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11/10/2023

Louisiana filmmakers will have the chance to absorb wisdom on the nuances of Louisiana’s film incentives and eat great barbecue at the same time at the next joint meeting of the Screenwriters Down South and the Baton Rouge Film Meetup on November 15th.

Chris Stelly will discuss Louisiana’s film incentives in 2023 and how filmmakers, post-production professionals, and digital media creators can benefit from them. Chris is the Executive Group Director of Entertainment & Digital Media at Louisiana Economic Development, the Louisiana department responsible for implementing the tax incentives that sustain and cultivate the state’s film, post-production, and digital media industries year after year.

Read more and RSVP via link below.

Screenwriters Down South will gather on November 15th at the event hosted by Nick Savides and Joe Vuci. Guest speaking will be Chris Stelly with a free masterclass about Louisiana’s film incentives in 2023 and how filmmakers, post-production professionals, and digital media creators can benefit fr...

09/22/2023

It’s late September, the breeze stirs outside and a crisp melancholy drifts through that wasn’t previously felt a few weeks ago. The shutters stir and then the wind chimes ti**le out their creepy notes. Is it time for a movie that will make you sweat for 90 minutes like you just ate a brick of ham? Heck yeah.

New Orleans-filmed No One Will Save You premiered on September 22nd in the U.S. on Hulu and is available for streaming outside the U.S. on Disney+. Read about the throwback alien vibes and action-driven terror to get your Halloween season started.

New Orleans-filmed No One Will Save You premiered on September 22nd in the U.S. on Hulu and is available for streaming outside the U.S. on Disney+. Read about the throwback alien vibes and action-driven terror to get your Halloween season started.

09/15/2023

The temperatures have cooled. I wrap my neck in a nice knitted boa, the color of fall foliage. My fall latte is steaming. It’s dusk in September, time for quaint festivals and–

Somebody knocks.

I swing open the door with my latte and a person dressed in a Scream costume wields a rubber butcher knife.

“Blahhhh!” they screech.

I stand, unamused. They slap the latte out of my hands.

“No time for quaint fall slumbers!” they yell. “Gotta get your short film into NOVAC for “Swamp Screams” by September 29th!”

They scamper out into the yard and hunch down behind the hydrangea bush. A Scream mask head pops up over and ducks back down.

“I still see you!”

I leave my coffee lying on the porch. He’s right. This is no time for apple cider and flea markets.

It’s scream season, and there are horror films to be made.

NOVAC is calling–okay, screaming for–Louisiana horror filmmakers to submit short films by September 29th. Read on to find out how.

NOVAC will hold its CRESCENT CINEMA night of “Swamp Screams” on October 26th at Gallier Hall in New Orleans, and invites its Louisiana horror filmmakers to submit narrative and documentary short films by September 29th.

09/13/2023

The stampeding hooves of buffalo in Dances with Wolves. The guttural rumble of the T-rex in Jurassic Park. How about the sound of the surf and wind in Cast Away?

These films captivated audiences with their scores, their stories, and their terror. Tying all of this action and sound together for maximum impact was a team of master sound recordists.

Louisiana now exists as one of the big four film-producing states, behind Georgia but ahead of cinematic meccas like California and New York. Yeah, the strikes have choked out the workforce the same way Adam Sandler throttled that golf caddy in Happy Gilmore, but work will return, and it’s vital that our industry’s artists are visible and accessible.

As part of wellfixitinpost.com Louisiana post-production worker series, here is a directory of everything you need to know about Louisiana sound mixers.

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Louisiana now exists as one of the big four film-producing states, and as part of our Louisiana post-production worker series, here is a directory of everything you need to know about Louisiana sound mixers.

09/08/2023

There’s that scene - right up there as an iconic cinematic moment with scenes from The Godfather and Citizen Kane - in Space Jam, 1996, where it’s the night of the big game between the Looney Tunes and the Monstars. Cars of creatures wait in line. The city is aglow with anticipation, and Pump Up The Jam introduces the locker room of the Tune Squad.

This is how I imagine the city of New Orleans will look right around the evening of November 2nd. Street vendors saunter through the stalled headlights of animated crowds of Louisiana filmmakers lined up outside Second Line Stages and the Prytania Uptown Theatre as they anticipate the opening night of the 2023 New Orleans Film Fest. All of this commotion, of course, occurs against the backdrop of Pump Up The Jam.

It might not roll out quite so ostentatious, but the baseline is this: filmmakers and movie lovers alike can start to plan for the 34th annual New Orleans Film Festival.

Read on for a preview of films from each of the six categories that will screen from November 2nd to 7th at one of the biggest annual Oscar-qualifying festivals for Louisiana and Southern filmmakers.

The New Orleans Film Society has released the lineup of the 2023 New Orleans Film Festival, with the in-person festival scheduled for November 2nd through November 7th, while virtual screenings will run through November 12th.

