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SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival
Written by David Tames on March 26, 2005
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Described as the “pre-eminent US documentary festival”, the American Film Institutes Silverdocs Festival, in conjunction with the Discovery Channel, will be taking place in Washington DC. An outstanding opportunity to network with media and distribution outlets pertaining to the...  Continue Reading...

Kodak to Build on Super 16 HD Film System for Television
Written by David Tames on March 9, 2005
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Kodak will again be presenting a case for using Super-16 film for High Definition at NAB this year. From TV Technology, here’s the announcement. Continue Reading…  Read More →

Filmmaking as a new form of literacy
Written by David Tames on March 7, 2005
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A recent article in the New York Times Is a Cinema Studies Degree the New M.B.A.? quotes Elizabeth Daley (Dean of the USC School of Cinema-Television) as saying, “The greatest digital divide is between those who can read and write with media and those who can’t.” The article...  Continue Reading...

Documentary Filmmakers on Documentary Filmmaking
Written by David Tames on March 6, 2005
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I organized a session to be held on Satuday (March 12, 2005) as part of the Camera Company Show (see the March 1st entry) you might find interesting. I invite you to attend if you live in the Boston area. I just finished confirming the participants, so this line-up is not up on the Camera Company...  Continue Reading...

The Film Look
Written by David Tames on March 5, 2005
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As part of The Camera Company Show (see March 1st entry) I’m doing the following session. I invite you to attend if you live in the Boston area: The Film Look Demystified March 12, 2005, 1:00PM – 3:00PM (More Info) The Holy Grail for many narrative filmmakers is the film look. Today’s...  Continue Reading...

The Camera Company Annual Pro Video Show
Written by David Tames on March 1, 2005
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Don’t miss theThe Camera Company’s Fifteenth Annual Pro Video Show coming up on Friday and Saturday March 11-12, 2005 at the Boston Marriot Quncy (Directions) near the I-93/Route 3 & Route 128 “Split”). The show features two days of seminars, workshops and exhibits...  Continue Reading...