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

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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 about what that looks like after it’s been [...]

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Moving To Belize : Considering the Possibilities

As of right now today, Belize is at the top of my list as a starting point for my container home project. It may not be by 2011 but right now, today it is. My plan is to first visit Belize for a week or two. If I like it, I will return and live [...]

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Shipping Container Home Project – Part 3

Well, it’s official. There are two teams playing the game of container home building. There are the “Get Rich”s and there are the “Get Free”s. I mentioned in my first container home post I felt there was a hovering aura that some are trying to figure out a way to make money from container homes. [...]

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New Developments on The Creative Front

In light of my ramble about being the filmmaker I want to be, I have been taking it upon myself to be a more active filmmaker. At 1am the night before Thanks Giving, I made a crazy impulsive decision to drive to Plymouth, MA for the National Day Of Mourning gathering near Plymouth Rock. It [...]

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Useful Tools For Independent Filmmakers

Becoming a filmmaker is a big step that requires you to use and have access to many resources in order to not only make the best films you can but to handle all tasks not related to a specific film project. There is a lot more to making films than just the movies themselves. I [...]

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So Much To Do – Moving & Refining Life Goals

It’s been a little longer than I would have liked since my last blog post but I still really enjoy having this outlet to share my thoughts and creative experiences. However, sometimes there is just too much going on in life to sit down and take time to write. But the more wonderful and supportive [...]

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Two Hours or Less – Almost There

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

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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Our Side of Joy – Documentary Trailer 2

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