WASHINGTON, DC, 24 January 2015 — What to do with your film once it’s finished? In conjunction with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, American University’s School of Communication is hosting award-winning British filmmaker Callum Macrae for a screening of his film, “No Fire Zone.” After the screening, Macrae will discuss how he’s turned the […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 11 January 2015 — It’s one of the questions that I most often get from students: “What camera do you use?” And the answer is always the same: “It depends.” Take a look at this video, which attempts to answer the question in a more specific manner. Click HERE to watch. These are […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 7 January 2015 — We call sound “the heartbeat” of the videos we produce. Whether you’re using a sophisticated camera with two XLR inputs for sound, an HDXLR or a smart phone, you have to understand how to use the gear to get optimal sound. For the Emmy Award-nominated “Afghanistan: The Forgotten War” […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 3 January 2015 — Award-winning documentary filmmaker Callum Macrae is on hand Wednesday, February 4, 2015, at American University for the screening of “No Fire Zone,” which tells the story of the final 138 days of the 26-year Sri Lanka civil war and sheds light on the government’s brutal military offensive that saw […]
http://videojournalismworkshops.com, BANGKOK, Thailand, 15 December 2014 So youve finished your video. Now, what do you do with it? How do you get it out there, in front of people, so it can have an impact? To answer these questions, I Skyped designer and Internet marketer Bruce Jones into the third day of our workshop […]
BANGKOK, Thailand, 14 December 2014 As I say frequently during my Backpack Documentary classes at American University as well as the Video Workshops that I conduct around the world, sound is the heartbeat of documentary. It is so important that viewers often will forgive images that are slightly out of focus or improperly composed, […]