Company/Organization Profiles

By David Pierotti

What should you know about the prosumer camcorder market? An overview with a detailed chart of popular cameras with their features and purchase and rental costs.

By Maddy Kadish

The French Short Film Festival sails into Rhode Island this month? Oui!

By Kerry O’Donnell

Think the studio scene is DOA in New England? Don't pack your bags for Hollywood just yet. Here's a status report on each of the studios planned for the region.

By David Pierotti

The Learning Lab Series at Rule/Boston Camera Film Rental provides a valuable and free resource for the local filmmaking community.

By Karsten Hatch

DocumentaryTech aims to be a focal point for aspiring documentary filmmakers, both new and seasoned.

By Maddy Kadish

In a downward economy, grant funding for Massachusetts filmmakers still exist. Dan Blask of the Massachusetts Cultural Council offers some advice.

By Kerry O’Donnell

The Vermont Film and Media Coalition's Dan Mazur fights to lure filmmakers to the Green Mountain State.

By April Gardner

Warp speed your knowledge of postproduction through coursework at facilities like Future Media Concepts.

By Maddy Kadish

In a two-part article, NewEnglandFilm.com learns more about two film programs that place global ecology under a Maine microscope. Both screen in early October at the Camden International Film Festival.

By Karsten Hatch

Somerville Community Access Television (SCAT) opens the eyes of young talent.

By Larissa Milashenko

Wellesley, MA native Nick Godfrey, of Crossborders, discusses the grind of getting a foot in the new media production door and the impact viral video can have on young people’s political behavior.

By Mike Sullivan

In the first of a two-part series, editor Mike Sullivan investigates how Boston’s Avid and Final Cut Pro user groups find common ground in tumultuous times.

By Alexandria Lima

A group of independent filmmakers gathers in Brookline once a month to offer multiple forms of support through the documentary filmmaking process.

By Katie Petrillo

Animation students at MassArt focus on imagination and basic design skills rather than technology to create films for the annual Squealing Pegs show on May 8th.

By D.P. Bettencourt

Vermont’s Edgewood Studios remains a stronghold for film production both in-house and for its neighbors.

By Jared M. Gordon

The newly-formed Connecticut Production Coalition seeks to defend New England’s biggest tax break for filmmakers.

By Mere LaTour

Mere LaTour describes the benefits of seeking outside help with telling an effective cinematic story, whether fictional or documentary.

By Erin Trahan

NewEnglandFilm.com hosts a party on December 10th, the LEF Moving Image Fund hosts a how-to-apply for funds workshop, and more... the December 2008 report of industry news, festivals, and happenings.

By Jared M. Gordon

The LEF Foundation describes its shift to funding only documentaries and past grant recipients offer their perspectives on the change.

By David Pierotti

A Brookline-based acting class gives actors hands-on experience, a film credit, and a reel.

By Erin Trahan

NewEnglandFilm.com relaunches, Ruff Cutz, MassVOTE's Eye on Democracy Video Contest and more... the November 2008 report of industry news, festivals, and happenings.

By Hillary von Schroeter

Kaye Lites of Woburn, MA recently doubled its size in response to an increased demand for lighting and grip.

By Marilyn D. Pennell

In an intimate, 10-person course that spans one year and the globe, Harvard students document people and places.

By Julia Cox

John Herman adopts a tried-and-true formula to lift the grassroots New Hampshire Media Makers into collective creativity.

By David Pierotti After almost a decade, Concord, NH welcomes a new independent theatre to Main Street.

By Cameron Bonsey Boston Society of Film Critics will host its first-ever awards ceremony, Sundance welcomes another crew of New England filmmakers, and Lowe Road Productions starts closing in on Romeo, thanks to collaboration between filmmaker moms... A report of news & happenings in the local industry for January 2008.

By Nancy L. Babine The Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Film Club at the Coolidge Corner Theatre makes movies accessible to people with hearing loss.

By Susi Walsh Susi Walsh reports from the field of NAMAC, and the unique toolings of Austin's indie scene.

By Steve Gay Perry Paolantonio charts the evolution from “No Frills DVD” to the cutting edge of digital restoration with his Boston-based business, Gamma Ray Digital.

By Ellen Mills Four years after forming Film-Truth productions on Martha's Vineyard, Liz Witham and Ken Wentworth are giving voice to the island community through film and garnering support from the folks vacationing from New York and Hollywood.