Mini Review by a Real Rebel

Eric Escobar, a filmmaker who's living the DV Rebel spirit more than even I am, posted this mini-review of The Guide as a comment on the HD For Indies review:

I was lucky enough to get a copy of this from the back of Stu's van yesterday.

This book is worth it's weight in gold for indie/guerrilla/no-budget big vision filmmakers. It is the most relevant how-to manual I've read for leveraging desktop-handheld tools to bring Hollywood production value to everyone else's projects.

The French New Wave filmmakers modified their film mags to increase shooting time and it shook the film world—they were technicians as well as artists. It's imperative for today's indies to be able to understand and manipulate pixels if they want to squeeze the most out of their images. The DV Rebels Guide is a comprehensive and straight forward guide from a true filmmaking rebel.

Happy Trip Around The Sun

Happy New Year ProLost peeps!

It's going to be an exciting one, I promise. Rebel's Guide events, cool new software for DV Rebels from Red Giant and others, and hopefully some reports from the trenches of my filmmaking endeavors.

I am thrilled and honored to link you to the first post of the year on HD For Indies. I've never felt the need to post about Mike Curtis's thorough and unique blog—becuase quite frankly the vast majority of my readers find thier way here from there—but in the off chance you don't know about it, HD For Indies is my daily source of the latest info on all things HD, including the Red camera. Mike's first post of double-oh-seven is a review of The Guide followed by a brief interview with yours truly.

Thanks for the kind words Mike—from you they mean a lot.

And to all my readers, Happy New Year and all the best from ProLost.

Rebel Mac

And so it begins. I will be speaking about The Guide at Peachpit's booth at Macworld Expo San Francisco at noon on January 10th, 2007—the first of many such appearances. I'll have my MacBook Pro and will demonstrate some of the post-production techniques from the book.

Peachpit will be in the South Hall of the Moscone Center, right between Adobe and Apple (sweet). Download a map of the South Hall in PDF form.

If you can stop playing with your new iFone™ long enough, I hope you'll stop by!

To help you keep track of Rebel events, I've created a Google calendar which you can view or subscribe to. There's a nifty button for this way down the page on the right.

(I know this is kinda lame, but if the shipping delays are real, this might be a good way for Bay Area folks to get their hands on The Guide sooner than later. I can't imagine Peachpit would hold this event without some copies for sale at the booth!)