by Camden Watts | Mar 18, 2014 | Comedy, Directing, Documentary, Industry, Inspiration, Leading
Yesterday I mentioned my childhood dream of becoming an Oscar-winning actor. Hollywood seemed so big and so far away for a kid growing up in rural eastern North Carolina. Acting seemed like the most attainable. Perhaps I didn’t really know what part of the...
by Camden Watts | Mar 13, 2014 | Directing, Leading, Producing
You’ve already heard me talk about knowing thyself and finding your strengths. But I think this is something worth exploring again. Ready? The notion that you should know your strengths is — for me — deeply rooted in the idea that: Filmmaking is a...
by Camden Watts | Mar 11, 2014 | Directing, Distribution, Documentary, Film
Yesterday I talked about captive audiences watching my films in the ideal setting: a dark, comfy theater. While that’s the ultimate situation, it’s not always an option. So I feel like it’s important to have a way to share your film with people...
by Camden Watts | Mar 10, 2014 | Comedy, Directing, Distribution, Documentary, Film, Film Festival, Short Film, Women in Film
Picture this. Everyone takes their seats. Cell phones are silenced. Lights dim. The film starts. Then, rather magically, a captive theater audience experiences a film together. It’s an under-appreciated thing to experience a movie in a theater. As a filmmaker, I...
by Camden Watts | Mar 4, 2014 | Creativity, Directing, Distribution, Documentary, Film, Film Festival, Short Film, Women in Film
Alice Fest, the film festival celebrating films by women for everyone, will be held in Durham, N.C., this Sunday, March 9th. It is held in March to honor Women’s History Month. Two of my films, Trophy and Landfill Dogs: Behind The Scenes, will screen publicly...
by Camden Watts | Feb 10, 2014 | Crowd funding, Directing, Documentary, Film, Kickstarter, Meredith College, Producing, Short Film
Last year I fell in love with Landfill Dogs, a photographic series by Shannon Johnstone. She was my professor when I attended Meredith College. So in May 2013, I wrote a blog post about it to (unashamedly) share her work with anyone willing to listen. Since then...
