The Anatomy of a Short
Ten years ago two witty gents from Colorado, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, made a riotous animated short called The…
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Honolulu, Hawai’i
Although the cinematic possibilities of Hawai’i—those that lay beyond the tropical tropes of tourism and military patriotism— have always been…
Sound Unseen
The line to see The Last Word at the Minneapolis Oak Street Cinema snakes down the block, splitting in two…
The Talented Tenth
While so many of Hollywood’s high-paid actors spend their paychecks on the kind of luxury items the rest of the…
Mix Master
Marcelo Zarvos is scoring big in the independent film world these days. The thirty-five-year old Brazilian-born Zarvos, who has made…
Can I do without professional sound editing?
Dear Doc Doctor: Many people suggested that I add more narration and music to my documentary, which I did, but…
The Sound of Gowns
I knew Mira Nair’s Vanity Fair was going to be an interesting and challenging project. It was filmed with lots…
The Death of The Video Geek
I spent June of this year in Ghent, a small town near Hudson, New York. Hoping to rent some John…
Shadowing a Sibling
Sometimes you think you don’t need any help, that you can do it on your own. That’s exactly what I…