Archive for April, 2009
Where Do You Get Your News?
Where do you get your news? And what is the quality of that information?
PBS is hosting a project with the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy seeking public feedback on the future of public information gathering and sharing.
At a time when newspapers are struggling and online media is proliferating, the [...]
“I Love You, Man” Trailer Needs Spoiler Alert
This weekend, I went to see “I Love You, Man” with a bunch of grad students. Grad students are really great to take to a movie. They don’t have time to watch trailers online over and over, they don’t see commercials on TV, they read the news in newspapers, not the movie reviews. [...]
Happy Earth Day 2009
In honor of Earth Day, we’d like to point you to a couple of our previous articles about green film. If you know of other resources for decreasing your environmental impact as a filmmaker, let us know in the comments.
Green Film
Slow Food, Slow Film?
Media-making requires a lot of resources. What can you can do to [...]
Funding an Independent Film
How do you get the money to make a film about dying languages?
How would you convince funders to back your film when it doesn’t have a clear audience?
The Linguists
Last October, the Independent published an article about funding independent films and examined Ironbound Films‘ documentary, The Linguists, as one case study.
The film’s creator, Seth Kramer, upon [...]
48 Hour Film Project, 2009: Washington, DC
Early bird registration for the 48 Hour Film Project has closed in DC, but regular registration is still open.
This year, 48 Hour Film DC, takes place on the weekend on May 1st. Yet again, I have a conflict that weekend, but I know of several people with teams in the mix this year and I [...]
