All Entries in the "Austin Studios" Category
Props Aplenty – Whatchya Need?
Our friends at Troublemaker Studios have a whole bunch of props from recent projects that are now available for rental for your awesome project! Here is a general list of the kinds of things you can put to use in your film: Medical Car Dressing Science & Lab Equipment Camping Gear Jewelry & Vanity Paper [...]
The Intern’s Lot: Writing Around Austin Studios
When someone’s chicken teriyaki juice leaks onto your Converse from the trash bag you’re carrying from the Austin Film Society office kitchen to the golf cart parked out front it hits you: I’m really hungry. Clif Bars can only sustain me for so long. It’s 6 p.m. on a Tuesday. My intern shift has ended, [...]
TXMPA Lobby Day Rally Today!
I wanted to make sure you were all informed on what the plan is for the upcoming Lobby day, since the logistics have changed. TXMPA will be conducting the Lobby Day Rally Training at Austin Studios (1901 E 51st Street) on Tuesday, March 8th from 7 – 9 pm. Come out and participate! Full schedule here [...]
Jimmy John’s “Catching a Flight”
I’ve always wondered how long it would be before we got the request “would a plane fit in the new stages?” Before the 2006 improvements, the doors to the former airplane hangers, now Stages 3 and 5, opened to 100 feet wide. To ensure the best sound isolation, we minimized the door openings to 20 [...]
HELP!! TXMPA Factoids & Figurines, Lobby Day March 9th
Greetings film/video/audio/video game enthusiasts! I was asked to write a blog for the Texas Entrepreneur Network and it was just approved by Don Stokes and Jay Schuh, co-chair of our communications committee. If you have questions, please visit the TXMPA website or contact me anytime via FB, LinkedIN or wherever I lurk! Craig Berlin Founding [...]
Teaching & Learning at AFS: A Sundance Experience
Each year, the Austin Film Society selects 20 to 30 young people looking to gain exposure and experience in the wonderful world of Austin’s film community. As we select our incoming interns for each spring, summer and fall semester, we think about how they can pitch in at AFS but also, how will what we [...]
Copper Mountain Commercial Spot
Check out one of the most recent commercials that was shot at Austin Studios. When I first got the call from Ryan on needing an open space for some cars to promote Copper Mountain Resort, I have to admit it did make me scratch my head a bit–especially in the dead heat of summer imagining [...]
Spike Jonze’s Arcarde Fire Video Released
Check out the latest from Spike Jonze! They filmed this music video for Arcade Fire’s, “The Suburbs” a few months back out here on the tarmac area of Austin Studios along with other local locations around town. This isn’t the first time Jonze has worked with Arcade Fire. He featured a version of “Wake Up,” [...]
Coen Bros arrive at Austin Studios… TRUE GRIT Trailer Online
Little did I know last October when I received a call from a Los Angeles UPM that I knew from my Sony days that Austin Studios would be in for quite a whirlwind. Paramount Pictures’ TRUE GRIT, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, was due to move into the Studios before the holidays and would [...]
Global Zone Music Festival, Live from Austin Studios!
Videoranch 3D is bringing in some of the Austin area’s finest, as well as bands from both coasts, Europe, and Brazil to perform live in the Videoranch 3D environment and produced at Austin Studios. Acts include Del Castillo, Carolyn Wonderland, Kashmir, Asleep at the Wheel, Lal Meri, Vander Lee and many more. For those who [...]
