Month: July 2015

June 2015 Writing and Film Festival Summary

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The WILDsound Film and Writing Festival is proud to announce an historic month of June. This month we showcased 5 amazing short films at our festival. We performed 10 screenplays, 2 stage plays, 3 novels, 1 short story, 6 poetry readings, 24 Twitter short story movies, and turned 3 poems into movies! In total, we showcased 54 videos of new works to the world in just 30 days, not including the 59 new poetry writings, and the 108 new loglines entries we showcased on our network.

Watch the best of the Festival in June 2015:

Highlights from the June 2015 FEEDBACK Film Festival
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/june_2015_film_festival.html

Feature SCRIPT – I’M STILL HERE
June 2015 Reading
Written by Sean Elwood
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/im_still_here_feature_script.html

TV PILOT SCRIPT – SEX THERAPY
June 2015 Reading
Written by Michelle J Brezinski
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/sex_therapy.html

TV SPEC SCRIPT – IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA
June 2015 Reading
Written by Keith Black
http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/its_always_sunny_in_philadelphia.html

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How to make a Documentary Film

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matthewtoffolo's avatarMatthew Toffolo's Summary

MAKING A DOCUMENTARY
FILMMAKING NOTES

DOCUMENTARY FILM – TIPS for Documentary Film Production

THE FOUR BASIC DIVISIONS OF STYLE

1) EXPOSITORY DOC’S
Commenting on the Acting of the scene rather than being a part of it
-A lot of times Propaganda films (TV NEWS)
-Express point of view clearly and leave little room for misinterpretation

2) OBSERVATIONAL DOC’S
MIRROR TO THE WORLD – Way it’s going on, is going on
-Keeping the camera rolling
-Story comes out of the life of the people, not from the actions of individuals
-Conveys the rhythms and texture of everyday life

3) REFLECTIVE DOC’S
A relationship between the filmmakers and its subjects
-Filmmaker is a part of the film. -Seen through the eyes of the filmmaker. They are usually the main character in their own film

4) IMPRESSIONISTIC DOC’S
NO RULES-Poetic instead of argumentative-Generally categorized under Experimental film

WE ALL LOOK AT OURSELVES AS…

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