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The following list contains texts that deal with films in a larger sense. Most of them I wrote for DOX Documentary Film Magazine. For a complete collection of texts please refer to the German part of this web site.

              1 - films and documentaries in general
              2 - festivals and events
              3 - texts on technical aspects

1 - Films and Documentaries in General

• Where Docs are sexy        (• English Only)
Taking the pulse of the independent documentary scene in New York and the first New York Doc Festival, August 1998, DOX

• True Doc®            > German Version
Digital manipulation of still photographs has become commonplace. A similar development has to be expected in the field of moving images.

• Technical Problems ... à la Chinoise    (• English Only)
The American-made documentary THE GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE on the 1989 student protest in Beijing has provoked controversy and caused censorship, Oktober 1997, DOX

• Factual Entertainment    (• English Only)
Low-cost and low-skilled? The series UNITED KINGDOM was broadcast with great success by BBC 2, September 1997, DOX

• «Mobilising the Viewer's Intelligence»         > German Version
Interview with Thierry Garrel and Jacques Laurent of the French-German cultural channel Arte, Juni 1997, DOX   (including: What is Arte?)

• A Method Called Hanging Around         > German Version
DV in action with Thomas Imbach and Jürg Hassler, December 1996, DOX

2 - Festivals and Events                      > TOP

• Don't Bet On the Ones You Like       (• English Only)
The Oscar nominations for documentaries were once again predictable and the films only average, March 1998, DOX

• Change Your Religion       (• English Only)
The Forum in Amsterdam: The path to enlightment for true believers, February 1998, DOX

• Away from Europe          > German Version
Every year the Sheffield International Documentary Festivals plays host to the British documentary industry. International visitors seem to have to adapt, December 1997, DOX

• Visualized Memories          > German Version
Many of the films in the international competition of the Marseilles film festival "Vue sur les Docs" focused on history and memory, but only a few contained convincing visual concepts, August 1997, DOX

• Sorting by Memory         > German Version
Report on the documentary festivals in Amsterdam, Paris and Nyon, June 1997, DOX

• The Necessity of Salesmanship         > German Version
Report on the Forum in Amsterstamdby a first-time visitor, June 1997, DOX

3 - Technical Aspects                      > TOP

• The Future is Native           > German Version
Struggles with analog/digital transcoding are typical for postproduction with digital video. New standards promise to allow full digital processing, February 1998, DOX; includes:
• technical glosssary on digital video as well as
• a list of of all new digital formats.

• Bright and Byte: The Digital Challenge           > German Version
The new temptations of Digital Video, December 1996, DOX; includes:
• digital formats - a comparision
• Fire Wire - the new speed
• list of abbreviations

• Sony's Digital Handycam VX 1000           > German Version
DOX's Test, December 1996, DOX

• How to Get the Best Results           > German Version
A comparision of anlogue and digital video formats, December 1996, DOX

> For a complete collection of texts please refer to the German part of this web site.

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