Each year the Independent Film Festival Boston (IFFBoston) brings to New England an exciting program of films, panels, and parties. While the festival screens both documentary and narrative films, I usually seek out the documentaries, a genre that challenges fiction films in terms of aesthetic … [Read more...]
Join me for Making Media Now 2013 in Boston, May 3, 2013
I hope you'll join me this year on Friday, May 3rd at Massachusetts College of Art and Design for Making Media Now 2013, the annual must-attend conference for documentary media makers presented by Filmmakers Collaborative. I'm very excited about this year’s theme, Living the Connection … [Read more...]
Kevin Sweet Intervals Series in the Brant Gallery through April 21, 2013
Now through Sunday, April 21st, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. each night in the Brant Gallery (3rd floor, South Building) at MassArt, filmmaker Kevin Sweet is orchestrating an { installation | performance | workshop } that is part of his Intervals series. Experience some of his completed 16mm … [Read more...]
Sound for Documentary, Part 2: What is it and why is it so important?
In Part 1 of this series we covered eight fundamental concepts of sound for documentary. In our next post we will move closer to the practical, nitty gritty matters of sound for documentary, however, before we do, I want to briefly get into what sound is. We are going to focus on just some of basics … [Read more...]
UnknownSpring: web documentary review and interview with photojournalist Jake Price
The tsunami of 2011 devastated the Tohoku region of Japan killing thousands of people, flooding agricultural fields, destroying houses, profoundly transforming the land and survivors. Jake Price lived with the residents of Yuriage in their kasetsus (government-issued trailer homes) and observed, … [Read more...]
Sound for documentary, Part 1: Eight fundamental concepts
Between widespread access to affordable camcorders and the rising ubiquity of mobile phones with good video cameras, along with the ascendancy of YouTube as a major media diffusion platform, it’s never been easier to produce and share documentary videos. Across the board, however, sound is the … [Read more...]
Olloclip expands iPhone field of view
The iPhone lens does not have a very wide angle of view. There are times I can't step back to frame the shot I want. There are other times I want to shoot close, but the iPhone does not have a macro capability. What to do? There's a wide variety of aftermarket lenses available for the iPhone 4/4S/5, … [Read more...]
iPhone camera support accessories
The iPhone can double as a small and versatile video camera. Given the small size and the fact you probably have it with you all of the time, this opens up a lot of creative options. Sometimes holding the phone in you hand is not enough to get the shot you want. To this end, I've put together a … [Read more...]
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