Last week I officially finished You 2.0, the doc that delayed graduation a semester, and self released it on DVD. It's a niche film, and I felt like it would work better just selling it myself as a DVD (it has a unique structure) rather than waste time trying to get...
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Art & Copy – Minds Behind the Greatest Ads
I'm somewhat familiar with the world of advertising, though admittedly most of that knowledge comes from watching Mad Men. Either way I love advertising (well, advertising done well), so I was excited to see that Art & Copy was at Full Frame. Art & Copy...
American Teen and How it Was Made [Documentary]
I loved this movie. It was by far my favorite film at Full Frame. I've noted before how I'm on the fence about going into narratives or docs. This proved you can accomplish both. Following four high school seniors, American Teen was like watching all the best high...
The Blacklist Now Playing
HBO Documentaries: Documentary Films Series: The Blacklist: Synopsis Previously mentioned The Blacklist is now playing on HBO. Schedule here. Definitely worth a watch once you think of it as a collection of moving portraits (Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, the director,...
Catch Documentary Making Live on TWiT Live
TWiT Live - Live Netcasts from TWiT with Leo Laporte and Friends. If you're bored Thursday, I'm interviewing Leo Laporte. But in a documentary first (?), he's going to be broadcasting the interview online through his TWiT Live show. So who will be interviewing who?...
Peter Shankman’s “If I Can Help a Reporter Out” – Awesome Resource
Peter Shankman's "If I Can Help a Reporter Out" This is a very cool site for both sides of the story - the writer/documentarian and source. There's two parts to HARO. The main part is where anyone can sign up for the mailing list. A few times a day you get an email...
The State of the Documentary [Panel]
Below are my notes from the one panel I attended at Full Frame - The State of the Doc. It's a little more cheerful than Mark Gill's outlook on independent cinema, though re-reading this now, some panelists seemed to be predicting what was going to happen. It was...
Full Battle Rattle [Documentary]
Out in the middle of the Mojave desert at Ft. Irwin, California, is a billion dollar mock Iraq village in an Army training center, filled with Iraqi roll players. Before units are deployed to Iraq, they come here for three weeks to simulate what they will encounter in...
I Claim Life Hacking Documentary
That's right. In keeping with my fascination of offices and productivity, my next doc is on life hacking. It's been tough explaining life hacking in one sentence. I've been going with 'an online community dedicated to finding shortcuts to save time and make oneself...