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Imagine editing as you do on your desktop from your phone or tablet, rendering and then sharing with anybody in the world with the click of a button. Twelve months ago cloud computing was a phrase tha[...]
24 Apr 2013
Vine is the new (released end of January) Twitter-owned social video service that allows you to make and share six-second clips. Think of Instagram for videos or Twitter video. I’ve had a wee play – a[...]
18 Feb 2013
In a recent article published in the McKinsey Quarterly outlining the top social media skills required of leaders today, I noted with interest video creation, as an example of content creation, took t[...]
14 Feb 2013
Popular Videos
Arboraceous, a four minute short film by 16 year old New Zealand student Natasha Bishop, has now been nominated for the prestigious Japan Wildlife Film Festival (JWFF), where it wi[...]
01 May 2013
Ivor’s life is turned upside down after a falling plant pot sparks a series of paranoid reactions. This popular short (everything is pretty much made of cardboard) has toured the f[...]
26 Apr 2013
Shortlisted for the 2010 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, this animated short is a hilarious background twist on the tale, told by Granny O’Grimm about the ‘other[...]
20 Apr 2013
Film and Video Tips
Windows Movie Maker 7 has a cheat on it where you can export footage at high quality broadcast-level bitrates - we'll show you how in this tutorial.[...]
04 Apr 2013
Video Showcase
‘A Kiwi Legend’ wins the Viewer’s choice award at Tropfest 2013. Change is afoot in New Zealand as No. 8 wire mentality meets creative forces. But all is not well[...]
28 Jan 2013
Feature Articles (Members Only)
In early November 2012, as part of the Show Me Shorts Film Festival, StarNow hosted the Short Film Seminar at the Capitol Cinema. Three filmmakers each screened one of their short [...]
17 Jan 2013
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Editor’s Blog
Vine is the new (released end of January) Twitter-owned social video service that allows you to make and share six-second clips. Think of Instagram for videos or Twitter video. I’v[...]
18 Feb 2013
Web TV
Repurposing content for social media – serialising an ebook into blog posts for example – is common practice. Now getting extra mileage out of your film – short,[...]
11 Apr 2013
Social Video
Video is a great addition to virtually any content mix. It’s highly engaging, a great way to humanise your brand, and can provide incredible value to your consumers, to list just a[...]
07 Mar 2013
Latest Film & Video News
Arboraceous, a four minute short film by 16 year old New Zealand student Natasha Bishop, has been nominated for the prestigious Japan Wildlife Film Festival (JWFF), where it will compete with 42 other films made by the likes of the BBC, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) and other international broadcasting giants. The film was made last year as an entry to The Outlook for Someday sustainability film challenge for young people, where it was chosen by the judges as The Body Shop Standout Winner. The nomination of Arboraceous is an outstanding achievement for Natasha, who created both the animation and the music in her film. She is the youngest film-maker to have a film n[...]
01 May 2013
- Te Whai Ao – New funding for emerging documentary makers
- Uni Shorts Student Film Festival Announces 2013 Finalists
- 48 Hours Furious Filmmaking is BACK!
- Film Challenge for Young NZers is Underway
- Short Film Steam Machines selected for BIFF
- Think New Zealand; Think The Lord of the Rings?
- Four NZ short films screening at SXSW
Film Festivals & Awards Ceremonies
The eighth annual Wairoa Maori Film Festival, this year once again screening at Kahungunu Marae, Nuhaka, is from Thursday May 30th to Monday June 3rd (four days over Queen’s [...]
29 Apr 2013
Film Production Updates
Shopping is the Internationally Awarded debut feature film from writer/directors Mark Albiston & Louis Sutherland. It’s New Zealand, 1981: muscle cars, racial tensions an[...]
11 Apr 2013
Screening Room
Call for Film Entries
The NZ Mountain Film Festival Charitable Trust is running it's annual Adventure Film Editing Competition. The NZ Mountain Film Festival started a new competition in 2011 and we are[...]
21 May 2013
Film Workshops and Conferences
Inspiring Stories is running epic workshops that give young people skills and confidence in storytelling and filmmaking for change.
For the third year in a row, they’re hitting t[...]
15 May 2013
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Film Award Announcements
New Zealand director Monica De Alwis has stamped her mark in New Zealand’s documentary scene as her feature debut, Pretty Brutal, swept the Documentary Edge Awards on April 18th &#[...]
19 Apr 2013
