Narrative Filmmaking

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Review: In ‘We the Animals,’ a young man finds his way in a tumultuous world

Sacramento Bee 20 Aug 2018

Documentary filmmaker Jeremiah Zagar's first foray into narrative storytelling finds a natural fit with Justin Torres' slim, loosely structured 2011 novel about three brothers navigating their unstable household ... (The movie was shot in Utica .) ....

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How Jeremiah Zagar’s ‘We the Animals’ artfully illustrates the complexity of a young boy’s coming ...

The State 20 Aug 2018

"We the Animals" marks Zagar's narrative filmmaking debut and tied for the Next Innovator prize at this year's Sundance Film Festival – an award bestowed by a jury of one (this year, that judge was RuPaul Charles) ... Though the filmmaker briefly toyed with the idea of using trained actors, "we looked at actors (who) were kids, and we knew right away that they were wrong," he said....

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Kannada films gets a new scriptwriter with Life Jothe Ond Selfie

The Times of India 19 Aug 2018

But all that changed the day she gave me a one-line narration of what eventually became Life Jothe Ond Selfie,” says Dinakar. What impressed the filmmaker was the detailing in the characterisations of the lead cast. “With this script, Manasa actually started out by outlining a few characters ... Over the next six months, he wrote the screenplay for the film, with inputs from his wife and a few fellow filmmaker pals ... argue about it ... ....

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Did you know Vijay Deverakonda was not the first choice for Geetha Govindam?

Bollywood Life 19 Aug 2018

By Ganesh Aaglave . Published. August 19, 2018 3.42 pm. comments. Allu Arjun leads the way for wife Sneha Reddy post their dinner date in Mumbai – photos. Allu Arjun Personal Photos ... In an interview with the leading, the filmmaker revealed that he took the script to Allu Arjun but it was a wrong time. According to him, he narrated the script after Sarainodu ... Akshay Kumar and filmmaker Priyadarshan extend their helping hand to save the state....

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Vermont developing influence in the film world: Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival

Times Argus 18 Aug 2018

The 2018 Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, Aug. 23-26, will feature nearly 60 filmmakers from 15 countries, presenting more than 90 film screenings, as well as panel discussions and related events around throughout Middlebury. (Courtesy Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival) ... “Personal Statement” (Courtesy Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival) ... “Abacus” (Courtesy Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival) ... Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival....

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Turning the narrative over its head

Deccan Herald 18 Aug 2018

A larger-than-life gangster, an upright cop, enigmatic Mumbai, and a rhetoric of religion running throughout the narrative ... Writing in a group and then working with two directors who have different approaches to filmmaking, is likely to have ruffled a few feathers ... Known for their different approach to filmmaking, Motwane dealt with Sartaj’s narrative, while Kashyap set the stage for the flashy Gaitonde....

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GIPHY is launching a film festival for the age of very, very short attention spans

Quartz 18 Aug 2018

The online gif database that introduced us to internet classics such as James Van Der Beek is Crying, Deal With It Cat, and Obama Mic Drop is launching a new film festival to showcase the medium’s narrative potential. Open to all filmmakers, artists, designers, and restless minds residing in the US, The GIPHY Film Fest will highlight loopable “micro films” that take less time to watch than reading this sentence....

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The new Canon: The best films of the 2000s

Dothan Eagle 18 Aug 2018

Blige, Rees embraced the classical values of sturdy, unfussy narrative filmmaking, shaking off the dust in the process and proving that even old-fashioned movies can feel urgent, new and quintessentially American ... In the 1990s, Errol Morris revolutionized documentary filmmaking with his use of narrative film technique, including re-enactments and stylized speculative scene-making....

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Calendar for August 18

Hawaii Tribune-Herald 18 Aug 2018

Arts and Exhibits. TODAY, Aug. 18. ABSTRACT ONLY! ART EXHIBIT. Where. Wailoa Center, 200 Piopio St., Hilo. When ... 30. Details ... Contact ... 31 ... Program includes music videos, documentary and narrative shorts and features, with filmmakers in attendance for Q&A’s. Event kicks off with a filmmaking panel titled “Getting Your Project Off the Ground. Independent Filmmaking in Hawaii” and continues for 11 hours of independent cinema ... ....

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The best films of the 2000s

Brainerd Dispatch 17 Aug 2018

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“Say It Loud” Delivers a Fiery Crash Course in Political Cinema From the Black Power Era

Village Voice 17 Aug 2018

Rebellion, you ask? The Rebellion was a group of young, Black filmmakers who studied at UCLA’s film school and, during the Seventies, released a wave of prominent, independent, Black-and-proud films ... There are additional pieces from Rebellion-era filmmakers slotted across the calendar ... White filmmakers also made some polarizing narrative Black films....

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Actor speaks up for estate life at film premiere

Islington Tribune 17 Aug 2018

Star of film about gang culture set in Archway – made by 15 youngsters over a year – criticises ‘hellhole’ perception. The cast of Drawn Out, and those who were involved in its production, at the film’s Regent Street premiere ... The filmmakers hope it will offer a new narrative for people growing up on estates and show there are other ways to live than being “drawn out” to gangs and crime ... Joshua Blissett and Jordan Aloye. He said ... ....

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Stowe filmmaker shows short at Middlebury fest

Stowe Today 16 Aug 2018

Stowe filmmaker Israel Brooks wasn’t expecting to find his next short film idea while listening to a National Public Radio report ... “The Four Keys” was filmed in just three weeks, spanning locations from Kingston, N.Y ... “My cousin has, like, 300 keys ... “Four Keys” will be shown at the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival around 1.30 p.m ... It’s a finalist for Best Narrative Short, and Brooks and executive producer Dan Wardell have high hopes....

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