IMC 040 - What's the Point of Making Short Films?

Why make short films? Really? Who's watching them? What should you expect from them? What kind of plan should you have to gain viewership? Should you only do shorts for competitions? Should you make a trailer or a few scenes of a longer movie? Should you just make features? These questions pondered as we read some old bl0g from kylegilman.net.

First discussions about this year's 48.

Schmollywood:

James Cameron says the next revolution in cinema is...

The Smiths team up with Shyamalan

Trailer Reactions: The Hangover Part II, Everything Must Go

Jay's Hobbit Update of the week

Think How I Think:

Hobo with a Shotgun & Rubber

IMC 039 - The Documentary and the Director's Cut

The crew of Ultimatum helped make a short documentary for the 2011 Doc Challenge. Liz guests hosts and talks about her experience directing We Are Still Here. We explore the differences in documentary and narrative filmmaking.

The extended director's cut of The Sages of Eidolon is finished and posted online. We're happy with the results and hope you are too. Please check it out and let us know what you think!

Schmollywood:

Aronofsky backs out of The Wolverine.

David Slade to reboot Daredevil... but is it too early to reboot?

Men in Black III the first studio disaster of the decade?

Trailer reaction: The FP

Jay's Hobbit update of the week featuring this photo.

Think How I Think:

Paul and Rango

IMC SPECIAL - The Making of The Sages of Eidolon

Ultimatum participated in the 48 Go Green, and the result is our first fantasy The Sages of Eidolon.
Listen in as we detail out our strangest 48 weekend yet.
But before you do anything else, please VIEW and RATE The Sages of Eidolon here. We need your votes so please help us out. Voting is over March 4, 2011.

Thanks, friends!

IMC 038 - The Music Video

The band Leiahdorus joins us in the studio to talk about the first Ultimatum music video! The video for "Forward Blindly" from the album Ode to the Builders is finished and has launched online; please check it out! We tell all about our video shoot, and our new experiences in the music industry.

We make last minute plans for the 48 Go Green.

Schmollywood:

The Alien prequel is now Prometheus

The Coen Brother's "full-on horror movie"

Monsters gets a not-so indie sequel

Sex and The City prequel

Trailer reactions: X-men: First Class & Atlas Shrugged: Part 1

Jay's weekly Hobbit update featuring this photo

Think How I Think:

The King's Speech

IMC 037 - The Wooden Spoon Award

We get the results from the National Film Challenge and Ultimatum takes home 3 insulting awards! We humbly accept the honor of taking hom the prize for Best Wooden Spoon especially.

We also talk about the improvements made to Amazon Studios.

What is Ultimatum up to in 2011?

Schmollywood:

Catwoman and Bane make the dark knight rise

Oscars 2011 nominations

Jay's weekly Hobbit update

Think How I Think:

Top 10 (and bottom 10) movies of 2010

IMC 036 - Going Green 48 Style

It's 2011 and Ultimatum has signed up for another 48 Hour Film competition! The 48 Go Green is coming in February, and it should prove to be another adventure.

Voting is ending for Hibiscus in the National Film Challenge. Please rate our movie before it's too late!

We're recording the podcast in a whole new way (and the sound is awful... sorry... again).

Schmollywood:

Spider-man gets gilttery

Star Trek 2 has no script or director... but it's in 3D!!!

Jay's Hobbit update of the week

Think How I Think:

The Fighter,

True Grit, &

Black Swan

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IMC 035 - One Year Anniversary!

It's IMC's 1 year anniversary! We are celebrating extra hard because Ultimatum's newest movie Hibiscus is a finalist in the National Film Challenge!

Please give our movie a rating at the NFC website here: http://filmchallenge.org/2010-Finalists/2010-finalist-hibiscus.html

You have to register for a free account, but please log in and rate us so we have a chance at the audience award.

We also discuss the fixed lens on the RED Scarlet, and we talk about indie movies on iTunes.

Schmollywood:

The corrupt and pointless Golden Globes have announced their nominees.

Roger Ebert calls for an overhaul on the MPAA ratings system.

Trailer reactions: Green Lantern, The Green Hornet, & Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

Think How I Think:

Tron: Legacy (and the uncanny valley)

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Seriously go rate Hibiscus... now-ish would be good. CLICK HERE