We welcome guest blogger Maxim Beatty of Shanghai-based Yubi Digital http://yubi-digital.com/
Quality thrives in Japanese companies. — 确认 Quèrèn is what China needs. Especially in its creative industries where every detail matters. One brush stroke in calligraphic painting, a pixel in a graphic design or a single frame in a video can be critical to the audience experience.
Whether corporate video or ...Read more
We welcome guest blogger Maxim Beatty of Shanghai-based Yubi Digital http://yubi-digital.com/
Quality thrives in Japanese companies. — 确认 Quèrèn is what China needs. Especially in its creative industries where every detail matters. One brush stroke in calligraphic painting, a pixel in a graphic design or a single frame in a video can be critical to the audience experience.
Whether corporate video or ...Read more
By Richard Trombly
“Wei films” or micro films are all the rage in China these days. In the rest of the world , short film contests are common and we might not see anything new in this trend. But in China, the film and media industry has been tightly controlled by the government STATE ADMINISTRATION OF RADIO, FILM AND TELEVISION (SARFT) since a feature film requires big investments even with so-called low budget films.
But video-recorded HD short films can operate on a different budget scale with p...Read more
China’s video rivals to start joint buying
By Patrick Frater
originally published in Film Business Asia Thu, 26 April 2012
Ancillary News
Three of China’s online video rivals are to form an alliance that is intended to cut the costs of acquiring content for their platforms.
According to an email from the three companies, Tencent Holdings Ltd 騰訊控股有限公司, Sohu.com Inc 搜狐公司 and Baidu Inc 百度’s iQiyi.com will collaborate in Video Content Co-operation, a vehicle for acquisitions of fi...Read more
by Richard Trombly
23 April 2012, Beijing — In the shadow of the Beijing Olympics near the famed Bird’s Nest is the Beijing National Convention Center where the 2nd annual Beijing International Film Festival is taking place.
The BJIFF “red carpet” opening ceremony kicked off with the expected pomp and circumstance reminiscent of the Olympics that happened here – including a song by Chinese singer Liu Huan, who sung “You and Me” – The 2008 Olympics theme song. As the event was starting, Beijin...Read more
22 April 2012 – I had the honor of attending the private film industry party on the eve of the Beijing International Film Festival hosted by director Rob Minkoff (Lion King, Stuart Little and Forbidden Kingdom) Minkoff is in Beijing to promote his new upcoming film “Chinese Mission.” I first met Minkoff when I interviewed him for The Hollywood Reporter magazine in 2008 at Hengdian Movie World along with Jet Li, Jackie Chan and Liu Yifei. The Party was attened by nearly 200 media and film industry professionals.
Cinemash up #11 is going to be our loudest yet!
Please join Wednesday April 25th at Dada Bar, 115 Xingfu Lu, Shanghai, 9pm-11pm, for an incredible night of weird and wonderful film from around the world,
Cinemash up is a monthly experimental film night, programs are curated by Tina Sprinkles and Laura Ingalls,
We also have a special focus on local content and welcome all film submissions,
This month is extra special as we have guest appearance and films by Leslie Thornton, world ren...Read more
Obscure Productions’ producer Jude Jiang announced that she will be producing Analysis, http://www.indiegogo.com/analysis, a 20 minute short film to be directed by screenwriter and film maker Richard Trombly. http://www.imdb.me/richardtrombly
Tina is a 13-year-old math genius living in an isolated world where the solid and definite answers of math are so much more comforting and secur...Read more
Film maker Richard Trombly was invited to join Beresford Mitchell and some other Shanghai indie film talents along with a group of Singapore indie film makers at BEE or WASP.
Bee Or Wasp #7
Un Chien Shanghaïen
March 22
Jugend Space
2F Taikang Terrace
169 Jian Guo Middle Rd
(near Ruijin No.2 Rd)
建国中路169号2楼靠近瑞金二路 Read more
Richard Trombly richard@trombly.com www.obscure-productions.com is an American writer, journalist and filmmaker who has been living in China since 2003 and has