Archive for the Filmmaking 101 Category
Vidly Test #vidly
Check out the above test from Vidly.com – a twitter enabled site that allows users to tweet HD quality video!
Peace,
Melissa
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Reel & Fundraising Updates
I’ve been reaching out to find work and to help fundraise for the different documentary projects I’m invovled in – please check out first contact email below:
I’m a filmmaker, who mostly focuses on editing. I have a strong webisode, narrative and documentary editing background and would be very interested in any freelance or full time [...]
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Fundraising Through Crowdsourcing
I am raising funds for my documentary, From 0 to 90, through a couple of crowdsourcing sites:
Kickstarter:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/multo/from-0-to-90-obamas-first-90-days-documentary
IndieGoGo:
http://www.indiegogo.com/From-0-To-90-Obama%27s-First-90-Days
This will be an interesting test of both sites and their ability to push donors to my project. I’d love to be able to pay my editor and pay for my time directing/writing. There’s the composing, the sound mix, [...]
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Updates!
Just finished a bunch of backed up work:
- Stephanie Courtney EPK
- Chocolatina iSi Webisode (oohYum.tv)
- bio reel for Emily of the Lifeline
- more shoots & edits on All The Ladies Say
- fun shoot with Chris in the cemetary
This summer has been hectic, with moving, paring my life down, prepping for the trip, editing and shooting. [...]
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ALL THE LADIES SAY Screening
“All The Ladies Say” Screening
B girls get down!
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Time: 4:00pm – 10:00pm
Location: Bronx Museum
Street: 1040 Grand Concourse
Phone: 7186816000
Web: www.bronxmuseum.org
The BronxMuseum will host Full Circle’s film screening/launch for [...]
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Day 90 – Obama Doc Needs YOU!
Hi:
I have been shooting for the last several months, covering President Obama’s
first 90 days in office, for my documentary “From 0 to 90″. This entire
documentary is groundbreaking for several reasons:
1. EVERY interview has been sourced through social networks – Facebook,
Twitter, Friendster, Myspace, Hipster, Tribe, Tribe Hollywood, Massify,
dating sites, Craigs List, etc.
2. We are not focusing [...]
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From 0 to 90 – A Barack Obama Joint
From 0 to 90 is the working title of an interactive documentary, produced by Melissa Ulto. With interviews in person and online, Ms. Ulto seeks to cover the first 90 days of Barack Obama’s presidency, both nationally and internationally.
From bail outs to Iraq, Obama has a hard road ahead as president. Will the problems he’s [...]
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Announcing Online.tv Studios!
Our Reception Area
For the past six months, I’ve been working on the creation and launch of Online.tv:
Online.tv is a complete digital video solution provider for the web video era. Online.tv combines the world’s largest network of online specialty HD video channels, online third party video super-distribution, advanced scalable technology solutions for video and [...]
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Mandatory Service WINS at Tribeca Film Festival!
I am thrilled to announce that a film I was Director of Photography for, “Mandatory Service”, received the award for BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival:
http://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/Mandatory_Service.html
About the film:
The cultural impact of the militarization of Israeli society has both challenged and stifled the cultivation of creativity in the country. Mandatory Service asks a [...]
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Mandatory Service at Tribeca Film Festival
Mandatory Service
(Mandatory Service)
In English, Hebrew, Arabic [...]
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Cinema Eye Awards 2008
Festival Founders rock out with their docs out!
I shot press stills and interviews for the Cinema Eye Awards – the first awards show totally for documentaries. Sponsored by IndiePix, the event was a raging success, and really inspired me as a documentary filmmaker. It had me fired up to keep going, and [...]
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Art & Apathy @ Tribeca Film Fest
The Art & Apathy Project was selected for inclusion in the next Tribeca Film Festival. Directed by Jessica Habie, this film addresses the militarized conditions artists struggle to create under in Israel and Palestine, and the complexities of occupations. I was one of the DPs for this project, and it was my [...]
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Obama Piece
I think it not improbable that man, like the grub that prepares a chamber for the winged thing it never has seen but is to be – that man may have cosmic destinies that he does not understand. And so beyond the vision of battling races and an impoverished earth, I catch a dreaming glimpse [...]
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Broadway.tv Up!
Broadway.tv is up and running! Please check out the features and reviews. The video production was done by Multo.com.
