May 2004

Film's Soundtrack on Track May 2004

In this issue, we bring you everything you need to know about music before you embark on the musical landscape for your documentary.

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Features

Lost in Translation? Don't Get Disoriented Shooting in the Orient

You've got a big shoot coming up in Asia, and...

By Len McClure

Far From the Madding Crowds: Ten Years On, Slamdance Still Screens Edgy Work – with No Wait Lists

Park City, Utah, has a population of just over 7...

By Sarah Jo Marks

Checking in at Sundance's Filmmaker Lodge: Hybrid Forms, Documentarians' Ethics and the Politics of Fear Discussed

The Sundance Film Festival is an amazing, wild...

By Laura Almo

Politics on Parade in Park City: Sundance Films Focus on Subjects Who Bucked the US System

In the spirit of the US presidential election year...

By Tom White

Keeping Your Film's Soundtrack on Track: Why You May Need a Music Supervisor

Documentary filmmaking continues to enjoy a surge...

By David G. Powell

The Battle of the Bands: Art vs Commerce: 'DIG!' and 'Metallica: Some Kind of Monster' Are about More Than the Music

Popular music is the soundtrack of modern life...

By Kathy McDonald

Charlotte Zwerin: 1931-2004

Charlotte Zwerin passed away in January of lung...

By Tom White

Don't Succumb to Scratch Track Fever! And Other Recommendations from Sundance's Panel on Music for Documentaries

The panel "Music—The Forgotten Character in...

By Laura Almo

When All Helsinki Breaks Loose: Finland's DocPoint Festival Proves a Cinematic Winter-Warmer

Heading to Finland voluntarily in the middle of...

By Carol Nahra

Columns

Nonfiction in the Far East: Fifty Years of Documentary Theory in Japan

By Ray Zone

Fast Foreword: The Editor's Column, May 2004

By Tom White

Notes from the Reel World: The Board President's Column, May 2004

By Richard Propper