I’m a terribly disorganized person. I’ve always been. I was the kid who would lose my winter jacket, a school book, or my entire backpack. The irony of it all is that I grew up in a family of neat-freaks. It started with my grandmother, whose mortal enemy is dirt […]
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Art Tuesdays: Things That Look Like Art
Since reviving the DocWise blog and expanding its focus, we’ve decided to add a new weekly series, called “Art Tuesdays.” Every Tuesday, we will feature artwork that inspires us. Today I came across a photo essay featured on the very cool blog, Art Fag City. It’s by photographer Juozas Cernius […]
My Life List
It was a slow day at Eidolon and it was making me anxious, as idle days often do. I felt this massive creative block that rendered me useless – sitting with my second cup of coffee watching the 4th hour of the Today Show. When Hoda and Kathy Lee became […]
Changeup
Hello to all the loyal readers of Doc/Wise, and to all the new readers we hope to gain. We have been busy over the last year at Eidolon Films – self distributing a feature length documentary, working on two documentary shorts, working for clients, and trying to find time to […]
Hello Large Sensor, Nice to Meet You.
By Ben Crosbie With the Panasonic AF100 having just been released, and Sony having announced two new S35 video cameras, how does an indie film-maker decide on what camera to use for their next project? DSLR, AF100, NXCAM, F3 (if you can afford it) – such a wide array of […]
Hindsight is 20/20 When Using Marketing Goggles
Keeping the Kibbutz is now beginning to screen at festivals, community centers, synagogues, universities and museums across the US and abroad. It’s a wonderful feeling to see our work screened before audiences and to hear their feedback. Yet what is most interesting about this stage in the life of the […]
Video: Regina Holliday Painting HCAHPS
Last week we were able to help out Regina Holliday with her entry into the Design for America contest. We spent a few hours with her, filming as she painted accross the street from the George Washington University Hospital. Her goal was to depict the hospital’s HCAHPS data as a […]
The Difficulty of Not Being on the Bleeding Edge
By Ben Crosbie As most people who work in the media/video field (and many serious hobbyists and enthusiasts) know, the last year or so has brought about a revolution in film-making. With the release of the Canon 5d MkII, stunning 35mm film-like images with mouthwatering DOF and colors at an […]
Farewell 9 to 5… Hello social entrepreneurship
By Tessa Moran It seems as if my life is following the trajectory of my films. I’d heard before that films had the capacity to do that; to define and characterize your life like chapters. But this was never evident for me until now. Back in June 2007, when I wrote […]
Making Mothers Picked Up For Distribution
We’re thrilled to announced that Making Mothers has been picked up for distribution by Boston-based Fanlight Productions, a mid-sized distributor that specializes in social-issue films. We’re really looking forward to the new audiences our film will reach with Fanlight’s help! Check back for screening and purchase details when the film is […]
Barberin’ DVD For Sale
Barberin’ is now available for sale on DVD. The film was released in 2007, and was an official selection at the 2007 DC Shorts Film Festival and the 2008 Our City Film Festival. The film was mentioned in both the Washington Post and Washingtonian write-ups on DC Shorts. If you […]
Keeping the Kibbutz Work-In-Progress Screening July 10
Our first feature length film, Keeping the Kibbutz, will be screening at the George Washington University on July 10, from 7-10 pm. The screening is part of Docs In Progress, a DC based non-profit that screens works-in-progress to the public. Please come out and see the film and give us […]