Posts tagged with "filmmaking"
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HOT DOCS 2010 Call for Entries
Hot Docs is now accepting project proposals for the upcoming Toronto Documentary Forum, May 5 & 6, 2010.
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Diversity in Place Film Fest – Call for Entries
This year’s DIVERSITY IN PLACE FILM FESTIVAL invites submissions addressing the Diversity of Places that compounds our urban realities. These include nourishing places as well as unsettling, even frightening, places.
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WHATEVER IT TAKES: We Finished the Film!
It’s hard to believe, but I can finally announce that WHATEVER IT TAKES has been completed! At times, I never thought my film would be done. There was always another scene to shoot, another rough cut to edit, another technical detail to manage. But through it all we persevered, and now we are ready to show our film to the world.
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Locus at KSW and SFIAAFF presents the DO IT YOURSELF Music Video contest
Locus at Kearny Street Workshop, in collaboration with the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, team up with local filmmakers and musicians to produce the 2nd annual DIY Premiere and Online Contest – videos will premiere at an event hosted by Locus at Kearny Street Workshop and one will win a spot in SFIAAFF’s Music Video Asia.
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Locus at KSW and SFIAAFF presents the DO IT YOURSELF Music Video contest
Locus at Kearny Street Workshop, in collaboration with the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, team up with local filmmakers and musicians to produce the 2nd annual DIY Premiere and Online Contest – videos will premiere at an event hosted by Locus at Kearny Street Workshop and one will win a spot in SFIAAFF’s Music Video Asia.
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WHATEVER IT TAKES: This Is Real Life
Last month, something happened which reminded me that I’m not just making a film. In documentary, we’re not just dealing with footage that we shot a few months ago; we’re dealing with individuals whose lives continue evolve. This is real life, and sometimes things change for the better, sometimes for the worse. In this case, it was definitely the latter…
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WHATEVER IT TAKES: A Strong Vision
Right before you start a documentary film, before you shoot a second of footage, what do you have? You might know who your main characters will be, but you have no idea of how they will “perform” on camera. You might know the history behind your project, but who knows how you’ll portray it. What we do have, of course, is a vision of what the film can be. This latter vision was the genesis for my documentary WHATEVER IT TAKES.
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WHATEVER IT TAKES: Almost There
So I need to apologize again for the long absence between blog posts here… As you might imagine, things have been incredibly busy as we get to the very end of the film. Right now, we are consumed with three major tasks: finishing the edit, crafting the animation, and choosing a composer.
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FRUIT FLY: Behind the Scenes
Guest blogger Chihiro Wimbush writes about lights! camera! action! on the set of the upcoming FRUIT FLY: THE MUSICAL by filmmaker H.P. Mendoza.
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WHATEVER IT TAKES: There Can Only Be One
What’s more interesting in a documentary? A story about one person or many? If you capture the lives of four or five individuals, it seems like you would have an interesting mix of narrative threads to follow. But if you follow just one person around, you might not get enough action to fill out your film.
