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Documentary Filmmaking In 10 Steps
This past spring I flew to Florida from New York to film my latest two documentaries, Our Side of Joy and Charise: A Portrait of an African American with Albinism. I’d filmed my first documentary back in 2002 but I was very new to filmmaking at the time. That doc turned out pretty good but [...]
Continue reading...4. January 2009
Do It Yourself LCD Production Monitor: Part 2
A few days ago I went ahead and dismantled the IBM ThinkPad T21 I had lying around. The laptop still worked but there was a problem with the backlight and it had some serious wear and tear. The backlight issue can easily be fixed with a new inverter. So with that in mind, I proceeded [...]
Continue reading...3. January 2009
Do It Yourself LCD Production Monitor: Part 1
Back in the day I used to own a Fuchsia 1977 Chevy Impala. That’s right, Fuchsia. *Smile* The car was having some problems with the carburetor and so I decided to buy a kit to rebuild the carburetor. I admit, I was motivated by the ridiculous prices I was being quoted by mechanics. So I [...]
Continue reading...28. December 2008
Moving Forward - Staying on Track
I’m working on one of my docs and I’m glad that I’ve been experimenting with other films in between because I learned about a simple feature Adobe Premier offers (Multiple sequences in a project. A basic feature, I know.) that has helped me tremendously with organizing the footage for this doc and helping me know [...]
Continue reading...16. December 2008
New Short Film, “Anything” Production Stills
These are production stills from my new short film “Anything”. I’m pretty pleased with the imagery and I’m forever impressed with the capabilities of the Panasonic DVX100B. I also can’t help but have a deeper understanding of my own visual art. I don’t know what it is but I like deep rich colors for my [...]
Continue reading...11. December 2008
New Films, New Variety.com Production Chart Listing
Well I’m doing my Aries thing as usual. I didn’t shoot “Old Wounds”, instead I shot a video on how to make fake intestines for HowCast.com (so not worth it), and I shot a short film called “Anything”. This was originally supposed to just be a one weekend shoot but I think I’d like to [...]
Continue reading...29. November 2008
Back to working on documentary, Our Side of Joy
Well I’m back to working on “Our Side of Joy”. I’ve been trying to figure out why I don’t just work on these two docs I have sitting here already filmed. I think I just don’t like editing. *smile* I can do it, yes. But I don’t like it. I think on future projects, if [...]
Continue reading...13. November 2008
New Short Flim
I’m taking a break from working on my two documentaries to make a new short film. I was going to film a short called Old Wounds but I’ve had to re-evaluate the project. I spent all last night going over the script and determining what would be needed to film the movie. Ultimately now isn’t [...]
Continue reading...12. November 2008
World Travel : Ghana, West Africa 2002
Imagine being black, traveling to Africa and receiving a warm welcome back home… This was my experience in Ghana. Not only did I find the people genuine, I was tickled to find the mannerisms and humor of Ghanaians to be similar to black folks here in the states. It was instantly like being amongst good [...]
Continue reading...9. November 2008
Moving Overseas: Choosing the Right Country for You
So, you’ve decided it’s time to pack up everything you own and move to a new land? Excellent! This can be a wonderful growth experience for you and your family and a wonderful time to learn more about yourself as well. In this article I will show you how to go about choosing the right [...]
Continue reading...7. November 2008
Beyond America: Relocating to a New Country
For the past ten year, maybe even longer, I have been wanting to permanently leave the country. I have traveled outside of the country a little bit and absolutely love the huge difference in how other people live outside of the U.S. While each country has it’s own cultures, problems, and joys, there were still [...]
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