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Category Archives: Film Making

Featured Alumni: The Sheffield Institute for the Recording Arts

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Back in 2002 I was studying to be an audio engineer at The Sheffield Institute for the Recording Arts. I reasoned that since I fancied myself a musician, it was an important step to learn how to produce my own music. I further studied and later re-directed my focus on production and post-production for film. [...]

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Gaining Traction With Your Short Film

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Leah Meyerhoff’s film Twitch won the grand jury prize at Slamdance in  2007. Twitch went on to show at over 100 festivals and received many awards and was her first foray into the film festival circuit. Leah has been gracious enough to share a bit of her insight on her short filmmaking and how it [...]

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Southampton Screenwriters Conference: A Look Back

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

I’m back from a five day stint at the Southampton Screenwriters Conference, which was held at Stony Brook University, Southampton, Long Island. What a wonderful experience!  Back in May when I was accepted to the conference I had some very specific goals in mind. I was going to workshop my feature script Through the Broken [...]

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Duncan Jones’ Moon

Thursday, June 18, 2009

This past weekend I went to the New York City opening of Duncan Jones‘ Moon downtown at my favorite theater, Sunshine Cinema. There are plenty of great reviews of the film and interviews with director Duncan Jones. The buzz around Moon is burning white hot, there’s plenty out there to sublimate your media desires. As [...]

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Fans, Friends & Followers: Building an Audience and a Creative Career in the Digital Age

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Writer and blogger Scott Kirsner, known for his CinemaTech blog and columns from publications such as Variety and The Boston Globe knows a thing or two about technology as it relates to the entertainment industry. His new book Fans, Friends and Followers takes a much needed look at new distribution models and ways of garnering [...]

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Gods and Monsters

Thursday, April 23, 2009

I posted this to an online screenwriting group, I figured I’d share here as well. Gods and Monsters, Directed and Written by Bill Condon, adapted from the novel “The Father of Frankenstein” by Christopher Bram. Won Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay in 1998. I was working at an independent video shop at the time [...]

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United Filmmakers and Actors Meeting

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

I believe networking is a core component of success in any business. You can’t afford to be shy about who you or the work that you do. When I attended the IFP Script to Screen conference, I made it a point to seek out and interact with like-minded filmmakers. There, I met Michael Wolfe, a [...]

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Full Steam Ahead

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Apologies for the lack of updates the past two weeks. Things have been busy, but I finally broke free. So! What’s going on? Script Writing I recently finished a four month intensive screenplay workshop at the New York Film Academy. The endeavor proved fruitful. In February, I finished my the first draft of my still [...]

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Room Tone

Friday, March 20, 2009

Yesterday was a mix of interesting, fun and just plain tiring. The documentary production company I’m working for is doing the last round of talking head interviews for their most recent project. I carried and set up a lot of equipment, a green screen, lighting and the such.  One moment in the day stuck out [...]

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IFP Script to Screen Conference: Redux

Monday, March 9, 2009

Phew, what a packed two days. The roster of filmmakers, screenwriters, producers and directors was almost intimidating. The whole weekend served as a big pick-me up and further invigorated my drive. The independent film community, though often insular, is one of the most supportive and resourceful out there. A quick shout-out to everyone I met [...]

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