Thursday, January 22, 2015

Outsource Update: Dreamworks Redwood City, SF films at Sundance, Diary of a Teenage Girl, Matte Painting at ILM, San Francisco Ballet, SF in the 40s

BREAKING: DreamWorks Will Shut Down PDI/DreamWorks Studio; 500 Jobs Will Be Eliminated - Cartoonbrew


DreamWorks Animation Cutting 500 Jobs; Dawn Taubin and Mark Zoradi Exiting - Variety


The Diary of a Teenage Girl
The Diary of a Teenage Girl Teaser Original



Sundance Film Review: ‘The Diary of a Teenage Girl’ - Variety

'The Diary of a Teenage Girl': Sundance Review - Hollywood Reporter


10 Directors to Watch: Secrets of Marielle Heller’s Sundance ‘Diary’






Diary of a Teenage Girl Art Dept Credits




Old Fashioned Matte Painting at ILM

And here is Part 1, Optical Printing



Lotta work, no wonder George went towards computers.

San Francisco Ballet, Helgi Tomasson shine in opener

32 Stunning Photos Of San Francisco In The 40s And 50s

Fred Lyon's Website




San Francisco, Portrait of a City: 1940-1960


Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker 2015: Top 10 Big Cities


This Just In: Psychology studies suggest rising wealth means more jerks in S.F. - Paul Piff, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior at UC Irvine (he moved from UC Berkeley just a few weeks ago), has spent the past decade conducting about 50 studies on how wealthy people and poorer people behave in the same situations. Again and again, he’s found a common thread: Rich people are more likely to behave unethically even if they get very little benefit. They’re more likely to take candy from a jar labeled as just for kids, cheat at games and cut off pedestrians in crosswalks. They’re also more likely to say they’d do the same thing when told about somebody who accepts bribes, lies to customers, cheats on an exam or pockets the money when a clerk gives too much change. “I think what we’re assessing in these studies is a general lack of sensitivity to the needs of other people,” Piff said. “The wealthier you are, the less attuned you are to other people around you.”

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Friday, January 2, 2015

Ant Man, Jobs, Charlize Theron, Sean Penn, Terminator, Andrew Cuomo

‘Ant-Man': Marvel, Disney Debut ‘Ant-Sized’ Teaser

Watch: First Full Teaser for Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man’



Scruffy-Looking? New "Steve Jobs" Movie Wants You

Charlize Theron, Sean Penn Secretly Engaged: Get the Details!

Terminator: Genisys Should Just Admit How Screwed Up Its Timeline Is




Bay Area theater forecast for spring 2015 - SHN: Angela Lansbury, as the dotty psychic Madame Arcati, headlines director Michael Blakemore’s acclaimed revival of Noël Coward’s “Blithe Spirit,” a smash hit in the West End and on Broadway, coming to the Golden Gate Theatre for a very short run Jan. 20-Feb. 1. Disney Theatricals’ Tony-winning “Newsies,” the high-energy retelling of a historic New York newsboys strike with book by Harvey Fierstein and music by Alan Menken, hits the Orpheum Feb. 17-March 15. The inimitable Dame Edna arrives for a brief visit in “Dame Edna’s Glorious Goodbye — The Farewell Tour,” at the Orpheum March 17-22. And “The Book of Mormon,” so hot that it sold out its previous two visits as soon as tickets became available, returns to the Orpheum April 15-June 7. (888) 746-1799. www.shnsf.com. - SFChronicle

Video: Mario Cuomo’s Speech at 1984 Democratic Convention in San Francisco (we made the podium at FM Productions for the event at Moscone Center)