Peace,
Melissa
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The Art of Love & Struggle at The Pan African Arts & Film Festival
The Art of Love and Struggle will be screening at the Pan African Arts and Film Festival 02/11/2008 – 1:10pm, 02/13/2008 – 10:20pm, in Los Angeles, at the AMC Magic Johnson Crenshaw 15, 4020 Marlton Avenue.
Purchase tickets here!
Please do come out and support this fantastic film, which was a huge labor of love, celebrating these [...]
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Funny Video – One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other…
Check out the three most hilarious videos of the past month for me:
The Landlord – A MUST SEE!!!
Which one of these is not like the others? And why does that make it EVEN FUNNIER?!?!?!
Peace,
Melissa
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And So It Is…
Blower’s Daughter – Damien Rice
É Isso Ai – Ana Carolina E Seu Jorge
I love this song – so achingly loving, full of gorgeous longing. And yet in Portuguese, (such a lovely language), it sounds strong and passionate. Both version stir something in my soul – one sad and reaching, one alive and [...]
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The Art of Love & Struggle on Film Baby
Smokifantastic dancing away…
Great news! For those of you interested in purchasing the beautiful and moving documentary, The Art of Love & Struggle, you can now get it at Film Baby!
This was an absolute labor of love, between director Jessica Habie and I. We slaved into the wee hours to get this in the can and [...]
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The Might Humble Blueberry – Festival Circuit
Lizzie White looking down on the good work…
Great news! Updates on the progress of MHB on the festival circuit! MHB was accepted to the Independents Film Festival and the Gloria Film Festival this past fall. Nancy O’Mallon was a great director to work with and the result of our joint efforts continues [...]
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BMI.tv Clips
I recently finished a group of clips for the new site BMI.tv (Body Mass Index). Check out the sample below and the site here!
Peace,
Melissa
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Gravel Spot Update
Featured Video on Gravel Site
The spots I directed and edited are getting great feedback online. From the reviews of viewers, to the amount of views on YouTube.com, the spots seem to have hit a nerve. They are also currently being broadcast in New Hampshire on WMUR and MCAM. And one of the [...]
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Billboard Hip Hop Awards
I will be in Atlanta next week for the Hip Hop Awards and Conference. I’ll be shooting with Misty and Vince, as we cover events and do interviews on the 2008 election, the state of Hip Hop and issues with the Anti-Snitching movement.
Look for me on the red carpet Friday night!
Peace,
Melissa
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LOVE MY MACS
I love my Macs – seriously – no other tool besides my camera gear has allowed me to express my art so fully. And now, proof again that Macs are truly badass.
Have you ever had an officemate that borders on, oh, I dunno, psycho? Lucky for me I was saddled with one this [...]
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Tour Video
Check out this short sample of animated backdrops for an upcoming tour. Can’t say who its for yet…but check back to see who I’m on tour with this December!
Peace,
Melissa
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The Art of Love & Struggle Trailer Redux
Here is the updated trailer for “The Art of Love & Struggle”.
Enjoy!
Melissa
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To The WGA, From An Independent
Does this strike include a call to independents?
Dear WGA:
As a freelance writer, who has been so for years, but not a member of your organization, I sympathize deeply with your members. We in the independent world, particularly in internet content producing, work more with corporate bodies who have little experience in production, and little understanding [...]
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Another Day in Stupidtopia
Librado Romero/The New York Times
Above, Tina Fey pickets outside Rockefeller Plaza. (Go Tina!) The strike is beyond valid and overdue. As the new media boom continues, cross platform delivery of writers’ content is now on everything from DVDs to iPhones. Not to mention the mass use of content now in public [...]
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Hip Hop For President
Check out this trailer I edited for a fledgling project. Not sure if the project itself is still happening, but the trailer I directed, animated and edited still stands up!
Peace,
Melissa
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Compressor 3 – Same Ol’ Issues & New Puzzles
I burn DVDs regularly from projects built in FCP, and have been doing this since the first version of FCP. DVD Studio Pro has its issues, but they are workable – the DVDs I build for clients – art installations, documentary rough cut reviews, screeners and video wallpaper – require the best out of [...]
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The Stop Snitching Files
Its official – I have signed on to do the sequel to “Death Before Dishonor”, as editor and writer. These days, the editor role in my case usually means heavy story direction. I am truly excited to be doing this project, as a rebuttal to our first film on the topic. I [...]
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