Film Treatment by Jeff Chiba Stearns - Examer Film Project
Being from Canada, I am very fortunate that we have a lot of arts funding sources in the way of arts grants and government funding. …
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Film Review: THE HANGOVER PART III: the tee-total version
In a mainstream movie comedy there is usually sixty minutes of zany shenanigans – which I actually thought was an Irish bar…
Perfecting the Pitch – Hot Docs – Part 2 of 2
This is a continuation of Part 1 of 2 of Perfecting the Pitch – Hot Docs which you can read here. While at Hot…
Perfecting the Pitch – Hot Docs – Part 1 of 2
The other day, I was talking to my director buddy, Darcy Van Poelgeest, about pitching film and TV projects and he reminded me of…
Film Distribution and Financing, Promoting Films on Twitter - Jennifer's Recap
I read a few interesting news and articles this week about film distribution and financing. First about actor and director Zach Braff…
Film Annex - The future of DIY online monetization? Part 2 of 2
This is part two of a two part blog series on my experiences using Film Annex as an online video-sharing platform. If you haven’t…
Film Annex - The future of DIY online monetization? Part 1 of 2
I just found out yesterday that my short film distributor, Ouat Media, decided they did not want to take on my latest short film Yellow…
Tips on Creating a Great Demo Reel
As the owner of a small boutique animation production company, Meditating Bunny Studio Inc., I receive a steady stream of emails from…
Nascar Auto 400 - Fontana
Great win by Kyle Busch in the Auto Club 400 at Fontana, California.Kyle has taken advantage of the simultaneous crash of Joey Logano…
How to Pick the Right Animation and Film School – Part 3 of 3
This blog post is part three of three. In the last post, I wrote some advice on what to look for when choosing a private animation/film…
The Importance of Integrity, Perseverance, and Film School
Back in 2001, I graduated from the Vancouver, British Columbia based, Emily Carr University of Art and Design with a Bachelor of Media…
Lighting For Your Film or Photo Shoot
How Important is lighting for your film or photo shoot? If you answered very important, than you are correct. Lighting is everything.…
Jennifer's Recap - Following Up With Short Film Makers, Women in the Film Entertainment Industry, Social Media Week
This week, I started by using my last week's post on How to use Film Annex to its fullest to contact some of our filmmakers that I…
Jeff Chiba Stearns - Online Film Monetization and Strategies for Social Media
"I like the Buzz Score Film Annex uses because you can see right away that your social media networking is working with the rise in…
Nascar brought the gen-6 cars to the track in 2013
One of the most attractive things about this new Generation 6 car is that we are finally going back to having manufacturer identity.That…
My World Premiere at the 2013 28th Santa Barbara Int'l Film Festival
Recently, I had the world premiere of my latest animated short film, Yellow Sticky Notes | Canadian Anijam at the 2013 28th Santa…
Jennifer's Recap - Social Media Film Promotion, Buzz Score, Inviting Filmmakers to Join our Online Film Network
This week, I started reconnecting with short film makers that I contacted in the past about joining Film Annex. With new improvements…
Canadian Animation Filmmaker Jeff Chiba on Women's Annex, Afghanistan, and Filmmaking
"Animation is the illusion of life and I really believe that animation would be a great tool to teach kids in Afghanistan to be creative,…
Sem Maltsev: Production of a Movie
The Oscar-nominated black and white animation is available for all to see. And this is great news. I think especially for short films…
Eren's Recap: New Tests on Examer, Film Annex Industry News, Female Role Models
This week, I added three new tests on Examer: How to Use a Canon 5D Mark II by Andy Parker The Basics of Screenwriting by Lisa Stock…
Jennifer's Recap - Festival and Social Media with Sundance, New Film Collaborative Work, Online Film Monetization
This week will be known as "flu week" for me, but still, here is what happened... I wrote 2 articles, the first one about film critic…
Yellow Sticky Notes - Part 5: 3M, Branding, and Clermont-Ferrand
This is the final blog post of a 5 part series and is a continuation of my last blog post, Yellow Sticky Notes – Part 4: …
Yellow Sticky Notes – Part 4: Online Monetization
This blog post is a continuation of my last blog post, Yellow Sticky Notes – Part 3: Going Viral… After the launch…
Yellow Sticky Notes – Part 3: Going Viral…
This blog post is a continuation of my last blog post, Yellow Sticky Notes – Part 2: The Tribeca Film Festival. …
Jennifer's Recap - Online Film Distribution for Talented Filmmakers
This week I worked on several blogs. First for the Filmmakers on Social Media blog series. I interviewed Sorcha Anglim, a female filmmaker…
Wacky Tuesdays - Yellow Sticky Notes by Jeff Chiba Stearns
Jeff and his Post-it notes Jeff Chiba Stearns is a super prolific, Emmy® nominated and Webby award winning documentary and animation…
Jennifer's Recap - Women In Business and Social Media
If I had a word for this week at Film Annex it would be Women. But of course, why would we reduce it to a single week?... We launched…
Yellow Sticky Notes – Part 2: The Tribeca Film Festival
When Yellow Sticky Notes had its World Premiere at the Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival in November 2007, the film won the 1st ever…
Yellow Sticky Notes – Part 1: The Inspiration
As I was creating my 2007 animated short film Yellow Sticky Notes, I would tell people, this is either the biggest mistake of my life…
2013: Fashion Film, Interviews, Social Media, Master Charlie Rose, & etc.
Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year to you all! The week (2013) started perfectly on a roof terrace in Miami Beach with…
Digital & Social Media and Marketing: Cohesive Campaigns Prove Key
BY: KEELY-SHEA SMITH In July 2012, the Urban Outfitters company posted a promotional fashion film titled The 2012 Denim Catalog…
To Festival or Not to Festival...
