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When One Song Changes Everything – A Lesson in Editing
A few weeks ago, while editing one of the acts from my documentary, I learned just how much film editing…
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Listening All the Way Through – The Power of Long-Form Storytelling
Working on this documentary reminded me why long-form storytelling still matters. You simply can’t condense a life story, or the…
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The Story That Told Itself – What My Documentary Taught Me About Listening
As filming continued, the project began to evolve beyond me. It started as an idea on paper, but each person…
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The Spaces Between Words – What Silence Can Say
Silence has always fascinated me. When I first started interviewing people for my documentary, I used to think the most…
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Day 4 WJMC: Familiar
If I had to sum up Day 4 in one word, it would be familiar—but not the kind of familiar…
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Day 3 WJMC: Empowering
If Day 2 was about stepping into the deep end, then Day 3 was about realizing I’ve already been swimming…
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Day 2 WJMC : Into the Deep End
If I had to sum up Day 2 in one phrase, it would be this: jumping in headfirst. I woke…
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Day 1 WJMC
I remember walking into the conference hall on Day 1 of WJMC feeling like my brain had to catch up…
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