The Film Panel Notetaker

3/29/07 Music in DocumentariesCovered creative decision-making and practical issues with finding music.
Ron Sadoff (Moderator) is Director of the Film Scoring Program at NYU’s Steinhardt school.
Andy Teirste (Composer) magical, ingenious, superbly crafted work inspired by the rich and diverse folk roots of modern culture.
Alison Ellwood (Filmmaker)is a documentary director, producer and editor (Enron, The Smartest [...]

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The Tribeca Film Festival announced today its 2007 Tribeca Talks Panel Series. The Film Panel Notetaker will be at several of these panel discussions, so please be on the lookout for either me or my fellow contributor AMPeters during the series and at the overall festival. If you may be at any of the panel [...]

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Brooklyn Independent Vol. 1 was just released on DVD through Indiepix. For a little background info, the Brooklyn Independent Film Series is run by Joe Pacheco. I attended a screening of Joe’s documentary, As Smart as They Are, last year at the E.Vil City Film Festival. You can read all about that here. In the [...]

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Frank Popper’s documentary, Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore, recently became available on DVD. If you haven’t already seen it, I highly suggest it.
I went to a screening of it last year in New York and took notes at the Q&A. Here are those notes again:http://www.thefilmpanelnotetaker.com/2006/09/can-mr-smith-get-to-washington-anymore.html
You can order the DVD on the film’s website [...]

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On Monday, April 9, I will attend and take notes at a panel discussion during the 14th Annual New York African Film Festival. Below are details for the entire festival:14TH ANNUAL NEW YORK AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL
Celebrating 50 Years of Independence and Cinema:
April 4th – April 12th; April 20th – 21st; May 25th -28th
MANHATTAN * THE [...]

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Notes from last night’s Fair Use for Documentary Filmmakers presented by NYWIFT are provided by guest notetaker AMPeters, director of NO Cross, NO Crown, timely and engaging feature documentary that examines whether New Orleans’ music and culture will survive the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Fair Use for Documentary Filmmakers – March 22, 2007What exactly is Fair [...]

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Ingrid Kopp of Shooting People sent me the following links to notes she took at some of the panel discussions that took place at the 2007 South by Southwest Film Festival.
Among them are:Blogging About Filmhttp://www.shootingpeople.org/sxsw/blog/wrapper.php?/archives/18-Panel-Coverage-Blogging-About-Film.html
and
Which Niche is Which?http://www.shootingpeople.org/sxsw/blog/wrapper.php?/archives/17-Panel-Coverage-Which-Niche-is-Which.html
Thanks for taking such good notes, Ingrid!
If anyone else would like to share their notes, please send them [...]

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Noteworthy News

2007 Tribeca Film Festival Announces Selections for its Competition and Spotlight Sections
New York, NY [March 12, 2007] – The 2007 Tribeca Film Festival, presented by American Express, today announced the line-ups for its World Narrative and World Documentary Feature Film Competitions as well as its selections in the Spotlight category for the sixth annual [...]

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Here’s a list of links to some blogs that talk about the “How to Rawk at SXSW” panel discussion that took place on Saturday at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, TX. Seems like it was a fun discussion. Wish I could be there.
LAist: http://www.laist.com/archives/2007/03/10/sxsw_day_1_the_how_to_rawk_panel.php
AdRants:http://www.adrants.com/2007/03/hoard-the-hangovers-sxsw-interactive-kick.php
Shake Well Before You Use:http://www.shakewellbeforeuse.com/2007/03/hoard_the_hangovers_sxsw_inter.phpList
Listening Post:http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/03/sxsw_we_will_ra.html
Vantan.org:http://vantan.org/archives/2007/03/how_to_rawk_sxs.php
Darowski:http://www.darowski.com/tracesofinspiration/2007/03/09/sxswi-how-to-rawk-sxsw/

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Today, I am introducing a new feature on The Film Panel Notetaker called “Note”worthy News starting with the announcement of the newly formed Tomorrow Unlimited, LLC.
“Note”worthy News:
TRIBECA ENTERPRISES AND FORMER PRINCIPALS OF RES MEDIA GROUP FORM TOMORROW UNLIMITED, LLCNew York, NY, March 9, 2007 — Tribeca Enterprises, the parent company of the Tribeca [...]

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