How to Get Inspired
It's 2pm. As I order a second Stella at a dive bar in Brooklyn, a dozen story ideas swim around in my head. 80s music plays in the background. An old man asks, loudly, for his 4th pint of Guinness (British) and the sound of rain hits me from behind every time someone enters or exits the tiny place. I find these little bars hotspots for ideas. There have been hundreds of articles and books written on how to jumpstart creativity, ideas, motivation. I'll tell you what has always
How to Edit Documentary-Style Pieces
It's all about prep-work and and being organized. The Puzzle Pieces approach. This piece of advice best suits video producers getting into short-form video editing for the first time. However, I've used this method of editing since I first started cutting my own pieces. I'm not the best director out there, but I am a thorough editor. Whether I'm working on branded content or short form documentary pieces, most non-fiction/unscripted videos fundamentally rely on Interviews + B
Cómo Redactar Propuestas y Vender Historias a Cadenas Internacionales.
El contacto directo es lo de menos. Con un portafolio decente y un buen "pitch" cualquiera puede vender historias a las cadenas más importantes del mundo. Cuadro de un próximo promo. En un previo post "Entre lo Trivial y la Tragedia y Cómo Sobrevivo en Ambas" hablo sobre la masiva producción de contenido original por parte de publicaciones internacionales (tradicionalmente asociadas con televisión) y sobre cómo acceder a plataformas que nos conectan directamente con los edito
Entre la Tragedia y lo Trivial y Cómo Sobrevivo en Ambas
"En Venezuela voy de la tragedia a lo trivial porque en ambos escenarios hay historias que contar" Desde el más particular punto de vista de un periodista (con ansias de que "algo siempre ocurra") un país como Venezuela está lleno de regalos. En cada esquina una historia que, con absurda potencia, llama la atención de incluso los más "antaños" locales (residentes) de la zona. Siempre hay alguien jodiendo, alguien haciendo, alguien naciendo y muriendo de la manera más absurda
How to Get an Interview With Your Local Criminal... If You're in Venezuela
"I know someone from the BBC who went to an interview with nine bottles of whiskey" In Venezuela, if you're a journalist covering a protest in plain daylight, you will most likely be teargassed, mazed, shot at or detained. At the very LEAST your equipment will be taken away by "authorities" and you'll go to wherever the hell you came from with nothing but bruises and a shitty story. I'm a fatalist. And, by the way, if you're American, they hate you here (the authorities... no
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