libkitty:

Ok, so I know I'm all lurky, and I jumped the line here, but I was asked about gathering a listing of film industry trade mags, and my mind immediately went to Buffistas. I couldn't help myself. So, does anyone have any suggestions beyond Variety and Hollywood Reporter? They're not looking for popular entertainment magazines or academic criticism types.

Variety and The Hollywood Reporter are okay general industry mags (though they have the most irritating writing style imaginable, practically unreadable), but depending on what you're looking for there's much better magazines out there.

Variety and THR are sort of industry business magazines. They're primarily prepared for studio executives and producers, to know what's going on at the various agencies and studios around town (and the world).

For more of a technical trade magazines (and somewhat more readable), there's:

Cinefex, a visual effects trade magazine. They do very long, detailed articles about movie visual effects, accompanied by many fine photographs.

American Cinematographer, which is the official publication of the ASC, the American Society of Cinematographers. It's an excellent magazine on the subject of principle film photography - how the camera and lighting work together to capture moving images.

Below the Line is a magazine for all the hundreds (nay thousands) of tech and craft people who work "below the line" (meaning, part of the basic resource package required to make a film, opposed to the "above the line" costs - screenplay, rights, director, stars). This is magazine aimed directly at the entertainment industry equivalent of the working stiff.

There are any number of other magazines speaking directly to some technical or artistic aspect of filmmaking, some are interesting, some are not.

But as far as Variety or THR.... Unless you're thinking about becoming Hollywood producer or talent agent, those are really not very interesting magazines. You can find out all you need out of those two magazines, plus a whole lot more, written in a much better style, by reading Entertainment Weekly.

{{{Aims}}} Much ~ma to your mother.

Thanks so much Laga and Sean. I think that the person wanting the mags is coming from the point of view of helping local filmmakers or encouraging productions to their location, so I think they're more interested in the business of making movies than the actual crafts. I think that any magazines are more likely to be skimmed than read, so readability is not a huge factor (although, I love that you think of that, Sean). That said, I think that they're more interested in a comprehensive list, so all of these may be useful.

Thanks again, and if you think of anything else, I would welcome further suggestions.

And now, I have a wonderful excuse to read b.org at work for the next day or two. Whoot!

{{{Aims}}}

Health~ma to your mother and peace~ma to you.

Intermission. So it's not a poetry night, but reading short stories. Tonights theme: Food Fictions. Read by Michael Tucker, Jill Eikenberry, & Isaiah Sheffer. Very entertaing. But now I'm hungry again. I'm thinking I might need to subscribe to this lecture series.

I have way too much veggie quesadilla, omnis. Lemme see if I can fit half in this little slot on the computer and send it to you.

Many strong health vibes towards Aims' mom.

I'm one of the freaks who knows that Toyotas score so high but I've never liked their interior designs and am not partial to their ergonomics.

Oh, yeah, you and me both.

I *love* the Civic (better visibility than the Accord, wonderful to drive, and the new Leather Seat model offers the one thing I wish ours had--seat warmers). I was going to get a Fit (zippy! fun! cute!) until we drove the Civic.

DH was going to make diner, but one of his teenage guitar friends stopped by on advice for buying a new guitar - and I was working on my newbery medal class - and now I'm starving. Pass that quesadilla.

Pass that quesadilla

It's not fitting in the little slot. Hmm... lemme try the fax machine.

Thanks for all of the ~~ma, guys. So far, everything is pointing away from any type of cardiac episode, but they kept her overnight after the pain came back. My mom suspects maybe an ulcer or acid reflux because the pain came back after she drank water after a pretty long time of not having anything. And, it turns out she's been having these pains for about a week. Grrrrr.

I'm home and exhausted both emotionally and physically. Thank you guys so much for all the thoughts and vibes going out to me and my mom. It felt good knowing we had so many people in our corner.