Dear Filmmaker, I read your post about Stephen Hawking and in it you have a transcription of your interview with Jill Tarter. Why didn’t you just put up the video? Cheers, GDS Dear GDS, That’s an excellent question. I didn’t … Continued
Here’s a slideshow of images lifted from the recent shoot in Waco. It’s going to be a while before I have a sequence edited, but I may put up some footage DP Andy Bowley shot with his Canon 5D DSLR … Continued
I’ve written before about the joke that surfaces each time I tell people what A Life’s Work is about and how long I’ve been working on it. The punch line: Am I going to finish this in my lifetime? Friday … Continued
I don’t remember when I first became aware of the SETI Institute. I have a feeling it was when I was in college in the early 80s. One of my suite-mates was an engineering major and had an interest in … Continued
I sent off the most recent copy of A Life’s Work, the work-in-progress excerpt, to IFP’s market, Independent Film Week. (Deadline for their Spotlight on Documentaries, May 21, 2010). This was an opportunity for me to retool the packaging. Here’s … Continued
In Little Red Dots, (September 3, 2009) I mentioned my mini DV tape labeling system. Here’s an image from that post: And here’s an update: Seven more hours of footage shot, one and three-fourths dots used. So, how many more … Continued
A bunch of posts ago I revealed a wish list for A Life’s Work. Here’s number seven, This Old Guitar by Neil Young. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1neLvacIiQ4[/youtube] Mr. Young, don’t you think this beautiful song of yours would work well in A Life’s … Continued
I’m logging footage these days and I came across this gem. (There’s no sound, so don’t go turning up your speakers. And I’m sending you to the film’s Facebook page with the hope that you’ll click the big “Like” button, … Continued
Stephen Hawking has been getting a lot of press lately because of his statement that Earthlings should not try to communicate with extraterrestrials because they may pose a threat. Here’s a link to a fluffy ABC News piece. Here’s how … Continued
Cinematographer Andy Bowley and I visited Robert Darden at Baylor University, home of the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project. Though I conducted an extensive interview with Robert in Chicago (see “What the Heck Were You Doing in Chicago?” Part 1), … Continued