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Written by Steve Muccini
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Austin nets top ranking in the movie-making industry. In 2008, MovieMaker magazine ranked Austin as the #1 city to live and make a movie. Even more impressive is that Austin has ranked in the top five of the MovieMaker list for each of the past five years. So the real question is: Does Austin really deserve this long standing distinction? For the answer, let’s take a closer look at the trifecta of factors that producers use in selecting a city to shoot their films. |
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Written by Steve Muccini
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 ...and why we can't afford to stay there.
Austin regularly sits atop the gamut of "best of" lists—and all for good reason. Surprisingly, there is one very important list where the state of Texas sits squarely at the bottom. The worst part is the ranking is directly contrary to Austin's most recent list topper.
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Written by Steve Muccini
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 Here is some grassroots filmmaking at its best.
Do some networking with Hollywood and New York's finest filmmakers when they visit town during the SXSW Film Festival and the Austin Film Festival, and you will detect a common thread when you ask them about the Austin filmmaking scene: Austin filmmakers are highly passionate about their art and they will do whatever it takes to make their film. New filmmakers barter their services with other new filmmakers and the talent often works in exchange for experience and footage for their actor reel. Austin can be described as a grassroots kind of a city in a lot of categories and filmmaking is not an exception. So, if you happen to be part of this vibrant community in Austin, there is a pretty good chance that this filmmaking event will be right up your alley.
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Written by Anderson Williams
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$100 to make fun of your previous, lame jobs.
 Meeting Hell From the smallest business to the largest global empire, just about every company in the world often does things that make you scratch your head in utter wonderment at its sheer stupidity. Folks who have witnessed this kind of standard operating procedure first-hand and can also appreciate the brilliant humor buried inside of it all...they've got a new outlet. |
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Written by Steve Muccini
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 A movie set at a motel
Officially, mums the word, but if you were out in Smithville recently, it could have been him. In fact, you could have seen Sean Penn too. That is because the two-time Oscar nominated director, Terrence Malick, just shot his latest feature here called Tree of Life. Nearby production happened in Austin as well as Bastrop and Smithville (also the shot spot for Sandra Bullock in Hope Floats), so it is nice to claim this one as home grown...or at least home shot. Apparently Mr. Malick insisted on shooting here as it was his hometown growing up. He brought most of the cast in from other places, actually requiring Pitt and Penn to fund their own way and stay. Evidentally the Hyatt Lost Pines wasn't offering any deals, so Pitt and family opted for a nice rented estate for their shooting time in town. |
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