The Short Story at Sundance
Watching 2,000 short films in four months isn’t something you take on in your free time. It requires a finely…
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I’m short of footage. Way short.
Dear Doc Doctor: I’m in my first week of editing, and I have this horrible feeling that my 100 hours…
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Docurama on the Rise
At the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, Steve Savage and Susan Margolin, the two minds behind New Video, a New York-based…
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The Anywhere Effect
A couple of years ago, I decided to take a break from New York, and headed out to Tempe, Arizona…
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Do I need a business plan?
Dear Doc Doctor: I’ve been asked for a business plan for my documentary. I thought those types of things were…
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After The Split
On a Monday afternoon last September, IFP Executive Director Michelle Byrd sat on a patch of industrial carpet by some…
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Affordable post-production
Dear Doc Doctor: In the post-production phase, technology becomes so complicated—there are so many options. Any suggestion on what’s the…
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Legal: Pay Per View or Mobile Phone
Every time a new type of technology is developed in the entertainment industry, including in motion pictures, issues arise regarding…
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Turning Books into Scripts
Scott Heim’s 1995 novel, Mysterious Skin, makes for an unlikely film. The story of two eight-year-olds from Kansas who are…