Media Breakers took to the streets of Dublin for our client First Quote.

It’s called Food Mob, and it’s going to be on Revision3.com every Thursday. Let us know what you think!

Our first shoot today was out near the seaside in Shankill, Co.Dublin. Here’s a few of the production stills from our day out, I think this is going to one good video

The Kybosh have written a bit about it here.

Recession or not, County Offaly is proving that it is dedicated to Irish film production. FilmOffaly in association with Filmbase are proudly announcing the FilmOffaly Award of 2010. They are looking for unique, original stories from new filmmakers. Novices or professionals. The doors are open to any genre, style, topic or perspective; bring on the shorts, features, and documentaries. The only stipulation is that the filming must take place in Offaly.

The stakes are high. The lone winner will receive €8,000 towards the cost of production, a premier in Tullamore Omniplex Cinema, one year’s Filmbase membership for the writer, producer and director of the winning film, a fifty-percent discount on production equipment and/or editing facilities from Filmbase for the project, and Filmbase’s production insurance to cover the shoot. Basically, your film on a silver platter.

How can I get a chance at this amazing opportunity? I’m glad you asked. Fill out the FilmOffaly 2010 Application Form (found on the website), post it along with three copies of your script and a 500-word synopsis of the film project, and then cuddle up and sweet talk lady luck. The submissions will be judged on its merits regarding the quality of material along with interviews and re-writes by the applicant.

Submissions should be sent by 3pm on Friday 14th May 2010 to:

FilmOffaly Award
Arts Office
Offaly County Council
Tullamore
Co. Offaly

So, let’s recap…

Three copies of your script, a 500-word synopsis, and the FilmOfally Award Application sent to the FilmOffaly Council by Friday 14th May, 2010 could be your golden ticket to success. Good luck and may the best script win.

I wanted to share some of my all time favourites. I’ll start with three here and I’m sure I’ll follow up with another few posts

This one’s by the obscenely talented Spike Jonze. He shot the dudes in the video walking backwards and then played the video forwards…confusing?

This is one by none other than Michel Gondry, who also shot Daft Punk’s ‘Around the World’ video many moons ago. I love the fact that this is a two in one deal. Great to watch!

The most recent of the three, this was shot for last year’s The Dead Weather single, ‘Treat Me Like Your Mother’. There’s nothing terribly complicated about this video, it’s just darn cool. Directed by Jonathan Glazer, who is responsible for Karma Police by Radiohead and also the classic, Sexy Beast.

http://www.wreckamovie.com/ – A site for filmmakers to collaborate. Users post tasks and seek help from others in the industry.

http://film-runner.com/homePage/Default.aspx – A self-proclaimed career guide for those who hope to break into the film, TV, or commercial industry. Written by an insider for those still on the outside.

http://www.filmireland.net/ – Ireland’s only dedicated film magazine offering ‘both practical and academic coverage of Irish filmmaking.’

http://www.screenwritingbasics.com/ – does what it says on the tin.

http://www.northernirelandscreen.co.uk/page.asp?id=209 – The national screen agency for Northern Ireland seeks to develop and sustain the film industry in Northern Ireland.

http://www.filmnet.ie/ – Here you can find links to everything from talent advertisements to tax advice.

http://www.screenproducersireland.com/ – The organization that represents the independent film production industry to government agencies and assists in negotiations of contracts. Be sure to check out the ‘Irish links’ tab for even more helpful sites.

http://www.movieextras.ie/index.html – Find all the extras you could ever need through this site

http://beta.crewger.com/ – Use this site to assemble a production crew, cast your film, and even gain a bit of insight regarding funding and festivals.

At MediaBreakers, we produce high quality web videos, at a low cost. We’ve worked recently with some great clients such as Vodafone, Nokia and The Body Shop on branded and corporate web videos, with great results and we want to do the same for you.

We are offering one lucky business the chance to have a web video of their choice shot, edited and delivered to them in HD web format.

What do we need you to do?

We want you to send us an idea for your web video. Simple as. We want you to think outside the box. How do we help you to sell your business? What will make people share your video online? What will get people talking about you? The video can be up to 3 mins long and as short as 40 seconds. Whatever you feel will get your message across in the most effective way.

What will winning business will get for their troubles?

The winning business will win a days filming, half a days editing and a HD version of the final cut for their website. Pretty nifty eh?

You have till the 21st of April to send a paragraph summary of your idea to rob [at] mediabreakers [dot] com. Don’t forget to include your name and business website. We may even post some of the best ideas up here on the blog.

For those of you who haven’t been here before, I wanted to introduce MediaBreakers and myself. We’re a Digital Production company, specialising in video for the Web. For those of you that have been here before, we’ve had a bit of a lull in blogging of late, but that is all about to change

My name is Rob Cumiskey and I am Director of Business Development here at MediaBreakers. I also blog here and here about Pop Culture related stuff. I’ll be blogging here about digital media and production and also the odd post about random stuff that I come across and want to share.

You can contact me if you’ve any questions at all about what we do: rob [at] mediabreakers [dot] com.

If you’re reading, why not introduce yourself with a comment below? We’d love to hear from you!

Maybe it’s something to do with the fact that most movies since the 1970s all deal with the same basic themes at their core. Typically the plot involves the main protagonists going on a journey that ends with them being in a better situation (emotionally, financially or physically) than they were in when the film started.

Here is an absolutely class trailer put together by the guys at Britanick.com that deals with just that.

Funny.

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