All posts tagged "documentary"
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The Ashtray: Errol Morris Reimagines Total World Philosophy in Overwhelming New Book
New from Errol Morris, The Ashtray (Or the Man Who Denied Reality) is the legendary writer-director’s first book since 2012’s A Wilderness... -
True/False 2018: The Midwestern Doc Fest Returns to Test the Limits of Non-Fiction
The heart of the Midwest beats in Columbia, Missouri, a charming college town where the land is eerily flat, the brick buildings... -
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2018: A Vital Community of Cinematic Truth-Seekers in the American South
If the state of nonfiction storytelling today could be summarized in a single phrase, it would the title of a moviemaker panel... -
“Time to Dream:” Find Inspiration in Daily Life with Apichatpong Weerasethakul in this New Doc
Within the first minute of A.W.: A Portrait of Apichatpong Weerasethakul, a fiery crab emerges from a small mound of wet sand.... -
Going on Stream: How the Director of What Lies Upstream Managed His Rapidly Changing Shooting Schedule
Filmmakers are excellent liars. Our greatest lie is how long we tell ourselves a film will take to make. If we knew... -
How to Make a Film Without Knowing How to Make a Film: Basic Tips From the Director of From the Ground Up
Prior to producing, writing, and directing my documentary From The Ground Up, I had no background or experience in film. Yes, you read... -
Fair Use In An Unfair World: 10 Ways to Not Get Sued From the Director of The Bill Murray Experience
The world of a documentarian can be tough, draining and yes, even unfair. Fair use can be a filmmaker’s best friend. According... -
How They Did It: Erik Nelson’s Doc A Gray State Required a Descent into the Mind of Madness
David Crowley was a 25-year-old filmmaker in Apple Valley, Minnesota, when he began filming a project he called Gray State—creating the trailer... -
How They Did It: The Producer of Destination Unknown Spent Over a Decade Collecting Interviews With Holocaust Survivors
Despite being clad in all-weather gear, I remained chilled to the bone on an early morning visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau back in April... -
Blaze of Glory: Viktor Jakovleski Used a Hi-Speed Slo-Mo Phantom Camera and Drones To Make Brimstone & Glory
Film is first and foremost a visual medium, and when moviemakers accept and embrace this truth, a greater opportunity for a transcendent...
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Your Key to Distribution Success: Get Keyed in to Key Art, and You’re On Your Way to an Instantly Iconic Movie
Think about some of the most famous posters ever produced: Jaws, Scarface, Taxi Driver, The Shining, Ghostbusters, E.T., The Godfather. What do they have in common? To...2Inside the Issue: Festivals
deadCenter Film Festival 2017: Oklahoma City Is the Biggest Star Of This Consistently Great Event
Film festivals are as good as their programmers and audiences, and the deadCenter film festival has an abundance of excellence in both. From the very first...Inside the Issue: Producing
What Investors Want to Hear: Here Are the Things You Need to Be Telling Potential Financiers In Your Pitch
There are as many different ways to get funding as there are movies made, but the one thing all of those stories have in common is...6