n the Documentary world, it’s fairly common to fall into the journalistic route and shoot a “news” piece rather than a film. Often times, filmmakers find these incredible stories, but the subjects are not willing to let access into their lives in a meaningful way over a long period of time. Or sometimes you really…
Khan Academy has teamed up with the master storysmiths at Pixar to provide a video course in the art of storytelling. And if that wasn’t cool enough, the whole course is available for free. Take the rest of the course: Pixar in a Box @ Khan Academy.
When making a film of any sort, the time inevitably comes to credit cast and crew… in addition to the end credits, it has become film tradition to also bookend the movie with an opening title sequence. It’s your opportunity to capture the audience’s attention and set the mood and tone of your creation, all within the first…
Ken Burns is one of America’s leading documentary filmmakers. With career spanning over 30 years, his work includes seminal documentaries “The Civil War” (1990), “Baseball” (1994), “Jazz” (2001), “The War” (2007), and “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea” (2009). Ken has won seven Emmy Awards, and received two Oscar nominations. In this interview for Penn State Public Broadcasting’s “Conversations from Penn…
