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  • Will This Camera Change the Filmmaking Forever?Arguably the hottest product at NAB this year was the Red Camera designed by Jim Jannard, founder of the Oakley glasses company. Although, they were only showing a non-working prototype, the mere concept of Jannard's camera is revolutionary.Format Type...read more

  • What's Up With the Book?I just wanted to give everyone a quick update on the debut "Down and Dirty DV: Vol. 1 - Documentaries" book. The project has really taken off and expanded from my original concept. At the time of this writing my page count is 245 with somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 p...read more

  • The Secret to Guerrilla (Or Any Other Kind of) SuccessThis is one of those "duhhh" bits of advice, but it nevertheless seems to elude many indie filmmakers on a regular basis. What I am about to tell you is life advice that you will find helpful in getting any number of things or outcomes that you d...read more

  • Long Time, No PostsSo it's obviously been waaay too long since my last entry. As I pointed out before, I've got all theses balls in the air and I'm trying not to drop any, but alas, I let the blog hit the floor for a month to focus on finishing the book and lining up things to complete the video po...read more

  • Podcast ResourcesIf my extensive rants have convinced you that podcasting is something you should check out, here are some links to help you get started:Create Podcasts Using Your PC, from O’Reilly Windows Dev CenterStart Your Own Podcast, from MacworldCreate Your Own Podcasts, from the Washington...read more

  • Anthony’s Top 5 Reasons Why You Need to Get Down with Podcasting 1. Get People to See Your TrailerIf you’ve got a trailer for your project, there’s no better way to get it out to the masses. You can just post a straight trailer or you can get creative and dole it out in pieces, show entire...read more

  • Too Many Balls in the AirIt’s taken me longer to get up the rest of the Sundance coverage than I thought… had to dub tapes, make transcripts, edit, ran out of hard drive space, blizzard, and still work on all the other elements of the project, blah, blah, blah… you know all the usual daily obs...read more

  • Guerilla Reflections on Sundance - Part 3: Meet the PodcastersI know it’s been 2 weeks since the last blog entry, but seeing how the last entry was so ridiculously long, I figured you'd read it in 2 parts. I’ve been busy cooking up some new stuff for you in the Down and Dirty DV guerilla kitche...read more

  • Guerilla Reflections on Sundance – Part 2:Why You're Crazy Insane if You're Not PodcastingOne of the more interesting panels I attended was on Podcasting and Vlogging and how it’s changing the media landscape. For me this was a must-attend panel, because I think that people (in and out of the in...read more

  • Guerilla Reflections on Sundance – Part 1I’m tired to the bone after 3 days of straight hustling to get the word out about Down and Dirty DV at the Sundance and Slamdance festivals and all the other -dance festivals in Park City, UTAH. I have that all-too-familiar post-wrap exhaustion. You know...read more

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