The rest of the day ticked by slowly, in a way that was a reminder that filmmaking may be the last vestige of 19th-century artisanal labor: hours and hours to capture what on screen would last just a few minutes.
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Heart to the Storyteller
Our minds are relatively open, but we guard our hearts with zeal, knowing their power to move us. So although the mind may be part of [the] target, the heart is the bull’s-eye. To reach it, the [storyteller] must first display his own open heart.
— Peter Guber, The Four Truths of the Storyteller
But feelings are pesky critters, cropping up inconveniently, and then disappearing just when you want them. And the thing both terrible and wonderful about feelings is that they change… In fact the more you let yourself feel whatever you are actually feeling, the more available you are to a new feeling.
The director is in a position to do violence to [these] delicate emotional mechanisms.
— Judith Weston, Directing Actors
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The Price of Information
The price of information has not only gone into free fall in the last few years, it is still in free fall now, it will continue to fall long before it hits bottom, and when it does whole categories of currently lucrative businesses will be either transfigured unrecognizably or completely wiped out, and there is nothing anyone can do about it.
— Clay Shirky (1995)
…substitute creative content for information in the above quote, and you see what’s happening now in film, photography, music, etc.
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Voices for Bulembu Trailer
To mark the launch of the Voices for Bulembu campaign, Craig, Jesse and I put together this trailer. It was made with footage from my trip to Bulembu, Swaziland with the Canadian Tenors in August. Click the pic above to view the trailer in web-size (or download from the links below) then go check out their site.
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A successful premiere
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Canadian Premiere of Rwanda: Hope Rises. We had a great time, and a great turnout, almost selling out the first show. A lot of faces I didn’t recognize, which for me is one of our biggest successes. Everything went well – the excellent venue, a great pre-reception with wine, cheese and mingling, and a beautiful screen to watch the story play out on.
We had great media coverage, which helped with the turnout. Below is a video from local daily 24 Hours:
The film was also covered by the Province, Global TV, and the print version of 24 Hours which has a high readership on the daily commute.
I’ve been laying low, taking it easy over the last couple days. It was an exhausting sprint getting everything ready, but I am immensely satisfied with the result. Big thanks to Kelly, Mike, Chris and the rest of the volunteers, and to Wellspring for hosting the event. This event wouldnt’ve happened without you.
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Condition Critical
Condition Critical: A beautiful website by MSF on the situation in the Eastern DRC. Video by MediaStorm.
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The Aviatrix
Friend and filmmaker Toddy Burton recently released her short film The Aviatrix for the online masses. Click the poster to check it out on YouTube.
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Rwanda: Hope Rises Canadian Premiere
Rwanda: Hope Rises is complete. It will premiere at the Vancity Theatre on November 18th. Screenings are at 7pm & 8:45pm. Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 at the door, and can be purchased online here.
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It’s Done.
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