C-U Blogfidential

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Before the students in your life go back to school, take them to the Pens to Lens Gala on Saturday, August 15, 2015, at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign, IL. Good things will be learned!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Bill Hammack, the Engineer Guy, takes apart the film projector (with love and affection) in his ongoing YouTube video series. There will be a quiz after the viewing!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Animated high school students come to life in real-life college student Andrew Ambrose Lee’s new Web comedy, TABLOIDS. There will be a quiz after the reading!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: It’s more a “Concept of the Week,” Holly Rushakoff’s forthcoming Web archive Champaign-Urbana Music is, but it also has a picture. Fun!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Here is a video-laden update on indie films with a touch or two du C-U – THE END OF THE TOUR, THE ORIGINS OF WIT & HUMOR, and CONSUMED!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: The uplifting, rapid-fire idea showcase that is PechaKucha returns to Champaign-Urbana tonight with John Isberg’s THE GHOST COWBOY in the fold.

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: They might rate as the ugliest mugs ever handed out to winners at a local film festival, but to our eyes these Freaky trophies are things of beauty!

In our continuing quest to educate you on the video unknown, we tell you a bit about Champaign native and Los Angeles independent filmmaker Samuel M. Oldham.

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Local recording artists Klevah and Withershins make for beautifully strange bedfellows in the first installment of an informal music video series.

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: HOLLY is probably the biggest risk taken so far by HD Productions of Champaign, but they have plenty of previous do-it-yourself experience to draw from.

Filmmaking entrepreneur Kimberly Conner of Springfield broke through when her first feature JUMP IN received national DVD distribution last September. Her second full-length drama is on the way!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: WILL-TV and 40 North 88 West have launched a new video series about local artists, ART: BEHIND THE SCENES. Media mavens represent!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: One of the redheaded stepchildren in Paper Opteryx lineage returns home as “The Video Throne” exudes analog angst under the CUBlog banner!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Investigative reporting by The Pantagraph in Bloomington focuses on helping the mentally ill more effectively in the video, SHORTCHANGED.

Christmastime can be do-it-yourself time like any other time in the year. Just ask Travis Wayne Hurt, emerging once again to deliver his lo-fi CHRISTMAS SPECIAL to the Champaign-Urbana citizenry.