by Camden Watts | Jul 15, 2013 | Film, Health and wellness, Inspiration
Indie filmmaking is tough. It’s very personal. It’s time-consuming. It’s risky. It’s often really expensive. But it can be incredibly rewarding. I remember a day when I asked a filmmaker how to get started. His answer? Just go do it. I was...
by Camden Watts | Jul 8, 2013 | Inspiration
Bankable talent is a fascinating thing to me. There are actors who consistently select great projects to be a part of and I’ll go to the theater to see them almost every time. This isn’t a personal thing for me, obviously, it’s an industry-wide thing...
by Camden Watts | Jul 3, 2013 | Community, Inspiration, Photography
Photography by Mary Shannon Johnstone will be on display during First Friday this weekend. Earlier this year I blogged about her Landfill Dogs series (read it here), which is being shown at Designbox. Please go check it out. A portion of the proceeds will go to...
by Camden Watts | Jul 2, 2013 | Film, Industry, Inspiration, Leading, Learning
Seems like I’ve spent a lot of time in the past few months thinking about the current state of the film industry. A lot of the fests, podcasts, blogs, and publications I enjoy have focused on it. I can’t stop thinking about the state of the film industry,...
by Camden Watts | Jul 1, 2013 | Film, Inspiration
I have a long list of film ideas, specifically documentaries. It’s a list that keeps getting longer. There are so many great stories to tell. I can’t get these ideas out of my mind quickly enough. It’s incredibly frustrating. That’s mostly...
by Camden Watts | Jun 26, 2013 | Documentary, Film, Film Festival, Inspiration
Last weekend I watched the documentary film Dragon Girls at AFI Docs. This subtitled film is about young girls training at a kung fu school in China. They are seriously impressive young women: smart, strong, resilient, and incredibly fierce. I’m totally inspired...