Moviemaking vs. Filmmaking

Have you ever considered that there is a difference between moviemaking and filmmaking? On the surface this may seem a bit odd, but I think there actually can be, on several different levels. First, some definitions from my own personal film dictionary. Movies. Major...

Bittersweet Applause

A little over two years ago, in April 2012, “Dreams Awake” won its first two film festival awards at Worldfest in Houston, TX. And from there it went on to win quite a few more around the world, which sent us traveling all over the place meeting all kinds...

Quick Takes

Those of us over at Way To Go Media have a number of things going on, so I thought I’d update you. 1. Current Doc. The script for our next project, the metaphysical documentary “The Inner Sonic Key” is progressing rather nicely. We are also pulling...

On Set

A couple weeks ago I just happened to be on the CSI TV show set out on location when they were shooting their season finale. Of course, it wasn’t something that just ‘happened.’ It did so happen that one of the producers of the show was a classmate...

Best Laid Plans

The film industry, business, and creative world is very complicated and multi-layered in its planning, implementation, and exploitation. I have certainly seen it from many different angles in my long media life. From the very first time I took a film class, had my...