by Camden Watts | Jan 11, 2013 | Community, Documentary, Film, Film Festival, NC Film, Social Media, Socializing
Last night I attended The Mix Tweetup (#TheMixTweetup) in Durham, which was organized by the fine folks at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and Triangle Tweetup. It was wonderful to visit the Carolina Theatre, chat with old friends, meet new folks, and have a...
by Camden Watts | Jan 11, 2013 | Creativity, Documentary, Film, Industry, Inspiration, Learning, Reading
Recently I bought Kevin Smith’s audio book titled Tough Sh*t: Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good. I’m pretty sure a friend of mine recommended it. He’s a big fan of Kevin Smith (@ThatKevinSmith). I started listening to the book before...
by Camden Watts | Jan 8, 2013 | Community, Documentary, Film, NC Film, Producing, Socializing
My documentary film, Abandoned Allies, will screen at IMAX at Marbles next month. Please spread the word, register for tickets, and invite all of your friends (even the ones you don’t know that well) so that we’ll have a full house. There’s nothing...
by Camden Watts | Nov 20, 2012 | Documentary, Film, Inspiration
Last weekend I attended the Documentary Summit, as you probably know. It was a great weekend, full of fantastic conversations that left me feeling inspired to tackle another film. I’m still processing everything. At the summit, I met so many interesting people...
by Camden Watts | Nov 19, 2012 | Community, Documentary, Film, Inspiration, Learning, NC Film, Socializing, TriFilm
Yesterday was day two of the Documentary Summit: Raleigh. As I mentioned in my post about day one here, the Documentary Summit was a chance to hear filmmakers talk about filmmaking. Panelists were locally-based people working in the documentary film industry. Let me...
by Camden Watts | Nov 18, 2012 | Community, Documentary, Film, Inspiration, Learning, NC Film
Yesterday was day one of the Documentary Summit. It’s a two-day event organized by Andrew Zinnes (@docsummit), author of The Documentary Filmmakers Handbook. I flipped through the book yesterday and there were some great interviews in it. The Documentary Summit...