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Tim Hetherington – Master Transjournalist

Tim, a master of many mediums—audio, film, video, photography—was not interested in being labeled. He was neither a filmmaker nor a photographer. He was, as he often said, working at “transjournalism”—a term he used to describe his multidisciplinary approach. via...

Flickchart – Finding the Best Movies

Flickchart aims to answer one long plaguing question - if so many movies are rated five stars, which one's the best? Yes, AFI tried to answer that question. But Citizen Kane? Really? It was his stupid sled. Flickchart's method is painfully simple. Two movies shown...

Contests, Permits, Lego Vault, et al [Coffee Break]

Contests Cinema Prosprite - $35,000 in Prizes Awarded to Top Videos Profiling Entrepreneurs Riding on the waves of micro-loans, this short doc contest is for films profiling an entrepreneur (they don't explicitly say, but it seems they want entrepreneurs that live in...

Strobist and World Press Photo – Photography Coffee-Break

Here's a collection of links I've been hording relating to still photography. Some things to gain from photography: mastering composition, lighting, quick shooting, and using what's available. Enjoy! Strobist Preliminaries - Gear and Jargon Basics [Pduncan] This video...

Writing and SpeedEDIT – Mid-Week Coffee Break

Five Tips for Finding Writing Time - Some pretty common writing tips, but I agree with Identify Your Productivity Zone. It's the morning for me. SpeedEDIT Parody - A parody commercial for SpeedEDIT, an apparently revolutionary editor that is shipping soon. It claims...