By Paul | Published:
March 26, 2010
Attending a film festival is exhausting. You race around town to screenings and stand in lines throughout the day. Then at night you run around town to parties, sometimes several of them.
I’m not about to complain. Leading a life in film is an immense privilege and I try to remind myself of it all the [...]
By Paul | Published:
March 20, 2010
The Year SXSW Got Big. While I don’t agree with David Lowery that it’s (yet) in danger of becoming Sundance, attendance swelled this year. The growing pains were sometimes apparent, especially with sell-outs and long lines.
From my perspective, I think sell out screenings are good, both for the fest and for the filmmakers. But [...]
By Paul | Published:
March 16, 2010
The Cinematography for Improvisation panel that I moderated was a blast — and, while I felt like it was a success, the one hour we had to dig in flew by. I personally could have listened to Andrew Reed, Allison Bohl, and Justin Molotnikov talk shop for another couple of hours. There were easily [...]
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By Paul | Published:
March 2, 2010
If you’ve not heard already, I’m happy to announce that the panel that I proposed for South by Southwest 2010, Cinematography for Improvisation — Lighting the Unknown, was selected. Thanks to everyone who voted in support of the idea via SXSW’s PanelPicker!
Though this will be my third SXSW as a panelist/moderator, this was [...]
By Paul | Published:
August 17, 2009
As you may have heard, South by Southwest is crowdsourcing their panel ideas (at least in part) for 2010. I’ve proposed a panel and I’d love to have your vote of support to make the panel happen.
Click HERE, create an account (takes just a sec), and vote thumbs up.
The panel I’ve proposed [...]
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