Vertical Video – Please Just Stop Doing It
Y’all. We do not watch TV vertically. When you shoot video with your phone vertically what happens is your video then formats “skinny”. We don’t watch “skinny” TV. We watch WIDE screen! So, shoot your video like this – Nothing irks me more than when I see amateurs and professionals alike (I won’t name names) … Read more
Why “Running From Crazy” Has a Bigger Meaning
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival showing of this true story about actress Mariel Hemingway’s quest to understand her family’s struggles with mental illness goes way beyond the film. It brings to light something our society tends to look at as taboo – the subject of mental illness. In “Running From Crazy” Mariel Hemingway candidly … Read more
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is a Gem in RDU
Yesterday, I spent ALL day at the prestigious Full Frame Documentary Film Festival as a volunteer on their social media team. I wrote about how I’m a newbie at the Festival in the previous blog post and after yesterday, I can honestly say I can’t WAIT for next year’s! I’m attending again today, but since … Read more
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2013 Through the Eyes of a Newbie
Where the hell have I been these eight years that I have never taken in the rush that is the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival? Seriously. We’ve lived in The Triangle for just over eight years and while I knew about this festival, I never once attended….and I’m a fan of film! Say what?! I … Read more
And the Golden Globe Goes to JC Penney!
The Awards season has officially kicked off, in my opinion anyway. Once we have the annual Golden Globes, the rest follow – the SAG Awards on January 27th on TNT/TBS followed by the Director’s Guild of America Awards (not on TV but a precursor to the next one), and the biggie – the Oscars on … Read more










