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Indie Film & Documentary | Running the Sahara
Running 4300 miles across the world's largest desert sounds impossible. But once Academy Award-winning director James Moll heard that three guys were going to try, he knew he had to hear - and tell - their story. In this Creative COW Magazine expanded interview, James talks about the incredible journey of both the runners and the filmmakers, while also offering insights into filmmaking, storytelling, and the frame.
Feature
James Moll |
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Indie Film & Documentary | Shooting Interviews
Whether you shoot surgery, reality shows, documentaries especially, how-to videos, cooking, painting, sculpting, decoy carving or...you name it...you are going to be shooting interviews. Number one tip - be ready for anything. Join Mike Cohen for more great insight into shooting interviews.
Editorial, Feature
Mike Cohen |
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Indie Film & Documentary | Anatomy of a Logline
Noted screenwriter, Rob Gregory-Browne gives CreativeCOW members tips for creating a logline for your freshly written script. Learn how to 'sell' that script and how to submit it. This is the second in a Screenwriters series here at the Cow and is offered as part of our new Screenwriters forum here at the COW.
Tutorial
Rob Gregory-Browne |
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Indie Film & Documentary | Behind the Lens: Circo
You don’t need to be a fan of the circus--or Mexico--to be mesmerized by this story of the Ponce family who struggle with issues of debt, marital conflict and filial responsibility against a backdrop of a century-old family business. Let Debra Kaufman introduce you to Aaron Schock and his story of how his documentary takes viewers under the Big Top in rural Mexico. Circo airs on Independent Lens beginning May 3rd, 2012.
Feature, People / Interview
Debra Kaufman |
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Indie Film & Documentary | Film? Really? Yes, Really.
Even all-digital, file-based films are still shown mostly on film. That's why Mike Lehman is helping indie filmmakers get their work onto the worldwide standard for theatrical exhibition.
Editorial
Mike Lehman |
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Indie Film & Documentary | Coacoochee's Story
Highly complex multi-media installations -- at least the successful ones -- are only possible through careful planning, intense cooperation, and a willingness to turn the picture on its side.
Feature, People / Interview
Mike Sullivan |
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Indie Film & Documentary | Creating Characters that Jump off the Page
Noted screenwriter, Rob Gregory-Browne gives CreativeCOW members tips for creating characters that live to an audience. Rob discusses ways to make your characters believable. This is the first in a Screenwriters series here at the Cow and is offered as part of our new Screenwriters forum here at the COW.
Tutorial
Rob Gregory-Browne |
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Indie Film & Documentary | James Kelty: Indie & Documentary Filmmaker
James Kelty has always considered himself more of a writer-director than an editor. But in today's ever changing production world, Jim recently found himself without the editor with whom he'd worked for years. It was at this point that he began calling longtime friend and Creative Cow co-founder, Ron Lindeboom, asking which way should he go to remain competitive. Ron encouraged Jim that he was a great storyteller and that editing would come natural to him using today's tools. Jim, as a writer-director whose past projects have included "mega-wall" three big-screen spreads for the California State Museum in Sacramento and whose recent projects have included documentaries with Danny Glover narrating, found that editing has come naturally thanks to his friends at the Cow. Today, Jim participates in a wide range of Cow forums and helps lead in our Indie Film & Documentaries forum. Here is his story...
People / Interview
James Kelty |
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Indie Film & Documentary | Film Festival Magic
After 3 years working on their labor of love, Harry and his partners tasted the full range of film festival experiences, some more magical than others...
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Harry Pallenberg |
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Indie Film & Documentary | Unexpected
The album promo that Jason Bergh was working on took an unexpected turn, across generations to South Africa, and then there was that unexpected release from Apple....
Feature, People / Interview
Jason Bergh |
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Indie Film & Documentary | America Fights Back: The Mob Museum
"America Fights Back" at the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement. A complete script rewrite with no reshoot budget, and technical challenges galore to create the museum centerpiece. No pressure.
Feature
Mike Sullivan |
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Indie Film & Documentary | The Making of Kenya, the documentary film
In 2000, a team from Steven Galvano's organization (RCCM) traveled to Zambia and the over 20 hours of video he captured there turned into a short documentary film. Now, 6 years and three documentary films later, documenting these trips have become a central part of what he does. In this article, Steven describes his recent documentary: Kenya, The Documentary Film.
Tutorial, Feature
Steven Galvano |
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Indie Film & Documentary | Independent Film Productions - Through the Swamps
Navigating the challenges of independent productions. Low budgets don't have to mean low quality. They do mean that you'll have to work harder, longer, and smarter. What you lack in money and crew, you have to make up with hard work and passion.
People / Interview
Mark Maness |
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Indie Film & Documentary | Dramatica: Software for Dramatic Fiction Writing
CreativeCOW.net contributing editor Joaquin Gil writes, ''Dramatica is a computer tool for something nobody realized you could do, computer or not. ... it is one of the most powerful tools available today for the serious fiction writer.'' Read on to see Kino's further insights into this amazing program.
Review
Joaquin Gil |
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Indie Film & Documentary | Building Your House: A lesson in building a script
Noted screenwriter, Rob Gregory-Browne compares writing a screenplay to building a house. ''You can't build a house without a solid foundation and you can't build a solid foundation without a foolproof set of plans.'' In this article, Rob gives CreativeCOW members tips on building your screenplay.
Tutorial
Rob Gregory-Browne |
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Indie Film & Documentary | INDY FILMMAKER, Noah Kadner SHOOTS FORMOSA, VINTAGE 1950
Director Noah Kadner recently shot his debut feature, Formosa, a period comedy about a hapless group of social guidance filmmakers, with Panasonic's AJ-SDX900 DVCPRO Cinema camcorder. An independent project from High Road Productions (Los Angeles, CA), with Anita M. Cal producer, Formosa will go out to potential distributors and have a limited festival run beginning later this year.
People / Interview
Noah Kadner |
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Indie Film & Documentary | Screenwriter Caroline Thompson recalls Edward Scissorhands
Screenwriter Robert Olague interviews screenwriter Caroline Thompson about her screenplay for Edward Scissorhands, working with Tim Burton, and how she got started in Hollywood. Today, following the interview, she has gone on to direct, produce and write for her own films like Hallmarks Snow White: The Fairest of Them All.
People / Interview
Robert Olague |
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Indie Film & Documentary | Behind the Lens: Marshall Curry & If a Tree Falls
Marshall Curry is most interested in a subject when reality cuts against his expectations. That's exactly what happened as this talented Emmy & Oscar-nominated director, producer, writer delved deeply into a story about the Earth Liberation Front in "If a Tree Falls," which is nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary on Sunday.
Feature, People / Interview
Debra Kaufman |
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