At the Miss Universe pageant this year we produced a short-film that captured the experience of the contestants and looked at how the pageant brings 83 countries together. We also produced it under the pressure of a deadline – within a hour of the pageant ending we had the edited film live online. The short-film [...]
Late last month I taught at the Maine Media Workshops. I had heard great things about the workshops but had never been myself so I didn’t know what to expect. It was like summer camp for photographers. The class I taught was titled Video for Photographers. Both my students and I were in awe of [...]
Thanks to David Walker and the crew at PDN, there is a great write up about us and our work for the Miss Universe Organization. Click here to read the full article. “They were self-starters, who would come with their own ideas,” says Shugart, who didn’t want to do any hand-holding. “They would be able [...]
For those in Tennessee, Trapped will be screened in Johnson City tomorrow evening, Nov. 15 at 6:30p.m. Here is the blurb from their site: Trapped: Mental Illness in America’s Prisons 7 min (USA) – Directed by Jenn Ackerman Ms. Ackerman, a photographer by training, produces her very first documentary on the important, often overlooked issue [...]
On the heels of the announcement of his latest project on TB, Nachtwey was a guest editor on YouTube. Nachtwey has selected compelling examples from other YouTube users that exhibit the power of film to relate a story and spread the word. To my surprise, my slideshow on HIV in rural America was one of [...]
TRAPPED will be screened in New York this weekend on Oct. 4 at the Reel Venus Film Festival at Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Avenue, NYC. Here is a little writeup on the film. There is a great lineup including The Sandwich Generation by Julie Winokur and Tata’s Angel by Brenda Kenneally & Laura Lo [...]
Monday I spoke at the National Security Conference to officers and wardens around the country about mental illness in prison and what it was like to film the project. It was a little intimidating as I was speaking to a room of experts but I am hoping I brought a different perspective. It was great [...]
Yesterday was the last day Tim and I spent in the prison and it was bittersweet. This summer was incredibly intense as we tried to spend as much time as we could there but I also enjoyed every day there. I am also going to miss the guys. I have to admit there are some [...]
“Sometimes greatness comes from not having resources.” – Doug Liman As always a great idea/story will always trump the tools we use. To illustrate his point, he recalled a commercial he was shooting for Nike in the late 1990s starring golfer Tiger Woods. Liman noticed Woods bouncing a ball on the edge of a club [...]
Anyone doing multimedia needs to be thinking in this same manner as they approach and edit their stories. Saul Bass states: My initial thoughts about what a title can do was to set mood and the prime underlying core of the film’s story, to express the story in some metaphorical way. I saw the title [...]