Ira Glass on Storytelling (x4!!)

via Flooby Nooby

On the basics...



On finding great stories...



On good taste...



On two common pitfalls...

GIRLS ROCK!

via Buzzfeed:

"A life-affirming documentary about a rock n' roll camp for young girls opens this weekend, March 7th. We wonder if we would have turned out any differently if we had grown up with Kathleen Hanna as our role model instead of Madonna. In an alternate universe documented by this movie, 10-year-old girls are already way hipper and cooler than you are."

--> Official Movie Site

Watch the trailer!

Hi Def in the High Desert

I had an opportunity to participate in a documentary production this past August. What an incredible experience! Produced by two of my closest friends, the basic idea was to document the ride across the Oregon Back Country Discovery Trail (an all off-road route across the entire state). We shot in HD, direct to P2 cards, and downloaded the dailies to a Macbook Pro.

Needless to say, I was in absolute heaven. Around the campsite conversations ranged from motorcycle chat about the relative advantages of BMW vs KLM, to techie discourse on various forms of HD resolution and image quality. Doesn't really get any better in my world.

Check out the trailer on the website: www.motoventurefilms.com.


Oh and the picture? That's my bike, after a pretty good crash. My friend Thor (anyone seen Jackass 2? He's the mini-bike loop guy) is using epoxy to patch the hole I put in my engine. That black stuff? Oil. Cus, you know, there was a hole in my engine! Luckily I escaped relatively unscathed, and the bike made it home in one piece. Too bad the cameras missed that little piece of drama!