Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Interview with Louie Psihoyos
Teague and I met Louie Psihoyos, director of The Cove, at AFI SILVERDOCS. Psihoyos talked about how he made The Cove, which documents his team’s mission to expose the destruction of ocean wildlife in a secret cove in Japan. We really enjoyed his stories about getting footage using both high and low tech spy tools [...]
Turn off your Cell Phone at Patti LuPone’s Gypsy
On Tuesday, Patti LuPone voiced her own response to David Itzkoff’s NY Times blog post about an incident in which LuPone stopped her performance to confront an audience member who was using an electronic device. LuPone defended her actions, and those of artists seeking to preserve the integrity of live performance as audiences grow more [...]
Ella Es El Matador – Women v. Machismo in the Bull Ring
This week, many of our posts will feature films and seminars from AFI SILVERDOCS, an 8-day documentary film festival that takes place in Silver Spring, MD. We have an upcoming interview clip with Louie Psihoyos, director of The Cove, and a lot more to say about the future of public media. But for now I [...]
Guaranteed Distribution for Indie Films
There’s a new player in the the game for independent film funding. The New York Times is reporting that DF Indie Studios, based in New York, is open for business. The new studio plans to finance up to 12 films a year with budgets of up to $10 million. Mary E. Dickinson, chief executive, and [...]
Are You Guilty of Media Malpractice?
Last week I attended Making Media Now at Bentley University, where, among other really interesting panels, I saw Andy Carvin talk about crowdsourcing. I was also really glad to hear Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films talk about making media that matters with Lisa Mullins of The World. Greenwald also screened a clip [...]
Andy Carvin of NPR On Crowdsourcing at Making Media Now
On Friday I attended Making Media Now 2009, a single day conference for media makers (largely attended by documentary film folk from the Boston Area). MMN09 was a great experience – and I have to recommend that more social media and new media people attend in the future – there were some great filmmakers looking [...]
Joss Whedon and Mark Harris: Getting art and commerce to finally hook up
This weekend at the Shasha Seminar for Human Concerns at Wesleyan University, I was lucky enough to hear from some of the biggest movers and shakers in the entertainment business.
The weekend kicked off with Mark Harris, critic and author, who spoke about the need for both the producers and the consumers of media to raise [...]
Shorts from 48HFP:DC
Two weeks ago, we featured a series of interviews with the team leaders of three films entered in the 48 Hour Film Project in DC. Two of these films were selected for a second screening in the Best Of DC series, but all three are now available online for your viewing pleasure. The [...]
Trent Reznor Adds Value for a Good Cause
Stan Schroeder posted a story on Mashable today about Trent Reznor raising over $850.000 for a fan who needs a heart transplant. Nine Inch Nails and Jane’s Addiction set up a site to take donations for Eric De La Cruz and offered special gifts and access to the bands for larger donations.
Schroeder’s insights about [...]
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 [...]
