Articles
Making an IMAX movie in a basement
Stephen van Vuuren was about to be promoted to VP of a Fortune 500 company. But he turned it down in order to pursue his dreams of crafting an IMAX documentary...
Oscar short-doc figurine-wrestling opens the question of ‘who owns the film’
Not a great moment for the documentary world, as an ousted producer jumps on stage during the short-documentary Oscar presentation to “Music by Prudence” and...
It appears Apple’s world dominance of documentary market near complete
Nine out of the 10 Oscar finalists in documentary were edited on Final Cut Pro, the lone exception being “Rabbit a la Berlin,” which was not...
‘Music by Prudence’ worked on low budget and a good story
While the Academy-Award win by a low-budget films as Best Picture “The Hurt Locker” is inspiring, both Documentary winners reinforce the notion...
Where did each Oscar-nominated documentary premiere?
As another Academy Award season wraps, it might be interesting to see where each documentary nominee had its start. And, as might be expected, the place...
Color correcting a documentary film made mostly with Flips
Craig Mieritz at Circle of Confusion had the task of color correcting a documentary about kids with cancer, in which the kids were given Flip camcorders...
A documentary that seems to be bypassing the film-festival circuit altogether
The Boston Globe reported this morning on the premiere of “The Gloucester 18,” a documentary about the supposed “teen-pregnancy pact”...
The warm feeling of 24p on the 5D, and angry 7D owners
Various bloggers are exulting at the release of firmware by Canon to provide 24p on the EOS 5D. At ProLost, Stu says, Does it seem like I’m patting myself...
And now comes Sarah Palin, documentarian
From Fox News: Sarah Palin is not only a “writer,” but potentially a “documentary filmmaker.” Seriously. Well, JFK had “Profiles...
Avid at the Winter Olympics
Here’s a piece from Pow!Pix on the editing at the Winter Olympics. Scott Simmons at the Editblog calls it “editor porn.” Shot on an EOS...
Still shooters finding their way to documentary work through DSLRs
Back in the early 1980s, when 2-time Pulitzer-winning news photographer Stanley Forman left the Boston Herald to become a videographer for Boston’s...
Prague hosts One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
The idea of themed festivals both focuses and excludes. Audiences as this week’s One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival know...
Video
Teaser: “Outside In’
Outside In Concept Teaser Trailer from stephen v2 on Vimeo.
Rii Schroer: 16 Teeth
16 TEETH – Cumbria’s last traditional rakemakers from Rii Schroer on Vimeo.
A Flip documentary: Jury Duty
A day in my life, when I have jury duty. from peter w. on Vimeo.
Trailer: Academy Award nominee ‘Rabbit a la Berlin’
Your Friday Laugh: How camcorders really work
How a Camera Works from Austin Herring on Vimeo.