filmmaking
Other filmmakers, distributors, actors & actress's, film crew, composers, VFX animators, artists, creative people, producers, directors, screenwriters, PR people, graphic designers, cinematographers, sound people, make-up artists, production designers, wardrobe people, bands, singers, models, assistant directors, locations managers, grips, gaffers, craft service people, executive producers, entertainment lawyers, production accountants, steadi-cam op's, production assistants, camera assistants, assistant editors, storyboard artists, office assistants, child actors (& their guardians), transport people, producer's assistants, VFX supervisors, VFX modelers & compositors, sales agents, talent agents, sound editors, and basically anyone who is currently in the industry and who wants to work with us on feature film projects.
soundtrack music & generally all types and styles of music, expecially classical, hip-hop, rock, house, jungle, r&b, rap, alternative, pop, lounge, and jazz / big band.
lots and lots....pretty much any film that makes you think (for example "Lord of War" or "Crash")....and films that have won awards, either Oscars or independent / festival awards, since these are most likely to be good films with good production values or a great message in the story (like "Hustle & Flow", "Traffic" or "American Beauty")....also like a good documentary that provokes you to think about the political, spiritual or social issues (for example "Rize", "What the Bleep do We Know" or "Bowling for Columbine")....and of course animated films, either classical 2D or VFX 3D (like "Finding Nemo", "Alladdin", "Waking Life" or japanamation films). Foreign films also kick ass (like "City of God") since they open your mind to other cultures and issues facing people around the world. Films with a great acting ensemble or a musical themed cast also are a must-see on our list (like "Chicago", "Swing Kids" and "Moulin Rogue"). And lastly, any films by great filmmakers of the present day that help define our generation's cinema and provide role models to aspiring filmmakers like ourselves, such as Tarintino, Baz Lurhman, Robert Rodrigaz, Kubrick, Oliver Stone, Sofia Coppella, Tony Scott or Speilburg, as these guys/girls really know how to tell a story and make a movie come to life.......and of course our own films ;)
America's Next Top Model, The Amazing Race, Much Music VJ Search, Canada's Next Top Model, American Idol, Most Haunted, Ghosttowns, How Clean is Your House, Too Posh to Wash, Take this House and Sell It, (reality shows kick ass since they are more entertaining than most of the crap on the tube and we love the real-life dramas, especially those home makeover shows or the ghost-haunting shows from the UK). As for fictional shows, of course the animated shows like The Simpsons, Family Guy, King of the Hill, Futurama, South Park and series like CSI, Cold Case Files and the short-lived Reunion, and classic shows we grew up with that are in syndication like Full House, Saved By The Bell, Roseanne, Degrassi High and The Cosby Show.
Shine, The Bible, Film Directing: Shot by Shot, Shakespeare on Love, The Millionaire Mind, The Art of War, Andy Kaufman: The Truth Revealed, Making Faces, The Forbes Book of Business Quotes, The Chakras, Fortune Magazine (monthly subscription), mostly all of Anne Rice's novels, American Cinematographer Magazine, IFC Magazine, Variety Magazine, and anything we pick up at the library on a topic that currently interests us.
Bono, the Dali Lama, Jesus, Buddah, Martin Luther King, JFK, and ourselves.