It’s Wednesday at 4:56 PM. We are a little more than a day away from the opening night film ‘Definitely, Maybe.’ The podcast production crew has been in preparation for weeks. I think we have an incredible team of camera people, on-camera talent, and editors. Additionally, Adam Curry’s PodShow will be airing our coverage on their streaming TV channel called thePLUS. In addition to the podcast content you’ll be able to download here, they’ll also have some pre-red carpet interviews that you can’t see anywhere else. Their coverage will air 24/7 from January 25 - February 4th.
Two year’s ago the SBIFF was first film festival to offer podcast coverage from the red carpet. This year, my company, MediaTrust, will introduce another industry first - we’ll not only be providing video for your iPod, but we’ll also be the first festival to offer Hi-Definition online video of the events!
We are scheduled to interview Angelina Jolie, Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Javier Bardem, Ryan Gosling, Abigail Breslin, Ryan Reynolds, Julie Christie, James McAvoy, Ellen Page, Casey Affleck, Amy Ryan and a ton more! If you thought last year’s coverage was star-studded, I think you’re going to be blown away this year.
Our goal is to have coverage of the previous evening’s event online by early afternoon the following day. Make sure you’ve subscribed to the RSS or entered your email address to the right so that you get our content the minute it’s available! then, feel free to comment on what you see.
I’ve got to head off to the Coffee Cat on Anacapa for our final production meeting. We’ll see you on the red carpet!
Just had to write and say that ‘The Stones of Famagusta’ is a must-see film. As a not-so-ace reporter for our weekly Observer Cyprus (the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus - the land that most of the world has forgotten !) I have just reviewed the showing of the film in Kyrenia, followings its first night at Famagusta itself. If anyone has seen the BCC’s Michael Palin travel features, then they will relate to this ‘Stones’.
Just wish I could be there, just to applaud at the end, but I and many others of us, are thrilled that you are going to have the chance to see this informative and entertaining tale of the ’speaking stones’ of the ancient city which is in desperate need of funding for restoration and preservation.
Enjoy, you lucky folk - and may your film festival be fab, fun, and fruitful.
Me? I am off to the Perth, Western Australia festival which will be incomplete without ‘The Stones…;’ but then they are not ‘Hollywood’
Comment by Marion Stuart — January 24, 2008 @ 3:41 pm