Filmmaking Articles and Advice from Film Consultant Peter D. Marshall
Posted in Documentary Filmmaking on Feb 18th, 2010
This article was written by Dan McComb.
“Last week I ran a fairly extensive Google search for films about how to make documentary films. Guess what? The market isn’t exactly crowded. In fact, I could only find this one, Documentary Filmaking: Tips from the Trenches, a 2008 educational film made by Brooke Barnett and Katrina Taylor. [...]
Posted in Documentary Filmmaking on Jan 25th, 2010
This article was written by Charles Burris.
“If you love watching free documentary films online, I have found the mother lode. The website, Top Documentary Films, has over 800 choices arranged by categories and titles. Unlike YouTube, these selections are not presented in chunks but are the full and complete films. There are a vast array of titles from [...]
Posted in Documentary Filmmaking on Jan 20th, 2010
This article was written for SocioLingo Africa.
“The International Copyright Balance and Documentary Film Project of American University is releasing a groundbreaking report and film on the experiences of South African documentary filmmakers withcopyright clearance obligations.
The report and film, sponsored by the Ford Foundation, will be simultaneously released at a film screening and workshops with filmmakers [...]
Posted in Documentary Filmmaking, Film Festivals on Jan 19th, 2010
This article was written by AJ Schnack.
“There’s a bunch of other great American film festivals that do good work for documentaries and filmmakers. And if our Top 25 Film Festivals list was completely US-centric, the following ten film festivals would all make the list.
Here’s an alphabetical list of 10 more American festivals that matter, with [...]
Posted in Documentary Filmmaking on Jan 13th, 2010
These questions on documentary filmmaking are from a subscriber to my monthly filmmaking ezine, “The Director’s Chair.” Please leave your answers and comments below.
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Peter gave me permission to write a small article, not containing information, but instead, asking for it. Within the next 3 years, I want to make a documentary that turns the world [...]
Posted in Documentary Filmmaking on Jan 6th, 2010
This article was written by Beige Luciano-Adams.
“Over the last half-century or so, documentary filmmaking has evolved as a formidable and expansive institution. In the US, filmmakers have built a soaring and sensible architecture by challenging ideology, pushing creative limits and distilling practice, while helping to legitimize the craft on a global stage.
But the new generation [...]
Posted in Documentary Filmmaking on Dec 2nd, 2009
“I’m preparing to teach a documentary class for students for my alma mater here in Los Angeles, and have been faced with a tough question: What is more important in learning how to make a documentary – focussing on what you want to do, and making it internally coherent and workable/fundable or looking at what [...]
Posted in Documentary Filmmaking on Nov 1st, 2009
“The Documentary New Zealand Trust acknowledges the huge leap of faith by the New Zealand Film Commission in its new documentary development funding support.
Unlike short and feature dramatic films, documentary filmmakers did not have an official route for documentary development and production funding within the NZ Film Commission.
With the global popularity of cinematic and festival [...]
Posted in Documentary Filmmaking on Oct 7th, 2009
“For renowned movie director and critic Thom Anderson, documentary films are the most powerful medium revealing the lives and cultures of other people.
Anderson, the head judge of the EBS International Documentary Festival (EIDF), says he enjoys watching and making documentaries because of their very nature.
There was a certain period when people didn’t like the word [...]
Posted in Documentary Filmmaking on Oct 1st, 2009
“A new report issued by American University’s Center for Social Media finds that documentary filmmakers routinely grapple with ethics challenges, yet the craft lacks any sort of broad standards in ethics practices. The Center for Social Media is noted for its codes of best practices in fair use, the most longstanding of which is the [...]
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