Marilyn Monroe singing Happy Birthday to President Kennedy in 1962 Photo: REX Is the Happy Birthday Song public domain? That's what a documentary film company claims in their lawsuit against Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. Law professor Robert Brauneis...
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How to Get A Grant for A Documentary
If you want to learn how to get a grant for a documentary, here's a good place to start. The MacArthur Foundation 2015 Documentary Fund seeks to support feature documentary films and interactive digital documentaries that combine engaging storytelling with in-depth...
Guide to Making Broadcast Quality Video With A Smart Phone
Making broadcast quality video with a smart phone is easier than you might think. When I was working in New York as a freelance cameraman for shows like ABC's 20/20, CBS's 60 Minutes and many more, the cameras we used in those days cost about $60,000. Today that same...
2015 Academy Award Nominations
See the Official Academy Award Site. Rent or Buy Academy Award Nominated Films Best Original Song "Everything is Awesome" Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson The Lego Movie "Glory" Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn Selma "Grateful" Music and Lyric by...
Shaky Cam
Shaky cam, also called queasy cam, is a cinematic technique used to give a scene an ENG (electronic news-gathering) or documentary look to persuade viewers that the subject or scene being filmed was happening live without rehearsal or any artifice. It is often used in...
Just One Camera Position and A Little After Effects
One Hour of San Diego Surfing Time Collapsed: San Diego Study #4 By Cy Kuckenbaker "There are no CG elements in the video. It’s all documentary footage arranged and collapsed together with After Effects. Compositing water is difficult. The basic strategy I worked out...
Surprising New Markets for Doc Producers
Boston Globe multimedia producer Darren Durlach shares his tips on interviewing. The New York Times and most other US newspapers have been using video for a while now. Typically video was a companion to a print story. Occasionally the Times would produce a short...
Better Than James Bond – Sunglasses that Record 1080p with Audio
Click To Enlarge These glasses give new meaning to the term POV! Pivothead 1080 HD 8MP Video Recording Camera Polarized Hands-Free Sunglasses Brilliant HD video 1080p at 30 fps / 720p at 60fps / 720p at 30 fps, 8MP Sony CMOS Image Sensor for shockingly crisp still...
Is it an art film or a documentary?
Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor are the movers behind the film "Leviathan," a documentary about commercial fishing without interviews, voice-over, narrative or a traditional point of view. The documentary film today is a mostly informational. It's about...
How To Shoot a Documentary Scene
Shoot These Five Shots Among video journalists and documentary producers one tried and true approach to covering a scene is the "five shot" method developed by Michael Rosenblum. Most experienced shooters know the method without thinking about it. Make these shots in...
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