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Documentary
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Trailer HBO is premiering a new doc on the historic Triangle Shirtwaist Fire that sparked the modern Labor Movement. I was very struck with this story when I first read it in a third or fourth grade history book. You learn a hundred little lessons along the way, but this story always stuck with m...read more
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- Tags: American Experience, Documentary, HBO, PBS
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On the next Special Oscar Edition of The Double Down Film Show we’ll feature an exclusive interview with Josh Fox, the director of the Oscar-nominated documentary, Gasland which explores the controversial and little-known practice of hydraulic gas fracturing or “fracking” and how it’s threa...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Documentary, Gasland, Josh Fox
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Barry Hampe, the author of the documentary book, Making Documentary Films and Videos (2nd. Edition) gave his endorsement of The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide in a post on the International Documentary Association's website, Documentary.org .I should take this occasion to return the favor and p...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: Barry Hampe, Documentary
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Tonight on a special EXPANDED edition of The Double Down Film Show we'll be sharing a private webinar originally given for Turn Here Productions that gives some key tips and tricks to documentary and corporate production.How do you get good documentary "performances" from "real people"? What can yo...read more
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Just wanted to drop a quick note to let you know about an event coming up this Friday, May 2nd sponsored by DCTV and Shooting People. If you are a docmaker in NYC you need to drag your butt out of the house and attend this event.DCTV (Downtown Community Television) is a unique filmmaking institutio...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: DCTV, Documentary, film school, Shooting People
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The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide (Focal Press, Sept. 07) is out and getting very positive early reviews. If you want to get a sense of the flavor of the new book download the first few pages of Chapter 1 here:Chapter 1 - Preview (.pdf)Also check out this video clip from The Crazy Phat Bonus...read more
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Episode #5 was the first video podcast featuring an impromptu interview with documentary producer/director, Adrian Belic. Last year at Sundance I approached Adrian at one of the documentary seminars about scheduling an interview after I overheard him giving some passionate filmmaking advice to two ...read more
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Check out how Down and Dirty they get in Italy. Italian filmmaker's Marcello Mencarini and Barbara Seghezzi shot their feature-length doc, "New Love Meetings" on a Nokia cellphone. I shit you not.The movie is an updated version of the 1965 Italian documentary, "Love Meetings", by Pier Paolo Pasoli...read more
- Anthony
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- Tags: cell phone filmmaking, Documentary
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Documentary Location Management 101Although documentary is a different animal than narrative production, you still must manage your locations with the same (if not more) deft social skills to insure the complete success of your shoot. Do not make the common mistake of thinking that just because you...read more
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- Tags: Documentary