For those who read both blogs I write, sorry for the repeat, but I think this is appropriate for both and Pat’s work is widely regarded in all film circles that I know of!
Pat Aufderheide, my mentor, friend and former boss, has recently released a new book! Documentary Film: A Very Short Introduction “takes readers […]

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OneWorld U.S. is hosting an online discussion with the Center for Social Media’s Maura Ugarte to answer questions about utilizing fair use in documentary filmmaking. If you work for a OneWorld partner organization, you can join in the discussion this Tuesday, July 24, for free; others must pay $50 registration fee. Get all the details […]

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THE BLACK DOCUMENTARY COLLECTIVE
presents
THE NEW MEDIA CONVERGENCE PANEL:
What is the future of distribution on broadband channels and other future concepts?
Thursday, July 12th 7-9pm
Columbia University Screening Room #513 Dodge Hall, (2960 Broadway)
PANELISTS:
IAN BRICKE– Director, Acquisitions & Programming, Sundance Channel
ERICA BRANCH-RIDLEY - Emmy award winning Director and Executive Producer of Broadband Production and Content Development, TVland.com and […]

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Via Broadcast Newsroom, “American University’s Center for Social Media and has issued a follow-up to the groundbreaking 2006 study, The New Deal. The New Deal 1.5, timed to coincide with the opening of the SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival, urges independent documentary makers and public broadcasters to take advantage of the frontier nature of […]

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Most articles that deal with Production Sound Recording for video/film tend to cover microphones and recording/mixing techniques. I am not going to cover audio from the Sound Mixer’s perspective, but rather from the contributions of other Departments.
Why should other Departments care about improving audio? After all, except for Editing, the sound […]

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