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Traveling Through Cuba as an American: Do's and Don't

Traveling Through Cuba as an American: Do's and Don't

Like many Americans, I have been fascinated with Cuba for years. The music, the food, the culture, the forbidden-ness of it all—I was intrigued. So when travel restrictions were loosened in 2016, I knew it was time to go visit. I got online and started researching “traveling in Cuba”, and sure enough, I found very little info. Europeans, Canadians, really citizens from everywhere else in the world have been freely traveling there for years, but apparently documenting their travels was not high on the list of priorities, at least not in blog form.

Low-Budget Documentary Production Tips: Equipment and a Few other lessons

Low-Budget Documentary Production Tips: Equipment and a Few other lessons

POINT BEING, be prepared TECHNICALLY so that you can concentrate on the CREATIVE. Use the gear that is available and make sure you know the gear in and out.  You cannot afford to miss any moment. 

8 Pre-Production Tips for Independent Documentary Filmmakers

8 Pre-Production Tips for Independent Documentary Filmmakers

At the end of the day our passion for the story, whatever it was going to end up being, was greater than our desire to make money. Dedication, madness, and passion makes movies, not money (but it sure does help).