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Fable House is a Louisiana film finance, development, production, and distribution company co-founded by Sam Claitor and Matt S. The short answer is we make films and we love doing it. Established in 2014 by producer Sam Claitor and cinematographer Matt S. Bell, Fable House is committed to collaborating with some of the industry’s most exciting new talent. In its first year of production, Fable Ho

use produced over $2 million of content. In 2013, before the inception of Fable House, Claitor and Bell met on the set of a TV series and decided to collaborate on West Without’s music video for their single Give Me Your Heart. A successful working relationship was born and the two decided to produce more content together. After several successful collaborations Claitor and Bell decided to make it official and Fable House was born in 2014. Claitor and director Misty Talley worked together to produce Ten to Sing alongside Construct Films. Ten to Sing is a short fantastical narrative about an elderly woman discovering the mystery of life. The film went on to show at Festival de Cannes in 2014. Fable House made it’s feature film debut with the SyFy Original Zombie Shark, a B movie thriller directed by Talley. Zombie Shark stars Cassie Steele, Laura Cayoutte, Ross Britz, Becky Andrews, and Jason London. Zombie Shark is a co-production with Louisiana production company Active Entertainment. Following Zombie Shark, Fable House managed psychological thriller Desolation directed by David Moscow. Fable House next produced the highly anticipated film The Parallax Theory in 2015. The Parallax Theory was directed by Sawyer Hartman and stars Vincent Cyr, Melissa Saint-Amand, Lindsay Musil, Teri Wyble, John Bernecker, Thomas Francis Murphy, and David Jensen. The Parallax Theory is based on a short film by Hartman. The narrative follows young physicist Jonathan Cooper and his struggle to keep his life together while he attempts to save his family and the world from an inevitable meteor strike. The Parallax Theory was produced alongside Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s new media production company New Form Digital. Music videos, commercials, and other forms of branded content continue to be creative outlets for Fable House. Notable team ups include working with metalcore band Myka Relocate, rap group Young Futura, practical effects company Composite Effects, production company Matrona, Broken Time Entertainment, and TommysTV. Fable House’s development slate for 2015 includes The Tiger & The Oak, Ozark Shark, and W***e House At The End Of The World. The Tiger & The Oak is a documentary that dives into the environmental crisis the Louisiana coast is currently in by focusing on Cheneire au Tigre, a soon to be gone barrier island. Ozark Shark is a B movie that could be referred to as Deliverance meets Jaws. W***e House At The End Of The World is a Troma style narrative about a brothel and it’s inhabitants after World War III’s nuclear fallout. Who knows what 2016 holds. If you're interested in working with Fable House or would like to meet up and talk shop, please send us a message!

Louisiana filmmakers will have the chance to absorb wisdom on the nuances of Louisiana’s film incentives and eat great b...
11/10/2023

Louisiana filmmakers will have the chance to absorb wisdom on the nuances of Louisiana’s film incentives and eat great barbecue at the same time at the next joint meeting of the Screenwriters Down South and the Baton Rouge Film Meetup on November 15th.

Chris Stelly will discuss Louisiana’s film incentives in 2023 and how filmmakers, post-production professionals, and digital media creators can benefit from them. Chris is the Executive Group Director of Entertainment & Digital Media at Louisiana Economic Development, the Louisiana department responsible for implementing the tax incentives that sustain and cultivate the state’s film, post-production, and digital media industries year after year.

Read more and RSVP via link below.

Screenwriters Down South will gather on November 15th at the event hosted by Nick Savides and Joe Vuci. Guest speaking will be Chris Stelly with a free masterclass about Louisiana’s film incentives in 2023 and how filmmakers, post-production professionals, and digital media creators can benefit fr...

It’s late September, the breeze stirs outside and a crisp melancholy drifts through that wasn’t previously felt a few we...
09/22/2023

It’s late September, the breeze stirs outside and a crisp melancholy drifts through that wasn’t previously felt a few weeks ago. The shutters stir and then the wind chimes ti**le out their creepy notes. Is it time for a movie that will make you sweat for 90 minutes like you just ate a brick of ham? Heck yeah.

New Orleans-filmed No One Will Save You premiered on September 22nd in the U.S. on Hulu and is available for streaming outside the U.S. on Disney+. Read about the throwback alien vibes and action-driven terror to get your Halloween season started.

