Filmmaking
Documentary | Festival Interviews | Filmmaking | Interviews | Maine | New England
2017 Festival Interview: Oak Street Mural
Oak Street Mural, which screens through October 15 as part of the 2017 Online New England Film Festival, captures the creation of a public mural in Rockland, ME through gorgeous time-lapse photography. In this interview with NewEnglandFilm.com, one of the documentary’s directors, Scott Sell, discusses the impetus for making it and how his background in journalism led him to filmmaking.
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Festival Interviews | Filmmaking | Interviews | New England | New Hampshire | Vermont
2017 Festival Interview: Fire
Screening through October 15 as part of the 2017 Online New England Film Festival and based on a short story, the short film Fire is a story where the cold of winter becomes a threat to the protagonist. In this interview with NewEnglandFilm.com, the film’s director, Ben Silberfarb talks about the trilogy of films about the outdoors he’s working on and he provides insight on how he came to own his own production company, SILBERFARB-FILMS.
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Comedy | Festival Interviews | Filmmaking | Interviews | Massachusetts | New England | Short Films
2017 Festival Interview: What My Friends Do on a Saturday Night
Screening through October 15 as part of the 2017 Online New England Film Festival, What My Friends Do on a Saturday Night is a parody of Game of Thrones viewing parties, which uses complicated relationships and intricate party etiquette to fashion comedic situations. In this interview with NewEnglandFilm.com, the short’s director, Ryan Weed, enlightens us on the inspiration for his short and on what pushed him to pursue film.
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Documentary | Festival Interviews | Filmmaking | Interviews | Massachusetts | New England | Short Films
2017 Festival Interview: Pan-
Screening through October 15 as part of the 2017 Online New England Film Festival, Pan- is a beautiful portrait of a pansexual individual’s struggles and her journey of self-discovery. In this interview with NewEnglandFilm.com, the director of the film, Dennis Tsai, talks about about how his college experience inspired the film and about the excitement of screening his movie at a local film festival.
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Drama | Festival Interviews | Filmmaking | Interviews | Massachusetts | New England
2017 Festival Interview: Winter Hill
Melissa Bruno offers viewers a rare look at female friendship in a working-class neighborhood with her film Winter Hill, which is screening through October 15 as part of the 2017 Online New England Film Festival. In this interview, she talks about how she got into filmmaking, about why she decided to tell this story, and about why New England Film was a key resource for her when making her film.
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Drama | Festival Interviews | Filmmaking | Interviews | New England | Television
2017 Festival Interview: East of Hollywood
Chris Caccioppoli challenges misrepresentation of Asians in the entertainment industry with his mockumentary East of Hollywood, which is screening through October 15 as part of the 2017 Online New England Film Festival. In this interview, he talks about the role of Asian-Americans in Hollywood, about seeing audiences interact with his films, and about the exciting new projects he’s working on.
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Editing | Filmmaking | How To's | Rhode Island
The Practical Filmmaker’s Guide to Great Sound
Sound engineer Mark Scetta shares his tips for achieving great sound in your film and video projects.
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Film Festival & Event Profiles | Film Festivals | Filmmaking | Rhode Island
RIIFF 2017 Spotlight: Patricia Chica’s Morning After
Patricia Chica explains how her film Morning After, which makes its US premiere at the 2017 Flicker’s Rhode Island International Film Festival, explores desire and arousal that goes beyond the conventional physical realm.
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Drama | Females in Film | Filmmaking | Interviews | Local Industry | New England | New York | Screenwriting | Short Films | Vermont
Cross-Cultural Filmmaking: The Hanji Box
In her latest narrative release, The Hanji Box, Nora Jacobson delves into cross-cultural filmmaking and explores international adoption.
Read more...Adoption, Hanji Box, Korea, Nora Jacobson, Screenwriting, Vermont Filmmakers
Film Funding | Filmmaking | Kickstart New England | Massachusetts
Kickstart The Musicianer
Filmmaker Beth Harrington seeks $39,000 in Kickstarter support for her digital series The Musicianer, featuring Canadian musician Petunia, of the band Petunia & the Vipers.
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