09/07/2023

A giddy contestant hops up and down in front of a studio audience, sweating profusely, as they spin a giant colorful wheel that is an amalgam of Wheel of Fortune and The Price is Right. The wheel clicks to a stop and the spray-tanned host reads a placard:

“You’ve won a…an Epic MegaGrant to complete your CG short film in Unreal Engine 5?”

The audience boos and the host frowns. Only the contestant remains giddy. They run onstage and fist pump.

“Oh, my gosh. I cannot wait to create lush textured landscapes in stunning real-time virtual production. Thank you.”

The host mutters to an assistant, “What am I missing? They could’ve won a nice, new toaster.”

ICVR, a digital game development and virtual production studio out of Los Angeles, didn’t have to spin any wheels. What possibly happened when they learned they had acquired an Epic MegaGrant for their animated short film, Lightfall, is that they felt relief and gratitude.

Read more to find out about ‘Lightfall’ and the latest studios to be awarded an Epic MegaGrant for their projects in Unreal Engine.

ICVR, a digital game development and virtual production studio out of Los Angeles, didn’t have to spin any wheels. No stale basic cable audience booed them and what possibly happened when they learned they had acquired an Epic MegaGrant for their animated short film, Lightfall, is that they felt r...

09/01/2023

The American West is very much alive, but it may not look like white ranchers sipping whiskey in saloons. In Southwestern Louisiana and East Texas, weekend horseback riders carry the tradition of 18th-century Black cowboys, and it is this pocket of living Creole tradition that Director Drake LeBlanc explored in his -winning documentary short film Footwork.

The CreateLouisiana annual grant, technically known as the French Culture Film Grant, began in 2015 as a showcase for French and Francophone culture, with a $25,000 cash prize awarded to a film in either Documentary or Narrative Short format.

Read more to learn about LeBlanc’s film and the pocket of rich Creole trail-riding tradition that thrives on in the original American West of Southwestern Louisiana.

In Southwestern Louisiana and East Texas, weekend horseback riders carry the tradition of 18th-century Black cowboys, and it is this pocket of living Creole tradition that Director Drake LeBlanc explored in his -winning documentary short film Footwork.

08/31/2023

The Studio Arts post-secondary fine arts school in Los Angeles is offering valuable skills – possibly for free – for VFX artists seeking work.

Studio Arts LA offers up to 240 hours of funded training for those eligible, and this education comes in the form of 120- and 240-hour intensive learning courses through the Studio Arts Skills Mastery Programs.

The Studio Arts post-secondary fine arts school in Los Angeles is offering valuable skills - possibly for free - for VFX artists seeking work. Learn how to get up to 240 hours of funded training by Studio Arts LA.

08/26/2023

Will Ferrell is in his Buddy the Elf costume and he stands atop a Wakanda hilltop with a spear. In the backdrop, oil-chested Jeff Goldblum braces himself next to a screaming Laura Dern as they escape a T-rex in a Jeep. Nonchalantly in the middle of this mayhem, Daniel Kaluuya gets hypnotized in an armchair by Catherine Keener as she stirs her tea.

Unfortunately, this piece of chaos cinema hasn’t been practically realized yet. But take each film individually, and you’ve got four movies with pretty kick-butt scores. The only thing that could possibly amplify this experience - besides a bucket of cholesterol disguised as popcorn - would be the power of a live orchestral score.

Over the next six months, New Orleans moviegoers can experience exactly that.

The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra will perform live to Get Out, Jurassic Park, Elf, and Black Panther at theaters around New Orleans as part of its 2023-2024 concert season. Read more to find out about the dates and venues where you can experience the passion of a live orchestral performance.

The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra will perform live to Get Out, Jurassic Park, Elf, and Black Panther at well-known theaters around New Orleans as part of its 2023-2024 concert season.

08/23/2023

The galactic cities are rejoicing. People dance in the streets, fireworks explode, Cruisers do fly-bys. The Ewok folk are hopping and chattering and somersaulting around bonfires. I’m in the background playing the bongos on a row of Stormtrooper helmets. The sky is lit u–

“Sir. Sir!”

I come out of the daze. I’m in line at the Great Hall in the New Orleans Convention Center.

“Sir, here is your three-day pass. Do you have any questions?

I gaze around the convention hall. A murmur of excited conversation is traveling the room. Interactive displays glitter with cosmic color palettes. There are no Ewoks.

“Dude.” A guy behind me taps me on the shoulder. “You can’t bring a real spear in here. This isn’t Comic-Con.”

“Oh yeah?” I’m indignant. I gaze around at the exhibits, the screens, the gamers. “Then what is this?”

It’s Unreal Fest 2023, and registration is now open.

Read more to find out about what’s going on at the 2023 Unreal Fest, to be held in New Orleans between October 3rd and 5th (Please do not carry an Ewok spear to the event).

Epic’s annual Unreal Fest returns to New Orleans from October 3rd to 5th with a packed lineup of educational sessions, VR exploration, and networking opportunities. It’s Unreal Fest 2023, and registration is now open.