smallformat presents new products, tips for better filming, tests, labs, film material, the history of camera brands, and a collector’s marketplace. Editor-in-chief Juergen Lossau is also planning a German version of Directorama to be serialized in Smallformat’s sister publication Schmalfilm, which has been around for a whopping 60 years! Super toll!

Directorama #19

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Directorama #18

Finally!

I needed some time off to recharge my batteries (and to do a cover for Smallformat magazine–more on that later), but Directorama’s back with a vengeance! We’re starting off with a 3-episode story arc exploring the sexual component of afterlife. Hope that’ll warm you up!

This is also the first 100% digital Directorama. No paper, pencils, erasers, fineliners, printers or scanners were used; just my Mac and a Cintiq 12WX screen tablet. It’s a pretty drastic change, but I hope none of you can tell by how it looks.

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The Directorama store!

You really can’t watch the Oscars without it: The Directorama mug!

No, I’m not kidding…

Good news for those of you who’ve always yearned for a Directorama calendar, T-shirt, mousepad, trucker hat, BBQ apron or sexy spaghetti tank top. Visit the brand new Cafe Press Directorama store and knock yourself out!

Directorama #17

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Directorama #16

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Directorama #15

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Directorama #14

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Directorama and Negative Space go global!

About a week ago, Online Film Critics Society member Pablo Villaça dropped me an email. Pablo is the editor of one of the main Brazilian websites about cinema and, apparently, a big fan of both Directorama and Negative Space. He asked me if I’d be interested in letting him translate my comics and publish them on Cinema em Cena. Needless to say, I was!

So there it is: From next week on, Bergman, Antonioni, Hitchcock, Kubrick, Welles & co will be battling it out in Portuguese on Tuesdays. Every Thursday, it’s Espaço Negativo time! The first episode of the latter series is already up and can be found right here.

And the Socutera-Prize goes to…

One of my films has won the Socutera Prize 2007. I’m talking about a public announcement that some of you may remember from an old Screening Room entry. The jury praised the film’s subtlety, the music, the acting and its clever construction. Needless to say, I feel pretty honored.

Interestingly enough, we’ve won the prize for the rarely seen extended version. The film was originally conceived as a 25-second commercial, but when the opportunity arised for the Dutch Brain Foundation to fill a dedicated timeslot on national television, their agency asked my production company if we could take a look at the rushes and figure out a way to stretch the film to a whopping 95 seconds! With the help of a few carefully chosen titles, loooong fades to black and music by John Williams, we pulled it off.

The extended film can be viewed right here on the Socutera website. For behind-the-scenes information and the 25-second version, check this post.