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Archive for July, 2010

Our Side of Joy – A Difficult, Yet Rewarding, Lesson in Documentary Filmmaking

O.k. seriously, this one film has been an entire crash course in documentary filmmaking and sometimes this is what true learning is all about. This film has been an absolute struggle for me as I’ve mentioned before. When it came down to it, I was on the

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Our Side of Joy – More Shooting

So, alas I am back to need to shoot more footage for my documentary Our Side of Joy. I first shot this film in 2008 and shot another interview with the twins in 2009 and found myself having a hard time putting the film together. I’m still

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16 Outstanding Movie Soundtracks

16 Outstanding Movie Soundtracks

Music can turn even some of the most uninteresting movie scenes into dynamic works of art. It isn’t until you become a filmmaker that you truly realize how important music is to a film. When you are shooting scenes, it’s just people talking. So if you think

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For Real This Time: Learning To Play Guitar

The guitar was never one of those instruments I was ever dying to play however when I was in my early twenties I purchased an electric guitar off of Ebay (when Ebay was first starting and had great deals). I admit the most compelling thing about the

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Movie Review: Wild Side

Movie Review: Wild Side

I had to blog about this film because it is the craziest movie I’ve seen in a while. It just makes no sense… and I think I like it! Ok. Ok. Ok. So what’s the plot? **Spoiler Alert** An investment banker (Anne Heche) buys a house with

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