New Orleans-filmed No One Will Save You premiered on September 22nd in the U.S. on Hulu and is available for streaming outside the U.S. on Disney+. Read about the throwback alien vibes and action-driven terror to get your Halloween season started.

The temperatures have cooled. I wrap my neck in a nice knitted boa, the color of fall foliage. My fall latte is steaming...
09/15/2023

The temperatures have cooled. I wrap my neck in a nice knitted boa, the color of fall foliage. My fall latte is steaming. It’s dusk in September, time for quaint festivals and–

Somebody knocks.

I swing open the door with my latte and a person dressed in a Scream costume wields a rubber butcher knife.

“Blahhhh!” they screech.

I stand, unamused. They slap the latte out of my hands.

“No time for quaint fall slumbers!” they yell. “Gotta get your short film into NOVAC for “Swamp Screams” by September 29th!”

They scamper out into the yard and hunch down behind the hydrangea bush. A Scream mask head pops up over and ducks back down.

“I still see you!”

I leave my coffee lying on the porch. He’s right. This is no time for apple cider and flea markets.

It’s scream season, and there are horror films to be made.

NOVAC is calling–okay, screaming for–Louisiana horror filmmakers to submit short films by September 29th. Read on to find out how.

NOVAC will hold its CRESCENT CINEMA night of “Swamp Screams” on October 26th at Gallier Hall in New Orleans, and invites its Louisiana horror filmmakers to submit narrative and documentary short films by September 29th.

The stampeding hooves of buffalo in Dances with Wolves. The guttural rumble of the T-rex in Jurassic Park. How about the...
09/13/2023

The stampeding hooves of buffalo in Dances with Wolves. The guttural rumble of the T-rex in Jurassic Park. How about the sound of the surf and wind in Cast Away?

These films captivated audiences with their scores, their stories, and their terror. Tying all of this action and sound together for maximum impact was a team of master sound recordists.

Louisiana now exists as one of the big four film-producing states, behind Georgia but ahead of cinematic meccas like California and New York. Yeah, the strikes have choked out the workforce the same way Adam Sandler throttled that golf caddy in Happy Gilmore, but work will return, and it’s vital that our industry’s artists are visible and accessible.

As part of wellfixitinpost.com Louisiana post-production worker series, here is a directory of everything you need to know about Louisiana sound mixers.

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Louisiana now exists as one of the big four film-producing states, and as part of our Louisiana post-production worker series, here is a directory of everything you need to know about Louisiana sound mixers.

There’s that scene - right up there as an iconic cinematic moment with scenes from The Godfather and Citizen Kane - in S...
09/08/2023

There’s that scene - right up there as an iconic cinematic moment with scenes from The Godfather and Citizen Kane - in Space Jam, 1996, where it’s the night of the big game between the Looney Tunes and the Monstars. Cars of creatures wait in line. The city is aglow with anticipation, and Pump Up The Jam introduces the locker room of the Tune Squad.

This is how I imagine the city of New Orleans will look right around the evening of November 2nd. Street vendors saunter through the stalled headlights of animated crowds of Louisiana filmmakers lined up outside Second Line Stages and the Prytania Uptown Theatre as they anticipate the opening night of the 2023 New Orleans Film Fest. All of this commotion, of course, occurs against the backdrop of Pump Up The Jam.

It might not roll out quite so ostentatious, but the baseline is this: filmmakers and movie lovers alike can start to plan for the 34th annual New Orleans Film Festival.

Read on for a preview of films from each of the six categories that will screen from November 2nd to 7th at one of the biggest annual Oscar-qualifying festivals for Louisiana and Southern filmmakers.

The New Orleans Film Society has released the lineup of the 2023 New Orleans Film Festival, with the in-person festival scheduled for November 2nd through November 7th, while virtual screenings will run through November 12th.

A giddy contestant hops up and down in front of a studio audience, sweating profusely, as they spin a giant colorful whe...
09/07/2023

A giddy contestant hops up and down in front of a studio audience, sweating profusely, as they spin a giant colorful wheel that is an amalgam of Wheel of Fortune and The Price is Right. The wheel clicks to a stop and the spray-tanned host reads a placard:

“You’ve won a…an Epic MegaGrant to complete your CG short film in Unreal Engine 5?”

The audience boos and the host frowns. Only the contestant remains giddy. They run onstage and fist pump.

