Big Brownie

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2016---Here We Come!

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2016---Here We Come!

2016 has already started with a bang! New Year's Day found us at the bottom of a 180-ish foot natural well in Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville, Alabama. We brought the gear and are currently editing a short documentary about the experience entitled "Bouncing the Well".

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

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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. 

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8 Pre-Production Tips for Independent Documentary Filmmakers

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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).

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Two Filmmakers Walk Into a Bar: The O'fish'al Story of Big Brownie

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Two Filmmakers Walk Into a Bar: The O'fish'al Story of Big Brownie

Mostly I am writing these posts as a reminder of what I have learned in an effort not to forget. I hope you will get something valuable out of them as well.  My brother Ryan had a quote he loved, "A smart man learns for himself but a wise man learns from others." So my friend, be wise and learn from our mistakes and successes!

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Fish, Urban Kayaking and A Few Things About Cancer

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Fish, Urban Kayaking and A Few Things About Cancer

We are back home in Savannah after shooting for six weeks up in Michigan. We met a host of wonderful, generous, helpful people while we were there and shot a total of 18 interviews and countless hours of b-roll and time lapse video around the area. We have an excellent plan for the story (which evolved and morphed into something more fantastic than we could have even hoped for!) but there is a ton of work to be done before this film will be available for your viewing pleasure. Sit tight and we will let you know as the process progresses!