Do you find the web a little overwhelming at times? Digital Bootcamp is a master class designed to help you and your film navigate the rapidly evolving digital landscape. I will guide you through a series of case studies and practical examples (with a focus on documentaries) to help you get up to speed with many of the digital tools now available to storytellers. This seminar will cover two main areas: Digital Frontiers – Why is all this important? What’s…

I’m really thrilled that Shooting People is involved in so many fantastic events this month – from the Rooftop Films panels on Saturday June 13th to the Short Sighted event at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on Sunday June 21st. And now we are also doing a special screening of the powerful documentary Pray The Devil Back To Hell with producer (and all round amazing person) Abigail Disney in attendance. Please join us at DCTV on Thursday, June 25th –…

We (Shooting People and DCTV) had a totally sold out screening of Miranda July short films at DCTV on Friday, people were sitting and standing EVERYWHERE. We’ve been experimenting with programming different kinds of events and this one was a definite success. Sweet Tooth of the Tiger provided delicious baked goodies and we completed assignment #63 from Learning to Love You More (Make an Encouraging Banner). I tell you there isn’t much I like more in life than watching films,…

Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger, Poultrygeist, Tromeo and Juliet – to name just a few films from his prolific output) came to DCTV last night for a Shooting People/DCTV event to talk about his career, and his latest book Direct Your Own Damn Movie!. He talked about his experience working outside the system for many decades. Troma Entertainment is one of the longest running truly independent studios (founded in 1974), an incredible achievement. I wish I had written down some…

Shooting People and DCTV have got some great events coming up in November so if you’re in NYC please check out the following: On Friday, November 2nd Jennifer Fox will be at DCTV to talk about the making of her latest documentary, the six hour tour de force Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman. Jennifer will show clips from Flying and talk about how filmmakers negotiate the tension between creativity and financial reality, how to raise funds through international co-production,…

I realize it’s not great form to start a blog and then promptly go silent for a week but I have a good excuse: filmmakers! I have been going to so many amazing master classes, panels and talks over the past week or so that I haven’t really had time to sit down and process it all. Hooray for New York is all I can say. It’s a festival even when it’s not. It makes me feel a lot less…