Fall 2015

Cinematographers Focus on Telling the Story Fall 2015

We devote this issue to the nuts and bolts of the process of making a documentary, from cinematography to editing.

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Features

Workflow: Proper Handling of Your Digital Media

Matt Radecki and Doug Blush will be the lead...

ByMatthewCarey

Topping an Editor's Decision List: Choice of Platform Is the Main Ingredient

To understand the technical genius of film editors...

ByJaneDubzinski

Continuing to Shoot After the Shooting Starts: Dangerous Doc-Making

Before he made Cartel Land, director...

ByValentinaValentini

Have Camera, Will Collaborate: Cinematographers Focus on Telling the Story

Cinematographers Joan Churchill, ASC (Aileen: Life...

ByTracieLewis

Game of Drones: Airborne Cameras are a Boon to Cinematographers, But Rife with Risks

For filmmakers, drone cameras are a tool with...

BySuzCurtis

It's Not Such a Small World After All: Know Your Distribution Rights Opportunities

In the digital era of global film distribution, we...

ByAnnieRoney

Girl Power vs. the Taliban: The Miraculous Story of an Ordinary Teenager from Pakistan

Editor’s Note: On October 21 at the Linwood Dunn...

ByAddieMorfoot

Family Matters: Transcending Old Traditions with the Patels

Ravi Patel is in search of a bride. But he's not...

ByNayantaraRoy

Columns

Social Imaginaries and the Poetic Reflexive: The Role of Documentary in Global Societies

By marymoylan

Judy Irving, Christopher Beaver and Ruth Landy's 'Dark Circle'

By BrianKnappenberger

Notes from the Reel World: The Executive Director's Column, Fall 2015

By SimonKilmurry

Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column, Fall 2015

By TomWhite

The West Coast Years of a French New Wave Filmmaker

By CynthiaClose

The Pursuit of Truth Includes the Choice of Soundtrack

By SamCullman

Black Lives Mattered Then, Too: An Insider's Look at the Black Panthers

By CatyBorum Chattoo