Aug 22, 2018 | Interviews
About Sev Ohanian Sev Ohanian is a writer, producer, and recipient of the 2018 Sundance Institute / Amazon Studios Producers Award. His credits include Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale Station and Clea DuVall’s The Intervention. His latest film, Searching, opens...
Aug 7, 2018 | Five For Filming
Hiring your crew can be the most important decision you make as a producer. A dynamite team that is talented and motivated can elevate your material and make your job easy and fun. But bad attitudes are contagious. Taking on the wrong person, even in a minor role, can...
Jul 10, 2018 | Interviews
About Alexandra Shiva Alexandra Shiva is a documentarian known for critically acclaimed films like Bombay Eunuch, Stagedoor, and the Peabody Award winning How To Dance In Ohio. Her most recent film, This Is Home: A Refugee Story, won the audience award for World...
Jun 19, 2018 | Five For Filming, Greatest Hits
There are three directions you can move your camera: along the horizontal x-axis (pans and dollies), the vertical y-axis (tilts and booms), and the z-axis (moving forward or back). Used separately or in conjunction, these movements can serve utilitarian purposes, such...
