I recently had a conversation with one of my fellow artists here at Ucross about studio portrait photography and this led to Mike Disfarmer. It reminded me of this post and the great comment left by one of his subjects’ … Continued
I’ve been at Ucross for more than a week. Time is flying, and as usual I’m not satisfied with my productivity, but I know that I have been working — revising a couple of stories and playing around with the … Continued
I’m fond of transforming hard rocking tunes into finger picking acoustic numbers. One such song is the Mr. Brightside by The Killers. There’s a clever verse in the song that always makes me smile. Now I’m falling asleep and she’s … Continued
For the month of March, my home computer monitor will look like this — — that is, off, because I’ll be at the Ucross Foundation artist residency in Wyoming. “What Is It with You and Artist Residencies, Licata?” I’ll be … Continued
As I was writing the How to Conduct an Interview posts (pt. 1 & pt. 2), someone posted a link on a documentary listserv I belong to, a link with tips on how to shoot an interview. The tips are … Continued
A million years ago I was in a community theater production of 12th Night. Enter DUKE ORSINO, CURIO, and other Lords; Musicians attending. I was one of the attending musicians — the only one, really. Duke Orsino delivered the famous … Continued
You can file this one next to the Martha Graham quote about “divine dissatisfaction, blessed unrest.” I’m not sure this one is as motivational, but here you go. Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and … Continued
Last week in How to Conduct an Interview Part 1, I dealt with preparation. This post features some pointers once you are sitting across from the interviewee with your questions in hand. Ready? Go! (Note: Make sure to read this … Continued
So, You Want to Conduct an On-Camera Interview… I don’t usually do how-tos, but a few times in the past year I’ve been approached by people who want to make a documentary and they always ask me, among other things, how … Continued
A long, long time ago, about a thousand years ago, I had the idea for this film and the first person I reached out to was Paolo Soleri. As I wrote in a very early post, we spoke on the … Continued