Impact & Storytellers Mr. President… The character of a president matters. And in this past year since Donald Trump was elected, many of us wished for a president who... Gabe TorresFebruary 2, 2018
Impact & Storytellers Film Theory 101: Understanding Benjamin, Metz, Kaplan via Lindsay Lohan Either you clicked on this article because you took the title’s bait or you genuinely seek to learn some film theory. My goal in doing... Brittany SmithJanuary 19, 2018
Filmmakers Social Impact Entertainment vs Propaganda What differentiates a good message movie from a movie that’s too preachy? How does a movie effectively present a point of view without insulting... Robert RippbergerNovember 21, 2016
Filmmakers Joshua Oppenheimer: Why Filmmakers Shouldn’t Chase Impact Joshua Lincoln Oppenheimer was born in 1974 in Austin, Texas. He is a two-time Oscar-nominated American film director based in Copenhagen, Denmark. SIE Voices PodcastSeptember 13, 2016
SIE Voices Our Obsession with Story – A Survival Drive We as filmmakers pursue a career in storytelling. That seems trivial – of course, that is what filmmaking is about: storytelling. But if you... Tobias DemlMarch 17, 2016
Impact & Storytellers The Makings of the Mega-Blockbuster: Big Money and Impact Films that entertain and films that drive positive change in the world are often thought to be mutually exclusive. That’s the way it’s always... Robert RippbergerFebruary 23, 2016
Films “Under the Gun” – Nonviolent Weapon at Sundance ’16 Going to Sundance ’16, I didn’t actually plan on seeing any movies. There were too many exciting events, too many great panels, and a plethora of... Tobias DemlJanuary 29, 2016
Filmmakers ‘7 Days in Syria’: An Essential Portrait About two-thirds of the way through Robert Rippberger and Scott Rosenfelt’s harrowing new documentary 7 Days In Syria, we are led into an unnamed... Spencer MoledaJanuary 8, 2016
Filmmakers ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Film Review (no spoilers) There is no other film that has made more of an indelible mark on history and pop culture than Star Wars. In its most recent... Robert RippbergerDecember 27, 2015
Filmmakers Glenn Sparks: Is Media Impact Real? Glenn Sparks wrote one of the most used textbooks for media studies titled: Media Effects Research: A Basic Overview. Over the past 30 years,... SIE Voices PodcastNovember 25, 2015