In a previous blog post, I set out a premise for how to choose good family movies. The final point in that brief introduction to the topic was that we can choose to be choosy in our movie watching habits. … Read More
I submit that the happiest men and women engaged in the movie making process are those that are morally active, or conscientious, in their approach to movie and media production. The news reporter in the field, the video editor in … Read More
We rented the 1962 Academy award winning film “The Miracle Worker.” I’m sure I had seen it at some point as a young child, but my impressions from it now as an adult were quite distinct. True, the performances for … Read More
I was reviewing the search terms this morning that are bring people to my website, and one of them (though it was a bounced result) was the question, “Why No Moral Movies?” So doing a search, I was curious to … Read More
I opened up a journal from 2008 last evening. I was reminded of some of my notes about moral leadership in filmmaking. This morning, I’m reviewing a couple of old posts from back in the same time period. The principles … Read More
As a part of our efforts to increase exposure and awareness of “The Decision,” my wife has volunteered to begin the very arduous task of contacting bloggers individually to do a review on the short animation. The response has been … Read More
The media landscape into which our children are being brought up is vastly different from any other generation of children, even including my own generation (which was only 20 years ago). Is our education system reforming quick enough prepare our … Read More
Just a quick note today to announce the addition of one more story to the original series of Friend stories. I’ve received author release to produce “Lost in a Blizzard.” The story is told of a young boy on a … Read More
I have long felt that in order for filmmakers to have a positive social impact on society, there had to be a degree of abundant productivity either individually or collectively as a group. Notice my premise and the reason for … Read More
Meet Joe Summerhays: Did you catch what it is that Mr. Summerhays does for a living? As early as fourth grade, he is teaching children throughout New York to become movie makers!