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Our Side of Joy – More Shooting

Thursday, July 8, 2010

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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 having a hard time and I’ve requested time [...]

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Two Hours or Less – Almost There

Monday, February 16, 2009

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I’m just about finished getting Our Side Of Joy down to two hours or less. It’s still a very tough process. It feels as if this film is really two complete films in one and most likely that’s pretty much what it is.  It has caused me to think about my documentary career. Before I [...]

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Moving Forward – Staying on Track

Sunday, December 28, 2008

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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 [...]

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The Making of Two Docs

Saturday, August 2, 2008

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I’d like to take a moment to talk about how I made these two documentaries; “Our Side of Joy” and “Charise: A Portrait of an African American with Albinism”. I’ve gotten some e-mails asking about equipment and process, etc. Equipment for these two films: This was obviously something I spent days and days planning because [...]

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Working on Trailer for “Charise: A Portrait…”

Saturday, August 2, 2008

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Well I’ve started work on the first trailer for “Charise: A Portrait of an African American with Albinism” and all I can say is “WOW”. There is just so much to cover. It will be interesting to see the final product of both films for general audiences. I imagine I will have to cut a [...]

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Working on Trailer for "Charise: A Portrait…"

Saturday, August 2, 2008

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Well I’ve started work on the first trailer for “Charise: A Portrait of an African American with Albinism” and all I can say is “WOW”. There is just so much to cover. It will be interesting to see the final product of both films for general audiences. I imagine I will have to cut a [...]

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First Trailer Finished!

Thursday, July 24, 2008

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Finally finished the first trailer for “Our Side of Joy”! I really enjoy editing because it is amazing to see how you can create art with the original footage that I shot. One of the main challenges I had with editing of course was knowing when to stop editing. When is your art ever “good [...]

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Still Learning…

Sunday, June 15, 2008

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I’ve worked out three different trailers for “Our Side of Joy”. It’s great but I’ve run into the same problem I had with my last film. I thought I made an extra effort to avoid it but… not enough B-roll footage. I have tons of photos, two photoshoots, a tattoo session, two childbirths, and 1986 [...]

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Trailer Process

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

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I decided that it was time to create trailers for both films and also put out a few clips that would draw viewers in and get them to ask questions. I’d put a clip of Charise on YouTube just to let people know this film existed and I’m finding that people are starting to ask [...]

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Production Thoughts

Friday, June 6, 2008

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I’m still working on editing my two new documentaries. There was an issue with the Adobe Premier CS3 file for Our Side of Joy. For some reason, even when I used an earlier version of Adobe Premier, sometimes the files get corrupt for no reason and you could loose the whole thing or part of [...]

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