“Oh, my gosh. I cannot wait to create lush textured landscapes in stunning real-time virtual production. Thank you.”

The host mutters to an assistant, “What am I missing? They could’ve won a nice, new toaster.”

ICVR, a digital game development and virtual production studio out of Los Angeles, didn’t have to spin any wheels. What possibly happened when they learned they had acquired an Epic MegaGrant for their animated short film, Lightfall, is that they felt relief and gratitude.

Read more to find out about ‘Lightfall’ and the latest studios to be awarded an Epic MegaGrant for their projects in Unreal Engine.

ICVR, a digital game development and virtual production studio out of Los Angeles, didn’t have to spin any wheels. No stale basic cable audience booed them and what possibly happened when they learned they had acquired an Epic MegaGrant for their animated short film, Lightfall, is that they felt r...

The American West is very much alive, but it may not look like white ranchers sipping whiskey in saloons. In Southwester...
09/01/2023

The American West is very much alive, but it may not look like white ranchers sipping whiskey in saloons. In Southwestern Louisiana and East Texas, weekend horseback riders carry the tradition of 18th-century Black cowboys, and it is this pocket of living Creole tradition that Director Drake LeBlanc explored in his -winning documentary short film Footwork.

The CreateLouisiana annual grant, technically known as the French Culture Film Grant, began in 2015 as a showcase for French and Francophone culture, with a $25,000 cash prize awarded to a film in either Documentary or Narrative Short format.

Read more to learn about LeBlanc’s film and the pocket of rich Creole trail-riding tradition that thrives on in the original American West of Southwestern Louisiana.

In Southwestern Louisiana and East Texas, weekend horseback riders carry the tradition of 18th-century Black cowboys, and it is this pocket of living Creole tradition that Director Drake LeBlanc explored in his -winning documentary short film Footwork.

The Studio Arts post-secondary fine arts school in Los Angeles is offering valuable skills – possibly for free – for VFX...
08/31/2023

The Studio Arts post-secondary fine arts school in Los Angeles is offering valuable skills – possibly for free – for VFX artists seeking work.

Studio Arts LA offers up to 240 hours of funded training for those eligible, and this education comes in the form of 120- and 240-hour intensive learning courses through the Studio Arts Skills Mastery Programs.

The Studio Arts post-secondary fine arts school in Los Angeles is offering valuable skills - possibly for free - for VFX artists seeking work. Learn how to get up to 240 hours of funded training by Studio Arts LA.

Will Ferrell is in his Buddy the Elf costume and he stands atop a Wakanda hilltop with a spear. In the backdrop, oil-che...
08/26/2023

Will Ferrell is in his Buddy the Elf costume and he stands atop a Wakanda hilltop with a spear. In the backdrop, oil-chested Jeff Goldblum braces himself next to a screaming Laura Dern as they escape a T-rex in a Jeep. Nonchalantly in the middle of this mayhem, Daniel Kaluuya gets hypnotized in an armchair by Catherine Keener as she stirs her tea.

Unfortunately, this piece of chaos cinema hasn’t been practically realized yet. But take each film individually, and you’ve got four movies with pretty kick-butt scores. The only thing that could possibly amplify this experience - besides a bucket of cholesterol disguised as popcorn - would be the power of a live orchestral score.

Over the next six months, New Orleans moviegoers can experience exactly that.

The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra will perform live to Get Out, Jurassic Park, Elf, and Black Panther at theaters around New Orleans as part of its 2023-2024 concert season. Read more to find out about the dates and venues where you can experience the passion of a live orchestral performance.

The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra will perform live to Get Out, Jurassic Park, Elf, and Black Panther at well-known theaters around New Orleans as part of its 2023-2024 concert season.

The galactic cities are rejoicing. People dance in the streets, fireworks explode, Cruisers do fly-bys. The Ewok folk ar...
08/23/2023

The galactic cities are rejoicing. People dance in the streets, fireworks explode, Cruisers do fly-bys. The Ewok folk are hopping and chattering and somersaulting around bonfires. I’m in the background playing the bongos on a row of Stormtrooper helmets. The sky is lit u–

“Sir. Sir!”

I come out of the daze. I’m in line at the Great Hall in the New Orleans Convention Center.

“Sir, here is your three-day pass. Do you have any questions?

I gaze around the convention hall. A murmur of excited conversation is traveling the room. Interactive displays glitter with cosmic color palettes. There are no Ewoks.

