Though the Academy’s rules ensure Waltz With Bashir won’t be taking home any Oscar gold this year, that’s of little concern to the film’s director, Ari Folman. Surrounding the Sabra and Shatila Massacre in South Lebanon in 1982, Waltz With Bashir is a rare film – an animated documentary in which Folman recalls and, through re-dramatizations, re-lives the horrors of the slaughter of an estimated 3000 innocent refugees. In this interview with Zoom In Online’s Jim Rohner, Folman confesses that he doesn’t understand why animation as a medium isn’t taken more seriously, especially considering its ability to slip in and out of reality and convey images and thoughts live-action can’t. The Israeli filmmaker also talks about what inspired him to spend four years on the project and what he hopes future generations will derive from a film that he describes as therapeutic in its creation.

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Credits:

Producer: Jim Rohner
Editor: Jim Rohner
Host: Jim Rohner

Editor’s Note: Designing Minds is on a short break in preparation for the launch season two featuring all new episodes showcasing design in everyday life. This episode of Designing Minds is a special syndication from the Zoom in Online Design Channel video archive.

In this episode of the Creative Backstory, we present five new talents from the Art Directors Club Young Guns Series: designer and director, Asif Mian, whose work includes directing music videos for major hip-hop artists like The Roots and Aesop Rock; Christopher Lane, a Brit-born photographer whose work includes his often absurd takes on American culture; Justin Gignac, founder of NYC Garbage; and Cassandra Warner & Jeremy Floto, a photography team focused on the stark beauty of modern photography.

Each of the featured artists discusses what motivates their artwork, their different approaches, and how their creative eye enables them to produce something visually extraordinary out of the everyday.

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Credits:

Producer: Rachel Talbot
Editor: Lance Edmands
Additional Editing: Hei-Man (Anita) Yu
Camera: Mia Barker
Production Assistant: Hei-Man (Anita) Yu
Sound Engineer: Matthew Hendershot
Animation: Colin Yu
Young Guns poster: WSDIA
Music: Music Box

In this excerpt from the DMTS Jumpstart Sountrack Pro 2, Apple Certified Instructor Jem Schofield demonstrates the methods that exist for correcting audio clipping.

Though Mike Leigh shoots all his films without a script, don’t assume for a minute his shoots are out of control. Though he believes in improvisation, don’t assume that implies his actors aren’t serious. Leigh, an English filmmaker and theater veteran, instead works for months privately and collaboratively with his actors as they improvise scenes in character, building histories, conflicts, and emotions that may or may not even be included in the final conflict. The technique has apparently worked for his latest film, Happy-Go-Lucky, as Sally Hawkins was awarded the Silver Berlin Bear for Best Actress at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival for her portrayal of Poppy, a primary school teacher whose overflowing optimism is clear to all who meet her.

Zoom in Online's Mike Raffensperger sat down with Mike Leigh during the 2008 New York Film Festival to talk about Leigh’s unique approach to filmmaking and how the Brit disagrees with his reputation as a “melancholic soul given to brooding silences.”

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Credits:

Producer: Jim Rohner
Editor: Jim Rohner
Host: Mike Raffensperger

Logic Pro Quicktips are demonstrative primers for those who have never used Logic before and useful updates for experienced users new to Logic Pro 8.

Continuing the Quicktip series on Logic Studio's Ultrabeat drum sequencer, Zoom-In's Matthew Hendershot provides an overview of Ultrabeat's Filter Section.

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