BIG QUESTIONS: A pilot for a web video series

A project in Santa Monica, CA by Bill Barol
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You can help freelance journalist Bill Barol (Newsweek, Time, Slate, Fast Company) answer some of the really Big Questions.
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Dates: Nov 17th -> Jan 1st (46 days)
Project By: Bill Barol
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Post-Mortem Update #2

October 15th - via: kickstarter.com
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Post-mortem update #1

September 27th - via: kickstarter.com
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Big Questions: The final update.

September 15th - via: kickstarter.com
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Update: Still alive!

October 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Hiya, backers. Some of you are probably wondering what ever happened to Big Questions. This is, while not a Big Question, certainly a fair one. The short answer is: Life. Life happened. Things intruded, time went by, and well, here we are. Let me... (Read More)

Update: ...still gettin' there.

July 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Where's Big Questions been? Excellent question! It's been being born, is the answer, although at this point I'm very glad I wasn't much more specific on a target date than "2010." Other projects, all more pressing, have intervened, and so has Life,... (Read More)

Update: We're gettin' there

May 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Yes we are. Here's a short promo video I shot for some friends as an exercise, and I'm more or less pleased with it as a test of the video and audio gear. That said, I see some things that can be done better. Basic camera technique, mostly. I'll be... (Read More)

Update: Progress report

March 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello backers! It's spring and Big Questions is moving along in a post-hibernation mode. I'd always figured that the pilot would be heavily front-loaded with the kind of basic, learning-the-tools sort of work that would pay off in subsequent... (Read More)

Super Extra-Bonus Happy Funtime Video Update!

February 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
...because we are all about the info.  (Read More)

Update: Pre-production...

February 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
...continues apace, whatever that means, although to be honest (because I'm always honest with you, backers) at the moment pre-production mostly consists of clearing the decks. I'm getting another big project, this one in the old-fashioned dead... (Read More)

Update: A year ago I couldn't spell "video editing." Now I am one.

February 1st - via: kickstarter.com
You know, the power and sophistication of Final Cut positively makes me long for the pokey little toy that is iMovie. What I'm saying is, there's a lot to learn. Add to that arcane concepts of lighting and audio recording and trying to remember which... (Read More)

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