Dinner and a movie

John and I go out to dinner a lot. That's all we usually do though. We eat and go home. Boring right? We're going to start a new tradition. We'll have dinner and go out afterwards. It could be a movie, the museum or anywhere. It's just to do something different.

There are a few movies that I'm really excited about seeing. One of them is WarGames. It's the 25th anniversary edition coming out on July 24th. I can't believe it's been that long since I saw that movie. I remember my 80's movies very well. My favorites were ET, The Last Dragon (which is so cheesy now!) and The Breakfast Club. I still watch most of them on cable when I can find them.

I just saw WarGames a couple of weeks ago. The special movie is cool because it will have special never before seen features. It will also preview the new movie WarGames: The Dead Code. It's only available that one night (7/24) though as a special screening. The funny thing is I remember everyone wanting to become a tech geek after seeing this movie. Some of those people have it made now because they're making a ton of money.

This should be a fun date for us because we both like this movie.

Residual income for cinematographers

It used to be the once a film was finished with production, the cinematographers were done making money. Now by having their movies listed in the HD Stock Video Library they can continue to make money. And since the work on so many projects back to back, they can build a large collection of work.

AlwaysHD takes their body of work and makes it available for sale and delivery over the internet. They also set the price in such a way that will maximize not only distribution but also profitability. The best part for the cinematographer is that they receive 50% of the net revenue generated by the sale of their clips and they get that money paid monthly.

It's about time the cinematographers got their due.

Ocean's 13 already?

I just saw the advertisement for Ocean's 13. I can't believe they've filmed it already. I obviously haven't kept up, because I didn't even know that production began.

Meanwhile, I still have Ocean's 12 in the original case. I just never got around to watching it. I guess I better watch it soon.