“Dude.” A guy behind me taps me on the shoulder. “You can’t bring a real spear in here. This isn’t Comic-Con.”

“Oh yeah?” I’m indignant. I gaze around at the exhibits, the screens, the gamers. “Then what is this?”

It’s Unreal Fest 2023, and registration is now open.

Read more to find out about what’s going on at the 2023 Unreal Fest, to be held in New Orleans between October 3rd and 5th (Please do not carry an Ewok spear to the event).

Epic’s annual Unreal Fest returns to New Orleans from October 3rd to 5th with a packed lineup of educational sessions, VR exploration, and networking opportunities. It’s Unreal Fest 2023, and registration is now open.

Imagine the Avengers team arriving suavely at a bar where they stroll up casually with their suits and shields and throw...
08/18/2023

Imagine the Avengers team arriving suavely at a bar where they stroll up casually with their suits and shields and throw perfectly placed witty barbs at each other. The post-production meetup at Zony Mash Beer Project on Friday, August 25th is just like that, except the superheroes are more like gaffers dragging coils of cable and VFX artists wearing GoPros.

And everyone is from Louisiana.

Post-production workers from all backgrounds are invited to gather for an evening of professional camaraderie for round two of the Louisiana Post Up LA meetups.

Louisiana post-production workers from all backgrounds are invited to gather for an evening of professional camaraderie for round two of the Louisiana Post Up LA meetups.

A local man was taken to an area hospital last night with gunshot wounds to the torso in a suspected gang shooting. The ...
08/11/2023

A local man was taken to an area hospital last night with gunshot wounds to the torso in a suspected gang shooting. The unidentified man is stable and expected to survive. It is unclear at this time if the victim will choose to re-evaluate his life and change course from a path of certain self-destruction.

That’s not quite how the news releases go. Gunshots echo off the neighborhood windows, someone dies, and the community experiences the quiet grief and altered nervous systems of collective trauma.

Director and New Orleans native Scott R. Sullivan has chosen to tell a story about this underrepresented facet of gun violence with his latest feature film, Chances. Not the bodies in the street, not the immediate aftermath, but the aftermath of the aftermath.

Chances will have its world premiere at Celebrity Theatres in Baton Rouge on Saturday, August 19th. Read more about our discussion with Director Scott Sullivan and how to get tickets for a story shot entirely in Baton Rouge.

Director and New Orleans native Scott R. Sullivan has chosen to tell a story about this underrepresented facet of gun violence with his latest feature film, Chances.

In high school, every jock, nerd, goth, emo, goth-emo-nerd hybrid, and loner kid that rides a unicycle to school while p...
08/10/2023

In high school, every jock, nerd, goth, emo, goth-emo-nerd hybrid, and loner kid that rides a unicycle to school while practicing yo-yo, all share one thing in common:

The gossip.

At SIGGRAPH 2023 – the tech conference that sets the tone for upcoming VFX tools and industry innovation – every jock, nerd, and emo of the tech and virtual production world (emphasis on the Nerds) is represented as they network, learn, and yes…

GOSSIP.

As SIGGRAPH carries through the week, we’ve listened for what’s heavily circulating among the hallway lockers aka SIGGRAPH Conferences exhibition floor. With dozens of exhibitors and presentations, here are a few of the topics that have made a cannonball splashdown at the 2023 SIGGRAPH Conference.

As SIGGRAPH Conference carries through the week with dozens of exhibitors and presentations, here are a few of the topics that have made a cannonball splashdown at the SIGGRAPH 2023.

The journey of many artists is filled with an idea followed by a question. “I know what I want to do - how can I get the...
08/05/2023

The journey of many artists is filled with an idea followed by a question. “I know what I want to do - how can I get there?” The annual South Pitch Narrative and South Pitch Documentary awards help to diminish the weight of having to scrape and fundraise for your art. Instead of “How will I get this made?”, the question becomes:

“How can I best tell this story?”

The New Orleans Film Society 2023 South Pitch Narrative and South Pitch Documentary applications are due at midnight on August 11th. Click the link to read more and possibly find the funding and critical support that your project needs.

2023 NOFS South Pitch opportunities are an encouraging opening for Southern filmmakers to pitch their projects and garner cash and feedback to support them.

