In January 2019, I attended a beginner’s workshop in Adobe Premiere presented by Beth Perloff at Film North in St. Paul, Minnesota. The following post brings together 11 takeaways from that two-day workshop.
Tag: Ken Burns
10 Other Documentaries about the Vietnam War to Check Out
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s The Vietnam War begins this week, though the 18-hour series is far from the first about the subject. Unlike Hollywood’s almost 15-year delay, documentary makers started trying to make sense of the war early on. The Vietnam War has been a cultural touchstone for generations, though it resonates most with…
‘Horatio’s Drive: America’s First Road Trip’ Begins on a Whim
A century ago Horatio Nelson Jackson’s famous road trip began much like many road trips do today: on a whim. Unlike today, however, 1903 America offered few paved roads and even fewer cars, and not even reliable ones at that. But those obstacles, and many others, failed to dampen Jackson’s enthusiasm or stop him from…