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 | Mar 3, 2014 | Art, Film, Title Sequence
Title sequences have a lot of power. They’re the beginning of the film. They immediately set expectations for an audience. My first title sequence was for Abandoned Allies, my first feature-length documentary film about the Montagnard people. Three friends...
by Camden Watts | Feb 28, 2014 | Film, Inspiration, Leading
Over the years I’ve met a lot of people dreaming about their life or career in film. We’ve had interesting conversations. I’ve noticed a theme rise from about 95% of these conversations. A person will sit across from me and talk about the life in...
by Camden Watts | Feb 26, 2014 | Film, Film Festival, Short Film, Women in Film
It’s a great pleasure to tell you some exciting news. Two of my short films, Trophy and Landfill Dogs: Behind The Scenes, will screen at Alice Fest! I’m so thrilled you guys! Alice Fest is a film festival with work by women held each March in recognition...
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...
by Camden Watts | Feb 6, 2014 | Documentary, Film, Film Festival, Leading
The True/False Film Fest recently announced their new Pay the Artists! program: Pay the Artists! is part of a larger effort to create a sustainable ecosystem for nonfiction filmmakers, whose work rarely gets a wide theatrical run … In 2014, True/False will begin...