Nobody watches the filmmaker who sits alone in a cutting room and chops scenes while consumed with grief. The VFX artist...
08/01/2023

Nobody watches the filmmaker who sits alone in a cutting room and chops scenes while consumed with grief. The VFX artist who takes a moment in-studio to go to the bathroom with a welling beehive of anxiety might do so in silence. The mental burdens we carry are often done so behind a curtain of workmanlike motion.

Now, there’s a short-film grant open call asking filmmakers to take the issues we often fight through in the dark and shine a camera on them.

Art With Impact holds an annual grant open call for its “Voices With Impact” grant of $7,500 awarded to ten filmmaking teams. The two 2023-2024 themes are films centered around “Cliques & Echo Chambers” or “Serious Mental Illness.”

It’s one of the core pieces of being human. When we struggle, when our world feels like cascading waves or a dull heaviness of overwhelm, there’s one thing to do with it:

Express it.

Art With Impact holds an annual grant open call for its “Voices With Impact” grant of $7,500 awarded to ten filmmaking teams. The two 2023-2024 themes are films centered around “Cliques & Echo Chambers” or “Serious Mental Illness.”

On the highest peak of the Andean Mountains, a young documentary filmmaker climbs sweated and fatigued through a wondrou...
07/28/2023

On the highest peak of the Andean Mountains, a young documentary filmmaker climbs sweated and fatigued through a wondrous cloud forest onto a snow-sprinkled crest. Fluttering from a small flag is a piece of paper. The filmmaker stumbles forth:

“I got it!” They rip the $350,000 check from the flag. “I got funding!”

It doesn’t have to be that difficult.

The ITVS (Independent Television Service) has an open call for documentary filmmakers to acquire funding of up to $350,000 to co-produce their standalone broadcast-length nonfiction project with public media.

ITVS (Independent Television Service) has an open call for documentary filmmakers to acquire funding of up to $350,000 to co-produce their standalone broadcast-length nonfiction project with public media.

Chocolate waterfalls rain down and stream through lush-fruited jungle, and an indie filmmaker walks through in wonder. A...
07/27/2023

Chocolate waterfalls rain down and stream through lush-fruited jungle, and an indie filmmaker walks through in wonder. A Golden ladle drops from a tree and they dip it under, hold it to their lips, and hear the distant thrum of musical notes that echo through the chocolate.

A W***y Wonka/Jiminy Cricket hybrid bursts out of a rain barrel into a somersault and says:

“Welcome to Soundstripe. All of these lush, royalty-free plums and chocolate wonderment can be tasted for…$9.99 per month. Careful–not for the lactose intolerant.”

Today we explore royalty-free music services for your digital art through the lens of Soundstripe.

Today we explore the array of royalty-free sound effects and music services for your digital art through the lens of Soundstripe.

The last pillar of civilized society crumbles tomorrow and PBS would still be broadcasting from the rubble, doing what P...
07/21/2023

The last pillar of civilized society crumbles tomorrow and PBS would still be broadcasting from the rubble, doing what PBS does best: giving regional viewers rich, layered stories that speak to the culture and art of their communities.

The Southern Storytellers series is a collage separated into three one-hour episodes, a vibrant palette of filmmakers, musicians, and writers all painted on the mural of the South.

The first episode of Southern Storytellers aired on Tuesday, July 18th, and it explores artists’ ties to their Southern upbringings - Billy Bob Thornton, Mary Steenburgen, Adia Victoria, David Joy, and Jericho Brown all discuss how their Southern backgrounds influenced their music and writing.

PBS's Southern Storytellers series is a collage separated into three one-hour episodes - a vibrant palette of filmmakers, musicians, and writers all painted on the mural of the South.

Whether you’re editing footage enunciated with the clarity of a Cate Blanchett narration or a bog troll with peanut butt...
07/19/2023

Whether you’re editing footage enunciated with the clarity of a Cate Blanchett narration or a bog troll with peanut butter in its mouth, it all requires a transcription.

Here’s what Transcriptive Rough Cutter offers as a film editing tool and where Premiere Pro’s text-based video editing stands in 2023.

Here’s what Transcriptive Rough Cutter offers as a film editing tool and where Premiere Pro’s text-based video editing stands in 2023.

