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  • How To Survive As An Assistant Editor
    "Staying organized as an assistant editor is probably more like keeping a clean and organized room, apartment or house than anyone realizes." Editor Colin Nusbaum shares everything you need to know to get started as a film editor.
    Emma Dessau 11 min read May 28, 2014 Documentary News Comments
  • Outside the Frame: Results: Documentary Website Cost Survey
    Freelance writer Amanda Hirsch, former editorial director of PBS Interactive, blogs about documentaries and the Web in her column, Outside the Frame. This is part 3 of my series on producing great documentary websites. Read part one and part two. The results are in! 24 filmmakers responded to our survey, “How Much Does It Cost […]
    Amanda Hirsch 3 min read October 14, 2009 Documentary News Comments
  • Outside the Frame: Great Documentary Websites: Part Two
    Freelance writer Amanda Hirsch, former editorial director of PBS Interactive, blogs about documentaries and the Web in her column, Outside the Frame. This is the second installment in a series exploring great documentary websites. Read part one. Over the past week, I invited filmmakers, academics, web producers, awards organizers and documentary film fans to nominate […]
    Amanda Hirsch 6 min read September 3, 2009 Documentary News Comments
  • Outside the Frame: Great Documentary Websites
    Freelance writer Amanda Hirsch, former editorial director of PBS Interactive, blogs about documentaries and the Web in her column, Outside the Frame. You fundraise, you shoot, and you fundraise some more. Years pass, and still, you toil. Finally: a finished film. And then, the question: “What about a website?” You aren’t a website producer — […]
    Amanda Hirsch 4 min read August 19, 2009 Documentary News Comments
  • Outside the Frame: Q&A with NPR Social Media Strategist Andy Carvin
    Freelance writer Amanda Hirsch, former editorial director of PBS Interactive, blogs about documentaries and the Web in her column, Outside the Frame. If you meet Andy Carvin, it’s almost certain that he’d tweet about it — and for a brief moment, the 11,000+ people who follow him on Twitter would know your name. He might […]
    Amanda Hirsch 8 min read June 24, 2009 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: Fundraising Woes
    Oh, the woe of the documentary filmmaker. Nothing strikes a filmmaker to the core more than that singularly sad, stress-inducing word: funding. My POV minders recently directed me to filmmaker Patrick O’Brien, who has sought out a creative way to get financing. O’Brien has joined forces with Skinny Corp, a progressive, community-based company that backs […]
    Tom Roston 3 min read May 26, 2009 Doc Soup Comments
  • Outside the Frame: Q&A With “Fans, Friends and Followers” Author Scott Kirsner
    Freelance writer Amanda Hirsch, former editorial director of PBS Interactive, blogs about documentaries and the Web in her column, Outside the Frame. In his latest book, Fans, Friends and Followers, writer Scott Kirsner explores how a range of artists — filmmakers, comedians, writers and others — are using the Web to build an audience, and […]
    Amanda Hirsch 7 min read April 22, 2009 Documentary News Comments
  • Weekly Roundup: March 28, 2008
    Cinematical reviews the Iraq War documentary Body of War, directed by former talk show host Phil Donahue and filmmaker Ellen Spiro. Read an interview with the filmmakers, along with Tomas Young, the Iraq War veteran who is the subject of the film, at Democracy Now! The New York Times reviewed Benson Lee‘s Planet B-Boy, a […]
    Ruiyan Xu 2 min read March 28, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Speed Pitching at the Realscreen Summit
    Chris White is POV’s director of programming & production. He spent two days at the Realscreen Summit in Washington, D.C. last week, hearing producers pitch their films at a speed pitching session. Here’s the inside scoop from a programmer’s perspective, and some tips on how to craft a successful speed pitch. As a select group […]
    Chris White 7 min read January 31, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Film and Environmental Activism: Catching up with Everything's Cool's Judith Helfand and Daniel B. Gold
    Environmental issues are a hot topic this election year. David Nanasi caught up with POV alum Judith Helfand (A Healthy Baby Girl, POV 1997 and True Lives 2005, and The Uprising of ’34, POV 1995) and Daniel B. Gold to hear more about what they’ve been doing to support their latest film, Everything’s Cool. Both […]
    David Nanasi 6 min read January 29, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Media Guide: Making Online Videos
    So you’ve got a great idea for a documentary short, and you want to get started making your film. But how do you light your shoot? What music is legal for you to use? What releases should you have your subjects sign? How do you edit, compress and upload your video? Luckily, there’s a ton […]
    Ruiyan Xu 2 min read November 26, 2007 Documentary News Comments