Live Blogging Starts Thursday, January 18

Welcome to the second annual Sundance blog from the editors of Digital Content Producer and Millimeter, brought to you by HP. We‘re on our way to Utah to cover the annual film festival, which serves as a celebration of independent filmmaking and as a gathering of the tribes for directors, cinematographers, editors, and actors.

In the blog we‘ll be posting information about the latest happenings, information on people using the latest technology, as well as interviews with filmmakers at Sundance. We start with a Sundance Preview podcast series on the making of Black Snake Moan, as Senior Editor Michael Goldman talks with Director Craig Brewer, Editor Billy Fox, and Fotokem’s Walter Vopatto.

Check back often, as we‘ll be updating multiple times a day starting January 18. Have a great Sundance if you‘re attending, and if not, this is your source for realtime coverage of the show.

Scroll down for some pre-show podcasts and press releases.

Listen to the final podcast of our Black Snake Moan Sundance Preview Series as Fotokem’s Walter Vopatto discusses their participation on the film’s HD dailies and postproduction with Millimeter Senior Editor Michael Goldman.

To listen to the podcast interview click here.

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Catch the 2007 Sundance Film Festival from yet another angle–through the eyes of Sundance 2007 Presenting Sponsor, HP. Link over to their blog and see how they’re preparing for the big event and check out information on HP’s upcoming ongoings during the festival.

Follow the HP team’s adventures with their Backstage at Sundance 2007 Blog.

As a complimentary piece to our bloggings, the panels offered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival will be made publicly available via podcasts for the first time ever through Zoom In Online. In addition to producing the podcasts, Zoom In Online built the platform to deliver festival content in near-real time at festival.sundance.org/2007 and on iTunes.

Zoom In Online will offer exclusive daily coverage of the 2007 Sundance Film Festival at www.zoom-in.com. The site will feature daily video blog posts by prominent independent film veteran Reid Rosefelt featuring interviews with filmmakers and celebrated industry veterans, as well as film reviews by Zoom In Online senior editor Annie Young Frisbie. Sponsored by Adobe, Rosefelt’s festival presentation on film marketing will also be available on the site. Along with filmmaker documentaries from the festival, Zoom In Online will continue to post its content after the close of the event as 2007 Sundance Film Festival projects make their theatrical debuts throughout the year. more

JVC announced that they are hosting HD HOUSE, a free four-day filmmaking conference that provides filmmakers with an opportunity to attend technology presentations and meet with industry experts. HD HOUSE will be held during the Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals in Park City, Utah, January 19-22, 2007.

JVC ProHD camera user Robert Lynn, Director/Producer/Writer of longest continuous single shot film in American film history, Adrenaline, will be previewing his new film Havoc, a horror/thriller, at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 20 at HD HOUSE, 545C Main Street. Refreshments will be provided. more