http://www.inoneeye.co.uk Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:53:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So it's the second day and I'm already slightly cheating. I'm in the process of attempting to sort through my things before I move house in a few weeks and I keep finding unprocessed rolls of film (and more dvds of documentaries than I ever thought possible to own, not ... http://www.inoneeye.co.uk/2010/03/17/photo-a-day-17th-march/ I need to take more photos. It's something that has slipped of late and I really have no excuse for it. So I'm setting myself the impossible challenge of taking at least one photo a day. I'm sure I'll struggle at this but it's worth a go and as it's ... http://www.inoneeye.co.uk/2010/03/17/crazy-photo-a-day-attempt/ Magnum Photographer Dennis Stock sadly died today. Stock started his career as an apprentice to Life magazine photographer Gjon Mili and joined Magnum in 1951. Although best known for his intimate portraits of James Dean he was also a prolific Jazz photographer taking some of the most iconic Jazz portraits in ... http://www.inoneeye.co.uk/2010/01/13/remembering-dennis-stock/ 1. Antoine (Laura Bari, Canada, 2009) - website - trailer As usual I couldn't stick to convention and pick 10 or 20, but this is the list that just appeared when I began writing down the documentaries I've loved most this year. I know there are some big films missing but there ... http://www.inoneeye.co.uk/2009/12/31/top-15-documentaries-of-2009/ It was kinda inevitable that I would love this as it's Four Tet, but his collaborations can be a bit hit and miss. This, however, is perfect and is definitely one of my favourite songs this year. Nevermind the incredible video. Watch it, love it. Bring on the next Four ... http://www.inoneeye.co.uk/2009/12/16/burial-four-tet-moth/ My friend, and filmmaking partner, Jemma has set me the task of showing her documentaries she hasn't seen so that we can look at visuals and filming techniques for a documentary we are currently in the research stage for. Jemma has largely always focused on current affairs TV docs, as ... http://www.inoneeye.co.uk/2009/12/16/research-process-clip-encounters-at-the-end-of-the-world/ The official shortlist has been announced for the Academy Award’s Documentary Feature category. It wasn't a surprise to see Burma VJ on there which we screened at The Frontline Club a few months ago and I'm very glad to see another two films that will be shown at the club soon, ... http://www.inoneeye.co.uk/2009/11/19/oscar-documentary-nominations-frontline-screenings/ Last week Paste declared their 25 Documentaries of the Decade. To be honest it was a bit of a disappointingly obvious list, in terms of safely including most of the biggest docs of the decade. Every film on their list is a great documentary but there were also a great ... http://www.inoneeye.co.uk/2009/11/14/50-documentaries-of-the-decade/ I had planned on blogging every day from Sheffield but almost from the moment I woke up on Friday morning I was run off my feet. Thank god for the hotel breakfast as it kept me going through the day. Weirdly it's difficult to grab something to eat as you ... http://www.inoneeye.co.uk/2009/11/13/final-docfest-recap/ This year's Sheffield Doc/Fest kicked off on Wednesday with the DFG's DocDay, which is a great event for aspiring 16-19 year old filmmakers. I was asked to go along and mentor a group for the second half of the day. It was a really great session and the quality of ... http://www.inoneeye.co.uk/2009/11/06/sheffield-docfest/