2013 welcomes the release of my lastest short film, Yellow Sticky Notes | Canadian Anijam (watch trailer here: http://www.filmannex.com/webtv/meditatingbunny/movie/trailer-yellow-sticky-notes-canadian-anijam/32355)…
Jennifer's Recap - Exclusive Premieres, Short Films and Rethinking the Film Distribution
This week, I was back at work after two weeks in France for the holidays. I didn't watch any French movie, but I definitely feel like…
2012...A Meditating Bunny Year in Review...
2012 was definitely a busy year here at Meditating Bunny Studio Inc. We had two independent productions on the go this year. The…
The Making of Ode to a Post-it Note: Part 4
To create my short animated film, Ode to a Post-it Note, it took 3 months from conception to completion. The film from concept to…
The Making of Ode to a Post-it Note: Part 3
This post is all about the technical stuff involved in making my short stop motion hybrid animated film, Ode to a Post-it Note. …
The Making of Ode to a Post-it Note: Part 2
Creating Ode to a Post-it Note was a really fun journey for me. In essence I was the Post-it Note character on a journey to…
The Making of Ode to a Post-it Note: Part 1
This week I’m going to be posting a 4-part blog entry about the making of my award-winning short animated film, Ode to a Post-it…
Animation Meditation
I was once asked how I would describe the reward factor of animation vs the time and effort put into animating? Well, personally…
Jennifer's Recap - Filmmakers, Social Media and Online Videos
This week, I continued my blog series Filmmakers on Social Media with the interview of Mark Kuczewski. The blogs are meant to highlight…
My Animation Influences and the Origin of Hapanimation
As an independent animator, there are many people who inspire and influence my work. As for Canadian independent animators…
Becoming an Independent Animator
Ever since I learned how to hold a pencil I haven’t stopped drawing! All my elementary school teachers were convinced…
Tales from the Whistler Film Festival 2012
Every year since 2007, when my film Yellow Sticky Notes was an official selection, I've been attending the Whistler Film Festival.…
So You Want to Work in Animation...
Recently, I was asked by a student studying animation at the Centre for Arts and Technology in Kelowna some questions about the animation…
Week Recap: Changing My Professional Tool
Good afternoon! Today is Friday, December 7th,2012 and here is my week recap.Week was started from shooting interview for "FIT Chairs",…
A Few Thousand Models, The FIT Chairs, & Fashion Film Distribution
The week has been quite active and exciting for Models WebTV. As always the search is on for talented creators to utilize the Film…
Hello from Vancouver...
I always knew about Film Annex, but it wasn't until a good buddy of mine and fellow animation filmmaker, Jonathan Ng, told me more…
Sustainable Developments Solutions Network Initiative by UN
New independent global network of research centers, universities and technical institutions to help find solutions for some of the…
Does United Nations Have Intelligence Agency...?
... or at least, can UN borrow "intelligence" capacities of others? The UN does try to anticipate both crisis, threats to international…
Father of American Freedom
George Mason set the tune even as Elton John had recorded "Philadelphia Freedom"! George Washington led the Armies. Thomas Jefferson…
Newsroom: Information is Fear for Some, but Not for Film Annex
Information is fear for some. After today's conversations, I came to the simple conclusion that “Information is Fear”…
Signal Focus on Middle East by Appointment of Top UN Political Adviser
I briefly met US Diplomat Jeffery Feltman when he was Lawrence Eagleburger’s Special Assistant on Eastern and Central…
Baghnazargah School and Film Annex are Re-inventing Schooling in Afghanistan
Film Annex joined forces with Citadel Software Company and created the Afghan Development Project in order to build Internet classrooms…
First Steps with the educational system in Afghanistan
Watching the first steps in Filmannexs' help with the educational system in Afghanistan was a proud experience for me. …
Needs and Wants of Life
The priorities of the average American have dramatically shifted over time and this worries me a great deal. The…
Ex-Taliban fighters could help Afghanistan's future
There are many who are optomistic to the views that could help Afghanistan develope into a more modern society. There could…
School-to-Work
Is the education children are learning in school these days preparing them for the work environment? Are…
Where Have All the Flags Gone
Many Americans woke up yesterday thinking it was just another day. They drove to work listening…
Why New World Bank President?
"Palling around with our mutual friend Bono was one thing, but calling out the establishment, well that was too much to further empower."…
The Ways of Life
Teachers have an obligation to teach students "the easy life is not the happy life and that the life that is lived…
Corporate America: Dancing off Beat to the Rhythm of a Corporate World
The term "prideful wastefulness is a crowning way to describe how Americans live. We drive SUVs, and then complain…
Much More Than a Script Competition Finalists
ÉCU is proud to announce the scripts that have been shortlisted for our “Much More Than A Script Competition 2012”. We have selected…
A New Culture on the Front Lines of Afghanistan
From Scott Sernau: "The idea that children belong in school is actually quite new. For most of the human experience, formal education…
Veteran owned businnesses and Veteran entrepreneurs are the solution and inspiration
The article of Kyle Smith published on the New York Post on February 12th made me once again think of about why we recently created…
Jeff, Who Lives at Home Trailer!
On his way to the store to buy wood glue, Jeff looks for signs from the universe to determine his path. However, a series of comedic…
From A Frontline Marine- Why I support (G.I.V.E.) @ Film Annex
The project Film annex, Francesco Rulli and I are putting together (G.I.V.E.)'s every veteran a chance or to put it in better…
