Paul Bamborough & Codex
Paul Bamborough & Codex: The Man Who Developed Lightworks Brings Us The iPod Of Professional Video Capture by Neal Romanek (as printed in TVBEurope, Europe's television technology business magazine) I…
Mike Carey on Comics Writing and Beyond
I had the privilege of interviewing Mike Carey, writer of "X-Men" and the "Sandman" spin-off "Lucifer", as well as creator of the Felix Castor series of horror/detective novels by Orbit…
What’s It Like Being A Screenwriter?
Being a SCREENWRITER is like ...being an architect who draws up blueprints for elaborate and complex buildings and then goes door-to-door trying to sell them.training intensely week after week, year…
Planet Earth: Old Planet, New Tech
"Old Planet, New Tech"by Neal Romanek(as printed in Videography, April 2007)When you watch BBC-produced "Planet Earth" - an 11-part wildlife series making its US premiere March 25 on Discovery -…
Vonnegut
So that was Kurt Vonnegut. All done.I'm glad we got him. He was good.My wife wrote a paper on Kurt Vonnegut when she was at Boston College. The faculty resisted…
Your LOTR Guide
What with so many of Peter Jackson's "The Lord Of The Rings" movies flying around like drunken nazgul on a night out, it's easy to become bewildered and to lose…
Comic-Con 2007 – Souvenir Book Submissions
The submission guidelines for the Comic-Con 2007's Souvenir Book are posted. You have only two weeks left to get your illustrations, articles, tributes submitted.Last year, Comic-Con - and it's Souvenir…
Camera Testing
HD camera shoot out on Shepperton's Stage E - with free beer and sausage rolls.
Shepperton Sheep
Went down to Shepperton Studios this past weekend for an HD camera comparison test. Very geeky and very cool.A dozen cameras on Shepperton's Stage E were lined up with helpful…
Gordy Hoffman & BlueCat Screenplay Competition
Last week, I talked with Gordy Hoffman, writer-director and founder of the BlueCat Screenwriting Competition. The deadline for this year's BlueCat is March 1, 2007. Grand Prize is $10,000, five…