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:
October 26, 2009
The United States of America
I’ve been looking over Ted Hope’s blog lately and one thing he keeps returning to is the idea that in order for cinema to be truly free (i.e., liberated), we have to do our part to help film culture. I agree.
That’s part of what this blog has always been about. One [...]
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By Paul | Published:
August 6, 2009
I am in New Orleans at the University Film & Video Association conference. Today I moderated a panel on Self-Reliant Filmmaking. There was a good crowd and, as often happens with these things, the discussion just scraped the tip of the iceberg.
The panelists were:
Paul Harrill, Virginia Tech. Moderator.
Sasha Waters, University of Iowa.
Jennifer Proctor, Grand Valley [...]
By Paul | Published:
July 29, 2009
Sita Sings the Blues, the critically acclaimed animated feature film single-handedly made by Nina Paley, is being released on DVD today. For those that haven’t been following the story, the film’s use of uncleared, copyrighted musical compositions has restricted the film’s release.
Today, indieWire reports that “[t]hrough an intense study of copyright laws, Paley has [...]
By Paul | Published:
July 6, 2009
As a way to mark some changes at Self-Reliant Film, I’ve done a site redesign.
I recently mentioned that Ashley would be making some posts on SRF to discuss her documentary, For Memories’ Sake. This marks something of a shift in Self-Reliant Film. Though I’ll still be the main voice of the site, I will [...]
