by Camden Watts | Nov 20, 2012 | Design, Film, Learning
A friend posted this on Facebook a few days ago. It’s awesome, for so many reasons. Enjoy!
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...
by Camden Watts | Nov 16, 2012 | Industry, Inspiration, Learning, Producing, Reading
I’ve been reading changes in the film industry for many years. There are quite a few similarities to the publishing and music industries. Since the changes to these three industries are all fairly similar — financial projections that rely on rapidly...
by Camden Watts | Nov 13, 2012 | Documentary, Film, Learning
Yesterday I spoke to a group of Meredith College students enrolled in Alisa Johnson’s intro to film course. Read more about the experience on my blog Diary of a Documentary, which is specifically about the making of Abandoned Allies. Big thanks to Alisa Johnson,...
by Camden Watts | Nov 5, 2012 | Film, Inspiration, Learning, Producing
Here’s a book I wish I’d read five years ago: Producing With Passion. The authors outline ways to making producing and directing films slightly easier on yourself. It’s good stuff, written by Dorothy Fadiman and Tony Levelle. They mention some things...
