by Camden Watts | Mar 8, 2013 | Community, Creativity, Film, Fundraising
Lately I’ve been obsessing over fundraising trailers. Totally and shamelessly obsessing over them. Watching and reading and watching. You may not be familiar with the term “fundraising trailer” but you probably already know what one is: a short video...
by Camden Watts | Mar 8, 2013 | Community, Documentary, Film, Film Festival
This weekend I’ll be at Alice Fest. I spoke with the festival director today and I’m really excited about it. Alice Fest is happening at the Center for Documentary Studies auditorium in Durham, N.C., this Sunday, March 10th, starting at 1:30 pm. Get the...
by Camden Watts | Mar 6, 2013 | Community, Film, NC Film, TriFilm
North Carolina’s film / tv production scene is thriving these days. There are a lot of big productions in NC such as Homeland, Safe Haven, and Iron Man 3 — most likely thanks to the 25% refundable tax credit. But we also have a burgeoning indie film scene....
by Camden Watts | Feb 27, 2013 | Community, Family, Film, NC Film
A friend of mine recently posted the link to an article by THR titled “Alex Karpovsky, Lena Dunham and a New Generation of Indie Filmmakers” and I found the it interesting. The comments Karpovsky made on bartering and working with your friends. Read...
by Camden Watts | Feb 26, 2013 | Community, Documentary, Film, Film Festival, NC Film, Socializing
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (@fullframe) is absolutely wonderful. I’m a huge fan and could gush about it for entirely too long. They do an excellent job with the programming and planning. I find myself counting down the days ’til the next fest...
by Camden Watts | Feb 14, 2013 | Creativity, Editing, Film, Inspiration, Learning, Post-Production
In honor of Valentine’s Day, I wanna tell you about my relationship with editing video. We’ve had a ten-year relationship now, can you believe it? That feels like a long time! It’s truly been a love-hate relationship, too. There are days when I...
