by Camden Watts | Apr 2, 2014 | Documentary, Film, Producing
Yesterday I had the pleasure of being on WUNC’s “The State of Things” again. Frank Stasio and his team are such pros. I’d happily go on that show whenever asked, no matter how nervous it makes me. We chatted about craft beer since April is NC...
by Camden Watts | Mar 31, 2014 | Documentary, Producing
We had a shoot day for Brewconomy, my documentary about N.C. craft beer, last Saturday. It went really well. And we’ve reached another milestone: our first post-Kickstarter shoot! It was such a wonderful day. It made me realize, yet again, the reason why I want...
by Camden Watts | Mar 28, 2014 | Directing, Documentary, Producing
Tomorrow we have another fun day of shooting lined up for my newest documentary film titled Brewconomy. We had a conference call last night with producers and crew to go over the details. I’m giddy already. The documentary is about the local craft beer movement...
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 | 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 | Jan 28, 2014 | Crowd funding, Film, Fundraising, Kickstarter, Producing, Women in Film
Not too shabby, y’all! We’ve already met 31% of our fundraising goal just a few days after launching the campaign! How exciting is that?! This is great news for a lot of reasons. We’ve had a seriously strong start. So many people have shown their...