We've come a long way from the days when the only way you could see a documentary was if you lived in a big city that had an art house theater and happened to know which of the one or two days a particular film was playing. Today, the Internet is exploding with...
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How To Edit and Structure Your Documentary
Editing a documentary is neither easy nor fast. Even when you start with an outline, that outline is likely to change as you get to know the footage, the subjects and events. A good place to start is to look at all the footage while suspending judgement. Look for and...
Why I Self-Distribute My Documentaries (11 so far)
by David Wittkower I went the distributor route many years ago when everyone told me that was the way to go, but the promises of quarterly reports did not happen and the checks were so small. So I confronted them about it and they finally admitted that I was one of...
Funding Your Documentary Through Kickstarter
Have you wanted to produce a documentary or feature film, but didn't think you could find the money? It's time to give crowdfunding a good look. If you haven't heard about Kickstarter, here's what you need to know. It's big. Kickstarter's co-founder Yancey Strickler...
The Art Of Film And Video Editing Part-5
Documentary Editing - Where Is the Truth? Pare Lorentz, the most influential documentary filmmaker of the Great Depression of the 1930s, defines a documentary film as "a factual film which is dramatic." There are many different definitions of documentary. Rather than...
Errol Morris, One of America’s Greatest Documentary Directors
http://www.errolmorris.com/ Film critic Roger Ebert says that Morris ranks alongside directors like Hitchcock and Fellini. "He's like a magician. You're looking at the left hand which is the subject of the film and the trick is being done over here (on the right...
Top Grossing Documentaries
The following list includes the Top Grossing Documentaries from 1982 to the Present. For much more detail on this list see http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=documentary.htm This list includes only the first 100 documentary films that have played in movie...
Curt Gowdy American Sportsman
July 31, 1919 -- February 20, 2006 I first met Curt Gowdy when I was working for The American Sportsman, an ABC Sports show that could be seen on Sundays during the 1970s and 80s. The show was devoted to hunting, fishing and adventure. My job of Equipment Manager...
Film & Video Festivals
American Film Institute Ann Arbor Film Festival Atlanta Film and Video Festival Atlantic Film Festival Austin Film Festival Austin Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival Autrans Mountain Film Festival Berlin Film Festival Big Sky Film Festival Black Maria Film...
The Blair Witch Product
by Jim Crispi Editor's Note: Jim Crispi is a good friend, extraordinary D.P. and accomplished inventor who writes for inventors. That's why his article is addressed to inventors. The roaring success of this summer's "no-budget" movie The Blair Witch Project should be...
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