The looming 2023 WGA-SAG-AFTRA joint strike is unlikely to be paved with spectacle. This is not a Marvel movie - this is...
07/14/2023

The looming 2023 WGA-SAG-AFTRA joint strike is unlikely to be paved with spectacle. This is not a Marvel movie - this is the cynical indie film where an out-of-work day player contemplatively stands in a kitchen and chews through a piece of peanut butter bread. It is the writer remembering what it was like to wait tables. It is the spouse telling their partner that this fall may get rough but they will not lose what they built.

The alliance of storytellers familiar with embodying interstellar travel and Victorian politics may have one role this summer: to stand as one body for as long as it takes.

With SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP negotiations crumbling, here are the updates and responses surrounding an impending SAG-AFTRA strike.

With SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP negotiations crumbling at the West Coast midnight deadline, here are the updates and responses surrounding an impending SAG-AFTRA strike.

In the mid-90s, TNT was the champion of Tremors. Fourth of July comes around and the lightning bugs are out? You know th...
07/13/2023

In the mid-90s, TNT was the champion of Tremors. Fourth of July comes around and the lightning bugs are out? You know there’s gonna be a TNT Tremors marathon. Steaming myself on the porch one summer day, I first got a taste of this so-called “Tremors” franchise by overhearing my brother inside the neighbor’s living room:

“Oh my God, this Tremors has the ass blasters worms. Those are ass blasters!”

I watched Dune for the first time this summer. It had been on my long list and it was time to venture out into the Arrakis desert land. As the first sighting of this bristle-toothed land monster erupted from showers of soil, all I could think was:

“Are these Dune worms ass blasters?”

It turns out that, no, the Dune worms are not ass blasters. They are the Shai-Hulud, or for our intent and purposes - they are big-ass visual effects.

Because it’s the comparison we deserve, but not the one we need right now. Shush, Commissioner Gordon. Doesn’t matter if we need it. Let’s talk about movie worms.

An audience unfamiliar with the Dune universe might say, “Dune totally ripped off their sandworm idea from Tremors.” But Frank Herbert wrote the original Dune in 1965, so maybe Tremors is the real ripper-offer here. Let's compare.

“Here they go!” shouts the over-aggressive announcer. “The quirky coming-of-age cancer drama from New Orleans is squarin...
07/08/2023

“Here they go!” shouts the over-aggressive announcer. “The quirky coming-of-age cancer drama from New Orleans is squaring off against the backwater horror suspense of Baton Rouge! Oh, New Orleans has got a buzzsaw and is going straight after Baton Rouge’s vulnerable spot - the jump-scare-in-the-mirror-reflection trope. Baton Rouge has got a spiked hammer and is going straight after New Orleans’ oversaturated indie folk soundtrack - Oh, it’s a bloodbath!”

This is not quite how the New Orleans 48-hour Film Project goes.

But, if you wanna get dramatic - yes, it’s a bloodbath…of friendly creative competition.

The 48 Hour Film Project is open for registration now in New Orleans and across the U.S. Gather your film team and prepare for battle.

The New Orleans 48-hour Film Project is the local version of the 48-hour Film Project taking place in more than 100 cities across the U.S. this summer.

A breathless director rushes into a studio executive’s office - this creator is a composite of 2010s Denis Villeneuve an...
07/06/2023

A breathless director rushes into a studio executive’s office - this creator is a composite of 2010s Denis Villeneuve and 1977 George Lucas. He storms straight through a production meeting and slams a 110-page script down in the middle of a conference table:

“I’ve got it,” he says. “The epic space opera you need - it’s like Dune meets Star Wars meets Mad Max meets Blade Runner.”

The man’s chest heaves. He waits for undulating praise. A studio exec flips through the pages and looks up:

“Zach Snyder is already doing this movie.”

“But…but how?”

“Been in the works for like, 20 years, dude. Here, this is everyone who has worked on it in post-production…”

The studio exec slides a binder across the table that reads something like this.

Rebel Moon has employed a half dozen of the biggest post-production & VFX houses to complete work on a film being promoted as a planetary behemoth of scale and spectacle.

The 2023 Mrs. Doubtfire might have had Harvey Fierstein analyzing Robin Williams’ face in his makeup chair, going “Oh ho...
06/28/2023

The 2023 Mrs. Doubtfire might have had Harvey Fierstein analyzing Robin Williams’ face in his makeup chair, going “Oh honey, let me get my iPhone - we’re gonna need Metahuman Animator for this.”

