Break-Out Box

W&M students Steven Koernig, Randall Taylor, Per Hoel, Thomas Baumgardner, Zan Gillies and Annie Lewis should be proud. Their entry, “Bring Back the Box” made to number 5. Thanks for voting and if you see them around, congratulate them!

Apple Insomnia Web Site

This vid is an entry for Apple’s Insomnia Contest. If you like it, then vote for it

How to do Good Reporting in the Era of Globalization

When: Friday, September 21, 2:00-3:30 pm
Where: Ford Classroom, Media Center, Swem Library

This informal workshop will focus on issues of journalistic story
telling in multiple media: How to find a story and get the scenes needed
to tell the story well across “platforms.” How to “sell” that story so a
national show will run it. And, crucially, how to confront the ethical,
logistical, cultural and other challenges in telling the story well,
especially a story from outside the United States.

/Free and Open to All Comers!/
/Bring Your Questions & Ideas!/

Mary Stucky has been a TV, radio, and web journalist for more than
fifteen years. She a co-founders of Round Earth Productions, which
writes and produces stories that explain how the policies and actions of
the developed world change the lives of people around the globe. Mary
and Round Earth aim for vivid, personal stories that will help listeners
in America make informed decisions about globally important issues.
Currently Round Earth’s stories focus on Latin America and are broadcast
on public radio’s national news and cultural programs. In addition,
Round Earth reporting is carried on the websites of 70 commercial
television stations across the country and on the World Vision Report,
which airs on 300 mostly Christian radio stations nationwide.

In addition to her work with Round Earth Productions, Mary has reported
on Chinese and Mmong immigrants as part of the public radio documentary
“Crossing East,” which won a 2006 Peabody Award, broadcasting’s highest
honor. Mary has covered social and cultural issues, foreign affairs,
public policy and the environment in South America, Mexico, Cuba, Europe
and Canada. For 13 years, Mary was a reporter/anchor for the NBC-TV
affiliate in Minneapolis. Mary’s reporting awards include the New York
Festival’s Gold World Medal.

We now have our interview with David Taylor online and available via iTunesU. Sharon Zuber, Arthur Knight and I sat down to chat after David gave a workshop to students on pre-production and production aspects of documentary filmmaking. The recording is available here.

Life is Bitter

Below is a list of new books that have arrived at Swem and are worth checking out. o

Title: Born in flames : termite dreams, dialectical fairy tales, and pop apocalypses
Publication info.: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.

Subject: Motion pictures–Philosophy.
Subject: Motion pictures and music.
PN1995 .H238 2

Title: Changing direction : a practical approach to directing actors in film and theatre / Lenore DeKoven.
Electronic access: Table of contents / http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip061/2005029190.html
Publication info.: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Focal Press, c2006

Subject: Theater–Production and direction.
Subject: Motion pictures–Production and direction.
PN2053 .D44 2006

Title: The continuity supervisor / Avril Rowlands ;
Publication info.: Oxford [England] ; Boston : Focal Press, c2000.

Subject: Motion pictures–Production and direction.
Subject: Video recordings–Production and direction.
Subject: Continuity (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
PN1995.9 .P7 R67 2000

Title: Film directing fundamentals : see your film before shooting / Nicholas T. Proferes.
Electronic access: Publisher description / http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/els051/2004019069.html
Electronic access: Table of contents / http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0421/2004019069.html
Publication info.: Amsterdam ; Boston : Focal Press, c2005.

Subject: Motion pictures–Production and direction
PN1995.9 .P7 P758 2005

Title: Film production management / Bastian Clevé.
Publication info.: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Focal Press, 2006.

Subject: Motion pictures–Production and direction.
PN1995.9 .P7 C54 2006

Title: Film studies : the basics / Amy Villarejo.
Electronic access: Table of contents only / http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0612/2006011808.html
Electronic access: Publisher description / http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/200601180-d.html
Publication info.: London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Subject: Motion pictures.
PN1994 .V527 2

Title: The grip book / by Michael G. Uva.
Electronic access: Table of contents / http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip065/2005036148.html
Electronic access: Publisher description / http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0623/200503614-d.html
Publication info.: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Focal Press, c2006.

Subject: Cinematography–Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Subject: Grips (Persons)–Handbooks, manuals, etc.
TR850 .U93 2006

Title: The material image : art and the real in film / Brigitte Peucker.
Electronic access: Table of contents only / http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0614/2006017976.html
Publication info.: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.

Subject: Art and motion pictures.
Subject: Realism in motion pictures.
PN1995.25 .P46

Title: Movie making course : principles, practice, and techniques : the ultimate guide for the aspiring filmmaker / Chris Patmore.
Electronic access: Publisher description / http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0620/200411172-d.html
Publication info.: Hauppauge, NY : Barron’s, c2005.

Subject: Motion pictures–Production and direction.
PN1995.9 .P7 P37 2005

Title: New documentary / Stella Bruzzi.
Electronic access: Table of contents only / http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip069/2006006456.html
Electronic access: Publisher description / http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/200600645-d.html
Publication info.: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Subject: Documentary films–History and criticism.
PN1995.9 .D6 B NONE

Here’s an interesting opportunity. Looks like there’s extended deadline if you apply through WITHOUT A BOX (May 1).

Student Films Across America is a touring show dedicated to high school and college filmmakers that will visit dozens of cities across the country with its 2-hour show. The lineup will rotate between stops, and each city will have one local student named the featured filmmaker. The final stop will be in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, for a full weekend of films of all lengths and all genres.

For those of you, like me, who want to get into Super8 filmmaking, here’s a challenge for you. Make a character driven observational documentary around the theme of citizenship. You can check out our delicious tag: super8.

You may also want to plug this feed in your reader as well. Since Kodachrome has left the building, you’ll want to make sure you have/get a camera that can meter the new Ektachrome film properly. Here’s a list: (64t)

CITIZEN SUPER-8 - sequel to Super-8 Cities
Following on from the success of Super-8 Cities comes a sequel project designed to raise the ante and see what celluloid filmmakers can do in an arena entirely dominated by digital production values: the observational documentary. Here is a trailer for the Super8 cities work.

The Flat Hat and the William and Mary News have published their coverage of our long weekend of short filmmaking. Read more at:

The Flat Hat: Long night, long weekend, short films

William & Mary News: Weekend of Filmmaking at 24 Speed

The short film contest is designed to give undiscovered filmmakers exposure and an opportunity to have their work reach industry professionals. Towards this goal, the 1st place film will be reached to leading industry professionals in Los Angeles and New York. The filmmakers of the winning film(s) will receive official recognition for their success, a $500 cash prize, as well as the Bulldog Award for Excellence. The Finalists’ films will be compiled on a special DVD, sent to the finalists. Close reading and analysis of films will be held at the Bulldog Productions’ Close-Up Film Conference, a day-long filmmaking and screenwriting workshop. Subsequently, the names and loglines of the winning films will be posted on the website and released to major producers and agencies in Hollywood.

Films will be judged by a panel of distinguished industry professionals, educators, and film enthusiasts. Films will be evaluated based on the following criteria: story and dialogue, characters and acting, aesthetics, theory and structure.

SPRING 2007 DEADLINE: March 15, 2007.

LATE DEADLINE: April 1, 2007.

http://www.yale.edu/bulldogproductions/