They were played on Nixon. They were played on Senator Mary L. Landrieu. Sacha Baron Cohen used them in Borat. I’m talking about dirty tricks. In a citizen-journalist-famous-for-15-minutes way, they are back. They’ve even been called a legitimate tool of “investigation.” (“Honey, I was using this nanny cam to investigate the babysitter and it [...]
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500 Words
December 24th, 2009 · → 3 Comments
Written by Lee Schneider, founder of DocuCinema.
The most challenging thing about writing this blog is not the deadline every week, nor is it generating the snappy content, nor putting an edge on the sharp wordplay. It’s the damn title. 500 words is a cruel master. (Thursday is OK, though.) Some readers have noted that [...]
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See Apple, Say Apple
June 25th, 2009 · → 5 Comments
There’s an expression often heard in edit rooms: “See apple, say apple.” It refers to the practice of having the narrator talk about something and then showing that very thing. If the narrator is talking about apples, then we have to show some apples. When you extend that “see apple” concept to the whole film, your work loses depth.
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