When interviewing subjects who have no media training, it’s your job as the director to get the “performance” you need. Here are five tips.
Looking Back Before You Leap
A must-read guest blog post by Evan Vetter, filmmaker creating a documentary about The DR Congo. You will be inspired to make your own leap of faith.
The Power of Documentaries and One You Should Watch TODAY
In my humble opinion, documentary filmmaking is one of the most important, cultural art forms on the planet. It educates, inspires, and motivates people to take action. A well made documentary can right wrongs. (Errol Morris’ “Thin Blue Line” actually helped get an innocent man off death row.) Movies like Enron: The Smartest Guys in […]
Crossing the 180 #28: Drea Cooper of California is a Place
One of the hottest film series on Vimeo is a set of short documentaries about interesting people in California. California is a Place looks at the lives of a wide variety of characters: from a washed up used car salesman, to a couple of die-hard patriots risking life and limb to protect our borders from […]
Do You Have the Fortitude to Be the Best? Menuez on Manhattan – Act 2
“We all want to be the best. And if you want to be the best, it takes everything you have.” ~ Doug Menuez Last month I posted “Act 1” of my short film documentary series about commercial photographer Doug Menuez. In this episode Doug shares his thoughts and wisdom about making it in this business. […]