There’s a fine article today in the San Jose Mercury, licensed from the Los Angeles Times, about the issue of “fair use” rights with documentary productions. One of the biggest hurdles facing…
Category: Motion Pictures
Final Cut Pro Lessons from a Master
Final Cut Pro is one of the great tools for the independent film and video producers. It’s my editing tool of choice for working on this epic documentary of mine, as well…
Update on the House of Animals – 2005
Back in my youth, National Lampoon was one of the most subversive humor magazines I’d ever seen. I loved MAD magazine, but National Lampoon dug deeper with a no-holds barred approach, creating…
The Challenges of Music in a Low Budget Documentary
When am I going to finish that darned LOUIE LOUIE documentary? That’s a question I get asked all the time. I wish I could provide a concise answer. It’s a complicated situation,…
Imagine a LOUIE LOUIE feature film!
Andrew Gerngross is a writer living in Los Angeles. He has written a highly fictionalized and comic screenplay about the FBI investigation into “Louie Louie.” Because Andrew believes in sharing, you can…