That frankly sounds terrible - much too easy. Mrs. Doubtfire would have been outfitted with a 3D-printed hyperrealistic mask based on a perfect scan in no time. I like my face masks to be toilsome and molded with buckets of plaster.

Unreal Engine released the Metahuman Animator pipeline for facial performance capture the second week of June, and the reactions have been positive if not captivated.

For some authentic, non-PR-glossed reactions to Metahuman Animator, we go down to the grey cobbled streets and dark alleys of the internet: the Youtube comment section.

Unreal Engine released the Metahuman Animator pipeline for facial performance capture the second week of June, and the reactions have been positive if not captivated.

S*x. Love. Sleek old-timey vampire violence. Those were the ingredients for the first season of AMC’s Interview with the...
06/23/2023

S*x. Love. Sleek old-timey vampire violence. Those were the ingredients for the first season of AMC’s Interview with the Vampire.

AMC’s “Immortal Universe” opened in the fall of 2022 with the first season of Interview with the Vampire. AMC acquired the literary rights to 18(!) titles, which means the Anne Rice vampire world will keep expanding until Vin Diesel shows up on AMC in fangs, saying, “It’s about family.”

Contrary to productions that utilize Louisiana solely for its locations and tax incentives, Interview with the Vampire (like so many Anne Rice stories) is built explicitly within New Orleans.

As Season Two now films in locations from New Orleans to Prague, here are a few tidbits about whether Interview with the Vampire will maintain its status as a “Louisiana-centric story.”

As Season Two now films in locations from New Orleans to Prague, here are a few tidbits about whether Interview with the Vampire will maintain its status as a “Louisiana-centric story.”

It’s 1996, Space Jam is on the big screen, and the elite NBA players have had their talent stolen by the wimpy Nerdluck ...
06/21/2023

It’s 1996, Space Jam is on the big screen, and the elite NBA players have had their talent stolen by the wimpy Nerdluck aliens. Weeks later, Charles Barkley promises never to gamble again from a psychologist’s chair. Shawn Bradley, Larry Johnson, and Mugsy Bogues follow a doctor through the hall after getting lab-tested for their talent loss.

It’s 2023, and a totally rational mind might imagine a bumbling pack of those little Monstar aliens will be camped out in Turin, Italy between October 15th and October 20th, trying to suck the talent out of the assembled Dream Team of VFX and animation artists.

Hopefully, this is not the result of the 2023 VIEW Conference, but it’s true - the lineup is like VFX Coachella - but way over in Italy and nobody is gonna drop acid in a tent next to you.

With an early confirmed speaker list released, here’s a look at who’s attending the event and what you can expect from the 2023 VIEW Conference.

With an early confirmed speaker list released, here’s a look at who’s attending the event and what you can expect from the 2023 VIEW Conference.

Screenwriters Down South is a public Meetup group in Baton Rouge organized to provide camaraderie for writers and filmma...
06/16/2023

Screenwriters Down South is a public Meetup group in Baton Rouge organized to provide camaraderie for writers and filmmakers in the Louisiana film community.

The group will gather for its summer discussion series on July 6th at the event hosted by Nick Savides, a Baton Rouge filmmaker who is immersed in the Louisiana Arts scene. Guest speaking at the July Meetup will be Micah Haley, Producer of The Old Way, and Haley will talk about how to produce an indie film with bankable talent, even with a modest budget.

Disclaimer: Fable House is not responsible for any underground fight clubs that break out at local filmmaker gatherings.

Screenwriters Down South is a public Meetup group in Baton Rouge organized to provide camaraderie for writers and filmmakers in the Louisiana film community.

Some of us growing up wanted to be astronauts, and some of us wanted to be the nonchalant movie hacker with attitude. Th...
06/15/2023

Some of us growing up wanted to be astronauts, and some of us wanted to be the nonchalant movie hacker with attitude. Those that reached the aspiration to spend their days on a keyboard now know:

It helps to have shortcuts.

Autodesk’s Open RV is an open-source playback and review tool used across the VFX and animation fields as an industry-leading media review ecosystem. Whether you’re new to Open RV or a veteran of the commercial RV through a ShotGrid subscription, any user can benefit from shortcuts.

Whether you’re new to Open RV or a veteran of the commercial RV through a ShotGrid subscription, any user can benefit from RV keyboard shortcuts - especially those now familiarizing themselves with the new open-source version of RV.

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