How will handheld video cameras and ubiquitous open-source computing change the nature of documentary film?
Podcast: John Ellis, “How Documentary Went Digital: the Implications of Informal Filming and Skeptical Audiences”
Digital filming has transformed documentary, says John Ellis, offering new potentials to filmmakers and at the same time transforming audience attitudes.
How Documentary Went Digital: the Implications of Informal Filming and Skeptical Audiences
John Ellis will argue that “Films are now seen as documents of interactions rather than expositions of fact.”
Exit Zero: Documentary Filmmaking, Historical Memory, and Personal Voice
Filmmakers Chris Boebel and Chris Walley on the making of Exit Zero, an in-progress documentary film about deindustrialization, community, class, and family in a former steel mill region in southeast Chicago.
Dub, Diasporas & Digital: Vivek Bald
From dub music to South Asian Diasporas, to political theory and a PhD in American Studies, and onto digital media – the colorful professional trajectory of Vivek Bald has led him from his former base in New York to MIT’s Comparative Media Studies program.
Documentary Filmmaking: A One Day Survival Guide
Documentary filmmaker Generoso Fierro takes you through a one time class where you will learn the basics of shooting a documentary film on mini dv, editing and getting it seen.
CMS Staffer’s Film Honors Reggae Artist Lynn Taitt
A long-time DJ and self-taught filmmaker, Fierro recently conflated his love for early Jamaican music and silver-screen spectacle to complete a 67-minute documentary titled Lynn Taitt: Rock Steady.