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From the French Quarter to outer space: The intergalactic emotional intelligence of Clay Achee’s ‘Ziggy’s Arts Adventure’ on LPB
Ziggy’s Arts Adventure by Clay Achee, a Baton Rouge native, is an educational series for K-5 on LPB that teaches the integral “soft” concepts of art education, social skills, and emotional intelligence.
Linklater’s ‘Hitman’ with Glen Powell as the ‘quiet murderer minding his business’ begins filming in New Orleans on October 4th
Richard Linklater’s Hitman starring Glen Powell as undercover hitman, begins production on October 4th in New Orleans, and will wrap on November 16th.
The Baton Rouge Jewish Film Festival screening lineup: Now available for overly enthused browsing
Continuing the theme of upcoming Louisiana film festivals, the Baton Rouge Jewish Film Festival is ramping up activity to prepare for its 17th annual festival from January 11th to 15th, 2023.
Cinema on the Bayou’s cajun-infused deadline for Louisiana filmmaker submissions is September 23rd
Cinema on the Bayou will have its 18th annual film festival from January 26th to February 2nd in Lafayette, LA. The festival is an international celebration of original voices from around the world, but especially gravitates towards French Louisiana’s cajun and creole cultures and screens an impressive number of French-language films.
Early bird discounts available for the New Orleans Film Festival until August 31st
New Orleans Film Festival will run from November 3rd through the 8th in various venues across New Orleans. NOFF is offering $50 discounts, and another $50 for the New Orleans Film Society members.
The marsh atmosphere in ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ and the editing and VFX relationship that helped shape it
When you cut through the external buzz of ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’, what you have is an adventure mystery built on the foundation of an atmosphere. The marsh – the buzz of cicadas and the sun that drips down through the cypress trees – it’s a living piece of this story. The effects and the composition are paramount.
We talked to editor Alan E. Bell and VFX Supervisor Kolby Kember of ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ about how they helped build the atmosphere of Crawdads with their editing and visual effects expertise.