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Nathaniel Hansen
Manhattan Prep School Promo Documentary
We filmed and edited this piece over the last two weeks for Leman Manhattan Preparatory school in NYC. Very cool school, and we were thrilled to take on the challenge of “telling their story” to a broader audience of prospective parents and students. We filmed on location, in the school’s art room, on the 22nd [...]
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Brazil – Short Documentary for Row6.com
Matthew Hashiguchi and I spent 6 weeks on the road through June and July, traveling to a variety of places around the world filming for The Joseph Campbell Foundation and the UN Global Partnership Forum. This is our film from Brazil. Be sure to turn on CC. Please Share and Enjoy:
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The Elders: It’s starting to happen!
While I was gone filming for the last 6 weeks, something pretty awesome happened for my first feature-length film The Elders: Kickstarter selected it to be shown in their 2nd annual film festival! Check out the poster: They showed a short segment from the film along with 11 other projects that were successfully funded during [...]
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Storytelling Around the World
Everyone has a story – and it doesn’t matter where on this planet you reside! I recently returned from a 6.5 week round the world shooting project that still has my head spinning and has left my heart racing. It’s impossible for me to recount what I’ve experienced in that time while visiting Venezuela, Brazil, [...]
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The Ultimate Crowdfunding TO-DO list: BEFORE YOU LAUNCH
7 Things to Consider BEFORE you Launch your Kickstarter Project I get A LOT of requests to help with kickstarter campaigns. Through trial and error on over a dozen kickstarter projects, hours of lectures at Emerson College, and countless meet ups, phone calls and emails with artists and innovators, I’ve refined a “best practices” list [...]
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Feature Documentary Utilizes Zeiss ZF.2 Lenses to Maximize Look on Minimum Budget Documentary
Zeiss ZF.2 Lenses Take Low Budget Feature Documentary to the Next Level In May 2010, I set out to make a low-budget-high-quality documentary feature film about elderly Americans. I raised the funds on kickstarter ($12,500), got an unsolicited and very generous donation from an LA based non-profit, and by mid June found myself on a [...]
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The Elders documentary project lands on Kickstarter’s 2010 Award list!
I was thrilled to see that my documentary film project The Elders was listed as one of two other honorable mentions under the category of “Best Short Film” projects on kickstarter this year (2010). What an honor! With thousands of projects to choose from, it’s a pretty awesome feeling to have my work recognized in [...]
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Kickstarter. Going for Broke with The Price
Over the last 2.5 years, I’ve been working closely with my good friend Christopher Salmon to try and find a way to bring an animated version of Neil Gaiman’s short story “The Price” to life. Deals came and went, and we muscled through the ups and downs – him more-so than me – as this [...]
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Everybody Is A Story: Exploring the Role Story and Narrative Play in Real Life