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I used to work at GovWorks. What I've found interesting about the movie is that it got started because Jehane Noujaim (the filmmaker) happened to be roommates w
by rada 16y ago
I used to work at GovWorks. What I've found interesting about the movie is that it got started because Jehane Noujaim (the filmmaker) happened to be roommates with Kaleil just as he was starting a company with his buddy Tom. She began filming casually, and the rest is documentary film history. A few years later, she happened to be visiting some relatives and found herself in the Al Jazeera newsroom just as the war with Iraq broke out. Again, she started filming casually and ended up making film history for the second time. That woman really has a knack for being at the right place at the right time, and making the most of it.
- randallsquared 16y agoAgain, she started filming casually and ended up making film history for the second time. Time travel is the only reasonable explanation.
- bootload 16y ago"... Again, she started filming casually and ended up making film history for the second time. ..." A part of what Jehane did was hack the documentary movie making process. When DA Pennibacker (http://www.phfilms.com/index.php/phf/people/d_a_pennebaker/ http://www.phfilms.com/index.php/phf/people/d_a_pennebaker/) / Chris Hegedus (http://www.phfilms.com/index.php/phf/people/chris_hegedus http://www.phfilms.com/index.php/phf/people/chris_hegedus) of (The War Room, Ziggy Stardust, dont look back) ~ http://www.phfilms.com/index.php/phf/films/ http://www.phfilms.com/index.php/phf/films/ great documentary makers themselves wanted to film they carried around bulky intrusive tripods and large cameras - requiring permission and time to set up the shot. In startup.com the key reason a lot of the shots (shooting inside doing the VC rounds / inside the cars after the deal) was the use of hand held cameras. It was Jehane who took the hand held and got the great scenes and dialog that make startup.com a study of founder dynamics.