Is time travel really possible? Does hydrogen make a sound? Why is the universe expanding, and why is it accelerating? How does the sun actually work? Yeah… right away I knew this is my kind of series—intellectually stimulating and yet accessible and concise. One Minute Physics is one of its names, though officially known on YouTube as just Minute Physics, it quickly illustrates findings at the forefront of academic physics in a curt, breezy one-minute-plus format. The weekly series, which launched in June, comes from the hands of creator Henry Reich, a producer with an unlikely mix of Physics scholar and production veteran. And the two fields aren’t just casual interests, Reich earned two degrees in Physics, one at Grinnell College and then a Masters at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics before leaving Canada and heading to Los Angeles to go after an Mfa in Film Production at USC.
- 10/14/2011
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
It’s not easy to pull off Guy Ritchie’s signature high energy smash-action British gangster flicks—Snatch, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels—with most attempts feeling flimsy in their imitations. Andy and Chaz Bugger Off to America makes a noble effort on limited resources. The five-episode indie web series is certainly absurd fun, flirting with chaotic in its comedic story of two British gangsters on the run in Los Angeles trying half-wittingly to crack into the film business. The series has its drawbacks, and its modest production value gets in the way at times—like the awkwardly blurred-out logos of dumpster brands and motel signs. The thought that kept interrupting my viewing: why not just choose shots without logos? I was about to write this series off, when we had the chance to meet up with creators Darren Darnborough (“Chaz”), Craig Robert Young (“Andy”) and director Richard Keith.
- 8/3/2011
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
Andy Landen hasn’t even graduated film school yet, but already has an impressive string of web series under his belt—Do Whatever, a branded comedy series for Subway that racked up around 500,000 views on My Damn Channel, and his most recent, After School Club, an indie dark comedy. That’s not to mention the string of videos and even a feature film, Carried in the Whale, that he has collaborated on. Landen embodies the latest iteration of film school grads, a generation native to the internet, whose laboratory is an endless jungle of upvotes, likes and comment threads. The Ontario, Canada native—yes, Canadians do seem to be all over online video—picked up the filmmaking bug while making videos of his younger brother skateboarding. This even led to a documentary film on skate culture, Amateur, that made waves on the festival circuit scoring awards along the way. With...
- 4/22/2011
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
Let’s face it, University of Southern California (USC) film Cinematic Arts school kids have it pretty well. Just getting in to what is arguably the most competitive graduate film program is a badge of respect in an industry littered with standouts amongst its alumni. George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis, Ron Howard, not to mention The Lxd director Jon M. Chu. Now the famed feeder school for Hollywood the fast track is turning its students on to the digital side with a little help from Subway. It's a first for both school and brand here, the former looking to prepare its latest breed of filmmakers for actually making a career in the emergent medium of web originals and the latter looking to polish its ‘fresh’ image amongst the film crowd. (Something other brands like Stella Artois and Audi have done in spades.) A few months back, Subway approached USC, with some help from La-based Content & Co.
- 3/16/2011
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
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