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Slides from 18th Pro Video Show Seminars
Written by David Tames on March 10, 2008
Filed Under Interviews, Video on the Web, Web
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Here are my presentation slides from the three seminars I gave this weekend at the 18th Pro Video Show. Continue Reading…  Read More →

18th Annual Pro Video Show
Written by David Tames on February 14, 2008
Filed Under Camera, Documentary, Editing, Events & Screenings, Filmmaking, High Definition, Interviews, New Media, Podcasting, Presentation, QuickTime, Video on the Web, Web
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The 18th Annual Pro Video Show (hosted by the Camera Company with the participation of the Boston FCP User Group, SMPTE/NE, and NPVA/NE) will be held Friday and Saturday, March 7-8, 2008 at Stonehill College (Sally Blair Ames Sports Complex) in Easton, Massachusetts. This popular annual event...  Continue Reading...

A Conversation with Les Blank
Written by David Tames on October 3, 2007
Filed Under Documentary, Filmmakers, Films, General, Interviews
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While I was at the Woods Hole Film Festival this summer I had a chance to sit down and have a conversation with documentary filmmaker Les Blank. We spoke about his new film All In This Tea, his experiences with Werner Herzog, why he self distributes, and which of his films he considers his...  Continue Reading...

An interview with Christen McArdle on preserving the Ann Arbor Film Festival
Written by David Tames on September 25, 2007
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This week’s Art Film Talk interview is with Christen McArdle, the Executive Director of the Ann Arbor Film Festival, the oldest festival of its kind in North America showcasing avant-garde, documentary and independent films from around the world. We talk about the festival's...  Continue Reading...

Kevin Anderton knows: keep it short, make it funny, and get it online
Written by David Tames on July 7, 2007
Filed Under Distribution, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Interviews, Video on the Web
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There’s been a lot of talk lately about D.I.Y. distribution among filmmakers. The discussion is fueled by the realization that the Internet with social networking and video delivery tools presents new opportunities to connect with an audience. Which reminds me how much things have changed...  Continue Reading...

To P2 or not P2, that is the question…
Written by David Tames on April 30, 2006
Filed Under Camera, Editing, Filmmaking, Interviews
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I discuss Panasonic’s P2 technology and workflow in Part 2 of my article about the Panasonic AG-HVX200 camera that appears in the most recent issue of New England Film. As part of my research for the article I put together a music video shoot using P2 workflow and spoke with several filmmakers...  Continue Reading...

Notes on the Interview
Written by David Tames on January 23, 2006
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Some documentary filmmakers do interviews while others perfer to observe people and eschew the interview (in the traditions of direct cinema and cinéma vérité) while other filmmakers prefer informal interviews (very often used in personal documentaries); this is a matter of style that...  Continue Reading...

A conversation with David Leitner about “The Technical Writer”
Written by David Tames on January 15, 2004
Filed Under Camera, Filmmaking, Interviews, Lighting
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Article Reprint Originally published as “This Ain’t no DV, This Ain’t no HD, This Ain’t no Fooling Around: A conversation with David Leitner about ‘The Technical Writer’” in the The New York Independent Film Monitor, Volume 8, No. 4 (January 2003). The...  Continue Reading...

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