C-U Blogfidential

Champaign Movie Makers will meet during a special screenwriters’ session at Quality Beer in downtown Champaign, IL, later tonight, Thursday, May 2, 2013. We also discuss the Pens to Lens screenwriting competition for children and an unique screenplay collection at UIUC!

Champaign Movie Makers, a group dedicated to fostering independent and personal filmmaking in the Champaign-Urbana area, will next meet at SoDo Theatre in downtown Champaign, IL, on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Focus will be on the peeps behind the films of the New Art Film Festival!

Champaign Movie Makers, a group dedicated to fostering independent and personal filmmaking in the Champaign-Urbana area, will next meet at SoDo Theatre in downtown Champaign, IL, on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. They also earned an appearance on UPTV!

Champaign Movie Makers, a group dedicated to fostering independent and personal filmmaking in the Champaign-Urbana area, will next meet at SoDo Theatre in downtown Champaign, IL, on Tuesday, February 19, 2013.

The Central Illinois Film Commission will congregate at the Montvale Plaza Schnucks in Springfield, IL, on Thursday, March 15, 2012, while Champaign Movie Makers will next meet a few days later at SoDo Theatre in downtown Champaign, IL, on Tuesday, March 20, 2012.

Both Champaign Movie Makers of Champaign-Urbana and the Central Illinois Film Commission of Springfield have launched new on-line homes where our friendly neighborhood filmmakers can visit and interact!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we note a Champaign Movie Makers changeover, find myriad digital products with local ties, give a last-minute nod to THE DYING BREED, and list the movies now playing/renting near you!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” it’s little surprise “The Short Form” rules again with items about Jason Lindsey Photography, Michael Wiese Productions, a need for DP in Springfield, and the movies now playing/renting near you!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” the DRUNK befriends extras, a DOG needs an FX whiz, CMM seeks a speaker, DEJA VIEW envisions Turkish stars & stripes, a birthday boy sucks down PBRs, and those fabulous new movies play/rent near you!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we share LEADING LADIES DVD news, hint at a new Heroic Age in local movie-making, trust NCSA to depict THE TREE OF LIFE truthfully, and horde the titles of movies now playing/renting near you!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we highly suggest that you appear in a robot movie, take a photo class in Iceland, help a design firm shoot green screen, camp out at a UI movie marathon, and patronize the movies now playing/renting near you!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we confirm the next Champaign Movie Makers meeting, spill on a local documentary opp, encourage the watching of films-from-books, and deposit the skinny on the movies now playing/renting near you!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we ask that you send prayers and other forms of aid to the people of Japan, scribble all sorts of reminders on your April calendar, and take stock of what movies are now playing/renting near you!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we remind you to attend Champaign Movie Makers, patronize the Central Illinois Film Commission, submit to the New Art Film Festival, and watch what movies are now playing/renting near you!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we announce the World Premiere of Dreamscape Cinema’s DISPOSABLE, pass along film fest deadlines, prove our commitment to print, and list what movies are now playing/renting near you!