Archive for July, 2007
Burns adds to The War, eschews commercial TV, joins iTunes
The controversy surrounding the absence of Hispanic soldiers from Ken Burns’ upcoming PBS documentary The War may or may not be over. But Burns appears to have done all he’s going to do. The Associated Press reports that Burns added 28-minutes to the seven-part film.
Profiles of two Hispanics will conclude the first and sixth episodes […]
Posted: July 12th, 2007 under News.
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UK reviewer says CGI isn’t a good doc selling point
Writing in the Scotsman (may require free registration), Paul Whitelaw says:
WHENEVER a documentary series boasts “cutting-edge computer graphics” as one of its selling points, I can’t help but suck a thoughtful tooth. Give a documentary team a brand new box of toys, and you can virtually guarantee that they won’t resist the temptation to show […]
Posted: July 10th, 2007 under News.
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The Release Getters
The NPR radio program On The Media has a story exploring how producers get people to sign releases for reality-crime shows:
Before TV programs can air images of people who have just been arrested or experienced some other embarrassing spectacle, they have to get a release from that person. Why would anyone agree to sign? Bob […]
Posted: July 6th, 2007 under News.
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