June 13, 2020 Copyright and Public Domain: An Updated Primer By Sheila Curran Bernard and Kenn Rabin Editor’s Note: This article is adapted from the second edition of Bernard and Rabin’s Archival Storytelling: Read more
April 25, 2019 Sam Green and the Kronos Quartet Inspire 'A Thousand Thoughts' Back in 2010, filmmaker Sam Green staked out new territory in the documentary space with Utopia in Four Movements , in which he explored the history Read more
August 30, 2018 Brian Hill's "Songbirds" When Tom White invited me chose the film I'd most want to have with me should I be left on a desert island, I found the challenge insurmountable. Read more
August 23, 2017 Facing the Music By Steven Beer, Jake Levy and Neil Rosini As attorneys at the New York City-based law firm of Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo, we work Read more
August 23, 2017 You Shoot, We Score: Oovra Music Offers Sound Solutions for Filmmakers on a Budget The story of Oovra Music , the Los Angeles-based, composer-run music licensing company, began in 2014, after Emmy Award-winning film composer Joel Read more
July 28, 2016 'Miss Sharon Jones!' & Ms. Barbara Kopple When speaking with filmmaker Barbara Kopple, you find yourself in the company of a woman with more verve, passion and lust for knowledge than many Read more
September 21, 2015 The Pursuit of Truth Includes the Choice of Soundtrack On our first shoot with Mark Landis, the prolific art forger and main subject of Art and Craft , we rode along with him on an errand to Hobby Lobby Read more
March 29, 2014 Behind Your Film's Soundtrack: The Important Role of the Music Supervisor Music supervision is one of those coveted jobs by individuals who are passionate about music and who sense they can match songs with images. Driving Read more
March 22, 2014 Aural Fixations: Creating Sound and Music for Docs Front row: sound supervisor/mixer James LeBrecht. second row, left to right: filmmaker Alex Rotaru; editor Pedro Kos; Ken Jacobson, IDA's director of Read more
February 18, 2014 Docs That Really Rock: Music Documentaries Go Beyond the Performance Over the last decade, there has been an explosion of music documentaries finding their way to both the big and small screens. Making one is in many Read more