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Archive for October, 2007

DN EP 057: Kamp Katrina – Ashley Sabin & David Redmon

By MarBelle ⋅ October 14, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Through their production company Carnivalesque Films, co-creators Ashley Sabin & David Redmon have produced two documentaries with a third fast nearing completion. Their second film Kamp Katrina found them when the flamboyant Ms. Pearl, a character from their self-distributed Mardi Gras: Made in China, an exploration of the [...]

Kamp Katrina – Ashley Sabin & David Redmon

By MarBelle ⋅ October 13, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Kamp Katrina (2007) Kamp Katrina follows the in-depth lives of a small group of people who have taken refuge in a garden transformed into a tent city by an extraordinary New Orleans couple, Ms. Pearl and her husband, David. Kamp Katrina uses tragedy as a tool to clarify and illuminate abandonment and madness of their [...]

Take Me to Digital Heaven

By El Vez ⋅ October 5, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

As a regular user of Apple’s Final Cut Studio and having to edit to some tight deadlines, I can become a bit obsessive with finding time saving tips for my editing process (I have a particularly sad obsession with Shortcut Keys). So you can imagine my joy when I discovered this podcast at Digital Heaven

DN EP 056: Time Piece – Kat Mansoor

By MarBelle ⋅ October 4, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Kat Mansoor is a founding member of Brighton production company Animal Monday and joins me to discuss her short documentary Time Piece, which reveals the magical and unknown world of Swiss artisan watchmakers. Showlinks Animal Monday Spoiler Alert Radio Digital Shorts Special Bournemouth University Vital Edge Aid Robin [...]

Time Piece – Kat Mansoor

By MarBelle ⋅ October 3, 2007 ⋅ 7 comments

Time Piece (2007) A documentary set in Switzerland, capturing the dying craft of artisan watchmaking – a fragile world that is fast becoming the stuff of history. The film focuses on the lives and ideas of two visionaries of the watchmaking world, Philippe Dufour and Vianney Halter, who spend years creating some of the most [...]